Two Howell Women Charged With Shoplifting at Lord & Taylor

Two Howell women were arrested and charged with shoplifting from a Freehold Township department store -- one with additional drug charges, according to  arrest warrants.

Amelia Bates, 25, of Eagle Ct., was arrested and charged with shoplifting on Tuesday after she was caught leaving the Lord & Taylor store with $896 in clothing she did not pay for, the warrant says.

Carol A. Carney, 24, of Windeler Road, also was charged with shoplifting when she was caught concealing $346 in clothing from the same store, warrants say.

Bates also was charged with heroin possession, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia when police found 19 wax envelopes with white powder believed to be heroin, a small baggie of marijuana, and a plastic straw with a rubber band wrapped around it, the warrant says.