Journal Staff Reports
LISBON — A Salem woman is facing a competency evaluation and an additional theft charge for an alleged shoplifting spree in Salem Monday.
Diana Andre, 40, of Newgarden Avenue, was arraigned Thursday in county Municipal Court on the misdemeanor charge alleging she stole merchandise from True Value Hardware in Salem.
A request for a competency to stand trial exam was ordered to be completed at the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio.
Andre was taken into custody by Salem police after officers caught her with a stolen pink backpack loaded with other stolen items after thefts from several Salem stores Monday evening. Her bond had been set at $2,500 cash or surety and she remained in jail.