By Claire Z. Cardona
The Dallas Morning News
LONGVIEW, Texas — A 52-year-old man is accused of riding off on a stolen Wal-Mart electric shopping cart Wednesday in Longview.
Officers responded about 6:50 a.m. to a theft in progress at a Wal-Mart. A man had taken one of the electric shopping carts worth $4,000 from the store in the 500 block of East Loop 281, police said.
Police spotted Edward Dickard driving the cart on Highway 259 just north of the city limits.
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He was arrested and charged with theft of property greater than $2,500 and less than $30,000. Dickard remained in the Gregg County jail Thursday night.
Dickard, a homeless advocate, was arrested last month and charged with criminal trespass. He told the Longview News-Journal that he had been harassed by officers during the arrest as he waited for a bus.
He said the police chief later apologized to him for how he was treated during the arrest.
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