At 2.20pm 19th of April police attached to the Mid North Police Area Command attended a service station on Smith Street, Kempsey following a theft. The 27-year-old woman was arrested and taken to the Kempsey Police Station.
The woman informed police that she had recently been tested for Covid-19 and was informed to self-isolate until she received the results. She was charged with three counts of shoplifting, larceny, dishonestly obtain financial advantage, breach of bail and not comply with noticed direction. She was refused bail.