LEBANON — A scheme to do some free shopping at a Deerfield Township store instead netted four people felony-theft charges, the Warren County prosecutor said Monday.

        Cincinnatians Maria Burd, 35, of Lindell Street and Robert Hocker, 47, of Boltwood Street recruited two teen-agers to stage a fight at the Meijer store on Fields Ertel Road, Prosecutor Tim Oliver said. They put their plan into action about 2 a.m. May 20, he said.

        While the teens were pretending to fight, Ms. Burd and two other women loaded three carts with $2,566 worth of merchandise and left the store, he said.

        The problem: “What happens when you have a fight?” Mr. Oliver said. “The police get called.”

        The sheriff's department arrived and stopped the suspects as they attempted to drive away.

        A Warren County grand jury heard the case Friday, indicting Ms. Burd on two counts of endangering children. She and Mr. Hocker each were indicted on one count of theft, along with the other two suspects: Amanda Tackett, 21, and Kimberly Turpin, 19, both also of Lindell Street.

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