Tamaqua man cited for retail theft

Tamaqua police have cited Michael Howard Startzel, 31, of 131 Schuylkill Ave., Tamaqua, in connection with an incident at Boyer's Food Market, 210 Cedar St.

Officers were dispatched to the store at 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 7 for a male reportedly causing a disturbance. On scene they were told the male was in the office with the store manager.

The manager said he observed Startzel take a pack of chicken fingers and a pack of Kit Kat candy, then leave the store without making payment. The manager and other employees stopped Startzel and took him to the office until police arrived.

He was cited for retail theft.