A Dubbo man has pleaded guilty to running from a store with more than $800 of stolen clothing, and a string of other property-related charges.
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Twaine Daniel Edwards, 26, also admitted to stealing a $1000 mobile phone and bank card the same day.
He faced Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to four counts of larceny, one count of dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception and related offences.
On the afternoon of April 6 Edwards stole a bottle of bourbon valued at $42 from BWS Riverdale, court documents show.
A couple of weeks later he went back and stole two bottles of bourbon.
Then on the afternoon of May 3 he hit Sportspower in Macquarie Street.
While in the store he selected nine hooded jumpers of various brands, a hooded shirt, and two pairs of trackpants, the documents show.
He then ran from the store and into a waiting motor vehicle.
That night Edwards struck again, this time stealing a case that contained a mobile phone, driver’s licence and bank card of a McDonald’s employee at the restaurant.
He then went to a nearby service station and used the stolen bank card to buy a packet of cigarettes.
All the incidents were captured on closed-circuit television.
Police attended a Young Street address on the morning of May 5 to arrest Edwards.
From a window officers saw the accused slide out of bed and then hide underneath it.
They entered the home and arrested Edwards.
He told police he had a serious drug addiction and that he would support his habit by any means necessary, the documents show.
Edwards appeared in court via video link from a jail where he had been remanded in custody on the charges.
A solicitor representing him said it was a sentence that would take some time.
Magistrate Paul Hayes adjourned the matter to May 16.
There was no application for bail and it was formally refused.
