Something Doesn't Smell Right About Return to Store: Bath Police Blotter

A woman who thought she'd tricked employees at a local store into giving her money for a fake return didn't think far enough ahead, it turns out.

Employees at Ulta Beauty on Medina Road told police that a shopper came in Feb. 18 to return products she'd purchased 11 days earlier.

After she left, they noticed the liquid in the bottles didn't look or smell the way they should and determined the products had been replaced with another liquid.

But the alleged thief didn't get away clean, according to a police report.

She had used a store rewards card to purchase the items, and the store easily traced the purchase to an Akron woman.

A warrant for her arrest was issued. On March 26, she was stopped by Cuyahoga Falls police on another matter and taken into custody on Bath's warrant.