On Monday July 2, 2018 Sgt. Treadway responded to Walmart on a report that a male had pushed a shopping cart of merchandise out of the store without paying. When he arrived, Walmart employees said that the male left the cart behind the Dollar Tree and believed he may have ran off into the field. Sgt. Treadway checked some of the other businesses close by and was unable to locate the male. Sgt. Treadway has been training a a visual tracker through the Government Tracker Institute and spoorology Research and used some of those skills to determine that no one had recently been in the fields behind the Dollar Tree in that area. Shortly after, a citizen gave a the description of the male they were looking for and said he was inside the Dollar Tree. Sgt. Treadway and Chief Deputy Maddox located the male in the back stock room of the store. The male tried to run then began to resist upon contact. After a brief struggle, he was detained. Matthew J. Rogers ( Paducah) told officers that he absconded from parole and that was why he ran and fought. Mr. Rogers had 2 verified warrants, one for contempt of court for failing to report to jail and a parole violation warrant for absconding from parole. He was additionally charged with Theft by Unlawful Taking under $500- Shoplifting. He was transported to the Marshall County jail. Several Deputies from the sheriff’s Department assisted.
