Man Steals Phone He Could Have Gotten For Free - Jailed

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EUREKA -- A Eureka man was booked into the Humboldt County Jail on warrants Thursday after he was tracked down by police in a case of a stolen cell phone that would have been given to him for free had he waited for the results of his credit report.

The Eureka Police Department said Officer Gary Whitmer received numerous tips that placed Jeffrey Wayne Pembert at a house on the 200 block of Buhne Street Thursday morning.

Pemberton and Tracy Lynn Bagley, who was also named as a suspect in the cell phone theft, were at the house.

Pemberton was arrested on drug warrants out of Del Norte County and arrangements were made to return the phone.

Bagley recovered the phone from a friend and returned it to the Eureka Police Department. It was then returned to the store.

The two allegedly went into the Cal Autofone store on H Street Monday and asked about various phones.

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