SHREWSBURY — A 42-year-old Worcester man was found guilty in Westborough District Court for shoplifting less than $100 merchandise from a Market Basket in Shrewsbury last month.
According to the Statement of Facts in Support of Application of Criminal Complaint submitted to the Westborough District Court by Shrewsbury Police Officer Ahmed Kafel, Johua T. Brown, 42, of Worcester, was identified as the suspect who placed merchandise into a reusable shopping bag inside the Market Basket, at 200 Hartford Turnpike in Shrewsbury, and passed all points of sale without paying. The value of the merchandise was listed as $95.42.
Joshua T. Brown was arrested and charged with:
- Shoplifting by Concealment
Brown was arraigned in Westborough District Court on Nov. 6, 2025. During his arraignment, Brown pleaded guilty and was found guilty by Judge Michael Welsh and the case was filed.
This case is the third grocery store shoplifting incident News Link Live has reported on that took place last month in Shrewsbury. The others involved a Worcester man found responsible for stealing nearly $200 from a Shrewsbury Price Chopper and a separate case in which $288.90 in merchandise was taken from a Shrewsbury Shaw’s by a different man from Worcester.
Disclaimer: If you are wondering why the arrest in this story took place in November, that’s because I had to file FOIA request(s) to obtain the court documents. FOIAs are time-consuming. In addition, the feature image for this story is an AI rendering of a shoplifting in progress, not an actual depiction of the incident mentioned in the article.
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