Three arrested for stealing beer and cigarettes

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Three Marathon residents were arrested in the early morninghours for stealing beer and cigarettes from two convenience stores.
Deputies were dispatched to Dion’s Food Mart at 6203Overseas Highway at 4:25 a.m. A clerk reported someone entered the store with abandana on his face and stole two 12 packs of Heineken beer. The clerk said thesuspect left in a white older model mini-van, traveling northbound.
A short time later, a clerk at the Shell gas station at11100 Overseas Highway reported someone with a bandana on their face enteredthe store and stole a pack of Newport cigarettes. The clerk reported a similarvehicle description –a white older model mini-van.
Deputy Vince Weiner responded and saw a white mini-van inthe area behind the Shell station, driving with no headlights. He saw the vanpull into a home on 5^th Avenue. He pulled behind the vehicle. Threepeople were inside. 26 year old James Beattie, 18 year old Bryan Echeverria anda 15 year old juvenile male all admitted to participating in the crimes. Theyall said Beattie was the one who wore the bandanna and went into the stores tosteal the beer and cigarettes.
Beattie was charged with two counts each of theft andwearing a mask in the commission of the crime. Echeverria and the 15 year oldwere charged with two counts each of theft.