Hunter
08/15/24
An Iowa City man who has continually been committing crimes over the past few months was arrested again Monday.
31-year old Gregory Echols of 501 Southgate was at the Crowded Closet, a business from which he had been trespassed before, at a little after 10am. Officers were called, and he was asked to come out of the store to speak with them.
Echols allegedly tried to leave the store with a pair of sandals shoved down his pants.
He reportedly told officers he concealed the sandals and that they did not belong to him.
Echols was taken into custody and charged with 3rd degree theft due to several prior theft convictions. He faces a jail sentence of up to two years if convicted.