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New police video shows arrests in Alliance Nutrition drink theft case

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ALLIANCE, Ohio (WOIO) – New police body camera footage obtained by 19 Investigates shows the arrest of a Pennsylvania man and woman on suspicion of using counterfeit coupons to steal nearly $1,600 worth of Ensure brand nutritional shakes from two Alliance grocery stores.

Soud Kanan, 27, and Asmaa Kanan, 25, both of Sharon, Pennsylvania, were arrested around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot outside Marc’s on W. State St. in Alliance.

Soud Kanan, 27, and Asmaa Kanan, 25, of Sharon, Pennsylvania
Soud Kanan, 27, and Asmaa Kanan, 25, of Sharon, Pennsylvania(Police Authority Alliance)

The video shows the suspects standing next to a Penske rental car with a shopping cart full of Ensure drinks.

According to Alliance police, the couple loaded $892.73 worth of merchandise into the store, including 80 packs of Endure, and then used 190 fraudulent coupons at checkout to bring the total price down to $43.94.

Investigators said Asmaa Kanan had left a second shopping cart containing 60 packs of Ensure when she saw police entering the store.

In addition to the shakes in the shopping cart, officers also found hundreds of cartons of Ensure in the back of the van. Police believe the bottled drinks were purchased illegally from Marc’s stores in Boardman and Salem.

Alliance police said they found hundreds of packs of Ensure nutritional shakes in the back of a...
Alliance police said they found hundreds of packs of Ensure nutritional shakes in the back of a rental car after arresting Soud and Asmaa Kanan on Wednesday evening.(Source: Alliance Police)

The suspects are also accused of stealing $703.36 worth of Ensure products from Meijer in Alliance on June 11.

According to police, Soud Kanan filled two shopping carts with 84 packs of Ensure and then went to the self-checkout where he redeemed 20 fake coupons after scanning 20 drink packs.

According to investigators, he did not scan the remaining 64 soda cartons and then loaded all 84 cartons into a Penske delivery truck in front of the grocery store.

Two people were arrested in connection with the theft of $1,600 worth of nutritional beverages from …
Two people were arrested in connection with a theft of $1,600 worth of nutritional beverages from Meijer and Marc’s grocery stores in Alliance.(Source: Alliance Police)

The total value of goods stolen from Alliance stores was $1,596.09, according to police.

The two Kanans were charged with theft, a fifth-degree felony, and were taken to the Stark County Jail.

They were released from jail on Thursday after posting $10,000 bail, according to court documents.

The suspects are scheduled to be arraigned in Alliance Municipal Court on Friday afternoon.

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