Brian Eugene Julian

WARSAW — A Warsaw man is being charged with corrupt business influence after stealing hundreds of dollars worth of liquor from Meijer over several incidents.

Brain Eugene Julian, 46, Warsaw, is being charged with corrupt business influence, a level 6 felony, and four counts of theft, each a class A misdemeanor.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on May 29 a Warsaw Police Officer responded to a theft at Meijer. The officer spoke with loss prevention who advised he noticed a shortage within the “expensive liquor area.” Loss prevention had reviewed security footage and observed a male, identified as Julian, and a female select $241.90 worth of liquor, hide it in the female’s purse and leave the store without paying.

On June 4, Warsaw officers again responded to a theft at Meijer. Loss prevention advised that the same subjects selected $172.97 worth of liquor and again left without paying. This occurred again on June 12, with the subjects choosing $201.96 worth of liquor, and again on June 25 when the subjects selected $121.97 worth of liquor.

When the investigating officer spoke with Julian he admitted that he and a female stole the liquor from Meijer and traded it for heroin.

Julian was booked into Kosciusko County Jail on July 3 and held on a bond of $10,250 surety and cash.

This story will be updated, pending the arrest of the female and two others involved.

Meijer has been targeted in numerous thefts from November 2016, January, May and June.