Nearly four months after allegedly kidnapping Elizabeth Smart, Brian David Mitchell was arrested and briefly detained by Salt Lake City cops for shoplifting. According to this police report, the 49-year-old drifter was nabbed last September 27 at an Albertsons grocery store after pinching a flashlight, gum, and beer valued at $52.39. Mitchell, who first gave cops the aliases "Go with God," "Immenuel," and "Lueal," was given a citation and ordered to appear in court two weeks later. When Mitchell skipped that court date, a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Police investigators first focused on Mitchell in October, when Elizabeth's sister, Mary Katherine, suggested that a handyman--known only to the family as Emmanuel--may have been involved in the abduction. (3 pages)

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