Crime & Public Safety
Hall County Elections Board member charged with shoplifting boxers from Wal-Mart

Thomas Sandoval (Credit: Hall County Sheriff's Office)
A Hall County Elections Board member and former officer in the Hall County Republican Party has been charged with shoplifting two pairs of men's boxer briefs from Wal-Mart in Gainesville, police said.
The boxers were reportedly worth $30.
Thomas Sandoval told the Gainesville Times he is not guilty of an alleged theft from the Wal-Mart at 400 Shallowford Road.
“I’ve been wrongfully charged,” Sandoval said Tuesday.
Sandoval was booked at the Hall County Jail on Friday and released on a cash bond, records show.
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