Dillard Man charged with Shoplifting from Walmart

On June 6, 2020, a deputy with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office was advised that there was a suspect inside Walmart on Highway 441 South in Clayton that they were watching and have several pending cases on this suspect.  A short time later, the suspect shoplifted and was being detained by the store’s loss prevention officer.  The deputy arrived on the scene and met with the loss prevention officer and the suspect.  The suspect admitted to the deputy that he stole $136 worth of items and wrote out a statement.  Then the deputy arrested 36-year-old James Joseph Traitz of Dillard for misdemeanor theft by shoplifting.  He was booked into the Rabun County Detention Center on the charge.