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When state troopers arrived at Sheetz at 5676 Route 15 in Clinton Township to investigate a disturbance involving Alexander Darnell Johnson about 11:45 p.m. on May 17, they told the 33-year-old homeless man that he would have to leave and could not stay in the store, it was stated in an affidavit. “Take me to jail,” he replied, and that is exactly where he ended up, police said. However, when they tried to take him into custody, he “actively resisted,” police said. He continued yelling and screaming as the troopers took him outside and placed him in the back of their cruiser, police added. When they went back in the store, the troopers discovered among his personal possessions marijuana and $35 in store merchandise he had not paid for, it was alleged. Arraigned before District Judge Denise Dieter on charges of felony shoplifting, resisting arrest, trespassing, disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and public drunkenness, Johnson remains jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail.