Cutro faces charges of shoplifting
This story was originally published in The State on September 26, 1997.
Josh Cutro, already under investigation for possibly threatening a public official, was charged on Wednesday with shoplifting $300 in over-the-counter pain pills.
Cutro, 38, is the husband of Gail Cutro, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in the death of an infant in a day care the Cutros once ran in their Irmo home.
Chapin police officer Scott Smith arrested Josh Cutro and Betty Louise Keefe, 61, of West Columbia, at a Winn Dixie on Chapin Road about 6:30 p.m.
Witnesses at the store said Cutro and Keefe were filling a large purse with medication and other items. Keefe went into a bathroom and a witness followed her while others watched Cutro go sit in a car in the parking lot.
Keefe began dumping the pills into a trash can, Smith said. Police found 10 bottles of Advil, five bottles of Motrin, 19 bottles of Tylenol, eight bottles of eye drops and a bottle of vitamins. The items are valued at $365.
Authorities said Cutro had $708 in cash in his pocket.
Reached at his home Thursday night, Cutro denied he shoplifted. "When I go to trial, it'll be straightened out," he said.
This is the second time in the past week that Cutro has had trouble with the law.
He was questioned by SLED agents in connection with a remark he made Sept. 18 to 5th Circuit Deputy Solicitor Johnny Gasser after the prosecutor tried to convince the state Supreme Court to uphold Gail Cutro's 1994 murder conviction.
"Hey Johnny," Cutro shouted as Gasser left the courthouse, "I'll be around downtown, OK. Keep an eye out for me, and you better have at least 10 people with you."
He said the agents told him they were convinced he didn't intend bodily harm and "everything was cleared up."
This story was originally published July 27, 2016 at 10:52 AM with the headline "Cutro faces charges of shoplifting."