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A Tucson man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets and cigarettes from a convenience store, Oro Valley police said Wednesday in a news release.

Kristopher Evan Walden, 45, is accused of jumping over the Oro Valley store's counter in late September and making off with a pile of scratch-off tickets and cigarettes, the release said.

Walden was arrested and booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of third-degree burglary, trafficking in stolen property and involvement in fraud schemes, the release said.

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Eddie Celaya is a breaking news reporter and host of the "Here Weed Go!" podcast. He graduated from Pima Community College and the University of Arizona and has been with the Arizona Daily Star since May 2019.