KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE THEFT OF APPROXIMATELY 500 PLASTIC TOTES STOLEN FROM A TRI CITIES GROCERY STORE LAST WEEK. 27 YEAR OLD ANTHONY LEROY HICKS OF PINEY FLATS WAS ARRESTED AFTER A POLICE DETECTIVE OBSERVED SEVERAL TOTES MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TOTES STOLEN FROM FOOD CITY ON EASTMAN ROAD AT AN AUCTION. POLICE FOLLOWED UP WITH SOME PEOPLE AT THE AUCTION, AND LOCATED THE SUSPECT AT HIS HOME WHERE THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 300 MORE OF THE TOTE BAGS. THE TOTES WERE USED TO STORE CANDY, TOYS, AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE HANDED OUT EACH YEAR ON THE SANTA TRAIN THAT MAKES TRIPS FROM KENTUCKY TO TENNESSEE DURING CHRISTMAS. HICKS WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.