After weeks of citizen complaints, police in McMinnville arrested four members of a door to door sales force.

Shaquanna Johnson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was booked on theft and forgery charges for allegedly stealing a prospective customer’s checkbook last Friday.

Derrick Toliver was arrested for selling marijuana in the parking lot of the Paragon Motel in McMinnville, where 75 employees of the T & B Sales Co. are staying.

Two more employees were arrested for ID Theft for using phony names to obtain health care at a local hospital.

In addition to the arrests, authorities throughout Yamhill County said they’ve received dozens of complaints from citizens over aggressive sales techniques.

“People will come to the door, knock on the door, and refuse to leave without a sale,” said Cap. Ken Summers of the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office.

Large passenger vans drop off the salespeople in a residential area, and police say the young people aren’t picked up until they meet their sales quota.

One McMinnville police detective working on the case said there are two sets of victims: one made up of customers, the other comprised of the young salespeople. The two arrested for ID theft reportedly were refused medical care when they told their superiors they were sick.

The Georgia sales company has been coming to Yamhill County for years, but this is the first there have been arrests and such a large volume of complaints.

T & B’s co-owner says she will not tolerate criminal behavior, and that the four who were arrested are responsible for themselves. “They’re grown people, they make their own decisions and we don’t condone that,” said Melinda Burgess.

Burgess said the company has always made plenty of sales in Yamhill County.

The four facing charges are being housed at the Yamhill County Jail. They will be arrainged on Monday.