um we had an employee that let things come out of the store okay about ,000 worth of stuff and this her yeah okay on March 4th 2022 officers in Florida responded to a local Dollar General where an employee was accused of stealing over $1,000 worth of food and various other items how youall doing hi you know what manager called I am the manager okay you're the one who called yes what's going when the officer arrived the manager would explain how the scheme worked and how the employee was able to steal thousands of dollars in various snack and food items from the store and this her yeah okay so is there a lost prevention person we need to talk to I have I can call her do you both have IDs I do with hello hey how you doing good how are you good what's going on um if you want to just hang out for a second you want to have a seat or do whatever I just try to figure out what's going on and go from [Music] there okay CU you uh you got all the information from her yeah from her and her I'll talk to you so that was the law prevention manager basically I hadn't got the manager's statement but apparently she already wrote a statement to her so she all happened yesterday it's just one instance okay over the span of four hours yesterday the employee allowed her ant the employees ant to basically load up an entire carts of whatever I mean over $1,000 for the stuff and she would scan like one or two things she would the employee would yeah the employee would scan she was under yeah the the employee would scan one or two things let the she wants press charges so they're both going to go if we they don't know the ant's name and the employee apparently wouldn't tell her so um but yeah so if that's the case but apparently you want me I'll go inside with the manager get I need the surveillance video and if they can give us an idea of what all was taken we need a receipt yeah let me go she should have all that go ahead and have all that ready and I'll go in there with her get all that do that I'll myand her and talk to her real quick okay but apparently she already made everything on their written statement so that's fine all right sh I'm going to read you something and ask you a few questions you have the right to remain silent anything you say Canon will be used against you in a court of law you have the right to talk to a lawyer have him or her present with you while you're being questioned cannot afford to hire a lawyer one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish wish to speak to me about this incident that's [Music] fine yeah cuz it's kind of a tricky situation that's the statement she wrote with her aunt so I mean her knowingly scanning and allowing her to steal that's a criminal offense in itself but well about 15 minutes ago the ladies who were the last ones to come through with stuff came back in and their carts are still sitting over there when they realized I wouldn't let her come out and ring them out okay um the only I have pictures of the transaction from the register because it wouldn't let me reprint them okay so this is what she ran up that's what she gave away and I can show you on the big camera too and then she rang up a drink and that's the cart he pushed out and the only thing she rang up was the drink the drink yeah that's the actual receipt for the transaction and that's on the drum Drive can you oh that's this is all on the drum Drive yes so I can take this right yes cool um she told me to have it all so yeah that makes everything little easier he I'm just going to put and then this is and the employee Amy ranking I'm guessing and that's when she signed it so and she put her employee number I didn't um I don't know if you need the original or the copy I was just told to make a copy of it so and then these are like when I went through and watched the video I didn't put all of this on there cuz it wouldn't have fit but what is oh look this is and this is the list of stuff I could see in the cards that got taken can you do did you make copies of all that no not yet you make copies of all that front and back if you would you will be placed under arrest for Grand retail theft yes um tell me what's going on like you're being accused of unders scanning and allowing your aunt to walk out like I you know how many different felonies you can get from this it's organized retail theft basically is what it is whether it was your idea or not you went along with it did you get dropped off here or is your vehicle in the my vehicle's here okay hey um I'm getting ready to go to jail can you have someone come get it because I let somebody walk out of here with stuff yesterday yeah I don't know so I will let you know when I can get a bond hearing or whatever no you'll have a bond tonight except by me he said I'll have a bond setting set tonight I'm not sure how much it was where's your keys at for your vehicle are you able to have someone come get it cuz obviously you're not going to be allowed back on this property just going to call my aunt shy no okay my Aunt Judy okay do you have a phone number for Shelly I don't have anything for her she made it very secretive so I guess this is why where you going I'm going to give you my and stuff and put it in my car is it inside okay we'll have that come out just finish your cigarette do I need need to take my ID with me um not necessarily um I would take your cell phone with you so you can get phone numbers out of it um and then I'll just put my cigarettes and my keys and everything I have your information so you don't necessarily need your ID um it wouldn't hurt to take your wallet and phone with you but that's really your choice and I'll leave my rooming and do I need to take earrings and everything out or you will be made to at the jail yeah is it just your person side I believe so yes so she took eight shopping carts Al together in the hour it was eight shopping carts for Stuff where did the where did the ,000 number come from that's it was probably over that amount because there were toates full of things that we couldn't even see what was in them um so she's estimating you didn't happen to get her on video writing the statement did you yeah she is on video writing the statement is I can add that to that yeah if you would do that that would just be a little icing on the cake so to speak and uh what I'll do is I'll just take the copied version of [Applause] everything are the the receipts you have are on here you said or what you um well I have the beginning like where she scanned one thing and then gave them their copy of the receipt and they walked out with two carts for St okay cool that's on um all the ones that I had time to put on there are on there so okay if you guys need anything else I can we can do it all from here we don't actually have to wait for them to send it to us which is kind of nice yeah this is a good starting point right here so how long has she been working here at this store only a couple months well not even a month she came from the other Anthony store so the way she did it I have a feeling that this is not the first time yeah sure she wouldn't give you her she wouldn't give youall her aunt's name I don't it look like her mom look like her mom and they were driving a red van cuz you can kind of see it off to the side cuz she walks out to it and were yall able to get yall have outside cameras no but you can see the van in the corner yeah I was just wondering if you were able to get a tag if it was going to be a if I can get a tag number from the video but probably not from that angle see the side of it that would probably help us identify at least identify the aunt or Mom or whoever it is you know there's and then just what I need from you is going to be hey uh on this day yesterday um or this morning this morning when you saw the video or whatever just say hey on video I saw our employee her name um false ringing okay and then mention you know what you saw you you watch the video you saw the the lady putting whatever you saw the lady putting stuff in the basket a male getting it out the two black females like I said I don't need all the details of what was stolen cuz I have all that right here um I have a witness statement for him I'm actually going okay yeah that I'm actually going to give you just come outside with me so we'll get you squared away excuse me sorry I got the she's going to come out do a witness statement for sheing you got all that where's her person oh will you grab my shoes please whose shoes it is mine my work Sho okay I have slides oh okay get the keys for a car and lock everything up you said you have a family member that's going to come get your car where do you want us to leave your keys I'll just leave the door unlock you sure probably not the greatest idea aren't s now let me look in your first make sure you got no weapons which car is yours the universal precaution I got to take I did I'm not do you have any money to bond yourself out of jail or anything no then you can leave it in here if you want to take your ID with you you can I'll bring your ID that and your cell phone'll be good to go I do have fake teeth am I going to have to leave those with you guys too I that's good I I have no idea you got your cell phone yeah take that let's go over here and have a seat in my car while we get finished doing everything and get this going you have anything else you want to bring I am Since You've Been So Cooperative you just put your hands in the front not make turn around put them on the back and this is just eczema I don't have like no I have no idea I'm find out no that's not I thought it was just birth marks that you had no Cooperative make this as easy comfor open should be good all right than well I wait to see how much it is that's fine you can wait um like you said 750 or less it's misdemeanor I'm watching I guess so how how do they know I guess they follow around the store watch what well they got video cameras I mean every all over the place so you know they they invest big money into that kind of thing and before they call us they do their due diligence are they saying this is the only time do they suspect other uh right now this is all this is all they're saying and that's all she said this is the first and only time um so until we know otherwise yeah we're just treating this like a isolated oral the woman was given a few complimentary nights in jail according to court records the scheme was bigger than what officers expected the previous store had a similar loss totaling just over $8,000 where the employee would allow her mother to walk in and steal various food and snack items thank you for watching don't forget to hit the Subscribe button and we will see you next time