it was an accident I told him I would pay for it my dad's 72 he's got a torous brain and cancer and he's dying and I'm supposed to be there I do it on purpose on August 18th 2023 officers responded to Walmart following a report of a woman shoplifting items worth more than $100 hoty [Music] HTI all right so how much we looking at 11185 all right right and we wanted to press total accident okay and we're want to press charges have a trespass all righty uh ma'am what was your name Veronica Veronica Veronica I'm going to go ahead and read you uh your Miranda you're arresting me they want to press charges I can't go to my dad so I'm going to explain to you what's going to go happen and we're going to go from there okay you have the right to remain silent anything you say can be used against you in cour law you have the right at this time to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer one will be appointed to represent you before questioning if you wish you can decide at any time to exercise these rights not answer any questions or make any statements do you understand these rights as I've explained them to you I was an accident nobody okay Veronica well why are we stealing from Walmart today I wasn't meaning to I honestly thought ahead run them up okay if I didn't I wish one of the ladies around there would have said you missed this or missed that and I would have freaking rung it up okay so you thought you were ringing stuff up yes I was in a hurry because my dad is on hospice he B home he di he's got doesn't have very much time left I was in a hurry bringing stuff up okay all righty Veronica so you're just trying to get things in a hurry get home back to Dad and you weren't aware of you know what you were missing I swear to God it wasn't aware I was adjusting stuff in the car because I thought I had R it up all righty um sweetness and we're looking at like 111 you said okay I told him I would pay for it okay let me ask you Veronica is there anyone else at home with Dad right now no how old is Dad my dad's 72 he's got a torous brain and cancer and he's dying and I'm supposed to be there okay one or two things is would be appropriate if you missed something but $111 that's a lot I swear to God I didn't know that I I will pay for it okay all right well Veronica I'm going to go check some stuff in my computer I'll be right back and follow up with you and got to discuss what's going to happen you're going to hang out right here as long as you've been cool with them I'm cool with leaving you here uncuffed but if you start getting squirly we'll we'll take my dad I get that but if you take that next step we'll take our next step okay I'll be right back with you can I call he's okay yeah you're free to make a phone call she clear no other ones so cut her loose and so that way she go home to Dad you Veronica I know what it's like to be taken care of elderly family members so that's why I'm letting you go tonight I have no way to prove or prove if that's legitimate so I just thought I'm going to explain what's going to happen and then we're going to go from there so ticket as my good nature person maybe you're taking advantage of me who knows I don't know I'm not saying that you are for sure or not those are the circumstances you are going to get a court date you do have to show up for that court date it'll be at the Y Municipal Court do you know where that's at okay so I got to go out get that actual date and time for you got most of it prepped ready to go so all I have to do is enter your phone number give you that court date hit print and you're going to go on about your way have they already sign the uh trespass order with you do stel still get that uh he is with the city but he's no longer with the police department right here your trespass from Walmart all Walmarts neighborhood markets what is neighborhood markets I don't it's the Walmart branches it's so when you see a blue logo here for like Walmart there's just green typically and it's usually just like your typical groceries and basic necessities I understand why nobody's freaking out there a lady or something tell me I missed something well like my partner already pointed out it'd be understandable if it was a one or two things but the handful that it was that's where it's concerning it was closed in a Bop thing and I know I missed it and the clothes I just picked up from the the thing since they moved it and I photo real quick and I'll be done and you know what you have the ability to go to court and when you explain to the Jud I'm not going to Ste something okay yep but that's why we have courts right so yep it'll be your process of it and if you feel that you've been treated unfairly or getting this criminal charge for something that you don't think you did explain it to the court and that's why we have cours so okay and you'll get a copy of the trespass order so that way you have it on your person if you feel like you want to dispute that end of it with Walmart there's contact information on there that youed it for both because I do it on and that's your constition Y and you'll have that process but we got to do our job when something's reported to us I don't that's why I'm letting you go home tonight and not taking you to jail so as far as that concerns until you handle with Walmart side of things clearly don't come back cuz if you do even if you set premise on their parking lot you go to jail for for trespass there's two different levels of it if you cross into the store but essentially if you come back you can be arrested it's it's ridiculous but I get it okay um this your purse here yes okay all okay this is all her stuff yeah they've already taken the stuff perfect well Veronica I'm going to leave your ID right here in your purse we got all your stuff real quick before I go back to my car and get your paperwork ready what is a good phone number for you all righty so I believe if I remember right the last citation I issu Court's going to be on the 31st but I'll just double check that for you okay it's going to be at 1:00 in the afternoon so I'm going to go back out to my car get that stuff going if you guys finish up in here before I'm done my partner will hang out with you or just walk you out to my car that way we can get you out and going on your way okay all righty give me just a few seconds Veronica to she didn't even do it anything here M she worked here oh work to a and they accused her still she received her hand and they still leave her I can't go to uh just call the court there'll be a number on there and they say you can't make that date and they'll reschedule it for you I understand that it's stupid and then I will tell you about it when I go home make sure he's okay so that sorry a bra underwear evidently the underwear got hooked up into the bra you SE that I'm sorry that happened I didn't do it on purpose ready like I said it's going to be the 31st 1:00 in the afternoon like I told him if I ended up at a funeral ask what I told her to call the court if you have any reason that something comes up that takes president over half the show up to court all their contact information is up here you call the court let them know like hey I had this come up whether it's before the your court dat or the day of Court as long as you communicate to them they are understanding okay like I already said before between what's going on at home the fact that you're Cooperative with them that's good enough for me to be able to say hey you can go home but I will say if we have this kind of incident again in the city I'll take you to jail okay I I'm just I'm just letting you know I'm not saying that it is but if we do I'm not going to be so forgiving next time okay I totally get it I like I was saying I I told exactly what happened I've been F things of my life I did all righty do you have anything more for Miss Veronica at this time no all righty well miss Veronica you are free to go on about your way take your stuff out to your car load up and get on out of here so was she not bringing items up or was she switching it with clearance tags switching CLE tag switch tag and okay cuz what the call made it sound like is that she was like ringing stuff but then not ringing stuff so but if that's the case of switching tags and yeah that's 50-year-old Veronica melik was arrested on suspicion of third degree theft