No shoplifting scheme is clever enough to avoid the harsh lesson that comes with getting caught by the police. Here are five times when crazy shoplifters get humbled by cops. Number five. Wife's $800 dress theft for date night lands her in trouble. A woman in Florida is caught shoplifting at a local shopping plaza. After being spotted stealing merchandise inside a store, she runs away but is seen again 30 minutes later inside a Dillard's. She's caught trying to hide expensive dresses in her purse and attempting to flee again, but is quickly apprehended by store security. Cops are then called to the scene. Hey, how you doing? Hey. So, I've got a 10-12. I do have your um She had all that merchandise. I gave it back. And how much That's not how that works here. I'm going to go get you the footage from camera room Mhm. and his statement. Okay. I'll be right back. What I'm saying you had opportunity to pay it. Now, not my problem. I can't I can't help you out here. This stay like the prosecutor. So, I can't help you out here. You're going to jail. You'll go to court in the morning, but you're going to jail. Her ID is in her purse, so I wasn't sure. So, she hasn't been read anything yet? Can I go in your purse? Mhm. Well, you're under arrest now, so 10-50. I And I need you to sign some paper for me. Bless you. Well, I'm going to give her her name and stuff, but I don't Well, I need her to sign That's fine. that says passing, so You didn't know you're fine. Hold on. All right. We don't give out their home information and stuff like that. Got it. You won't be able to return to Dillard's at all, ever. I lied. I just wanted That's a 3066. You're not You're going to jail. Go ahead for me. Well, you can't pay for it. You You took it. I got it. This This is going to go in the trash. As they search her belongings, officers find other items still with tags from TJ Max. We are with our police department. $800. Is this yours, too, or no? No, but that's mine. I bought that. Where's the receipt? I don't I didn't keep the receipt, but that's not from here. Okay, so she stole somewhere else. All right, well I bought that stuff from Rainbow. Okay. Well Not my problem. This says TJ Max. If they didn't Okay. Let me see. You got other things in here? No, I just need to see if there's anything. No, you have gloves? There's no gloves. Bro, don't lie to me. That's not what What is it for? It's not for that. Okay. It used to burn incense. Burn You used to burn incense. Yes, it is. Okay. You have any gloves? No, these don't Can you put one on for me? So, when I test this, it's going to have incense powder. Don't lie. Okay. I actually need another glove to put this in. Yeah, she going to get one. So all this is I don't see no receipt for this, but they didn't call in about this. I'm only here for the Dillard's stuff, but there's no receipt. You can't have possibly bought something you don't have a receipt for it. Yeah, I do. It's in my It's in my house in my car with my husband. You came in here, so where's your husband now? They're somewhere out here looking for it. Okay, so you come in the mall with a bunch of other stuff that still has tags on it. And you mean to tell me you went to the car to drop a receipt, but didn't No, it came No, it came out of my bag. I just took that stuff because I'm matching a dress at what's going out to dinner. I was matching it. Who is what? My husband is my dad. Okay, you told your dad you were stealing? No, I didn't. Okay. The woman claims she bought these from another store, but without a receipt, the officers become suspicious and decide to investigate further. I have Listen, you're Can I ask you a question? Yes, ma'am. That stuff is I'm here You're here for stolen things. Right, and this is not Dillard's property. I'm not going to have them do something and it doesn't says this it belongs to Dillard's. So, your your concern is not this stuff. All this stuff says TJ Maxx. is the fact that you're concerned about that. No, I actually I think I want to investigate this one and see if you actually took this stuff too and add more to your charges because you don't have a receipt and this is None of this All this stuff says TJ Maxx. Is there a TJ Maxx in here? Yeah, not in the mall, but it's there's up the road. I didn't take anything. Okay, I'm going to You're going to slide with this, but this Dillard's stuff, yeah, no. I understand that, but I'm saying Who is Chris? That's my husband. Okay, I don't need to talk to him. Hi Mr. Chris, this is Officer Hazel at the Myrtle Beach Police Department. Yes. Are you looking for your wife? You know where she was going to be? Uh I do not know right off as of right now. All right, can I speak to her for a moment? Uh, no, you cannot. I was just calling to give you a courtesy. Do you guys Did you guys go to TJ Maxx? Were you at TJ Maxx? Yes. I was there today, yeah. Okay. All righty. Oh, huh? I was in Ocala. Okay, no problem. Yeah, I don't have the bond right now. Do you have any idea where it would be? Um, no, I do not. All right, what's the charges and what are the charges they gave you? Theft, I know it's it's over the petty theft. Ma'am. So. Yeah, $700 is over $700. Ma'am. Over $700? Yes. All right, I gave you too much information. You have a good day. Ma'am. Yes. Listen, can Listen. I'm not calling your husband back. that. I didn't what was I going to ask for that? I was going to say that, you know, you're here for for for me for stolen items. I'm asking if you would please not charge me with other things. Sensing the trouble she's in, the woman nervously tries to negotiate her way out of it. This one? I didn't talk to you about that stuff. I'm Oh, you're talking about you trying to test that for I I'm going to test it. I I It don't matter. I don't have to charge you for it, but if you're lying to me, I'm going to test it. You're just going to get yourself in more trouble. Just tell me what it is. I don't care what it is. I can destroy it, but you're lying to me. If you lie to me, I'm not going to save you right now. Just tell me what it is for. It's going to be destroyed if you just tell me what it's for. Just tell me the truth. Remember I told you that earlier when they got here, I said, "Hello, be honest with them." It's not incense. So, what is it? I I'm sorry, but I I don't know. You don't know? What is it? It's It's not incense. Okay, so is it is some type of narcotic, though? Yes or no? Is it some type of narcotic? It's a possibility. I'm saying Is this yours? Ma'am, is this yours? That's hers. It's mine, but I'm saying, ma'am, who you Just It's just a yes or no. Is it some type of Yes. Okay then. That's all I needed to know. That's That's all I needed to know. Don't please we we we we just just just just end it. You told me it was not So, let's just leave it there, okay? That's all I needed to know, honestly. I know that you are. Okay. Anything else you need from me? I need her signature from her. Okay. Um I need you I need you to I'm going to stand up and put take the one handcuff off for now so you can just sign this paper. Are you left-handed or right-handed? I'm right-handed. Okay. Stand up for me. And so that you know what you're signing is that you're being trespassed from Dillard's, okay? And now the entire mall as well. That's fine. Okay. So, you're no longer welcome in our stores. That's fine. Okay. So, it's Stand up for me. Do you need your cuffs? I can switch her out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are you destroying that because I don't want Can you just please It's It's just this. It You let it go. You answer my question. That's all I needed you to do. Just leave it alone. We're here because you stole something. Okay? All right. Here we go. Sign this paperwork and don't try to run cuz then you're going to catch another charge. Turn around. So, sign that for me. Despite her protests, the officers move forward with the arrest. Yeah, I never seen one. Excuse me. I'm sorry. If I put my hands under my butt, please can I not wear cuffs? I'm not dangerous. No. Um no, that's not That's not how we do that here. Turn around. That's not how we do that here. Okay. Okay. And and I get that. All right. Um you aren't I'm not I'm No judgment. You're not big. You're not fat. So, I know you're double locked, but you're not big and your hands can fit behind your back. She's been calling out to her husband a lot. Come on. I'll be primary. My blood already has me on the charge. I don't want another Oh, so you stole before? You just never learned your lesson. saying I'm getting a stealing charge. I don't want another charge. Okay. That that's already been settled. If you want to keep talking about it, I can take it there. I said don't talk about it. You told me what it was. Okay? Great. Can you please put my shirt back? Mhm. No problem. All right, let me go get his phone into this room. Can you please watch the door for me? Thank you so much. I don't know where I'm going, but Uh when when you go when you go back into the men's store, just make work your way to the bathroom and the door is right on your right. Okay. And knock on there twice. Men's store. Yep. You want to go into the mall? You don't have to for sure. She was the one that got the stuff from here. No? Okay. Make one because I don't want him to get in my case. That's my boss. Thank you so much. All right. So, two dress, three dresses, a shirt, and a purse. Great. They stay firm, gathering all the details of the theft. Oh, so you already got I already had one. Okay. Already had one. Sorry. Yeah. You got a felony. This will be a felony. This will be a felony because it's over. Let me see. 818. Yeah, 818. It was 799, so 799 exactly cuz we don't do the tax for us. Don't matter. It's over $700. Okay. Yeah, it's over $700, so you just caught yourself a felony. You're going to have a higher bond. That's all. All right. Or you can have one of the others. Yeah, I have one. Or you can always just wait to see the judge in the morning if you never been in trouble. They're all right. Up to you. It's It's a close case, all right. That's Yeah. Yeah. Don't do it again. Learn your lesson. Yes, we are. Yeah, I already did. Uh we'll go to the car. Can you come to the car so I can write it down? I'm not going Yeah, I know. I don't have that one. She's going to do that one. But I have a I already have that one. Can I get something out of your purse? What is it? Help with it. This? It's That's all you had in there? You have more in there? You have more in there? More what? I need you to be honest now. That's a good thing. Please, I'm sorry. Where is it? Okay, trace the amounts. Thanks for being honest. Anything else? Trash that. All right. Anything else? Like I said, this will be trashed. This is automatically getting trashed. The like in the trash. I can throw this in the trash. That stuff has to be trashed in a different manner, but All right. With the stolen items exceeding $700, she's charged with felony grand theft. Please stand up. Right now you have a felony theft. So, stand up. Like I said, this is trace amounts and I'll figure it out in a minute. I'll be honest if I tell you I'm going to charge you with it or not. Okay? For right now, I'm not dealing with that right now. All right. You want to walk this way? You can walk slow and have people look at you or you can walk fast to get you to the car. Up to you. Out here. Out here. Right here. You have a baby? How old is your baby? I have I have a I have a newborn and a A newborn? How old? And I have a um a 10-year-old. And I have a 7-year-old. So, you have a 10, 7, 6, and a newborn. Yeah. Thank you. You have anything on you narcotic-wise, and it gets taken to the jail, you'll be attached with an additional felony. I'm just We have to let each other know. I have to let you know. Oh. Listen, you have to come in here. I There's no other way, shape, or form I can get you there. You have to come in this. Police Department is not far. You don't have to smoosh yourself in here. You can put your back all the way to the end of that that uh area. I got to search you, so lean up against this for me, the car. Why don't you stand for me? I'm sorry, please. Like I said, if you have anything in you that may I'm just I'm just saying I have to just say it for the camera. You have anything in you that I may have not caught or catch, and you're taken to the prison, that'll be a charge, okay? Oh, or the jail. That'll be a charge. Okay. That door. So, you have to smoosh yourself in there. Appreciate your help, sir. No problem. Let me give you the trespass paperwork or something. In addition to the felony grand theft charge, she's also trespassed from the entire mall. Number four, Kroger shoplifter slapped with $125,000 bond after attempted theft. A woman in Ohio was caught shoplifting at a Kroger grocery store. She walks in, places items in a bag, and walks out without paying. The store staff quickly report the incident to the police. Hello. Hello. What happened? Nothing to me. What do I mean? I got called on you. Uh I got called on you from Kroger. Oh, I had the tissue underneath. Uh-huh. And uh I I I had a paper towel Uh-huh. and I put it on top Uh-huh. and I forgot and I walked back inside and I I forgot how much it did then I had the tissue underneath. Uh-huh. I'll give it back. Okay. That's not their version of it. What's their version? I was only there for 5 minutes. Okay. Do you have a receipt for all this stuff? What stuff? Did you take anything from Kroger? I think I had this. Yeah, juice. I think I had this. You what? I think I had this in my cart. You already had that? Yeah, I had this and that in my cart and this in my cart. Okay. Do you have an ID with you? No. What's your name? Uh What's your name? Why? Cuz we we were called on you, your exact person, for a theft in progress from Kroger. From the tissue? I gave the tissue back to her. Well, you took it out of the store, so that's a theft. So, you can either cooperate Listen to me. You can either cooperate with us or we'll take you to jail. All right? So, give me your name. I'm cooperating. I did not take the tissue out. I gave it back to you. So, regardless of whether you gave it back to them or not, it's still theft. You still took it. I didn't take it out of the store. Okay. Took it past points of sale. Okay? I had a paper paper towel. Explanations are fine for after. Right now, I need your name. I had paper towel and I had tissue. What is your name? Monique. Monique, what's your last name? Smith. Can somebody go talk to the people at Kroger that are standing out in the parking a by the uh by the Despite the woman's explanations, the officers aren't convinced by your explanation. Take out the tissue and roll the paper towel. Kroger doesn't call us for Okay, so we're going to go talk to them. They're going to tell us what happened. So that's why 31 to 30 I can take care of. The best thing you can do is cooperate with us and tell us what happened. Okay? Yeah. Don't feed us on some [ __ ] cuz they got cameras. We'll watch all that. Okay, and you can see I gave the paper I paid I priced the paper towel. All right. This is mine. So you didn't go in there with that stuff. Yes, I did. Okay, well Cuz I was in there for earlier before I went to TJ Maxx. No, I don't. Yes, I do. Let me see your receipt. I was in a lot of stores. 18 is what? Where do you live? Why? You don't want to go to jail? I don't know why do I ask me if I want to go to jail for where I live? Because of what they told us that What they did tell you? that you stole all this stuff in this bag. Okay? I'm asking for your Where do you live? I asked where you live. Makes me think you left and you're hiding out over here on the other side of a fence. Well, it looks to me like No, I'm waiting for the bus. I can wait I I'm waiting for the bus. I ain't trying to hide. I'm sitting down. It's hot out here. I don't need to be yelled at. I don't need to be doing that cuz I know I gave the tissue back. I had a roll of tissue under me and I had paper towel and I priced it and I forgot the tissue. Well, we have a huge theft problem at Kroger. Okay? If you didn't steal anything, we'll be out of your hair here in just a few minutes. Okay. But while we're doing our investigation, you do have to provide us the information we're asking for, okay? That's That's why when you're giving us attitude back and we got started with you, you have to give us information we're asking for, okay? All right. 393 is What's that telephone number for, Ms. Smith? I don't have a telephone number. No telephone. What about home address? Why? Cuz I'm going to identify you regardless of how it shakes out. But you're asking me all this information over paper towel that I gave back? Okay. I was in here twice. I went over there and I came back. I went to go get a tissue and I gave it back. The woman continues to resist, which leads the officers to do this. In front of all the theft stuff. Why you grabbing me? a warrant for your arrest. No, I don't. You got a warrant. Why do I have a warrant? Don't hurt my Wait a minute. Wait a minute. If you don't relax, I will charge you with resisting. If you do not relax, I will charge you I am relaxing. I am relaxing. Let go. When I tell you to I tell you to cooperate, this is not relaxing. I have a warrant for my arrest? Yes, you do. When I When I ran your social, they just told me you had a warrant. All right? All this could have been avoided, except for the warrant. You just Why do I have a warrant? Why do I have a warrant? I don't know. I haven't been able to get that far cuz you haven't been straight with me. I mean, you didn't let me know it. You're doing this to me. I'm You're doing this to me. You're moving around, that's why. Stop moving. I'm trying to loosen them up. Okay, wait a minute now. Relax. I am relaxing. I'm vibrating to just put you on the ground. Y'ALL ALWAYS DO. Y'ALL BROKE my arm before. Y'all broke my arm before. Now, I can get a thumb in there and I can Okay, I am relaxing. Look, let me put my arms together because I've been through this. Okay. Now, let my arm go. You are not going to trip me. Okay, I'm not going to trip you. I'm preventing you from moving cuz you have not been cooperative from the jump. All I was trying to do is investigate the theft investigation and you have stopped me at every turn. No, you said I got a warrant for my arrest once I gave you my ID uh my uh thing. You may have both. You do have a warrant, but I was trying to figure out the theft thing before. Okay, so when is the warrant? I haven't been able to get that far because you have not been cooperating with me, okay? Yes. When is the warrant? on your person illegal or dangerous? Anything that can cut, poke, or stick me? No. Okay, separate your feet for me. When is the warrant? We don't know all that. Can you put my tablet in my bag, please? Everything will go with you. At the moment, I'm a little bit less concerned about your tablet, more concerned about making sure there's nothing it on the ground. I don't have anything. When is the warrant for? There's nothing in here. that for us. When you have a warrant Our step is to detain you for your safety and ours so we don't get into a tussle like we just did. That's all my Even after being handcuffed, she remains defiant arguing with the officers about her belongings and the charges. That's all mine. Based on your reaction and how you're behaving towards us, I'm going to say you probably stole I haven't been doing this job I've only been doing this job for a few days. I've only been doing it for a few days but I'm going to say you stole it. All right, relax. You find your I find a receipt, I'll be more than happy to tell you Where's the receipt at? Not that bag. This bag? Yeah. This bag? Yeah. let's go. No, let me see. I ain't never seen so much stuff in this grocery bag. We got stuff with tags on it. receipt in here. We'll run into her. He bought that from me. You've been out stealing. He went in the car. He bought that. That's his stuff. Who's he? Yeah. Who? That's my boyfriend's stuff. Okay. Yeah. Well, we'll check on it. You've been out stealing. You act like I'm I'm not acting like you're All right, well you are. No, I'm not. You You see you've been out stealing today. I just Those are mine. I had bags. Okay. All right. What are we What are we looking for? I couldn't hear him. They're wanting to know how much product she got. We got all kinds of stuff. We got all kinds of meat and frozen stuff, some cereal, some juice, some tea. We got stuff. And you threw toilet paper at him so I'll just charge you with the robbery. You want to cooperate? I didn't throw paper at you. I had toilet paper under here. it at him. No, I passed it to her. My guess is to get away. No, I took the toilet paper down back down the road. All right. in the hall. Well, you're going to get charged with theft, too. You can't produce a receipt. So, you're good. Huh? We said you're good. We said you're good. Okay. Can I get some of that, please? My soda. Can I get some of my soda, please? Yeah, take You might as well take this TJ Maxx, too. No, that's that's that's that's mine. We can find receipts, we're going to hold on to it. came from home. So, you can prove That's all That's all that is from home. So, the tags from TJ Maxx? Yeah, all that's from home. At this point, the officers just don't believe a word she says. All this is from home. So, until we can determine that, they're going to be theft. I'll tell you what, you have a big bag. That's all from home. Cuz we gave her Where is the soda? Where is my soda? Then I I'm not going to give you a drink cuz there's a chance you stole it. I'm not going to give you a drink cuz it's something you stole. a lot of stuff with me. Come on now. I have all this stuff with me. me a single reason to believe you. All right? No, I don't have a bag that big. Uh I might go for that bag. For all that stuff? I might have a long bag, my duty kit. What is bigger than that or not? For that thing? Do you want them all? I got to get all these. I lost my You got it. All TJ Maxx? That's under all the Kroger stuff. Unfortunately, I don't have a receipt for that's what I had. That's what he got me. Well, the stuff with TJ Maxx tags, I'm going to hold on to until we can prove it's not stolen. Yeah. So, you're going to get him get a receipt. I didn't even go into TJ Maxx. He He paid paid my way and he put that thing that he got in the car. What car is he in right now? He didn't All right, he left. I had to go on foot. What car? Not my car. Well, he's the one who was Why are you we standing here arguing with him? Cuz I had to go out there. He just dropped me off and he got me that stuff. That white white and he left. And he got him some stuff. It's all that TJ Maxx stuff. It all is, yeah. No, that's mine. It's all got fresh TJ Maxx tags on it. So we're going to call TJ Maxx stuff for now. Usually when I give something to somebody, I usually don't give them stuff with the tags on them. DJ, he just came out. That's mine. That's all from her. He didn't come out with TJ Maxx bags when he bought all this stuff from TJ Maxx? had a bag, but he gave me mines and he left. That's mines. I got stuff like that at home, too, with tags on it. That's all my stuff. And that's my stuff, too. Throughout the whole encounter, the woman denies all allegations against her. Stuff's not right now. Your stuff's in That's either going back to the store or it's going in our property until you can prove ownership. All right, let's go ahead and have you sit in the car with We need to hold on to that up front. You have anything in your No, put that back in my bag. Just sit it back cuz I never get my stuff back. I never got I never get my phone or my tablet back. Put it just put it in my bag and keep it all together. So it's not staying on you for the ride. it from off of me. It's not staying on you for the ride. Okay? Oh. We'll get it to you later. You're going to get to Where's my purse going My job's worth more than a TCL tablet. I know. Stop being I'm just saying I never get my stuff back. They steal my stuff. There's a difference between hostile I don't know. You got to do it. You got to take them off of me. Yeah. You got to take them off of me. All right, if you move I'm not going to move. Okay, listen to me. Okay, Monique. If you do what we did last time, we're going to the ground. Do you understand me? And you know what? It's going to be a bigger a bigger lawsuit on y'all cuz y'all are going to be keeping on me to the ground. When's the last time Kettering PD threw you on the ground? Uh When the last time they took my car from me and didn't tell me where my car was? Well, what did you do to get thrown on the ground? I had surgery on my knee and I told them to wait and they kept on trying to get me on the ground and I was like, "Wait." Well, if you were anything like you were today, I don't know why they did that. Cuz I'm telling you hold on. You don't have to do that. I'm listening to what you're saying and you're still laying hands all over my arm. You don't have to do that because I'm very obedient. This is not my first rodeo like this, but you're already grabbing my arm and jerking my arm and that's why I was making me say, "Wait, wait." Because you're not going to just break my arm back. I know how to put my arm back. Cut her off at the mouth. I'm going to take you off of me. I'm not Don't cut it. DON'T CUT MY BAG. DON'T CUT MY BAG. WE'RE not wrestling with you again. We're not doing this again. No. No. You're not going to cut me. You're not going to wrestle with me. I'm not wrestling with you again. Have a seat in the car. Her resistance gets even worse as the officer secure her inside the patrol car. We already did wrestle with you. We're not doing it again. Have a seat. Have a seat. Look at my shoes. What about your shoes? THEY GO WITH MY BAG. WHY DID YOU HAVE to cut my bag? Sit in the car. Sit in the car. Get off of me. Get in the Now I see why you got thrown to the ground. Yeah, well throw me to the ground then. Get in the car. GET OFF OF ME. Get in the car. DON'T KICK ME. HERE, I'LL PULL YOU. GET IN THE CAR. Where are my shoes? Nope. Get in. Your knees in the car. I will beat your [ __ ] I'M IN HERE ALREADY. I'M IN HERE. STOP MOVING. You just got ASSAULTED ON CAMERA. CARE. YOU ALWAYS GOT TO ASSAULT ME. GIVE ME MY SHOE. YOU don't get to tell us what to do. Get your foot in the car. Get your foot in the car. Go to the trunk. Get your foot in the car. I'm done arguing. I didn't put her in cuffs make you do this. I'll help you with this. What do you think? They confirmed your warrants, you're also under arrest for that. What? For the warrant? Yeah, your warrant. You already said that, but I was asking you what for what what when was the warrant? I hadn't had a chance to talk to dispatcher look at my computer for that cuz you were being kind of a pain. Who cares? Now, y'all were being a pain. He was being a pain to me. You can't tell people how to treat me. I stopped out and talked to you just nicely. it wasn't about you. All right. When he came up, he was pressing me the wrong way. Well, if you did wrong, you got to get end up with it. Don't mean treat me wrong. If I did wrong, I do I pay the price for the crime. Walk up to me like you violate me already. The woman is charged with obstructing official business and her outstanding warrant leads to a $125,000 bond, later reduced to 10,000. Though the theft charge is dropped, she's sentenced to 5 years of probation for obstruction plus court costs. Number three, shoplifting scheme by two women falls apart after police show up. Two women are caught shoplifting at a retail store. Employees notice one woman placing unpaid items into a bag and call the police. When officers arrive, the situation quickly escalates. What do you want us to do? Do you want us to interject? Do you want us to wait to see if they're shoplifting? Book them for it. They didn't pay for it. Okay. Hey, give me the car. Hey. Hey. Stay right there. Stay right there. Stay right there. Stay right there. Stay right there. Did you pay for that? No, she wouldn't let me. Who? The lady at the register. Ask her. Okay. Oh, she got to have that. You're going to be detained at the at the moment, okay? Okay, that's fine. Okay. That's fine. You want me to drop this? You want me to drop this? Yeah, drop. This is my bag. This is my bag. Okay. Like I stood there for a hour, like almost an hour. Okay. So, again, so you're just being detained at the moment, okay? Doesn't mean you're being arrested. So, we're just trying to clear things up. Okay. What's up? Look at that. So, Yeah, I want to press charges. Okay, on both of them? Both of them. Yeah, they have all that is ours. Okay. So, so apparently she they're saying that No, she want me to come to the car to the door to pick up a card. I'm like, I'm not going to the front door to pick up no card. She want to pay for it. Well, she already bagged it. Yeah, okay. She already bagged the merchandise. They're claiming that they were that they wouldn't let you guys wouldn't let them pay, apparently. No, she See how long when we called you guys? They've been at the register and I saw her stuff that bag. I was looking at her from here and I saw her stuff the bag with our merchandise with the hangers. Okay. So, they they didn't pay for any of that. They didn't pay for nothing. Okay. She said she have a return and she have and she need a card. Okay. So, I said, "Where's your card?" Oh, it's by the door. If I could go get it. I said, "I'm not paying by the door to go get no card." No. Okay. And she want one of my ladies to go get the card. I said, "No, we're not going out there." Right. Now, okay. So, So, at this time you are under arrest for shoplifting, okay? Oh, wow. And now that the shoplifting is confirmed, the officers decide to officially arrest the woman. So, it sounds like you didn't pay for any of this. Okay. You got ID on you? Um, no, I don't. You don't have ID on you? I don't have my ID on me. Okay. You want to grab a seat? You want to grab a seat somewhere or something? I don't want to have have you stand the whole time. Yeah, if you want to go over here. So, before we start, I'm going to just I'm going to read you your rights, okay? And since you are under arrest for shoplift, you have the right to remain silent. Do you understand each of these rights I've explained to you? And then, having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to us? What? What? Having the right Having your Miranda rights in mind, do you want to talk to me? Oh, yes. I want to clear the air. Yes. Okay. So, let me get your your info first, okay? So, you don't got ID on you? No, I don't. What's your last name? Davis. Davis? What's your first name? Tichina. T I C H I N A. Say that again. T I C H I N A. I don't see how I'm being arrested if If that lady told me to get out, how am I being arrested? Go ahead and tell me what happened. What happened? Yeah. Okay, so when I walked in the store, I asked the guy that works in the store, "What time do you guys close?" He said, "12." And I was like, "Okay, I got a little bit of time." So, I was like 10:40. Maybe like 10:50 when I walked in. And so I 10:50? Yeah, it was like 10:50 cuz I asked him what time they close, he said 12. Okay. And I was like, "Okay, cool. I have a little bit of time." So, I'm just shopping, shopping, shopping. And then, I guess it was 11:30 when they closed and I didn't know that because he said 12. The lady that I guess she's the manager, maybe, the black lady up there. Good. Yeah, so the lady That's when she comes to the back where I was at and she's like, "We're closed. We're closed." And I'm like, "You're closed? You guys said you guys close at 12." And I'm like, "What time is it?" She's like, "It's like 11:30. We close at 11:30." Okay. And I'm like, "Okay." And so, I started, you know, going through what I was going to get. I'm like looking through my stuff. She's like, "We're closed. We're closed." And I'm like, "Okay, so The woman explains her side of the story. And so when I get up to the front, this lady was already up there and she was like doing whatever she was doing with the lady up at the register. There was only one register open. And so when I came up there, I was standing stand I stood there quietly, didn't say anything. I'm just like letting them do whatever they're doing, waiting to get my stuff. And so the lady she's just going back and forth like instead of opening up another register to let me pay for my stuff, she's just going back and forth yelling and yelling like like what is that going to do? We're closed. We're closed. We're closed. saying? She's like, "We're closed. I don't know what you're doing." Uh not me. She wasn't talking to me actually. She was talking to that other lady. She's like, "I don't know what you what you're doing." You don't know the other person? No, I know her but I don't I don't know her like I don't know her like that but I know her. I know her but I don't You didn't come with her? No. No, I came with my friend. And so um so I'm sitting there and I'm like, "Okay, so I'm like can you open up another register?" And she's like, "All registers shut down." And I'm like, "Okay, so you're just going to keep going back and forth yelling instead of trying to help the situation." And she's like, um what did she say? Then she went in the back She went in the back, came back out and then yelled said something else to the girl and then um and then that's when I think she was asking to get her card. And so she the lady wouldn't go get her card so she could pay for the stuff. She's like she want her to leave so get her card or you know go get her card. And she's like, "I'm not going outside. I can't go outside." She didn't she wasn't asked to go outside. The problem was coming to the door. And that's when I came and looked I that's when I was like, "I'll just go get it." And I brought my car with me because I had my my bag in there. And so I brought it to there and I came out and I looked. And then that's when I went back in and she's like, "You You guys get you can get out. Just get out." And I'm like, "What are you talking about?" So I'm like I'm taking I'm taking my stuff. You don't You don't want to pay for it? She's like, "Just get out." I'm like, "Okay." So what would you take that as? To just get out, right? Well, I mean to me I would I I wouldn't get out with unpaid merchandise, right? I mean, what store do you know But if she's if I said, "You don't want me to pay for my seven." she said, "Just get out." What would What would you take that for? Take that out. Just leave, right? The officer digs deeper trying to get to the whole truth. So, what they're saying is that you both were saying that your card was outside. I never said just right. I never said that. Never once said that. So, you can ask her if I said I never once said my car was outside. I asked lady if you want me to go get the card for her because she was just standing there yelling not getting the not getting the card. So, that was just prolonging the situation. Yeah. So, why wouldn't you just go grab the card and let her pay for and then let her go. That didn't make any sense. So, why would you go grab a card for someone else you already know? Because she was standing right there in the front of the store. She walked She was walking to the front of the store, too. And I was going to hand it right to her behind me. Like I wasn't going to take your card or anything. And when I came out here I didn't see anyone like I don't see anyone out here and then I walked back in the store. Do you have anything else to add? Um no, that's No, after I grabbed the seven she was like, "Get out. Just get out. Get out." I grabbed the seven and I left. Meanwhile, the other woman involved is also questioned. Hey, how are you doing? I'm okay. Hey, I'm Officer Hang. So, just so you're aware this is audio video recorded, okay? No. Yeah, okay. Um just for the record though, can you just state your name? Kira Hampton. What's that? Kira Hampton. You know why you're being talked to, right? Um for a theft, right? What's that? Theft. Yeah, so at this point you're So, you're under arrest for shoplifting, okay? I'm going to read you your rights. Do you understand each of these rights I've explained to you? No, sir. What's that? No, sir. Okay, and then having these rights in mind, do you wish to talk to me? Yes, sir. What occurs? So, we were in the shopping and then um I went to the register and um you know, I started putting my stuff up there and then I realized that I didn't have my card. And so I asked her can she walk me to the door to get my car, you know? And she said she couldn't walk me to the door to get my car. And I said Yeah, I see. The lady in there? Oh, okay. Mhm. It was two of them working the uh behind the counter at that time. And so I said, "Can you walk me to the door to get my car?" And she said, "I can't walk you to the door to get your car, but you can walk to to the door to get your car." I said, "Okay, can you walk with me to the door, you know?" Because I know how this works. And I said, "Can you walk with me to the door to get my car?" And she said, "No, I cannot walk to the door to get your car." She said, "You can go, but I can't go." So, I said, "Okay." So, I walked to the door and that's where I stopped right there at the last door because I know how this works. Yeah. And sure enough, yeah. What do you mean you know how how this works? how this works. I know how I I know like she's telling me to basically go outside to get my car, but you can't come with me. Yeah. Well, I mean they they probably have policies against that, right? Unlike the first suspect, she's more cooperative and honest about what happened. I just know like from my point of view like from my side as a as a um the person on the other end of the stick like I know that I shouldn't walk out the doors with nothing, you know what I mean? So, I knew that that wasn't a Right. So, that's why when I walked, I stayed right there and I don't know how long I was there until you guys came. So, I already knew. That's it. So, if you I mean, if you forgot your card, why didn't you why didn't you leave like leave the items and go grab your card and come back? No, cuz she told I was walking to the cuz she was supposed to be at the door and then she says, "Just go ahead, go to the door. I don't care. Go ahead." And I knew she was on the phone. I said, "You're on the phone with the police." I said, "Oh my god, why?" You know, you called the police and all. I said, "You don't even have to do that." I'm going to wait for my stuff. And so she said, "Go ahead, go Go ahead. Go ahead." So, in my You go ahead. Go go to the door." So I went to the door and sure enough So I mean I would say to your daughter, I um I'm not going to try to pull your sleeve or nothing because I know what it is, but to be honest, okay, maybe I was I did put a couple of things in the bag that I wasn't going to pay for, but cuz I know being honest is your motto. So and I'm just going to be honest with you. No, and I appreciate it. No, I I'm going to be honest with you because I'm not going to I'm not going to try to insult you like that, but I had a couple of things in the you intended to pay for most of it, but you did put a few things I'm not going to lie to you. What was What What did you put? What did you put in your purse? Nothing. Nothing's in my purse. You can look in my Okay. You can look in my purse. Nothing's in my purse. I didn't detain nothing in my purse. I only put stuff in the plastic bags that you can have when you're in the stores. I didn't detain nothing on me cuz that's that wasn't my mission, but like I said, I was going to try to not pay for a pair of shoes I wear in there and this Nike outfit. But other than that, I mean, it's just hard times and that's what I was going to do, you know? No, I understand. a lot domestic violence and stuff, so But other than that, like I've been doing good for 5 years. You know, I have a I'm a single mom. I have a daughter and I take good care of her. Where's your Where's your daughter at now? She's with my auntie right now. My auntie is a paraplegic, so she has one leg. Okay. And so I don't you know? Yeah. All right. Well again, I appreciate you being cooperative. She tries to explain her actions, appealing to the officer's emotions. So I am. So again, so it goes back to like so if you knew kind of what was going down and you knew she was on the phone with the police, I mean, why why even risk it? Because I wasn't going to I wasn't going to steal the stuff. I was going to pay for it like I told you. So I was you What? Why just not leave Why just not leave the items and go grab your cart and come back? You You kind of You said you kind of had an idea of what was going down, right? Yeah, yeah, I did. I did. I did. But yet you still went through with it. Because I wasn't going to come outside. You know, that's why I stayed at the doors. I know. I know this stuff. I know like what to do when So, I'm like I'm not going out the doors with this stuff. Like you told me to go, but I'm not going out the doors. I'm going to just go to the door and if she doesn't read my card, then here, you can have it. And that's why your security guard was right there. He was trying to follow me outside. So, I knew she was on the phone to you guys. I You probably heard me say you were on the phone to the police. Yeah. Where was Where's your card at? Where were you trying to get your card at? I don't know. It's It has to be in the car somewhere because it's not in my wallet. Where's your card My My friend Alicia's car right there. Where? Alicia's car down talking to the police. Which one? The straight right there in the Whose vehicle is it? My friend Alicia's. Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. She's over there. All right. And so, I looked in my wallet and stuff and my card wasn't in there. So, it has to be there because I just used it not too long ago. The key is in there. Okay. But that's why I say I'm not like your supervisor said like don't lie to you and whatever. I'm not going to because Okay. I have too much to lose and um All right. Do you have Do you have anything else you'd like to add to your statement? No, just that I've came a long way and that I Like I said, I knew that that you know, I knew what not to do. So, that's why I didn't go past the doors. And However, it's up to the store to decide whether to press charges. Okay. asking you for like whatever. Um Like after dealing with my own mistakes and choices, Yeah. I will, but I'm just asking you to make whatever you decide to do, you do. When I'm taking to jail, can you just write me a birthday? My auntie has a one leg. So, So, ultimately, Burlington's right going to decide that. So, we'll go chat with them again, but She has a one leg and then tell me like the other. Yeah. I promise I'll go to court. Okay. Yeah, well, you'll get a court hearing. Just make sure you go to it, okay? I promise you I will. That's why I I will. I just need to get to my baby. She All All she has is me. Yeah. I've been doing so good as a single mom and being beat on, you know? Domestic violence and stuff. I've been doing so good. Yeah. I'm tired. You know, tired. Not saying I don't Yeah, I believe it. All right. But at the end of the day, right? So So their story and they're the victim and that's their They're wanting to pursue charges, right? So Well, yeah. No, I understand if they if they, you know, pursue a charge and stuff. I'm just telling you like if they do that um cuz I know it's up to you guys. I will come to the court date. If you can just write me, you know, cuz I need to just get my baby or they take me with my baby. Okay. And then I can drop her off. Okay. So we'll end the the interview, right? So have any threats or promises been made to you while we started this interview? No. Okay. And at any time during this statement did you request for an attorney? No. Okay. No. I'll give you my phone. Okay. It's not that big of You know, it's not that it's it's simple, you know? Just tell the truth and just like it's not a big Like you said, it's not the end of the world. No, and again, I appreciate you being cooperative, right? And being honest. Store staff, however, provided different story. in the white t-shirt. She was the one saying she didn't have a She was the one that was saying she left her credit card outside, right? And I was asking you guys to go get it. blonde, the shorter one. Yeah. Yeah. With the Yeah, and she wanted me to go get her card from the you kept saying no, no, no. I said we're not going outside to go get it. She said, "Oh, just by the door." And I said, "No, we We can't leave here to go get your That's your responsibility." So what about the one She was She was waiting behind. She was behind. She said So I asked her if she wanted me to ring her up first. She never even got to register. She was saying that she was getting impatient cuz the girl in front was like you guys she walked up with her merchandise. But she said that you said go ahead just do it. Do what? her to just go No, I did not. I did not. said that she was asking to pay but you guys were saying there's only one register. There's only one register so I told the the the first one if she want to step aside so the so we can ring up that other customer. Yeah. And she says she start using um whatever word Yeah. um at me and I said ma'am we've been closed for um 5 10 minutes. Yeah. And I need you to cuz you know I can help take the hangers off and scan but she says you're effing this you're effing that. I want to I want to pay but I need you to go to the door to go get the and I go what? Cuz I've never heard any nobody ever asked me to go get their credit card from somebody else. Yeah. I said no. We're not letting anybody else in the when the store closes we don't let anybody else in. Right. I get that. Yeah. We don't want anybody to go out to the car to get anything. Yeah. Yeah. So saying she was getting frustrated with the girl up front and then They're they're together. Oh yeah. Yeah. Probably but right. No, she can say whatever cuz I have witness here. Okay. They're with each other. All right. I just want to make sure. So Yeah. We didn't tell them that we can I said um ma'am cuz she's she went down on her and she starts stuffing the One of the women tried to use the excuse that she needed to go to her car to get her card but the staff refused to let her leave and return. And I was standing right there. the one in the pink? one the short one. one. The one with the pink blonde hair. Yeah. The one that was um with the bigger bag outside. So she's good. I mean she's admitted to it right? Right. And the other one was standing behind her and I said ma'am do you want me to ring her ring you up while she's um deciding what she wants? Right. You know while she was stuffing her bag and she's um she says no she'll wait on whatever. I said well it's it's going on past 10. We're not supposed to have anybody here 30 minutes after we close. Yeah. Yeah, so there there were she wasn't doing anything. And I said, "Ma'am, we we open tomorrow. You can come back tomorrow. We can hold it. You can come back to You can come back tomorrow." "I have to leave on a plane tomorrow. I'm not coming back. And you're And she cursed the heck out of me." Okay. And she said, "I want to pay, but you have to go get my card." And I'm like, "No, I don't have to." "Well, send one of your girls to go get um get the card." I said, "No, we're not. We close." Right. Nobody pass that door coming in. And we got witnesses here. The girl who was my poor um cashier was getting all um shaky. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Hey, Miss Ellington. Yeah, so in Lacey, standard park calls is for any prior wits, it's book, right? There's no We're not going to sign a release. Okay, so unfortunately tonight you will be going there. You'll just go to jail. Okay. But again, appreciate you being cooperative and going to be honest. You know, I'll make sure in the the narrative that that's all kind of comes out on that. All right. Any questions for me? Okay. I mean, we can Is there a number we can call and just We can let whoever know. I get to call when I get there, right? Yeah, I mean, we're with Miss Wally Jail, but they should be able to allow a phone call. Both are taken to jail, where they'll face charges for shoplifting. Number two. Woman caught trying to steal $1,900 worth of perfume. A woman is caught shoplifting over $1,000 worth of merchandise from a department store. When the police arrive, the store security footage shows her taking high-end perfumes and clothes without paying. Good. How are you? GOOD. WHAT'S HAPPENING? YOU AGAIN. What's up? What's up? So. So. She stole. No. That's it. That what we're here Yeah, that it. Say less. All right. Matching outfit. there's a thing though. So, she has some stuff from other stores? No. So, she took some stuff time. from us. She left, dropped it off in the car, came back. Okay. And then, yeah. Okay. Hello. How much are you looking at? 972. 972. Girl, 972. What is a misdemeanor from the store? Plus, probably don't know if I've even made a police report on it. What happened? Say less. I'm going to go read her and I'll figure it out. She concealed the slippers and the white pants inside of the fitting room. I was there because when she came out, the merchandise was gone, but she didn't She wasn't feeling sure about it, so I was like, "Okay, let's just let her That's what she concealed inside of it. Okay. She's putting it in her Yeah, she put it all in the pink bag. The red one? Uh yeah. Did she buy something, too? Yeah, so she paid for a couple of things and then with her merchandise. Check. What? And she took that one, put it in the bag. She paid for stuff, then starts walking around the store and Yeah, she only paid for one shirt. That's it. And then she has it, and then she conceals it. Question. Have you ever had a arrest before? No? First time? When you say repeat offender, I'm thinking like Oh my gosh. This This Macy's is going to be the death of me. That's fine. The suspect is then confronted by the cops. I didn't do anything. Okay. So I'm going to talk to you first. I'm not going to let you take this. So I have to read this to you before we talk, okay? Do you have the right to remain silent, you understand? Say yes or no. Yes. Anything you say may be used against you in court, do you understand? Yes. All right, you have the right to talk to a lawyer before any or all questioning, do you understand? Yes. All right, if you cannot afford a lawyer and want one, one will be provided for you before questioning without charge, do you understand? Yes. All right, has anyone threatened you or promised you anything to get you to talk to me? No. So what happened? Just India. Take away the perfume and try other perfume. Mhm. All music. Um why? You know that you don't love me. I know this man nice. Sometime I buy it cuz I miss his car. Sometime I buy it and sometime I take it. Okay. So you've done this before? Yeah, in this store. Yeah. And you just That's why Yeah, that's sometime I just buy it and just take it and I just freaking find me sometime I take it. But I buy it too cuz I drive a miss his car. You guys want her trespassed? Yes, yeah. You guys have sworn? Yeah, they have sworn. Yeah, they have. How did you get here? I'm not talking. You got your car? I got your car. You have keys? I don't. You care about the car? Yeah. Can I help you? Initially, she acts calm and denies having anything to do with it. She even tries to hide the fact that she has her car keys. Okay. What kind of car is it? All right. So, here's the deal. They have They have you on video surveillance putting other children's clothes into the car. So They what? Okay. Whose car is that? That was my aunt's car. That was your aunt's car? Okay. So, what happened with all these other things that you took? This shirts, some pants. Oh, they left with it. They already took that with them? Can they come bring it back? Otherwise, what's going to happen is they're going to be accessories after the fact. Okay. And what about all these other things? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Can they bring that stuff back? Can you tell them to come bring it back? We have to bring it back? Yes. Did you buy it? No. Otherwise, they're going to catch felony charges. You don't want that. You're really making this harder and harder on yourself. We asked you earlier where the keys are. And what did you say? I don't have any keys. Okay. So, where Where are your keys? I'm nervous. Come on, nice guy. Where's the keys? You have them on you. Nice. You just lost all the trust. Good job. Give me the keys. You're nervous. Give me the keys. You're like a pro at this. You've done this like five times. I'M NERVOUS. STAND UP. Stand up. Turn around. I'm nervous. Turn around. I was just nervous. Turn around. You're good. You lost it. They're in the backseat behind the driver's seat, right? Yeah. Bet. Put your hand facing in. That's fine. Nope, no more subtle. As the situation escalates, the woman realizes she's caught and there's no way out. We were cool. We were nice. I tried to be cordial. You lost it. He knows where it is. Let's go. Where's the Where's the bathroom? She's putting her big person there, so I didn't want to bring it back. Yep, he's going to bring it right back. You're not kidding. Here. Why don't you stand? Huh? Why don't you stand? Huh? Do you have anything else on you? No. All right, if you do and you go in the jail, you're just going to get in trouble and it's going to be another charge. Okay? Yeah. Nope. All right. I mean, unless you want another charge, you know. For urinating. Drop that. Drop that paper towel, dear ma'am. Uh Drop it. Go ahead. Listen, the quicker you get in getting out, the quicker release. I know you're going to jail, so you can pee. Okay. Keys, keys, keys, keys. There's a signal flare there. All right. You can call her when you get to the jail. You can call her when you get to the jail. Inside the patrol car, the woman continues to justify her actions. Yep. Um we're not going to tow it. If the mall wants to, they can, but Once we get to the jail and once you get booked in, you can call. I don't know. I do not know. Nope, you lied to us. You lied to us. Okay, well Okay, even if you were nervous, you still lied to us. When you're nervous, that doesn't mean you lie. Okay. Like I said, once we get to the jail, once you get booked in, they will let you make a phone call. We'll see. I I'll tell you what. If we get to the jail and you do not pee in my car Okay, once we get to the jail and then after we let you use the bathroom, I will call her while we are in there. So, she can pick up the car. It's not going to be late. The jail is like less than 10 minutes away. Ultimately, the woman is charged with felony grand theft and later sentenced to 2 years of probation. Number one, police catch woman red-handed after $1,000 clothing theft. A woman in Ohio was caught shoplifting at a sporting goods store. Here's what happens when the officers are called to the scene. Yeah, she's still here. Thank you, sir. Sorry about that. Black pigtails, cute backpack. What she What she covered with? You know where she went last night? So, when she came in the backpack was actually open and completely empty. She's been in the fitting room with Nike and Adidas product. Came out, it's actually in the bag. I manager said for me to go over the choice dollars. Hi. You open up your backpack? Why? Cuz you have items on you that don't belong to you. That's not true. Okay, well then open up your backpack. No, I don't have to do anything for you. I don't even know why you're approaching me. Out of everybody in the store, and I've been in the dressing room, I've looked at everything that I wanted. Oh, that's what they All right. We're not going to play that. Just turn around and put your hands behind your back. No. All right, come on. Hey, bro. Let go of me. Stop. LET ME GO. LET GO OF MY HAIR, BRO. I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T I DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING, BRO. STOP. Let me put my shoes on. Let me put my shoes on. Stop. Bro, let me put my shoes on. Stop. Stop. Please let me put my shoes on. Stop. Bro, if you keep pushing me, there's no way you Bro, stop. Stop now. Bro. Stop. Stop. Can you please let me go? Bro, stop. Stop. Bro, you don't even Put your hands behind your back. Stop. Stop. even allowed to pay for my stuff? Stop. Stop. Y'all tripping. I'm trying to pay for my The officer stopped her, but she continues to argue, insisting she had planned to pay for the items in her bag, even though she hadn't gone to the register. No. No. Stop. Y'all tripping. Y'all not even going to let me pay for my Bro, you put it in your bag. It's in that bag. Stop. Bro, chill out. Here. Bro, for real, chill. Listen. Stop right now. You're going to get You're going to end up in the face. Y'ALL TRIPPING. I CAN'T EVEN PUT MY shoes on. I'm telling you right now. Can I at least put my shoes on? When you're when done. BRO. I'M TRYING TO BE nice right now. Hey, you're not being nice. Y'all don't even know me. Give me the book back. What the Why did it have to turn into that? Why did you turn it into that? You ran from me. Now you're going to go to jail. Yeah, cuz you're tripping. Cuz you're now going to go to jail. WHY DO I GOT TO go to jail? Cuz you stole stuff. I didn't steal anything. It's in that bag there. Items that I had belonged to me. That all belonged to you? Is that Yes. I been to the register already. Do you have anything on you that's going to poke me or stick me? No, sir. Those are what I wanted to pay for. Uh because it's easier to carry. I don't have a bag. Yeah, they're going to get you. What the Let's get you in the car. All right. Can I get my shoes? One shoe is right there. Can I get it? We'll get it for you now. It's right there. Where's the other one? know. You want Get it. Cuz you're tripping. You instantly came up to me and started harassing me. People around you and they saw you No, they didn't. Where's your other shoe at? You know I'm looking. It's probably over there somewhere. I see it. Why did it have to turn into that? That's what I want to know. going to go home with a Despite her initial attempts to downplay the situation, the value of the stolen goods and her continued resistance landed her in deeper trouble. Okay. going to get a summons for all this. That'd have been fine. But if it's over a thousand dollars, it could be a felony. It's not over a thousand dollars. How much is in there? I don't know. It might be. It's not. be. It's not. What she had in that Oh, that bag. Yeah, they said the Timberlands and a ton of hats. I I'll have to take a look at that one. We'll probably have to go with just what she had on her. What she had in her hand? Well, they This was on her back. That Or that was on her back. This one is in her hand, so All right, let's go outside. Okay, first of all, that's my backpack. Why did that have to happen? I don't know. Why did you force it? Come on. So, you're going to steal and then act like it's my fault? No, I'm tripping on you because you're bugging. Okay, you're right. Should I I just want you to steal and walk out of here with a bunch of stuff? Who said I was walking out with it? You used your book bag. And? My wallet is right there. You don't know what was going on. Sir? What's up, guys? All right, wait. Come here real quick. I got to make sure you don't have anything else. Do you have anything else in your pocket? Yes, I do. What do you have? A hoodie in my pants. Where? In my pants. Can I please get a summons? I'm telling you I don't What do you mean? What do you mean? What do you mean? Why you can't just give me the summons? You're chasing me. I don't though. If you check, I promise you it's not. I don't know. Dick's is pretty expensive. I'm telling you I don't have over a thousand dollars worth of stuff. You can check. And if you check, can I please get a summons? No. Inside the patrol car, the woman tries to negotiate her way out. But you didn't give me a chance. You instantly started harassing me like I did something. because it's full of stuff that you didn't come in with. No, you didn't. your bag and then I had been in it, you would have got a summons. I guarantee you if you would have been cooperating with me Please, sir. I can't afford to do this. My mom just on my birthday, I'm just trying to make ends meet. get your feet in. Please, sir. We'll talk about it. Get your feet in, okay? Please. Don't talk to me with it. We'll talk about it in a second. You got to get your feet in. I'll do that. But please, sir. I'm just I'm having a hard time interview Uh I'm going to step back here for a minute. from what point? Uh from the beginning. stuffing stuffing her bag? Yeah, you know You don't have to go into detail with that. So, she was stuffing stuff in her bag. Um Uh called PD the first time. They came in and out, but you know, in and out of the fitting room, whatever, whatever, whatever. So, she finally came out and called PD again. Her bags were stuffed. She obviously put a bunch of stuff in there. And the response was fantastic. You guys came right out. Saw her in the corner. Indicated where she was. Um Walked up to her, said, "Hey, you know, what's going on today?" She got kind of um short right off the right off the cuff. Said, "Don't bother me. You know, I'm minding my own business." Whatever, whatever. Uh and then, you know, we found just the Timberlands. The open box of Timberlands. I said, "There's Timberlands in the bag." I opened the bag. She started taking off, um, knocking into things. So, she was running away from Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Right off I mean, literally within 30 Meanwhile, the store manager explains the situation to the officers. Fabian described it. He He said that she was like dragging him. Was that Uh, once they were over to the backside of the women's Nike pad, yeah, I mean, she's not a small individual. And it was it was, uh, her with him behind, you know, trying to "Hey, please stop. Stop. Stop. We need you to stop. Stop. Stop." She's having get the [ __ ] Hey, get off me. Um, but yeah, she was She was She was a big girl. So, she was, you know, constantly moving and knocking into fixtures and stuff along those lines. Constantly actively trying to get away from 100% 100%. Uh, he said that they went to the ground. Did you see that? Yeah. I was right there. Can you describe like how they went to the ground? Any leg sweeper, tackle? No. No. None of nothing like that. Actually, when the other officer came in, they finally Actually, you know what? I I don't When I was over there, the other officer responded and they were able to get the arms in the cuffs and the other bag off. And that's when I went to gather the merchandise. I take that back. Never on the ground that I saw. So, you never saw them on the ground? No. No. And then after she was in handcuffs, nothing else did they escort her out? After hearing the manager's side, an officer confronts the suspect. All right, what's going on today? I I cannot hear a thing you're saying. I just wanted to make some money so I could pay my rent and get some food. What do you mean make some money so you could pay some rent? I was just taking clothes. Oh, you're taking clothes to pay for rent? Okay. Well, I'm not really here for that. I'm here because you and the officer got in some sort of tussle. That's what I'm here for. can you describe what happened? Uh What is it budge? Basically, I I tried to run. Grab my arm, I got away. And then, um He pulled me by my hair. My shoes came off, and he started throwing me up against the wall and stuff. You didn't end up on the ground? No. Never ended up on the ground? No. Were you injured in any way? No. No. Okay. So, uh you said you started running away. Were you walking away at first? Yeah. Was he telling you to stop? Like, come talk to me, anything like that? How do you say he was talking to me or anything? You said you were running away. Why didn't you just stop and talk to him? Because they they basically accused me of stealing. And I was in the dressing room the whole time. Trying on clothes. Well, you just told me you were stealing. I know. So, you can't be wrong about the character assumption. worried about that. I'm just like it's just why did they have to think that I was stealing? You know what I'm saying? I'm just wondering what made them call the police. I was out there trying on all the clothes. Cuz you're walking around with stuffed bags. This further complicates their legal troubles, as the officer explains. It's kind of an indicator. I mean, you had them. You had a thing of Timberlands. How do you conceal Timberlands? I just put those in the bag before they walked in the door. Well, you get what I'm saying. You had a bunch of stuff. All right. So, let me get this straight. They want to talk to you, you started running away. No, I walked. Oh, you walked at first? Yeah. And then, you said Well, the first time you said you ran. When did you start running? I walked first. And then I ran. And what happened that led you to start running? Um Hearing the sounds of the cuffs. Hearing the sounds of the cuffs and that's what made you run. Did you hear him telling you anything at any point like stop? Uh I don't remember. So you started to run when you heard the cuffs. He grabbed you by your hair and pushed you into a wall? Yeah. You but you didn't go to the ground. You said you don't have any injuries. No, sir. All right. Once you're on the ground did they do anything to you other than put you in handcuffs? No, sir. Um all right. Anything else that I didn't ask that you feel is important for me to know about the interaction between you and the officer? No. Nothing else you want to tell me? No, sir. All right. Thank you. After recovering the merchandise, police confirmed the total value of the stolen goods. What's the total dollar amount? Uh $1,019.97. Okay. I don't know what that does. That's just the stuff that's in her book bag? That's not in the car. It's just the stuff in the two bags and the one bag. Okay. What about the hoodie? Did Did you do that? I didn't find the hoodie but she said it was Oh. I'll let you off. Once in custody, it's revealed that the woman has an outstanding warrant from a previous incident. Am I getting a summons, sir? So I would have but the problem is you have another resisting arrest warrant. What are you talking about? Parole. A warrant? Yes, you have a warrant for resisting For what? For resisting arrest. Where? You said what? Resisting arrest. For where? Hold on a second. Cuz I didn't resist arrest on anything. Can you please tell me where it's at? Is this your car over here? Yes, sir. I'm going to throw your bag in there. Do you want your wallet in there, too? Do you want your wallet in there, too? Yes, sir. I I really don't understand why I have a warrant. My PO told me I don't have any warrants. Why do I have a warrant for? All right, your bag and your wallet are going in the car, okay? All right, yes, but I'm serious. My PO told me I don't I will. Let me put this in your car first, all right? Cuz sir, I've been to jail every time they took me. I've never not got away. And I promise you that. There should not be any warrant. But sir, there should be no warrant for me. No, they can figure it out once you get there. Where Which one are you taking me to? Summit County. I wanted to give you a summons, but the fact that you have I shouldn't have a warrant. I haven't done anything. The last time I got arrested, they took me both to Summit jail and to Canton. You must have missed your court date. I missed today? I missed today, and they told me I wouldn't have a a warrant for my arrest until next Friday. Okay. And that was for out in Canton. I think it was in Canton. Yes. Okay. So, what are they talking about? I don't have no more The officer explains that her warrant will add to her legal troubles. It's coming up that you have a warrant for resisting arrest and you have a traffic warrant. Yeah, they already got me for that. They got me for that, put me in jail, and instantly they sent me off to Canton. Plus, you have a resisting arrest warrant out of Akron. That's what I'm talking about. They caught me down here in Akron, and then I stayed the night in Akron, and then they said they didn't want me. They took me out to Canton. Okay. Why did they tell you to release you? What? Release you? Yeah. Well, it's talking about you have a warrant for resisting arrest and release you out of Akron. The woman is taken to jail and is charged with both shoplifting and resisting arrest. That's all for today, folks. Drop your thoughts about these crazy shoplifters in the comments.