Crime & Safety

Woman Loads Walmart Cart with $700 of Merchandise and Walks Out

Information provided by the Fairlawn Police Department.

An Akron woman walked into on Aug. 25 and began filling her shopping cart like any normal customer would, a report said.

She stuffed her cart with $700 of various merchandise, and then proceeded to walk right out the door, the report said. Security caught up with the woman in the parking lot and asked her to present her receipt.

The 54-year-old woman told security, "The b**** has the receipt," and walked away from the cart, the report said. She refused to come back in the store and kept walking away through the parking lot.

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Police later caught up with her on West Market Street and she admitted attempting to steal everything in the cart, the report said.

Police charged the woman with theft.

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