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Aiken S.C. Nov. 30, 2007

Two Georgia women, apparently involved in an area shoplifting spree, were arrested at a Southside shopping center Friday, caught with a car load of items.Gia P. Hegre, 44, of Grovetown, Ga., is charged with possession of stolen goods, less than $1,000.Paula P. Kaylor, 58, of Appling, Ga., is charged with shoplifting and possession of stolen goods, less than $1,000.Dillard's personnel called Aiken Public Safety Friday morning, telling police that a store employee caught a woman red-handed, stealing from the store, police reported.An employee spotted the older of the two women leave the department store and enter the mall with a cart full of merchandise, and after witnessing a series of suspicious acts, confronted the woman, according to the police report. The employee told police she spotted the woman sit down on a bench, still with the merchandise in the cart, and then watched as she walked back into the business. She began to return some of the items to the store shelves, but not all of them, and then bought two of her selections, the police reported."After paying for the items, she began to proceed out of the store into the mall," the officer stated.Once out of the store, Dillard's personnel asked the woman to return back, where security reported finding 11 items taken from the children section of Dillard's that was not purchased.The items were found stuffed between pillows in the shopping cart, the officer stated.Kaylor was arrested.She admitted that she had a friend with her, but said she did not know where she was in the mall. When Aiken Public Safety officers asked the woman where her car was, she told them she didn't know, giving them few details about the car.Police later found the car, but were first approached by a second woman who said she came to the Aiken Mall with Kaylor.In the car, police spotted several items on the back seat that appeared to be new purchases from various stores, police said. The officers asked Kaylor if she would show them the receipts for the items, but she claimed the receipts may be at her residence in Appling, Ga.Inside the vehicle's trunk, police found several other items that appeared to be recently purchased. The women did not have receipts.Kaylor told police the 19-inch Digital LCD TV and DVDs were stolen from a Sears in Augusta. She said she and Hegre were together while shoplifting, police reported.Both women were taken to the Aiken County detention center.

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