Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Shoplifter uses wire cutters to snag item www.privateofficer.com


Stuart Fla. A 34-year-old Stuart woman used her 1-year-old daughter and a pair of wire cutters in an unsuccessful attempt to shoplift more than $600 in merchandise, including a baby stroller, from Wal-Mart, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
Dinah Victoria Williams, 34, of the 2900 block of Northwest Norman Street, Stuart, was charged Saturday with felony retail theft and possession of a countermeasure to anti-shoplifting control device, a deputy’s report said.
Also charged with felony retail theft was Ashley Brook Williams, 18, of the 14700 block of Southwest Andalucia Court, Indiantown, the report said.
Dinah Williams was accused of taking a baby stroller off a shelf, cutting off the tags, placing her 1-year-old daughter in the stroller and walking around the store, the report said.
Dinah Williams and Ashley Williams also were accused of placing clothes and other items in a diaper bag, the report said.
Dinah Williams was accused of scanning $35.56 worth of merchandise at a self-checkout station, a deputy’s report shows. The other 25 items, worth $617.87, were bagged and placed in a shopping cart, which Ashley Williams allegedly tried to wheel out an exit, the report said.Both women were arrested, and the 1-year-old was turned over to a family member, a deputy’s report shows.

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