Deputies investigated a seemingly never-ending string of shoplifting reports at Walmart.
The first call came in around 8 pm. Loss prevention said they’d caught a woman leaving the store with a new t-shirt she hadn’t paid for. While a deputy was speaking with that woman in the office, her companion stole a deli sandwich, ate it in the parking lot, and then came back into the store to look for her. Officers arrested both of them for theft.
Lawrence County Officers returned to Walmart after security officers observed a teenager taking items and handing them to an adult male, who shoved them down his pants before walking out the door. Officers took them both into custody but released the child to her mother.
A few hours later, deputies were called back after a woman failed to pay for items and then ran off when loss prevention stopped her to talk about it.
Just a few hours later, officers were called back to Walmart where security had a woman who had failed to pay detained. She said she could pay for her items now, but officers told her that once you walked out of the store, you’d missed your chance to pay.
Officers took her to the Lawrence County Jail and told her if she had any contraband on her, she needed to tell them before they booked her in. She replied she did not, but when officers scanned her, they found something in her bra. She insisted she had nothing, but a search by a female deputy turned up a bag of meth.
The next day, officers headed back to the South Point Walmart after a woman went through the self-checkout without paying for Halloween decorations and food. The woman had previously been barred from shopping at any Walmart for another theft offense.
Deputies took two more women into custody after being called back to the store once again. The pair walked out without paying. One woman said she was on heroin, but not currently using. The other said she had a little pot in her purse. While looking for the pot, the officer discovered a clear baggie full of suspected Fentanyl.
