It’s been a busy week for deputies responding to a retail hotspot where the self-checkout aisle has become the scene of socks swapped, muffins munched, and buggies bolted with unpaid goods. From half-eaten snack packs to pill-filled purses, store security is seeing it all—and they’re calling in backup.
📍The drama unfolded at the Walmart in South Point, Ohio, where deputies handled multiple theft-related calls in just days. Here’s the roundup:
😬 Sticky Fingers & Sock Swaps
Suspect: Misty Ashworth
- Filled reusable bags and a buggy with unpaid items
- Opened a pack of socks, wore them, and ditched the packaging
- Ate a pack of muffins mid-shop and tossed the wrapper
- Claimed she was “going to get a cart for a pool”
- 💊 Found with 10 Suboxone strips & 62 loose Gabapentin pills
- 💰 Attempted theft total: $1,967.28
- Already banned from Walmart in 2023
- Charged with theft, criminal trespass, and possession without proof of prescription
🚗 Buggy & Dash
Suspect: Lori Goodman
- Walked past checkout with a full cart
- Abandoned the loot and ran to a red S-10 truck
- Caught by deputies in a nearby parking lot
- Had an active warrant and was already trespassed
- Charged with theft and criminal trespass
🛍️ “I Know Better, I Just Can’t Stop”
Suspect: (Name redacted)
- Confessed she has a “problem taking things”
- Caught twice—once on July 18, again on August 1
- Total value: $95.93 across two trips
- Previously trespassed from Walmart
- Charged with theft (again)
💎 Fake Name, Real Trouble
Suspect: Tiffany D. Smith
- Claimed to be her sister to dodge the rap
- Hid stolen jewelry in a bookbag
- Paid for lighters and a dress, skipped the rest
- Purse search turned up:
- 💉 Hypodermic needles
- 🔥 Crack pipes & Chore Boy
- Her real ID, buried at the bottom
- Stolen goods: $202.65
- Set to appear in Lawrence County Municipal Court on August 4
- Charged with theft and falsification
📢 Walmart Crime Survival Tips:
✔️ Trespassed? Stay gone.
✔️ Don’t eat the evidence.
✔️ Your sister’s name won’t save you—especially if your own ID is in your purse.
✔️ Security doesn’t miss much. Neither does the law.
💬 One thing’s for sure—if you roll past the last point of sale, law enforcement is just a barcode away.
