Shoplifters use 5 yr old to steal www.privateofficer.com

OMAHA, Neb. Dec 30 2010 (AP) – Authorities think they’ve solved an Omaha shoplifting case in which two women pointed two children toward pricey purses.

Police have arrested 27-year-old Monique Clark.

According to Omaha television station KETV, security video from the upscale Von Maur store at Westroads Mall shows two women with the kids as they take the bags.

Police spokesman Michael Pecha (PEK’-uh) says the children may have been 4 or 5 years old. It’s unclear whether they are related to the two women. The other woman is still being sought.

Clark had pleaded not guilty in another shoplifting case.

There is no phone listing for Clark. Her lawyer in the other case did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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