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Mothers use children to shoplift www.privateofficer.com
July 28, 2008
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Mothers use children to help shoplift http://www.privateofficer.com
CLAY COUNTY, FL July 28 2008
By: Bryan Hill
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police responded to a report of a shoplifting at an area store and say that wo mothers are accused of using their children to help them shoplift almost $700 worth of clothes from a Kohl’s department store in Fleming Island.
Deputies say 30-year-old Alicia Metcalf and 22-year-old Melinda Blankenship were spotted by loss prevention agents as they removed clothes from hangers and then put the items under their children who were sitting in shopping carts.
The moms attempted to leave the store without paying for the merchandise was quickly stopped by security agents and taken into custody.
Deputies say they also found stolen clothes inside a diaper bag inside the mothers’ car.
Deputies say 30-year-old Alicia Metcalf and 22-year-old Melinda Blankenship were spotted by loss prevention agents as they removed clothes from hangers and then put the items under their children who were sitting in shopping carts.
The moms attempted to leave the store without paying for the merchandise was quickly stopped by security agents and taken into custody.
Deputies say they also found stolen clothes inside a diaper bag inside the mothers’ car.
Both women were arrested on felony theft charges and may face other charges as well. Both were taken into custody and transported to the county jail pending a bond release.
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alicia metcalf, clay county florida, kohl's, melinda blankenship, shoplifting
