Posted on 12/08/2006 9:05:02 AM PST by IN Farm Girl
Nesquick, utensils found in woman's pants
By SHAWN MCGRATH
Cheyanne E. Dwiggins’ sweet tooth got the better of her on Wednesday and her method of shoplifting became creative, according to police.
Dwiggins, 18, was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly trying to swipe several pieces of candy, a few kitchen utensils and a well-hidden 15-ounce box of strawberry Nestle’s Nesquik from Bauer’s Market, 815 Main St.
Shortly before 9:30 a.m., store owner Scott Law watched Dwiggins for about 30 minutes and knew she had pocketed several items, according to court papers.
Dwiggins walked up to the cash register to pay for a 59-cent Sather candy necklace, but only had 40 cents. After spending so long in the store, and not having enough money to buy a piece of candy, Law said the red flags went up.
Law confronted her as she was about to walk out the door, and detained her until Lapel police could arrive. Dwiggins allegedly tried making a run for it, but Law grabbed her coat from behind. She began cursing at Law and the two briefly struggled until police arrived, about a minute later.
When Lapel Police Chief Dennis Molina pulled up, Dwiggins’ pants were down and her rear was exposed — weighted down by the number of items she was taking — as she tried backing out of the store’s door, according to court documents.
“As I pulled in, a young, white male approached my vehicle and pointed to the front door where a bare, white butt was attempting to back out of the door,” Molina’s case report reads.
Police ultimately found a potato peeler, ice cream scoop, a set of measuring spoons, a pair of cake decorating gel tubes and six Rollo candy bars on Dwiggins.
Once at the Madison County Jail, Deputy Lee Ann Ellingwood was given the task of removing the Nesquik, which Dwiggins had placed in her crotch, according to court documents.
Dwiggins, 912 Main St., Lapel, faces a single count of theft, a Class D felony, and made her initial appearance before Madison County Magistrate Stephen Clase. Clase entered an automatic not-guilty plea on her behalf and approved the appointment of public defender. Bond was set at $5,000.
Law said Thursday that Dwiggins is the 10th person he’s caught shoplifting, or trying to shoplift, from the Lapel store this year.
“It’s been really frustrating,” said Law, who’s owned the Lapel store for about four years and has managed the Frankton Bauer’s for nearly a decade. “It’s very irritating. Yesterday’s incident was just the icing on the cake.”
Along with shoplifting on the rise, the number of bad checks his store receives has also been increasing. During 2006, he said, the store’s gotten about $2,250 in bad checks.
“In order to recoup that loss, I have to sell $10,000 in merchandise,” Law said. “If people are destitute ... we’ll make sure they don’t go hungry. But to steal, either through shoplifting or writing bad checks, that’s just immoral and I pursue those people.”
Store butcher Daniel Howells, who was also in the store for Dwiggins arrest, agreed, hoping publicity will decrease shoplifting at the store.
“Hopefully, this helps deter people from trying to steal from us,” he said. “Don’t steal candy you don’t need.”
Do not read this if you are eating. You have been given fair warning.
Well I hope the Nesquik didn't end up back on the shelf.
I got the warning in the headlines. Reading the article was painful.
oh no! LOL.
Plus
Equals = Evidence
“It’s been really frustrating,” said Law, who’s owned the Lapel store for about four years and has managed the Frankton Bauer’s for nearly a decade. “It’s very irritating. Yesterday’s incident was just the icing on the cake.”
Literally.
Um...Nesquik comes in a square package, doesn't it? how exactly did that fit?
It says in her crotch, not in her, ahem, innermost secrets.
My reading is that the cops were in no way going to put there hands down a woman's pants, so they hauled her to the closest lady cop to do the honors.
But it also states that her pants sagged past her bum because of the weight of the stolen items, and the police report mentions that the aforementioned bum was completly bared through the window, which makes me think she was going commando...which means that there would be nothing to hold the Nesquik up but her...ah, thingy.
That's what I need to tell myself in order to sleep peacefully.
heh heh heh.
So I guess this means Britney pays retail.
Ewwwwwww, your post just made some vomit come up in my mouth.
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