Posted on 07/26/2007 9:29:23 AM PDT by SkyPilot
PALM BAY, Fla. -- A 33-year-old mother was banned from a Brevard County Wal-Mart and will face a judge after police said she used her three children to help bag over $300 in stolen merchandise in a self-checkout lane, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.
Anenide Cherry
Anenide Cherry was charged with retail grand theft over the weekend after Palm Bay police were called to the Wal-Mart located at 1040 Malabar Road to investigate a complaint from the assistant managers, reports showed. She will go to court Aug. 17 on the charge, according to court records.
Palm Bay police said the store's loss-prevention officers spotted Cherry and her children, ages, 6, 12 and 15, in line at the self-checkout counter bagging items that were passed across the conveyor belt without being rung up.
Police said the children assisted their mother in stuffing the unidentified items in the white shopping bags before a loss-prevention officer walked up.
Cherry paid $113 in goods but had a total of $400 worth of stolen merchandise sitting in her cart, police said. Cherry was stopped while a male companion accompanying her bolted out the door, according to reports.
The three children were turned over to their grandmother who lives in Melbourne, reports showed.
Cherry was able to keep the items she paid for but had to sign an affidavit not to enter that Wal-Mart again. After signing the document, she was arrested, police said.
She was booked and taken to the Brevard County Jail in Sharpes.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
My big sister lives right near that Wal-Mart...
She will go down in history as the first “WOMAN WITHOUT A WALLMART”
It should be "are" livid. That's as many as 4 different men.
This is my walkie-talkie.There are many like it but this one is mine.
Can’t say I disagree with Wal-Mart banning her, however, I just wonder if it’s legal to do that before she has had her day in court? If she’s found guilty, that’s one thing. But if she’s found not guilty, could she legally be kept out of a store which is open to the public? Just a thought.
From her name I would guess she’s Haitian. Her children wouldn’t have a clue as to who their fathers are.
Thanks a lot. Laughing at that line got me some unwanted attention in a meeting...
Banned from WalMart for life. That’s gonna leave a mark.
As a cultural note, I see that a disproportionate number of adult, professional shoplifters are African-American women.
I’m not sure why.
However, my wife used to work in retail, and she noted that this made ever black female come under intense suspicion, and that situation was uncomfortable for both shoppers and staff.
I don’t see a problem with WM banning her. Yes, it is open to the public, but it is still private property. It’s no different than Joe’s Tavern banning someone who causes a disturbance after having too much to drink.
No bet:
"Cherry was stopped while a male companion accompanying her bolted out the door, according to reports."
I'd be willing to venture that the "male companion" is the one she tells the welfare office doesn't exist.
It's your government who is stealing from you, my FRiend.
Your government just shares some of the goods with those who empower them.
Her name is “I need a cherry”?
“......while a male companion accompanying her bolted out the door.....”
A member of the ROP or just another form of low life scum.
“Her name is I need a cherry?”
She should meet a grade school class mate of mine (true story!), “Michael Hunt”. Seriously. You need to say “Michael”, not “Mike” in polite company.
Please stay in San Diego.
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