400-pound woman caught shoplifting when motorized cart gets stuck at Rochester Hills Meijer

Macomb Daily ^ | Published: Monday, February 14, 2011 | By Dave Phillips

[Red Badger]

A Pontiac woman’s alleged theft attempt was foiled this week when her motorized cart became stuck at a Rochester Hills Meijer.

Jerrie Perkins, 30, is charged with unarmed robbery, resisting and obstructing a police officer and second-degree retail fraud.

Her bond was set at $15,000 by 52-3 District Magistrate Nick Camargo during arraignment Thursday.

Investigators said Perkins was attempting to leave the Rochester Road Meijer with more than $600 worth of stolen electronic merchandise when her cart got stuck and she was unable to drive out the door.

The door alarm was activated when Perkins passed through it around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, and Meijer employees approached her asking for a receipt for the items.

Perkins — approximately 5 foot 2 and 400 pounds — shoved a loss prevention officer and hit her in the face, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

A sheriff’s deputy arrived and asked Perkins to put her hands behind her back, but she “cursed at the deputy, balled her right hand into a fist and took a fighting stance,” according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office.

The deputy pulled his Taser and told Perkins to put her hands behind her back, but Perkins brought her fist up over her head and looked directly at the deputy.

The deputy Tasered Perkins, who then complied with the deputy’s commands and was taken to jail.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

ping..........

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t even want to know where that thing got stuck...

[Cpl. Dwayne Hicks]

She will sue someone, blaming them for being fat.

[DainBramage]

How do you eat electronics? with catsup?

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Mark was here]

Odd she is fit enough to stand up and fight, yet she needs the cart.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

The door alarm was activated when Perkins passed through...

...as was the local Richter scale.

[PzLdr]

Wide angle lens?

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Lovely. I feel sorry for whomever had to delouse her at the county lock-up.

[nerdwithagun]

Meijer finally have door alarms. I worked there until around 2006 and I remember they did not have these as not to make people feel uncomfortable. I had friends that stole stuff from there when I was very young and I theft was very common. Glad they finally got the right idea.

[Red Badger]

Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue
Artist(Band):Dean Martin

Five foot two, eyes of blue
But oh what those five foot could do
Has anyone seen my gal

Turned up nose and turned down hose
Never had another beau
Has anyone seen my gal

Now if you run into five foot two covered with fur
Diamond ring and all those things
Bet your life it isn’t hers
Could she love could she woo
Could she love could she coo
Has anyone seen my gal

Five foot two, eyes of blue but oh what those five foot could do
Has anyone seen my gal
Now if you run into five foot two covered with fur
Diamond ring and all those things
Bet your life that it wasn’t her

Could she loving could she coo
Could she could she woo
Has anyone seen my gal

[Red Badger]

5 foot 2 and 400 pounds......

[Conan the Conservative]

She should have just formed herself into a ball and rolled away.

[The Unknown Republican]

Her plan was flawed from the beginning. She should have used the Tank Wheelchair!

[TexasCajun]

I see an opportunity for this young lady to contact a reputable trial lawyer and sue the manufacturer of her taxpayer subsidized electric wheelchair for defect in workmanship, pain, suffering and embarrassment.

...and for loss wages and/or loss of stolen merchandise.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Big bottom, big bottom Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em Big bottom drive me out of my mind How could I leave this behind?

"Big Bottom"-Spinal Tap

[Red Badger]

Just formed herself into a ball?

That is her natural shape..................

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Lol, that is neat looking...heh heh...

[Abathar]

I have seen short and fat women like this who’s arms can’t reach below their waist.

Which made me think of the other kind of waste and how the hell they deal with that, because it sure don’t look like they can reach that far...

[DoughtyOne]

I missed the part about his gal and a cart that go stuck. ;^)

Dean was a character.

[Yaelle]

I was in a store with my kids when an obese woman in her wheelie headed right for us, making me grab the kids and dive out of the way, as she shouted “move! Low batteries!”

Holy crap.

[norton]

5 foot 2 and 400 pounds......

Then add the irony of a photo caption that reads "click to enlarge".

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Red Badger]

I do not wish to think about that................ever.........

[Caipirabob]

No Laz, NO!

; D

[Red Badger]

I have coffee on my keyboard.....................

[antiRepublicrat]

IMHO, 90% of the people in the carts are doing it because they’re lazy. I see the occasional person who’s old and likely frail, and the odd younger person in a cast or orthopedic boot, and I’m glad the stores provide that service for them. But mostly I see fat women riding those things.

[Red Badger]

I always have to squelch the urge to say, “IF YOU’D JUST GET UP AND WALK MORE YOU WOULDN’T NEED THAT F#$%!@ CART!”............

[Abathar]

I figured there must be devices like that for them, just never wanted to think long enough on it to go look.

[reagan_fanatic]

Five foot two and smells like a loo
Don’t talk too much but she sure can moo
Has anyone seen my gal

Fingers up her nose and bathes with a hose
can’t get in my car cause the door won’t close
Has anyone seen my gal

[Le Chien Rouge]

Is it me, or has there been an increase in the last 2 years of ‘tons of fun’ people using electrical carts at the grocery store,who ‘purchase’ chips,cookies and other non healthy foods with food stamps???

I see these fatties load up on garbage and then load their large cabooses into a new Escalade with a big fat Obama/Biden bumper sticker.

[2ndDivisionVet]

It’s becoming something of a growth industry. I’m 6 ft., 350lbs, and I’ve never been to a Wal-Mart/Target/Dollar General/Family Dollar where I didn’t see a woman who weighed more than me. http://www.livingxl.com

[SeeSac]

I’m 6 ft., 350lbs

I think I saw you in Walmart last night!

[Red Badger]

I’ve noticed............

[Charles Martel]

Ointment application? **shudder**

[moehoward]

"The deputy Tasered Perkins, who then complied with the deputy’s commands...."

ROTFLMAO!!!! Did the cop have it dialed down to "comply" ???

[Ditter]

I tore the cartilage in my knee and I shopped in one of those motorized carts a few times at the grocery store. They are FUN! I would NOT want to live that way forever.

[bootless]

Hover-round ping!

[Charles Martel]

A sheriff’s deputy arrived and asked Perkins to put her hands behind her back, but she “cursed at the deputy, balled her right hand into a fist and took a fighting stance,” according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office.

The deputy pulled his Taser and told Perkins to put her hands behind her back, but Perkins brought her fist up over her head and looked directly at the deputy.

The deputy Tasered Perkins, who then complied with the deputy’s commands and was taken to jail.

Damn, that reads like part of an Austin Powers movie.

[UCANSEE2]

I see these fatties load up on garbage and then load their large cabooses into a new Escalade with a big fat Obama/Biden bumper sticker.

Parked in a handicap space.

[Ronin]

The good news is now she is going to have an excellent opportunity to lose weight. Call it the prison diet plan.

[Red Badger]

Unless she eats her cell mate...............

[roadcat]

Which made me think of the other kind of waste and how the hell they deal with that, because it sure don’t look like they can reach that far...

In my work with the police department, I knew a female dispatcher who had short arms as a birth defect. Basically her arms ended at the elbow position and her hands were joined to the arms there. It was a stretch for her to pick up a telephone handset and other items. Every time I chatted with her, your thought came to my mind. It's one of those things you just don't ask!

[Red Badger]

[SWAMPSNIPER]

"A sheriff’s deputy arrived and asked Perkins to put her hands behind her back,"

She probably can't reach her back!

[Responsibility2nd]

 

 

 

Jerrie Perkins, 30, is charged with unarmed robbery, resisting and obstructing a police officer and second-degree retail fraud.

Her bond was set at $15,000 by 52-3 District Magistrate Nick Camargo during arraignment Thursday.

Investigators said Perkins was attempting to leave the Rochester Road Meijer with more than $600 worth of stolen electronic merchandise when her cart got stuck and she was unable to drive out the door.

The door alarm was activated when Perkins passed through it around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, and Meijer employees approached her asking for a receipt for the items.

Perkins — approximately 5 foot 2 and 400 pounds

 

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The deputy pulled his Taser and told Perkins.....

 

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Actually she looks hitable. If you ignore the fact she is twice her weight limit.

And unless the deputy had a cattle prod... Shold he really be pulling a Taser on that? 

 

[2ndDivisionVet]

Was that you waving? Mine is a little different, like a triangle instead of a pear.

[Moltke]

A Pontiac woman’s...

Is that supposed to be a reference to her weight or to her place of residence?

[Inspectorette]

Gack! Lost one of those pads while swabbing the toilet about a year ago - cost us a $95 plumber visit :-(