When people think shoplifting is only for poor people that cannot afford such items, they have to think twice about the facts. Millions of dollars are lost each year due to shoplifting, and it is not only poor people doing the crime. Celebrities, cops, and people in power are too often in the news for shoplifting crimes they commit, and the truth is, that is not because of lack of money. Below are videos about famous people shoplifting and other people not so famous doing the same. Follow the links below.
13 Jameis Winston Shoplifting Crab Legs Jokes in 60 Seconds
FSU Football Quarterback, Baseball Pitcher, and Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston stole crab legs from Publix in Tallahass.
Surveillance Video Released Of East Bay State Senate Candidate Hayashi Shoplifting
The East Bay State Senate race heats up after surveillance tape surfaces of candidate Mary Hayashi’s 2011 shoplifting incident at a Neiman Marcus in San Francisco.
The hour long video shows the former 18th District assemblywoman picking out about $2,500 worth of clothing then going into a dressing room with shopping bags. After she paid for some of the clothing, she was met by two security guards after she walked out the door.
San Leandro Talk blog editor Margarita Lacabe posted the video to her website after obtained the in-store footage from the San Francisco police under a Freedom of Information Act request last week.
Lacabe, who’s active in Democratic politics and is supporting Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski in the race for the state Senate District 10 seat, said she was shocked at how much detail the cameras recorded. “I wasn’t surprised by the actual content because it was described on the police report,” she said. “but I was disturbed watching the security guard staring through the dressing room door.”
Shoplifting suspect rams cars while trying to escape police
Two people are behind bars after trying to shoplift from a Walmart Friday afternoon.
Officers detained Terrell Bailey as he left the store with a cart full of stolen goods, then tried to stop Sandra Jones, who was about to leave in a pick-up.
When an officer approached her vehicle, Jones backed out of the handicap space.
As the officer opened the door, Jones tried to speed away. The officer had to grab the truck to keep from being hit.
Jones hit several vehicles before stopping, with the officer pinned between the open driver’s side door and another vehicle.
Witnesses helped free the officer, and Jones, who was unconscious, was taken to St. Francis Bartlett.
She was later released and booked into the Bartlett City Jail.
The officer was also taken to the hospital as a precaution, and released with no injuries.
The 101 items Bailey and Jones tried to steal were worth $1,156.77.
Police also learned Bailey had an active warrant for theft under $500, and Jones had two active warrants, one for theft under $500 and the other for driving with a suspended license, speeding, and violation of financial law. The vehicles damaged by Jones were logged into a crash report.
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