01-04-2011, 04:26 PM
it amazes me how often this happens! is there ANYTHING in walmart worth going down for grand larceny and losing your child?? they use the kids to help steal & conceal.
and i know it happens a lot because i spent well over a year U/C busting shoplifters at walmart. the first thing i did after arrest was call child protective services.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man and woman are charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police said the two shoplifted at a Walmart store then left their 9-month-old child in a shopping cart.
According to an arrest citation, Amy Kapetanious and Daniel Shelton were observed by a loss prevention employee concealing merchandise in a diaper bag and purse and also around their 9-month-old infant.
It happened around 6 p.m. Monday at a Walmart store on Diann Marie Road, in east Louisville.
When the loss prevention employee approached Kapetanious, she and Shelton left the store without paying for items worth about $1,300, according to the citation.
The citation states Kapetanious and Shelton left the 9-month-old baby abandoned when they fled on foot. Kapetanious attempted to change clothes and returned to retrieve the baby, according to the citation.
The pair was caught about 400 yards from the store.
Kapetanious is also charged with theft by unlawful taking and giving officers false information.
Shelton is also charged with fleeing and evading police, resisting arrest and theft by unlawful taking.
Child Protection Services was notified of the incident.
and i know it happens a lot because i spent well over a year U/C busting shoplifters at walmart. the first thing i did after arrest was call child protective services.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man and woman are charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police said the two shoplifted at a Walmart store then left their 9-month-old child in a shopping cart.
According to an arrest citation, Amy Kapetanious and Daniel Shelton were observed by a loss prevention employee concealing merchandise in a diaper bag and purse and also around their 9-month-old infant.
It happened around 6 p.m. Monday at a Walmart store on Diann Marie Road, in east Louisville.
When the loss prevention employee approached Kapetanious, she and Shelton left the store without paying for items worth about $1,300, according to the citation.
The citation states Kapetanious and Shelton left the 9-month-old baby abandoned when they fled on foot. Kapetanious attempted to change clothes and returned to retrieve the baby, according to the citation.
The pair was caught about 400 yards from the store.
Kapetanious is also charged with theft by unlawful taking and giving officers false information.
Shelton is also charged with fleeing and evading police, resisting arrest and theft by unlawful taking.
Child Protection Services was notified of the incident.