A Liberty woman is in trouble with the law in Warren County after she was caught shoplifting more than $1,100 worth of merchandise from Walmart in McMinnville.
39 year old Jessica Jo Bates will make a June 27 court appearance in Warren County on a charge of grand theft.
Walmart security reported that Bates first paid for two loaves of bread and then put them in a shopping cart filled with other items she had not paid for. As she tried to leave the store with the merchandise, Bates was stopped.
According to a report in the Southern Standard, Bates allegedly tried to get away with 41 DVD movies, 20 infant shorts and 20 infant shirts, 36 two-liter bottles of SunDrop, 25 household cleaning items, two 50-pound bags of dog food, three cartons of ice cream, and two cases of herring and salmon.
Because she tried to steal so much merchandise, Bates was charged with the felony offense of grand theft which carries a penalty of one to two years in prison.
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