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Accused Shoplifter Abandons Child at Mall
Accused shoplifter abandons 4-year-old niece as she ran from store employee. INSIDE: Incident report from MPD.
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Posted Monday, May 4, 2009 --- 10:30 a.m.
Incident report from Madison Police Department:
On Friday, around 3:13 p.m., Madison Police were sent to West Towne Mall to arrest a shoplifter who had abandoned her four-year-old niece while being chased from J.C. Penney by a store employee.
A loss prevention officer stopped the suspect in the parking lot, and responding officers arrested her.
She was wearing multiple layers of stolen clothing, and had other garment stuffed in her pants retail value of the stolen merchandise was over $500.
Witnesses say the little girl was not fast enough to keep up with her fleeing aunt, and was left behind in the store: scared, screaming and crying. She had yelled out: "Don't leave me," and "wait."
Besides Retail Theft, the suspect was tentatively charged with Child Abandonment. The child was turned over to another relative at her mother's request.
Arrested:
Female, age 18, Madison
Suspect was arrested and tentatively charged with Child Abandonment, and Retail Theft.
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JB @ 3:22..... maybe the mother is out of town. Did that thought ever come in to your head. dont be quick to judge the mother please.....
Did you see...."the cild was turned over to another relative at the mothers request". So in otherwords, the kids mother doesnt want her, but is to selfish to give the child up for adoption. I wish someone would bring charges against the mother.
I am not surprised. I've seen grandparents and parents use children to help steal things.
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