20-year-old Justin Mofield was charged with theft of merchandise, disorderly conduct, three counts of aggravated assault, two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, and possession of LSD, Xanax, and paraphernalia when he attempted to rob Walmart with a flare gun.
38-year-old Michael Crotzer was charged with violation of probation, theft of merchandise, and criminal trespassing after he walked into Walmart, placed items in a cart, and left without paying.
31-year-old Casey Hogin was charged with criminal trespass and theft of merchandise after attempting to return nearly $400 worth of stolen merchandise at a Lebanon Walmart. Further investigation revealed Hogin to be barred from three separate Walmart stores over the span of a year.
36-year-old Alicia Hall is charged with public intoxication and burglary after she allegedly spent 3 hours dancing around Wal-Mart while impaired and eating food she had not paid for.
A Tennessee appellate court deemed a policy of prosecuting repeat Walmart shoplifters as felony burglars unconstitutional but that isn’t stopping Wilson County from continuing to apply the felony charges for petty thefts while the argument progresses to the State Supreme Court. Lebanon police just charged Shelly Beene with felony burglary for stealing $27 worth of merchandise from Walmart – which could now cost her 2-4 years in state prison.
