Woman at Howell Walmart tries to shoplift with 75 cops in-store

Duncan Phenix
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GENOA TWP. — Most police departments hold a "Shop With a Cop" event or two during the holidays. It’s a time when police buy gifts with children at local stores.

But this year, Michigan State Police troopers from Brighton got quite a surprise when someone tried to steal almost $728 worth of merchandise from the Walmart they were in.

There were 75 officers in the store when the person tried to get their five-finger discount.

According to MSP, someone told a trooper about the alleged thief. He got another officer to continue shopping with his young partner, then followed the woman outside to the parking lot.

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There, to his surprise, he found she'd parked next to all the troopers’ cruisers.

The trooper arrested the 62-year-old Haslett woman and took her for a ride to the Livingston County Jail.

This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Woman at Howell Walmart tries to shoplift with 75 cops in-store