WNWA Rumors 7/26/07

Woman Banned For Life From Wal-Mart: Children Helped Suspect Bag Stolen Items, Sheriff Says

Braddock, TX-- A 30-year-old mother was banned from a Braddock County Wal-Mart and will face a judge after Sheriff's deputies said she used her seven children to help bag over $300 in stolen merchandise in a self-checkout lane, Local 6 News partner Braddock Today reported.

Shitifa Moore was charged with retail grand theft over the weekend after Braddock County Sheriff's deputies were called to the Wal-Mart located at 1040 Marlboro Road to investigate a complaint from the assistant managers, reports showed. She will go to court Aug. 17 on the charge, according to court records.

Braddock County Sheriff Fenton Washburn said the store's loss-prevention officers spotted Shitifa and her children, ages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 12, in line at the self-checkout counter bagging items that were passed across the conveyor belt without being rung up. Police said the children assisted their mother in stuffing the unidentified items in the white shopping bags before a loss-prevention officer walked up. Shitifa paid $13 in goods but had a total of $400 worth of stolen merchandise sitting in her cart, police said. Shitifa was stopped while a male companion that was accompanying her, The Rev. Dr. Curtis Eldorado Lowe, bolted out the door, according to reports. Shitifa was able to keep the items she paid for but had to sign an affidavit not to enter that Wal-Mart again. After signing the document, she was arrested, Washburn said. She was booked and taken to the Braddock County Prison Farm.