Police Arrest Woman for Stealing from JC Penney

A woman stole merchandise from a Twelve Oaks Mall store Oct. 13, according to a police report. 

A JC Penney employee said she saw a female in the Sephora department quickly select several items, the report said. She looked around and another woman, her sister who was pushing a small child in a stroller, joined her, according to the report. They walked to the doors near Novi Road and passed the points of sale, the report said. They returned to the juniors’ department and picked up a few tank tops and placed them with the Sephora merchandise on the top of the stroller’s canopy, the report said.

One woman went into the fitting room with the stroller and returned without anything on the stroller’s canopy, according to the report. Employees went into the fitting room and found two tags from the tank tops the women selected earlier, the report said.

The other woman purchased two items and then they passed the points of sale without paying for the other merchandise, according to the report.

Police determined one woman stole the merchandise without the knowledge of her sister, the report said. She was arrested for third degree retail fraud and was issued a trespass warning for one year, according to the report.

She posted a $100 bond and had a hearing Oct. 21. 

For questions about this crime report, email aysha.jamali@patch.com.