Woman Accused Of Shoplifting Three Expensive Thermostats From Lacey Walmart

Lacey police are looking for a white female who walked into the Walmart on Route 9 North, put three Nest thermostats into a bag into a shopping cart, then fled the store, Police Chief Michael C. DiBella said.

Officer George Resetar responded to the store at 4:58 p.m. on Jan. 4 in Lanoka Harbor on a report of a shoplifting. The loss prevention officer said that about an hour before police were contacted, the woman was observed on security video taking the thermostats and leaving the store through a fire door, the chief said.

The woman fled on foot west on Haines Street toward the Lacey Rail Trail.

The female suspect is described as a white female, approximately 25-years-old, with red hair, wearing multicolored pants and a black coat. The incident is under investigation, DiBella said.

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