Woman Allegedly Walks Out of Giant With $148 in Groceries

Whitpain Township Police said Alysa Wilson, 22, of the unit block of Wynnewood Drive, Collegeville, allegedly walked out of the Giant Food Store on DeKalb Pike in Whitpain with $148 in groceries on April 11.

When Wilson was confonted by an employee, she allegedly left the groceries and fled in a white Toyota, police said.

Police got the license plate number from the Toyota, which came back to Wilson, police said.

Whitpain officers drove to Wilson's home, but she was not there, police said. 

Wilson wasn't nabbed for the alleged crime until May 5 at 10:07 p.m. at Wawa, when she was sitting as a passenger in a white Toyota, whose driver was pumping gas, police said.

Wilson was taken into custody on a retail theft charge and arraigned before District Judge Robert Sobeck in Blue Bell. She is free on $2,500 unsecured bail, police said.