Credit: Jeff Bohen/LevittownNow
Sandra Wilson, Jason Brown and Taneesha Knight went into Wal-Mart last Wednesday with a plan, cops say; load a shopping cart up with items and push it out of an store exit without paying.
The retail theft attempt was thwarted when a security employee observed the attempted theft, police say.
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Knight, 31 of Delanco, New Jersey; Wilson, 27 of Willingboro; and Brown, who later told police his real name was Jason R. Linstrom, 26 of Camden, New Jersey, were caught filled a cart with underwear and miscellaneous items total value of $402.35, according to an affidavit of probable cause. They attempted to leave the store without paying for the 30 items in the cart by pushing the cart through an exit door of the super store, court documents say.
Authorities took the trio in the custody charging each with retail theft and conspiracy offenses. Linstrom faces the other offense of false identification to law enforcement officer online court documents say.
The threesome were jailed in lieu of 10 percent of $40,ooo and are scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Bristol Borough District Court on September 11.
