
A 57-year-old Ohio woman was arrested on July 2nd after she consumed items in Walmart and refused to pay for them or leave the business.
At 2:23 Wednesday afternoon, Officer Enyart with the Plymouth Police Department was dispatched to 2505 North Oak Drive, the Plymouth Walmart, for a female consuming items in the store and refusing to pay for them or leave the business.
During the officer’s investigation, the female was identified as Jessica Lantz of Ohio. She continued to refuse to leave the business after being given several opportunities and refusing to pay for the items.
Lantz was then taken into custody and transported to the Marshall County Jail, where she was lodged for trespassing and theft-shoplifting, and held on a $500 cash bond.
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