you gonna make me cry you keep that up listen I get it I really do and I'm sorry you're going through a hard time and I know you got babies to feed this this this ain't the way on July 30th 2022 officers responded to a call in reference to a shoplifter that just left the local Dollar General the officer found the suspect waiting at the bus stop and she began by denying even holding the stolen items this one ends different than any other shoplifting video I've ever seen hi there hey did you just come from Dollar General yeah they said you shoplifted some stuff no you know anything about that no I just walked up on the bag right here I saw you carrying the bag no I was not carrying the bag I just' I Ki the bag over a little and then I that's it I sh that's I saw you carrying the bag so that's beside the point okay if you shoplifted we can work something out I'll probably just write you a citation but don't don't me cuz I can go in there and watch video okay okay you took some stuff yeah my ke at home I okay I get that I get that there's a lot of people in Athens who willing to help with stuff like that ton T ton of food ma'am there's ton ton of food drives there's ton of people who give money to people who need help so much stuff like that you don't need to be getting in trouble just for this and it ain't much anyway okay come on back with me me we're going to we're going to go back to um okay Dollar General you don't got anything on you I need to worry about do you come on in here am I going to jail no oh they're probably going to borrow you from Dollar General though and I got to rate you a ticket okay what's your name sharica sharica here you got an ID all right how many kids you got three three oh all right we're going to head back there and we'll get you taken care of okay huh aw it's okay I understand I understand the desperation aw no I do understand been lying to you like I mean I just feel a it's okay I understand why you would do it I do I've been in situations since I was a kid I grew up very poor so I understand what it's like to have starving kids and all that kind of stuff I've been so so so so so long so long I mean I was like 25 the last time I shop I mean that's how bad it don't got they don't cut my stamp off and everything I why they cut your stamps off because I didn't make it to they said for me to find somewhere we doing something within the last within 20 hour [Music] all right slide on out we going to go get taken care of and then you'll be on your way okay okay where do you live at right down the street how old are your kids one two and three one two and three two babies and one [Music] one did you call Lady there where's she at huh follow there she is say it again yeah I'm going to ask her can we go over there and top I'm guessing you want her bar are you wanting to prosecute I just walk on back to the store my I it's really up to her what she wants to do at this point so let me call man okay I understand she's got to ask if um they want to prosecute if they want to prosecute you're just going to get a ticket okay um and then it's up to them too if they want to borrow you from here okay [Applause] okay you got a bunch of freezer stuff that's all them do you work no not no more lost my job when did you lose your job [Applause] a month ago a month what' you do before I was at AR at Arby what happened there got I was there for a year and a half yeah yeah you tried applying anywhere else anywhere um you know that new Pizza Factory place somebody told me about that up there they looking to hire folks somebody told me that it's right across on app yeah they they've been trying real hard to to hire folks I heard about that I did fact my neighbor told me about that they were hiring huh maner didn't answer call assistant okay I'm G buy this stuff for her don't make me she got three kids at home she's trying to feed yeah I tried to call Andrea but I couldn't hold on let me make sure that her is that Andrea sounds like it that might be Andrea let me call you right backy was that Anda so ni you about to make me start cry you really you going to make me cry you keep that up listen I get it I really do and I'm sorry you're going through a hard time and I know you got babies to feed this this this ain't the way this ain't the way there's so many people so many food drive so many things and I know it takes a lot of Pride to suck it up see I'm not pH Savage I can't don't have to do that then you got to get somebody to help you Ain worth listen that Goodwill will do it they said that Goodwill will help hello hey if I need I can be up there in a second but um yes go ahead Chargers and B because I just literally put up more security yeah um do uh what's your name Flo is it Flo does Flo have authority to Bar folks yes okay cool I can just do that through her there's no need for you to come up here okay all right yes ma'am okay so I'm going to have to write your ticket and they are going to Bar you but I'm going to buy your food and send you on your way okay what is theet how much what do I go through with how I do it's kind to it's like it's like a traffic ticket you have to go um have you been arrested for shoplifting before was long long like when I was seen that long long how long ago that was like I was 25 25 yeah then you should you shouldn't have too much problem it'll have all your information on here in a court date for you okay but I got to write I got to fill all this out okay I don't know how far you are from home one but you know the Express Employment up there will put put you toward work somewhere on I don't I don't even F out the application up here I told you that I I don't it's all got like really really hard for me right now it I'm sorry I just I know there's procedures what just got I understand I was wrong and that was just it I was wrong hey but I heard about that pizza place what she talking about yeah they're trying real hard to find people and I know if you got a good job history then I do they they'll probably hire you over there cookout also I don't last for I can't have a cookout so where do I go pay tickets at where did I pay you know the courthouse downtown yeah that's where your hearing will be there's an address on here for you that I pay the ticket with um I don't know if you can pay you I you would call Municipal Court the phone number is here you they might let you pay it ahead of time you might have to go to your court date I'm not sure how that work I'll call that Monday you can yeah Absol absolutely who's with your kids right now my little my my oldest child how old is your oldest my oldest is 23 and she got to get ready to go to work in a few this shouldn't take too long where she work at it could have been worse so you know I'm just looking at that that's why you're not going to jail and that's a good thing yeah I just what I'm looking at how you could go work what's your address you walk all the way here no well halfway then called the bus are you on probation or anything M no sorry I'm so sorry I am this is 11 this address I I mean I personally I got four kids I understand I did too um the courts wants you to get an email um so they can email you about anything I don't know why if do you have one see that's something El not phone saage I don't know yeah internet all this stuff I I don't found it what is @gmail Gmail yeah and the phone number for you um let me buy this really quick um I'll finish the rest of the ticket out outside and then just let her know she's bored 2 years is the max you can borrow for I'm so sorry we never you want no more you want the full two years whatever Andrea said she just said you had the authority to bar and she wanted her barred so two years okay it's up to y'all um I think we can do as little as 6 months and as M much as two years so that's really up to you what you want months cuz it's going months I don't know how close she lives but apparently she F you know 6 months okay can't come back here for 6 months um you have an idea on you it's on my keys that's fine we'll go buy this real [Applause] quick hey can you check this out for me I think everything in here [Applause] did you open some boxes box where the boxes at go grab them thanks and take it um yeah she's trying to feed three three babies so what you don't want to F so bad y i going through the same thing like that's tough I I get why she would do it but I better done a lot of things she could be doing yeah yeah because I've done a lot of you know in my past I've done a lot of things I should be done so I fully understand yeah I grew up same way no food all that so what's your phone number miss you can give the store number it's fine okay get new box same boxes yeah those are fine I just n she need to ring them up for you so what about for the the Honey Buns you got those did y'all find anything on that wallet last night did the manager look at the video because I couldn't find the Ed that's fine can you just ring that up she doesn't know I don't know if somebody grabbed the other box what H9 thank you I there's your bag and I think that's your on yeah thank y'all you too you want to ride home huh sure yeah yeah NOS put your groceries back here you can sit on the other side but I got to finish this up real quick okay I'm going have you sign it we'll take care of all this before we get on the way okay thank you so I'm happy to help I have you sign right here this this top line here you want to ride home or to the bus stop home home okay I don't mind taking all the way home I know some people are weird about that sometimes I don't care I got over the hill light all right okay this yellow copy is yours can I see that thing yeah right okay yeah just give them a call bye for Central can you show that family I ran barred from here for 6 months you would say do they tell me when I'm bar not bar no more or um so you're six months from today so you can't come back uh July August October November December January January 30th you can come back n the rest of this year n yeah no ma'am that's just this store if there's another dollar stores or Dollar General or something you can go to that's not every Dollar General 54 Cent I'm giving her a courtesy ride to Residents off I still my daughter stay right here okay are oh are these apartments no they're rooms you rent rooms here for 150 a week okay we got both this building and the next building and a building on Prince Avenue and he got several buildings he own downtown okay all right is it is it an okay Place huh I said is it an all right place yeah it is it is yeah for the kids it is you got everything you need yeah thank you so much thank you I mean you're welcome really thank you take care of those babies go apply for a job okay yeah that's thing yes ma'am thank you so much yes ma'am the suspect ended up getting a citation for shoplifting and the officer gave her a ride home what do you think about this 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