Allen Park MI June 25 2023 An accused shoplifter shown leniency by a Michigan store security employee didn’t learn her lesson after being let go. She returned the same day in an attempt to steal again.

The incidents occurred at Target, 3100 Fairlane Drive, in Allen Park, on June 4. A loss prevention employee told the reporting officer that the accused woman, who was being detained, made her first attempt to steal earlier that day.

The woman entered the store at 12:45 p.m. and shopped until about 1 p.m. She went to the checkout counter and paid for a few small items, but failed to pay for $228.98 of merchandise.

She was confronted in the parking lot by loss prevention employees. She was told to return the stolen merchandise to the loss prevention employees and she complied. The employees decided not to call police, instead opting to let the woman go, but instructing her not to return to the store.

Less than two hours later, at approximately 2:45 p.m., the woman returned and resumed shopping. Once again, she proceeded to a checkout counter and paid for a few small items, but failed to pay for $349.16 worth of merchandise.

Just as they had done a couple hours earlier, loss prevention employees confronted the woman in the parking lot, but this time they told her to follow them to the loss prevention office.

A store employee told Allen Park police that both floor and video surveillance were used to observe the shoplifting attempt.

The woman was issued a violation for retail fraud and released at the scene.

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