Walmart security employee threatened with knife by shoplifter
Baltimore County MD Sept 30 2020
Baltimore County police are investigating after a woman stole multiple electronics and other items from an Arbutus Walmart and threatened a security employee with a kitchen knife before fleeing in a vehicle, according to police reports.
The employee stopped the woman to check her receipt as she attempted to leave the Walmart in the 3600 Block of Washington Boulevard around 7:20 p.m. Sept. 20.
When the woman failed to produce the receipt for her items, which included a Soundbar sound system, a trash can and other merchandise, the employee directed her to go back to the register to confirm a receipt was issued, police spokeswoman Natalie Litofsky said.
The woman instead “took a kitchen knife off her person” and threatened him, Litofsky said.
The suspect then fled with the merchandise in a car that was waiting outside after the employee allowed her to leave.
