Woman Accused of Lingerie Theft

Madisonville Police Department

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (1/7/15) — A Madisonville woman was taken into custody after she allegedly stole several items from the Walmart lingerie aisle and eluded the store’s asset protection representative by fleeing on foot.

According to a Madisonville Police Department report, officers responded to Walmart at approximately 2:27 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6 in regarding to a shoplifting complaint. The store’s asset protection representative informed officers that a woman in the store had been observed stuffing several items into her purse as she walked down the lingerie aisle. When the AP approached the woman, she fled on foot into the parking lot, the report said.

When Officer Van Killough arrived, he discovered the suspect still in the parking lot sitting inside a red Ford Escape. Killough’s report stated that when he approached the vehicle and attempted to make contact, the woman stuffed items underneath the front seats from the rear passenger seat.

Police charged Janet L. Carter, Madisonville, with third-degree criminal trespassing, theft by unlawful taking or disposition/shoplifting under $500 and tampering with physical evidence. She is being lodged in the Hopkins County Jail.

Carter had been given a no trespass order from Walmart two other occasions, the report said. The cost of the merchandise she allegedly took from Walmart Jan. 6 totaled $125.75. She turned over part of the items to Killough and the other items he discovered during a search of the vehicle.

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