Adult Shoplifters are using Kids for theft at a Florida Walmart.

Why do adult shoplifters use children to commit theft from retail stores?Do arrest reports show that parents teach their children how to be thieves?

Parents Accused of Shoplifting with their Kids at Walmart

Interview by Jim Ross with the Ocala Star-Banner newspaper.

Podcast Time Stamps:

00:39 -- Show introduction by Crime School Security Expert Chris McGoey.03:39 -- Interview begins by Jim Ross with the Ocala Star-Banner newspaper.03:50 -- Police arrest parents shoplifting with 12-year-old daughter at Walmart.04:52 -- What is the frequency of older kids shoplifting with adults or parents?05:10 -- In a case like this, is the child a victim, a shoplifter, or both?06:00 -- Was a book written about using children called "Oliver Twist".07:00 -- Adult shoplifters believe children make them look less suspicious.08:10 -- Parents normally do not shoplift in front of older children.10:05 -- Most adults will not shoplift in front of their significant other.13:00 -- Adult shoplifters hope this will fool loss prevention agents.13:44 -- Crime School Host Chris McGoey gives his thoughts about the story.14:50 -- Corporate retailer challenges regarding shoplifter detention policy.20:00 -- Corporate policy needs to address every detention/arrest protocol.20:55 -- Criminal charges are sometimes reduced or dismissed by courts.21:25 -- Retailers are sometimes exposed to civil liability from judicial decisions.24:00 -- Whose rights are more important to protect: Criminal v. Retailer?25:58 -- Shoplifters can file civil lawsuits when criminal cases are dismissed.

Adults using kids to steal like from the story, Oliver TwistTweet ThisAdult Shoplifters with Children Challenge Loss Prevention

Older children usually do not shoplift together with adults.Likewise, significant others generally do not shoplift together.Adults with infants in large baby carriages sometimes require monitoring.Adult shoplifters believe that children nearby make them less suspicious.Do a Google Search of "Walmart children shoplifting with parents Florida"Some adult shoplifters will abandon their children in-store to avoid capture.Retailers need policies on how to deal with adult shoplifters with children.Difficult to formulate a national shoplifter apprehension policy.Legal/practical implications require local detention/apprehension standards.Cannot afford to let local police sort it out after a family theft apprehension.Decisions relating to the prosecution of a family of shoplifters require caution.The criminal justice system can expose a retailer to detention/arrest liability.Shoplifters' rights often get top priority during the judicial process.

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