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A woman who allegedly went on a four-month crime spree stealing more than $7000 of products from supermarkets, homeware stores and petrol stations throughout New Zealand is facing nearly a dozen shoplifting charges.
Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said at 2.30pm yesterday, police were called to Dunedin’s Mitre 10 Mega aftera 30-year-old woman attempted to leave the store with $2200 of items without paying.
The woman was stopped by the store detective and gave a false name to the staff, Bond said.
“When police attended, she also gave a false name, but then admitted it was false and provided her real name.”
Police inquiries revealed she was wanted for 10 other shoplifting matters between April and July, totalling $7526.46 in pilfered goods.
Alongside the $2200 theft from Mitre 10, the woman’s shoplifting spree included:
On June 29, $1637.27 of items were stolen from Mosgiel New World.
The woman returned to the same New World on July 15, and stole $287.96 of items. Both incidents involved the woman leaving the store with a trolley full of groceries, Bond said.
On May 28, $305.89 of groceries were stolen from Fresh Choice Roslyn; the woman returned the next day and took a further $84.76 of items. The woman went for a hat-trick, returning to the store for a third consecutive day, this time stealing $906.22 of items.
On May 30, $312 of items were stolen from Dunedin Bunnings.
On June 1, the woman stole a vacuum cleaner worth $45 from Z Green Island. “I’m not sure how that came about,” said Bond.
On June 12, $500 of items were stolen from a New World in Auckland.
On June 13, $397.38 of items were stolen from a Warehouse in Auckland.
On April 30th, $849.98 of items were stolen from The Warehouse, South Dunedin.
The woman was due to appear in the Dunedin District Court today on 11 shoplifting charges.
