Less than a week after being charged with skipping scans and switching price tags to steal $2,277.59 worth of items from the 15th Street Walmart, a Webb City woman is charged with using the same tactics at Target.
A criminal summons was issued today for Chelsea Hobbs (DOB 1990) with her initial appearance scheduled for 1:30 p.m. January 5 at Jasper County Circuit Court in Carthage.
From the probable cause statement:
From 10/28/2024 through 11/15/2025 Chelsea Hobbs has been stealing from Target through a combination of skip scanning and tag switching.To date, Hobbs has stolen a verified amount of $1,180.17 from Target using this scheme. Hobbs has been arrested in Webb City for stealing from Walmart. I have submitted charges on Hobbs for felony stealing at another big box store in Joplin, MO in 2025. These charges indicate a pattern of stealing behavior from Hobbs.
In addition to the alleged thefts from Target and the 15th Street Walmart, Hobbs faces another felony stealing in connection with 14 thefts from the Webb City Walmart totaling $842.98.
The Target case was investgated by the Joplin Police Department. The Webb City Police Department investigated the Webb City Walmart allegations.
2 comments:
This is why stores need to remove all these individual scanning devices and replace them with physical checkers. This automation was doomed from the beginning, and because of theft it has cost stores Billions in losses, because of skip scanning and tag changes by these criminals.
....they would spend even more money on having live people checking out. The figure in a certain amount of theft when making decisions like this. Come on now
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