[Q]Police: Florida Woman Forces Daughter To Shoplift Gifts
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A woman was charged with retail theft after allegedly forcing her 11-year-old daughter to help shoplift clothes she planned to give her for Christmas.
Tammi Edwards, 29, and her daughter tried to steal four shirts worth $57 from a Marshall's by stuffing them into two large purses, police said.
"Her mother handed her clothes and told her to put them in the purse," Fort Myers Police spokeswoman Kara Winton said.
Police were so touched by the girl's story that staff at the station started a collection to buy her and her two younger siblings clothing for Christmas, Winton said.
Edwards was in Lee County Jail on $500 bond Tuesday evening. The girl, who does not live with her mother, will likely be referred to a juvenile misdemeanor program, Winton said.
It could not immediately be determined whether mother or daughter had an attorney. [/Q]
Another product of our society
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A woman was charged with retail theft after allegedly forcing her 11-year-old daughter to help shoplift clothes she planned to give her for Christmas.
Tammi Edwards, 29, and her daughter tried to steal four shirts worth $57 from a Marshall's by stuffing them into two large purses, police said.
"Her mother handed her clothes and told her to put them in the purse," Fort Myers Police spokeswoman Kara Winton said.
Police were so touched by the girl's story that staff at the station started a collection to buy her and her two younger siblings clothing for Christmas, Winton said.
Edwards was in Lee County Jail on $500 bond Tuesday evening. The girl, who does not live with her mother, will likely be referred to a juvenile misdemeanor program, Winton said.
It could not immediately be determined whether mother or daughter had an attorney. [/Q]
Another product of our society