Crime & Safety
Fast Food Craving Stops Shoplifters in Tracks, Police Say
Two woman were arrested at Panda Express in Greendale minutes after police say they shoplifted from Southridge Mall.
A woman, who is accused by Greendale police of stealing items from JCPenney at Southridge Mall, was arrested because she apparently couldn’t wait for a bite of fast food after the heist.
According to the Greendale Police Department summary, two woman took items from JCPenney at 8 p.m. Aug. 13, and then made a pitstop at Panda Express on one of the mall’s outlots.
One of the women drove through the drive-thru while the other took multiple shopping bags with her as she went inside the restaurant.
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Police stopped the woman in the drive-thru, and both women were taken into custody.
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