Booster Chevala Southall caught at Rivergate Mall, tells police who was helping her

Police responded to the Hollister inside Rivergate Mall Thursday afternoon, where security had 26-year-old Chevala Southall detained. During an interview, Southall admitted that she and a male she knew as “Trey” came into the store and staged nearly $2,000 in merchandise in preparation to steal it. They then left the store and drove the vehicle to the nearby breezeway, where they could run out of the store and into the car. The pair of boosters then re-entered Hollister and began to bag the clothes they had staged, and security was able to stop Southall as she ran out the door. The clothing in the bags she was fleeing with totaled $1,743.00. Trey fled the store, and Southall provided police with the information she knew about his identity.

Registered sex offender charged with Kroger burglary

44-year-old William Brake was charged with burglary after Loss Prevention staff at a Kroger he was banned forever from, saw him on camera taking $681 worth of food without paying for it.

Man in Walmart stopped by loss prevention; search yields concealed baby clothes and crack pipes

32-year-old Joshua Polk was charged with theft of merchandise and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia after he and a partner tried to steal baby clothes and toys while holding two crack pipes.

Woman charged with burglary after attempting to walk out with merchandise

21-year-old Jamisha King was charged with burglary after police say she entered a Walmart, tried to stash away merchandise, and then walk out.

Man uses ID at Cash America Pawn to sell stolen items from Home Depot

22-year-old John Charles was charged with two counts of theft after he was caught on video taking items from Home Depot and witnessed by Loss Prevention pawning the stolen items at Cash America.

Nashville man charged with felony theft for taking $2.95 in sausage from Walmart

37-year-old Eric Nelson was charged with his 5th theft of merchandise offense when he was caught trying to leave the Walmart on Dickerson Pike with a $2.95 package of sausage.

Barnes & Noble employee caught embezzling by making fraudulent refunds to herself

19-year-old Cori Barbee was charged with theft of property after her employer, Barnes & Noble, caught her embezzling money with the help of her girlfriend.

#BoosterClub: Man made his own magnet to steal PlayStation games

Joshua Whorley told police he stole because he “needed the money”, but he also needed a custom magnet to unlock the shelf holding the PlayStation games – so he made one, and brought with him to Walmart Wednesday, where he was arrested, and his case was completed less than 24-hours later. Jazzaine McKinnie is one of Walmart’s best loss prevention folks, and though may not have heard her name specifically, we’ve covered a lot of her shoplifter apprehensions over the years. Jazz was working at the 3458 Dickerson Pike store…

ARREST: Dear Brittany Hunter, that’s not how self-checkout works [Theft]

Brittany Hunter was arrested on her 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th theft charge on Friday, just before lunch. Brittany went to target on 4 days last month, and scanned the barcode of inexpensive items, believing she was getting away with it. However each time, charges were just being added to the previous thefts, and on Friday they all caught up with her, ending in her arrest. On 11/08, at around 9PM Hunter went to Target with another female subject, and picked out $110.00 worth of merchandise. She took the merchandise…