Small Town Misfit

Durango, CO
A man was passed out under the poinsettias in the garden center at Wal-Mart.

Found in the Durango Herald

Columbia, SC
Any day is a nice day for a white wedding at Wal-Mart. A 24-year-old woman was at work on Dec. 4 when a co-worker congratulated her on her nuptials. She reported to police that someone had listed her on Wal-Mart’s registry for a wedding that is supposedly taking place April 17. The woman is not engaged and has no plans to get married. Apparently, falsely listing someone on a bridal registry is not a crime.

Found in the Free Times

Delafield, WI
A 41-year-old Village of Pewaukee woman is facing possible charges after she wielded a knife at a man in a shopping mall parking lot Oct. 11.

According to the report, the woman was driving in the area of Wal-Mart at about 2:30 p.m. and was stopped at an exit. She claimed another vehicle then nearly hit her pickup truck.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 30-year-old Hartland man, told police the woman had just stopped in the road and started to wave her arms, the report said.

The woman and the man parked in the lot near Office Max, 2840 Heritage Drive, and the man got out of his vehicle to see what she was doing. The woman said the man made a derogatory remark toward her, the report said.

The woman got out of her truck and was brandishing a Ka-Bar Marine Corps knife and went toward the man, who got back into his vehicle. The man said the woman then kicked his vehicle.

The man called police, who found the woman in the parking lot. The woman initially denied having a knife, but later admitted it was in her truck.

Police are recommending the Waukesha County District Attorney’s Office charge the woman with disorderly conduct.

Found in the Lake Country Reporter

Waynesboro, GA
A fist fight broke out at Wal-Mart when a woman attacked an employee last Thursday.

According to witnesses, the employee pulled down the woman’s halter top during the altercation, exposing her chest. The topless woman continued to pull the employee’s hair and kick her in the head.

Store managers were able to stop the fight before officers arrived.

Found in the True Citizen

North Olmstead, OH
A 25-year-old Cleveland woman was cited for disorderly conduct after an incident Aug. 15 at Wal-Mart.

Police were called to the store about 11 a.m. to investigate a disturbance. The police chief was talking to the woman, who was sitting in her car and yelling and swearing at him. When police tried to talk to her, she began yelling and said she did nothing wrong except whoopin on her son.

When asked why she did that and she replied, because I’m his mother and I can do what I want. The son appeared fine and did not have any marks on his face or neck.

Police spoke with an employee, who said the woman was yelling and cursing at her son and screaming obscenities at him. Several people tried to calm the woman down, but the woman started yelling and swearing at them. The woman was released at the scene after being cited for disorderly conduct.

Found in the Sun News

Brooklyn, OH
Wal-Mart, some people love it, some not so much. The assistant manager for Wal-Mart on Brookpark Road called police on June 2 to alert them to a potential deterrent for those looking for big discounts on tube socks and TVs.

The assistant manager said the Wal-Mart corporate office called the local store with a warning: a group wearing gas masks, yellow jackets and armed with caution tape might be heading their way. According to the employee, they were told the group is called Detox Wal-Mart. They show up at local stores and often try to tape off/shut the entrance doors. She was told the police units were advised and police said to call them if the group shows up and causes any problems.

Found in the Brooklyn Sun Journal

Ok, this one isn’t a police blot, but I thought you guys would find it interesting:

Wal-Mart tops local police calls, sheriff’s office finds
Wal-Mart isn’t just the number-one retailer in the universe. It also leads the way in calls for help to local police.

No west-county property generates more calls-for-service to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office than Wal-Mart on Northeast Highway 99, according to a sheriff’s report.

And beating out the entire county for police calls to any “retail, commercial or residential development” is the Wal-Mart retail complex the anchor store and its satellite storefronts and fast-food restaurants at the intersection of Mill Plain Boulevard and Interstate 205.

n “Wal-Mart consistently ranks among the top 10 locations locally generating calls for law enforcement service.”

• The Mill Plain Wal-Mart, 221 N.E. 104th Ave., generated 490 calls for service in 2005.

• The Hazel Dell Wal-Mart, 9000 N.E. Highway 99, generated 479 calls.

• There were 112 arrests made at the Hazel Dell Wal-Mart in 2005. Fifty-three of those people went straight to jail. Most of the rest were cited and released with a future court date.

Read the whole thing in The Columbian

Chattanooga, TN
Officials at the Lookout Valley Wal-Mart said an employee admitted stealing money and merchandise totaling $2,900.

Both Cynthia Fraley and her father were arrested.

Police said the father had been returning items stolen by his daughter and getting refunds.

It was found that Ms. Fraley had been told to stay away from Wal-Mart in 2001 for shoplifting.

Found in The Daily Chattanoogan

Rio Grande, NM
3:20 p.m. – A man detained for shoplifting a DVD player was complaining of back pain, Wal-Mart reported.

Found in the Rio Grande Sun

Colorado Springs, CO
Officers responded to the Wal-Mart at 3201 E. Platte Avenue in reference to an assault. When the officers arrived they were told that a male, Almustafa MUJIB, had come into the store smoking a cigarette. When an employee of the store asked MUJIB to extinguish the cigarette MUJIB struck the employee on the face with an open hand. MUJIB then left the store and walked towards a vehicle. When a second employee followed to record the license plate MUJIB confronted the employee and struck (her). As officers arrived and located MUJIB to detain him, he struggled and kicked Officer Inazu.

MUJIB was handcuffed and placed into a police vehicle. While in the vehicle MUJIB began kicking the vehicle door, breaking out the window and bending the door frame causing damage. In an attempt to regain control of MUJIB he was sprayed with oleoresin capsicum. MUJIB failed to comply with verbal commands. MUJIB then attempted to climb out of the vehicle through the shattered window. After repeatedly refusing to comply with verbal orders to remain in the vehicle, a conducted energy weapon was used to gain his compliance.

Found in the Colorado Springs Police Blotter

Danville, KY
3:12 p.m., male in gold shirt inside Danville Center for Health and Rehabilitation on North Third Street trying to sell Wal-mart gift card.

4:53 p.m., caller from Hustonville Road was sold worthless Wal-mart gift card.

Found in the Advocate-Messenger

Bella Vista, AR
At 10:14 p.m. Wednesday, Carla Catron called from her cell phone at the Walnut Street Wal-Mart Supercenter to report she saw a woman in her 50s carrying a 22-inch television and large trash container out of the store. She said the alarm went off, but the greeter at the door didn’t try to stop the shoplifter. When Catron tried to confront the woman, Catron was ignored, so she followed the suspect to Locust Street, where security personnel found the suspect and recovered the stolen merchandise.

Found in The Benton County Daily Record