MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three women were arrested Tuesday after police say they were caught shoplifting in a stolen car with a fake drive-out tag.
Australia Butler, 28, Sarah Benson, 31, and Jayla Rhoten, 21, were taken into custody outside the Family Dollar on Quince in East Memphis.
Butler and Benson were charged with theft of property, vandalism, altering or forging an auto tag, and possessing a vehicle with an altered serial number. All three were charged with possessing tools to interfere with an anti-theft security device.
Police said on Oct. 19, a white 2017 Nissan Maxima was stolen from the Sam’s Club in the 7400 block of Winchester. Surveillance video showed a dark-colored Maxima driven by a woman pull next to the white Nissan and man dive into the vehicle and drive it off the lot.
Tuesday, members of the Memphis Police Department’s Auto Theft Task Force, along with the Appling Farms Task Force and Bartlett Police Crime Suppression Unit, spotted the stolen white Maxima at Quince and Perkins and followed the car to the Family Dollar Store.