A serial skip scanner driving a BMW has been arrested in theft cases at Target at Rolling Acres Plaza in The Villages.
Cynthia Spradlin, 65, of Fruitland Park, was booked earlier this month at the Lake County Jail following her arrest on warrants charging her with six counts of theft.
She went to the store six times between May 22 and June 18 and used a skip scanning technique at the self-checkout aisle where she avoided paying for some of the merchandise she had loaded into her cart, according to an affidavit of probable cause from the Lady Lake Police Department.
By using the skip scanning technique, Spradlin avoided paying for $566.39 worth of merchandise, including clothing, alcoholic beverages, energy drinks, hair care products, cat litter, children’s books, diapers, cleaning supplies and frozen food products…