An Ocklawaha woman was arrested after allegedly using a Loofah to illegally reduce prices on merchandise at Target at Rolling Acres Plaza in The Villages.
An officer responded to Target at 12:50 p.m. Friday, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department. The asset protection lead advised that her security specialist had informed her of a repeat thief in the store, identified as 37-year-old Teesha Kay Beadle.
The Target staffer began surveilling Beadle, who was picking up bedding, bath and grocery items. She made her way to self-checkout and placed unscanned items into shopping bags. She also used a Loofah UPC tag that was priced at $2.99 to scan more expensive merchandise. She left the store with $181.58 in unpaid items, after which she was brought to the loss prevention office, the report said.
At that point, the lead ran Beadle’s credit card through the store’s system. This showed when she shopped at the store previously and revealed two more theft incidents, the report said…