1. Florida woman arrested after drinking wine, eating rotisserie chicken while driving motorized cart around Wal-Mart
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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A woman ate sushi, cinnamon rolls and the majority of a rotisserie chicken, while drinking wine and driving a motorized shopping cart at Walmart, according to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. She was arrested for shoplifting and other charges.
It happened at the Lecanto Walmart on Tuesday. Citrus deputies responded after the store loss prevention employee contacted them about an alleged shoplifter he had in custody. The employee told deputies that he had noticed the woman acting suspiciously driving the motorized shopping cart.
He could see a half-empty bottle of wine in her cart. He also said he watched her grab a box of sushi from the shelf, eat a piece and put the box back. She did the same with cinnamon rolls and mini muffins. He says he then saw her eat the majority of a rotisserie chicken while on the shopping floor.
The woman, Josseleen Elida Lopez, 20, consumed $32.36 worth of food and wine while at the store, deputies say.
When the deputies arrested her, they found two empty syringes, one in her purse and one in her backpack. She told detectives she had used the syringes to shoot up meth earlier.
When they asked her why she took the food she said she was hungry and didn’t want to bring it outside of the store. She told them she knew that what she was doing was wrong.
She was arrested on shoplifting and drug paraphernalia charges.
2. Florida woman arrested after 5 kids found by highway in only diapers
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A 24-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect after five young children were found attempting to cross a Florida highway wearing nothing but heavily soiled diapers, police said.
The kids, aged from 1 to 5, were stopped by a motorist before they entered traffic lanes on Route 19 outside Spring Hill, 40 miles north of Tampa, Tuesday morning.
The children were unable to say their names or where their parents were. The youngest child, a 1-year-old girl, had a “severe rash on various parts of her body” that appeared to have been there for several weeks, according to a statement from Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday.
Deputies had been at the scene for 30 minutes when they were approached by Samantha McCarthy, who told them that the children she was caring for at a nearby Motel 6 went missing while she was asleep.
The 24-year-old told officers her door was locked and she had no idea how the children got out. She added the youngest child’s rash had been there for two-to-three days and she planned to seek medical treatment later that day.
However, deputies said they confirmed McCarthy had no mode of transport and had made no appointment with a doctor. Officials from Florida’s Department for Children and Families searched the motel room and found no food and only minimal clothing.
McCarthy was arrested on suspicion of child neglect and her bond was set at $5,000. Officials did not state her relationship to the children.
The Department for Children and Families took all five children, aged 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1, into custody and the youngest child was taken to hospital for treatment for her rash.
3. Police: Naked Florida woman booked after abandoning child, urinating on police
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police have booked a woman they say abandoned her child and fought officers as they arrested her.
Multiple news outlets report Daytona Beach police arrested 34-year-old Jennifer Cael Thursday on charges including child neglect and resisting an officer with violence.
According to a charging affidavit, Cael left her child with strangers Thursday night at a lobby of an apartment complex.
Police later found Cael intoxicated and naked inside an apartment. Police say she approached officers and punched one in the chest. They say she also urinated on them when they tried placing her in handcuffs.
She was being held at Volusia County Branch Jail. It's unclear if she has an attorney.