Woman charged in Wal-Mart return scam
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Rubidge Street woman faces charges after Wal-Mart security caught a
customer returning an item she didn’t pay for, city police said.
Police
said a woman went to the return counter at the Chemong Road Wal-Mart
Friday at 2 p.m. and returned an $89 box of printer toner without a
receipt.She was handed a gift card and went back to the store to do
some shopping, police said.Staff became suspicious of the transaction
and when security reviewed a tape they saw the woman grab the toner
from the electronics department and head to the return counter, police
said.
Police said she was wanted by the Northumberland OPP on a
theft charge.Stacey Ann Montemiglio, 28, is charged with obtaining
merchandise by false pretence and two counts breach of her undertaking.
She has a March 20 court date and was held in custody on the
outstanding OPP warrant.