A 12-year-old lady is banned from a North Fulton County Walmart over a sucker.
Channel 2 Shopper Investigator Justin Grey realized the shop referred to as the police as a result of she ate the sweet earlier than she paid for it.
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Now, her father is warning different mother and father.
“It was a Dum Dum… the sort the Walmart greeters normally give out to children that come within the retailer,” stated Jamie Hurley, the lady’s father.
He stated that’s the kind of lollipop that led to his daughter receiving a legal trespass warning. Milton Police gave it to her on March 3.
“I’m not allowed to enter the land or premise of Walmart ever,” stated Hurley studying from the warning.
The daddy stated his daughter opened a bag of suckers, took one out and ate it with out paying whereas alone within the retailer whereas he picked up her youthful sister.
Hurley stated when he returned, he provided to pay for the sweet. However a police report Channel 2 Motion Information obtained says “Walmart declined the cash and in addition declined to press prices for theft.”
“They usually ended up giving her a quotation of trespass and instructed her that if she ever got here again that she would truly be arrested,” stated Hurley.
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He stated that is the primary time his daughter ever received into hassle like this.
“We went via, clearly, what was mistaken about stealing,” stated Hurley.
However he feels the punishment doesn’t match the crime.
“I simply thought it was utterly unfair that they’re dealing with this with, with a 12-year-old child consuming a bit of sweet,” stated Hurley.
He stated he emailed Walmart and received a reply that stated, “I’ve forwarded this to the suitable administration crew for the Alpharetta, GA retailer for help.”
When he didn’t hear again, he returned to the shop.
“And I truly went in yesterday to speak, and so they simply refused. They stated it’s an ongoing investigation,” stated Hurley.
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Channel 2 Motion Information contacted Walmart. A spokesperson despatched us this assertion:
“Mr. Hurley was trespassed from our retailer after turning into verbally abusive towards associates and disrupting enterprise. Mr. Hurley signed the discover. There was no intent to trespass Mr. Hurley’s daughter, and we are going to work with police to right the matter.”
However that doesn’t match up with the quotation. The lady’s identify and signature are on the ticket.
Hurley has this recommendation for different mother and father, “Watch your children in Walmart.”
Channel 2 Motion Information checked with Milton Police to see if the officer had any discretion on this state of affairs.
They instructed us the division should situation a legal trespass warning on the request of a non-public enterprise or home-owner.
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