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Odoreida

(1,549 posts) Mon Aug 13, 2018, 12:35 PM Aug 2018

Staples shopper pregnant with twins falsely accused of hiding items under her shirt [View all]

Staples shopper pregnant with twins falsely accused of hiding items under her shirt
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-pregnant-staples-shopper-accused-20180813-story.html

Sherell Bates is pregnant with twins, but apparently a Staples store manager in North Carolina had some doubts.

Bates was questioned by a police officer at a Pineville store on Friday after the manager asked him to speak with the very pregnant shopper. She was asked what was under her shirt.

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Cops said the officer approached Bates because the manager believed she could have been "concealing merchandise."

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Race not mentioned in the story, but here is a video at another link.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/pregnant-woman-upset-she-was-accused-of-shoplifting-at-pineville-staples/811252085

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Staples shopper pregnant with twins falsely accused of hiding items under her shirt [View all] Odoreida Aug 2018 OP

Well, the twins could have been accomplices...did anyone search them??? ret5hd Aug 2018 #1

Jesus Murphy! geardaddy Aug 2018 #2

The customer was so classy. underthematrix Aug 2018 #3

This happened to me...smh Quayblue Aug 2018 #4