A 78-year-old woman in Florida recently offered a novel excuse for shoplifting at high-end Saks Fifth Avenue: Weed made her do it — via TheGrowthOp cannabisnews florida
, the medicinal marijuana patient reports that she has no memory of deciding to steal about $1,400 worth of clothes from Saks Fifth Avenue at Boca Raton’s Town Center Mall.Article content
It was a lot to forget, given that tricky security tags were removed before placing the good in her bag. The retailer reportedly captured the moment for posterity, though, thanks to its security cameras and recorded evidence. The woman was arrested after store loss prevention officers saw the theft on closed-circuit television.
After she left the restroom, staff discovered five security tags in the trash and, co-ordinating with other employees, watched her as she left the store without trying to pay for any of the concealed goods,She was apprehended upon leaving the store and brought back to the loss prevention office while local police were called. In all, the five women’s shirts were valued at US$1,014.80.
The police report notes the woman fessed up to stealing the goods but added that “she did not realize what she was doing due to using her prescribed marijuana.” She faces one count of grand theft and has been released on bond., consuming cannabis “can produce short-term problems with thinking, working memory, executive function and psychomotor function ” because of THC’s psychoactive effects.
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