In Omaha, Nebraska, a 35-year-old mom enlisted the aid of her 10-year-old daughter while shoplifting from a local grocery store. According to reports, an off-duty police officer observed “Mom” hand the daughter a cheesecake from the shelf at the store. Mom then selected a case of beer and some chicken. Both of them then attempted to exit without paying for the merchandise.

They were stopped by the off-duty cop, who then called the incident in. When police arrived, mom was charged with felony shoplifting due to prior arrests, and was cited for misdemeanor child neglect. Child Protective Services is investigating.

This mom had at least 4 prior arrests for shoplifting. Does anyone really believe this was the first time she has involved her child? As far as the CPS investigation goes, what’s to investigate? She handed her child a cake and directed her to steal it. Seems pretty simple to me. The sad thing is that the shoplifting charge is much more serious than the child neglect charge, at least legally speaking.

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