WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - A woman was charged with theft after police found her driving a motorized shopping cart along a road, miles from the supermarket where she had started.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports (https://bit.ly/1sPd4oK ) police stopped 49-year-old Julie Cae Briggs on Monday while she was driving a cart taken from a Hy-Vee.
Police say Briggs claimed the store allowed her to take the cart because she didn’t have a ride home, about four miles away. She was about two miles from the store when stopped by the officer.
Hy-Vee officials say they didn’t give her permission to take the cart.
Police say vehicles were swerving around the cart, which can’t top 5 mph.
Briggs was charged with second-degree theft. She was later released from jail.
Briggs’ phone number wasn’t available.
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Information from: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, https://www.wcfcourier.com
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