A woman who contacted Wal-Mart at Buffalo Ridge Plaza in The Villages to reclaim a $20 bill was arrested in the theft of a LED bulb.
Brenda Lee Warren, 58, of Wildwood, went to the store on Friday and paid for items she had selected, but then went back into the store, selected a LED light bulb, leaving through the garden section without paying for the $16.87 item, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
The following day, Warren contacted the store to report she had left a $20 bill at the self-checkout counter. The Wal-Mart associate asked Warren her name, which she provided. The Wal-Mart associate asked Warren if she had paid for the LED light bulb, to which Warren replied, “No, I forgot.” She added that she had “a lot on her mind,” the arrest report said.
A check revealed she had previously been convicted on a theft charge in 2006 in Sumter County.
She was taken into custody on a charge of theft and booked at the Sumter County Detention Center. She was released after posting $1,000 bond.
At the time of her latest brush with the law, Warren had been free on bond following her arrest in June on a charge of possession of methamphetamine.
