Deputies say Lizette Marie Sepulveda stole a TV and plants Monday from Wal-Mart in Punta Gorda. The 29-year-old Port Charlotte woman reportedly arrived at the store in a taxi and had planned to use a taxi as her getaway car with the stolen items, according to a news release from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
The store manager told deputes Sepulveda proceeded past all checkout registers to an awaiting taxi in the parking lot with her stolen goodies.
Sepulveda's plan was foiled when the manger approached the taxi and she then ran away. When deputies arrived, they found Sepulveda at a gas station. The manager positively identified Sepulveda as the one seen on surveillance video stealing the items valued at $455 and taking them to a taxi, the release states.
While being searched at the jail, deputies located a broken glass tube with wire mesh screen in Sepulveda's duffle bag that tested positive for opiates, according to the release.
She was charged with Grand Theft and Smuggling Contraband into a Correctional Facility.
Sepulveda is a convicted felon with 24 bookings and 34 records, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
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