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I'm a Walmart Asset Protection Associate. Legally she stole. The likely story is the father when confronted got mad and started a fight. They were thereby banned from the store.

I always get the same BS excuse "I can pay for it now!" Sure, if you did why steal? And this isn't an overreaction. You steal from Walmart and you aren't coming back. Just go to another Walmart. Anyways, this never deters shoplifters. Often times we just let them dig their own grave. Let them steal a felony quantity and now they're fucked.
Gobstoppers12 posted...

I imagine their philosophy is something like...

"If we caught you stealing once, you've probably stolen before. If we let you off the hook for stealing the first time we catch you, you'll probably steal again."

It makes more sense to tell them not to come back than it does to let them in and then devote a bunch of attention to making sure they don't steal any more stuff. It starts with candy (or maybe it didn't start there) but eventually escalates.

I worked at Target for a couple of years, and I constantly found empty toy packages hanging on the shelf. Kids would come in, open the package, drop the little Bakugan sphere into their pocket, and walk out with it. Casual as can be. It's like an $8-$10 toy, but it adds up quick if they do it multiple times.

As a Walmart AP Associate this is true. She's 12. If she was 6 ok but, she's 12 that's theft. How do you not know this at 12? A 12 year old should know right from wrong.