Walmart Employee Charged With Stealing $1,377 In 13 Days
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - On her 13th day of employment at the West St. Paul Walmart, police say a woman was fired and accused of stealing almost $1,400 in cash and gift cards.
When Ciera Lakay Fulford was confronted by store management with video evidence of her theft, she handed over a $100 bill hidden in her pants and a $50 bill and $100 gift card stashed in her shirt, according to a criminal complaint filed on her 19th birthday.
When she was booked into jail and forced to change clothes, police found ten $20 bills concealed on her body.
Fulford is charged with one count of felony theft for taking a total of $1,377.32 in cash and gift cards.
The store's asset protection department said her first theft came on Dec. 23, her fourth day of employment. That day, there was $188 in cash and $23 in gift cards missing from her register. More money was missing on Dec. 6, 27 and 28 and on Jan. 1.
