Posted on 01/15/2026 7:28:17 AM PST by simpson96
BEAUMONT — What started as a $16.21 shoplifting run ended with a robbery charge, a hospital visit, and a $75,000 bond.
Beaumont police say Keri Aultz, 40, stole two bags of Hershey’s chocolate and feminine pads from the Market Basket on 11th Street near I-10 Tuesday evening.
Police say when a loss-prevention officer tried to stop her, things turned ugly outside the store as Aultz headed to her black Lexus sedan.
According to an arrest report, Aultz pushed the officer outside the store and grabbed him.
Officers also say she lunged at the store manager during the confrontation outside.
"Afterward, Aultz exited the vehicle and grabbed the asset protection personnel's left nipple and twisted it causing him to feel pain," according to the arrest report.
Because police say force was used causing bodily injury during the theft, the shoplifting case was upgraded from theft to robbery, a much more serious charge.
Aultz was also checked through Beaumont PD's dispatch, and she had two outstanding Jefferson County warrants for her arrest, according to the arrest affidavit.
Jail records reviewed by KFDM indicate she had warrants for previous theft offenses.
After her arrest, Aultz complained of chest pain and was taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital by EMS before being booked into jail, according to an arrest report.
Magistrate Marc DeRouen set Aultz’s bond at $75,000.
Robbery in the state of Texas is a second-degree felony.
You've heard of the 10 Commandments, #1 through #10.
This is #11.
Really? They're incapable of self-control, and compulsively assault, batter, and steal?
People like that belong in the looney bin.
Yikes! I had to read that title twice!
Dang! She even delivered a purple nurple.
Ew, she is very ugly!
Should have stolen carrots and celery sticks instead of the chocolate.
The old “I’m having chest pain” is a favorite of those who have been arrested multiple times. Sometimes that allows you a free ride to the hospital and you walk out before you even get to triage.
A department a few towns over got tired of that and started charging them with felony escape charges. After being informed of what was going to happen if they ran, people were “healed” so fast that the medics said it was like being in the presence of Jesus.
Well played.
One look at her Mug tells me Lexus driver don’t need no damn chocolate.
But if you think you do, buy it yerself bitch
I’ll bet she could put away two bags of chocolate in one sitting.
She must eat a lot of those chocolate feminine pads.
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