Posted on 03/19/2022 1:27:20 PM PDT by simpson96
Mar. 17—Authorities say a 23-year-old woman who apparently was upset over a prior purchase trashed a Target store in West St. Paul — throwing merchandise on the floor, smashing display cases, knocking over display stands — during an angry outburst that caused at least $7,000 in damage.
Gaylynn Atlene Bailey of West St. Paul was charged Thursday in Dakota County District Court with felony first-degree criminal damage to property following Tuesday's incident that also caused the store to be evacuated and then shut down so workers could clean up the mess.(snip)
West St. Paul Police Chief Brian Sturgeon said Thursday they believe an issue a few days prior over a purchase at the store set her off.
Police said they were called to the Target at 1750 Robert St. S. around 9:45 a.m. on a report of a woman "trashing" the store. When officers arrived, store management was evacuating customers and staff for their safety.
Officers located Bailey in the electronics department and saw her knocking boxed televisions onto the ground, charges allege. She was ordered to stop and get on the ground, but instead continued to throw items off the shelves.
Officers were able to approach Bailey and take her into custody. As they were escorting her out of the store, she kicked at merchandise and display stands, according to the complaint.
Target employees gave officers store surveillance footage that shows Bailey pouring chocolate sauce, laundry detergent and windshield washer fluid on the floor, breaking glass display cases with a golf club and hand weights and ripping a laptop off a security tether and throwing it on the ground, according to the complaint.
The value of the damaged items was put at $6,988.95, although that could increase as store employees continue to examine merchandise, according to the complaint.
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I was at Walmart several years ago and this teenage boy, that could have been her son, was at customer service pitching a fit over a return.
He had purchased a computer disc from Goodwill that still had a $50 or so Walmart price tag on it from 20 years ago- I think it was some program for Windows? He was screaming, trying to get the $50 and demanding they honor it.
The employees were patient but ended up having to call for the manager as he wasn’t leaving without his money.
‘... where she remained Thursday in lieu of $5,000 bail ($1,000 with conditions)...’
interesting statement. What conditions? Why just $5,000? I doubt I’d have gotten off so sweetly.
I purchased a music CD at Walmart and discovered the actual songs did not match the label.
They initially declined the refund saying that it was policy to not refund if opened and that people tried this all the time after copying songs.
The manager was more courteous after I told her how the clerk treated me.
I think the label was ‘Best of’ but the songs were ‘Worst of’.
When I read articles such as this, I find it wiser to keep my thoughts to myself . . .
Do they have video of the chimp-out? If not, not worth clicking. This stuff happens ever...single...day. There seems to be a pretty specific demographic that cannot seem to handle the simple travails of everyday life.
Won’t take long for BLM to bail her out and give her a Target gift card as a consolation prize.
Was there a video? All I could see is never ending ads.
She is a he?
Hard to tell
hoo-yah!
Her brethren would watch the everlasting shit out of this, just like they do "60 Days In" and every other piece of crap that Agitprop & Effluent squeezes into their 24/7 programming.
my husband pointed out that all the trouble makers are black women.
He may be correct!
amish?
Oh my, she has a giant tarantula on her head.... and a dimple in her chinny, chin, chin......lol. No wonder she’s crazy.
The reported damages were almost exactly $7,000, so a $5,000 bail is less than the damages. So that means she would have to present $500 cash to get out and do more damage? Somebody can’t do basic math here.
a pissed off black woman is a woman to avoid. Scary. real scary.
Oh, let me guess...
Trying to camouflage as a spider ... maybe no one will notice her?
Target stores sell the cheapest of the worse made Chinese made products. They are also far left woke brain donors who would not let Marines have a Toys for Tots at their stores during Christmas for no reason other than that they hate the military and the country but have no problem letting male pedos disguised as females use the same restroom as your underage daughter. I have not been in a Target for a very long time and never will.
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