Man in wheelchair and his female companion arrested at Best Buy (Florida)

The Villages-News ^ | February 27, 2023 | Staff Report

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A man in a wheelchair and his female companion were arrested in an alleged shoplifting scheme at Best Buy in Lady Lake.

Matthew Mehrhoff, 48, of Umatilla, was in a wheelchair in the store shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday and was being pushed by 21-year-old Miranda Sue Chapman, also of Umatilla, when store personnel noticed that the pair were behaving in a suspicious manner, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department. They were seen on surveillance making contact with merchandise packaging followed by Mehrhoff placing an item in his jacket and zipping it up. Store personnel contacted police and asked that Mehrhoff and Chapman be escorted from the store.

After police arrived at the store and asked the pair to leave, they became loud and argumentative and refused to go. They were told three times to leave the store and were warned that if they did not do so, they would be arrested.

Mehrhoff was found to have a black LG External USB Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter and a USB power cord in his jacket. He was also in possession of 8.24 grams of marijuana. The Missouri native was arrested on charges of theft, possession of marijuana and trespassing. He was booked at the Lake County Jail on $2,000 bond.

Chapman was arrested on charges of theft and trespassing. She was also booked at the jail on $2,000 bond.

[Red Badger]

And some Clearasil...................

[Tell It Right]

When asked if they had any ID, they replied, “’bout what?”

OMG! That's funnier than a Sooners fan bragging about defense!

[Magnum44]

[Vigilanteman]

Isn't this Oregon? Maybe they felt they were entitled to steal because they under the felony amount.

[Kenny500c]

Prolly not the 1st time for these grifters.

[gundog]

Wrong Umatilla.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Mehrhoff was found to have a black LG External USB Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter and a USB power cord in his jacket.

I'd be surprised if these two dopes knew how to use it.

[cgbg]

Yeah—apparently they left their meth stash at home.

[gundog]

Matthew Paul Mehrhoff....Computer tech at self-employed....

Looks like pre-meth photos on FB.

[gundog]

🤣

[gundog]

Self-employed computer tech, per FB.

[jmaroneps37]

Meth.
Any questions?

[jimwatx]

So initially the cops just tell them to leave, but they argue about it even though they have weed on them and the stolen items? Not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed sheesh.

[cgbg]

If you watch “Cops” or the later versions there is a pattern of people who argue with the cops.

Most of them are under the influence of meth or crack.

Less frequently they are severely drunk.

There was one guy from Nevada who carried the state constitution in his car and started quoting from it when he got pulled over.

When the cop asked for this driver’s license the guy started reading from the document and telling the cop he was not required to have a license.

That guy was sober—but was the exception that proves the rule.

[dragnet2]

A Missouri native?

Oh boy...

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

He looks like he just stuck his finger in a wall socket! What an ugly puss!

[cgbg]

He probably was fairly normal looking before meth fried his brain.

[dragnet2]

That’s how all the trendy geeks wear their hair now. In Hollywood it’s known as the “Woke” cut or hair style. It looks like they just woke up. Real cool.

[Clutch Martin]

“Yeah—apparently they left their meth stash at home.”

I was gonna say something very similar. The silent meth alarm back in the security room went off when the walked in.

[dynachrome]

Looks like meth.