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Man in wheelchair and his female companion arrested at Best Buy (Florida)
The Villages-News ^ | February 27, 2023 | Staff Report

Posted on 03/02/2023 12:04:43 PM PST by 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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: arrest; bestbuy; floridaman; floridawoman; ladylake; marijuana; missouriman; police; possession; shoplifting; thevillages; umatilla
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To: drSteve78

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


21 posted on 03/02/2023 12:25:26 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Disambiguator
When asked if they had any ID, they replied, “’bout what?”

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

22 posted on 03/02/2023 12:26:31 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

23 posted on 03/02/2023 12:27:38 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Isn't this Oregon? Maybe they felt they were entitled to steal because they under the felony amount.
24 posted on 03/02/2023 12:29:13 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: dynachrome

Prolly not the 1st time for these grifters.


25 posted on 03/02/2023 12:35:33 PM PST by Kenny500c ( )
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To: algore

Wrong Umatilla.


26 posted on 03/02/2023 12:44:55 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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.

27 posted on 03/02/2023 12:52:08 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: paulcissa

Yeah—apparently they left their meth stash at home.


28 posted on 03/02/2023 12:53:37 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Matthew Paul Mehrhoff....Computer tech at self-employed....

Looks like pre-meth photos on FB.

29 posted on 03/02/2023 12:54:56 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: bagster

🤣


30 posted on 03/02/2023 12:55:40 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Self-employed computer tech, per FB.


31 posted on 03/02/2023 12:57:04 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Meth.
Any questions?


32 posted on 03/02/2023 1:06:57 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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.


33 posted on 03/02/2023 1:11:39 PM PST by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

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.


34 posted on 03/02/2023 1:16:29 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A Missouri native?

Oh boy...


35 posted on 03/02/2023 1:29:13 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

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


36 posted on 03/02/2023 1:33:19 PM PST by V V Camp Enari 67-68 ( This clears up a lot of misconceptions.)
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To: V V Camp Enari 67-68

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


37 posted on 03/02/2023 1:42:21 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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.


38 posted on 03/02/2023 1:47:35 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: cgbg

“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.


39 posted on 03/02/2023 1:53:22 PM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Looks like meth.


40 posted on 03/02/2023 1:58:06 PM PST by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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