Photo caption: Kimberli Weiland, Human Resourse Chief of Luzerne County, reacts to information of her being disbarred in South Carolina and deing charged with shoplifting in Indiana.
Posted on 06/09/2004 7:36:57 AM PDT by Born Conservative
Another shoplifting charge has surfaced against freshly fired Luzerne County Human Resources Director Kimberli Weiland, this one local and during the time she worked for the county.
A private criminal complaint filed by the Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Wilkes-Barre Township accuses Weiland of stealing three boxes of sweetener, lettuce, a gift bag and stickers valued at $15.71.
According to papers filed with a district justice:
Weiland entered the grocery portion of Wal-Mart at about 6:30 p.m. May 22, took a brown paper bag off a shelf and put a bag of coleslaw inside.
She placed three boxes of sweetener, lettuce and the coleslaw into a blue Wal-Mart bag, and headed to the stationary department. There she selected stickers and a gift bag and put them into the blue bag.
She then discarded the brown bag containing the coleslaw and stopped at customer service to ask a few questions.
"The subject then exited the store using the general merchandise exit making no attempt to pay for the items she had concealed in the blue bag," the store's security officer said in the complaint.
Wilkes-Barre Township police processed the complaint because Weiland provided an out-of-state license and identification, a New York license identifying her as Kimberli Aboyade.
Weiland/Aboyade will be fingerprinted, and her fingerprints will be compared to a crime database in Harrisburg to see if she has previous convictions, according to a clerk at the office of District Justice Michael Dotzel in Wilkes-Barre Township.
If she has a previous conviction, the offense could be classified as a misdemeanor. If she doesn't, the charge will be classified as a summary offense, similar to a traffic ticket.
County spokeswoman Kathy Bozinski confirmed county officials learned recently of the Wal-Mart complaint, but didn't obtain or seek concrete proof because they already had enough grounds to merit her termination.
Weiland was fired Monday after county Solicitor Jim Blaum verified Times Leader findings that Weiland was disbarred for altering her law school transcripts, is wanted in Indiana on a shoplifting charge, and is facing other charges in Ohio after allegedly obstructing a police investigation.
She was picked up in Terre Haute, Ind., on Jan. 22 on shoplifting charges.
Jennifer Reed, the prosecutor in that case, said Weiland was arrested at a Kroger's grocery store after stuffing several items into an empty purse.
According to police reports, an officer approached Weiland and found numerous items inside the bag, including bran cereal, two bottles of Weber's mustard and five bottles of freeze-dried herbs totaling $27.68.
The officer said Weiland's purse did not contain a wallet, identification or money.
A warrant was issued after Weiland - who was arrested under her other name, Kimberli Aboyade - failed to appear in court April 23 for a hearing on the matter.
Weiland has not been convicted of any crime.
A scenario in which a shoplifting suspect might stop at a customer service desk is telling, said Dina Cyphers, director of the nonprofit Theft Talk Counseling Services in Portland, Ore.
"It's saying, 'I am a good customer. If I'm stealing, I wouldn't be here talking to you.' Acting, we call it. Trying to engage in conversation so they think you're a good, normal, trusted customer."
People of all age groups, education levels and incomes shoplift, Cyphers said.
"We've kept statistics of over 70,000 clients in the more than 20 years we've been in the business, and 87 percent of our clients report they've had enough money for an item, they just chose not to pay for it," Cyphers said.
People who steal usually put their gratification first and rationalize so they don't feel bad, she said.
"People steal for one reason - selfish greed," she said. "The greed might be to have the stolen items at the end of the day. It might be a sense of challenge - a greed for risky behavior or the adrenaline rush. It might be the greedy desire to pull one over on the system."
Shoplifters often tell Cyphers they wouldn't steal from a person, just stores. Her counseling shows shoplifters how their theft increases the price of merchandise for others.
Cyphers adds that it's a myth that shoplifters secretly want to get caught as a cry for help. "I'm counseling 12 years, and I never met a person who tried to get caught or wanted to get caught."
Weiland raved about Wal-Mart in an interview with the Times Leader shortly after the county hired her in March, saying she loved the store's produce selection and familiar layout.
She earned $65,000 in her county job.
Photo caption: Kimberli Weiland, Human Resourse Chief of Luzerne County, reacts to information of her being disbarred in South Carolina and deing charged with shoplifting in Indiana.
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What is that, a he/she?
...that's a SHE???...
Yeowch! Howja like to wake up next to THAT smile? *Shudder*
She?
That's a man in the pic. Is that the right pic?
I thought it was the wrong pic when I saw it yesterday in another story, but there it is again today, and if it weren't for the pink pants, I wouldn't believe it was a "Kimberli".
Naw
HR
You're kidding right?
see post #9
Nope, a s/he/it.
Did the press make a mistake? That couldn't be a she.
That makes Lynndie England look feminine.
THAT is a female?
Thought you might be interested in this thread.
Probably a gay man wanting to be a woman. My neighbor has a beautician male that wants to be a woman and she adresses him as "she". "She did this, and she did that",etc.,etc.
That looks exactly like any Govt. HR rep, Promoted before the end of their second year into a 65K position.
All straight white males are also required to bow in "s/he/it"s presence.
The PC 90's were a riot for us Gobmnt employees.
She's a maaaan, baby!
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