Posted on 11/18/2019 9:31:18 PM PST by rxsid
Coon Rapids Theft Suspect: ‘You Can’t Touch Me’
Mohamud has eleven prior criminal convictions in Minnesota since 2013, including gross misdemeanors for theft and counterfeiting currency, and three misdemeanors for theft and two for false information to police.
By MN Crime - November 18, 2019
The day before Halloween, Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamud filled up his cart with merchandise totaling nearly $1,000 at a Coon Rapids home improvement store and casually strolled out the door making no attempt to pay for the items. When an employee tried to stop him, he said, “you can’t touch me,” and continued to leave into the parking lot, according to a criminal complaint filed last week.
The complaint is just one of two filed last week in Anoka County charging Mohamud, 24, by warrant with felony theft, both involving the same retailer. Mohamud made the comment to the employee in the latest incident just before noon on Oct. 30, when he placed an electric air compressor, a kitchen faucet and other items valued at $986 in his cart and left the store.
The other complaint details a similar incident taking place at the same location on Oct. 1, just after 9:30 a.m. in which Mohamud is accused of placing several DeWalt tools worth $1,444 in his cart and making no attempt to pay for them. Instead, he pushed the cart toward the parking lot leaving through the lumber department doors. An employee also tried to stop Mohamud in that incident, but he pushed past her and continued to push the cart away into the parking lot.
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Mohamud has eleven prior criminal convictions in Minnesota since 2013, including gross misdemeanors for theft and counterfeiting currency, and three misdemeanors for theft and two for false information to police. The other convictions include disruptive intoxication and a handful of traffic violations.
And note, from the last link I posted, how the plastic bag ban assists shoplifters...
The story says his guy lives in my neighborhood, I’m sure I’ve seen him before.
I believe there’s a way to drastically slow this down, but some do-good lawyer might call it cruel & unusual punishment. Islam would probably take a hand & this wouldn’t be quite that drastic.
Bumping into the cart and knocking it over - that’s not a bad idea.
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