The Walmart store on Bennie Road in the Town of Cortlandville. (Photo via Google).
A Cortland County woman was arrested on Sunday after she switched barcodes and attempted to steal items at Walmart, according to a Cortland County Sheriff’s Office report.
The report noted that Kassey E. Roe, 30 of Cortland, “switched pricing barcodes” on items with “barcodes of lesser value.” The switch in barcodes, the report stated, created “false entries in the Walmart inventory system.”
Roe also “stole several items without rendering payment” for the items, and then proceeded to exit the store with the stolen items, the report noted. Roe was approached by Walmart staff, prompting her to leave the stolen items in a cart outside of the store and leave the parking lot in her vehicle, the report continued.
County sheriff’s officers conducted a traffic stop on Roe in Cortland. She was arrested and discovered to be in possession of controlled substances.
Roe was charged with first-degree falsifying business records (a Class-E Felony), petit larceny (a Class-A Misdemeanor) and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance (a Class-A Misdemeanor).
Roe was arraigned, processed and released on one’s own recognizance. She will appear in the Cortlandville town and Cortland city courts at a later date.
