Police: Alleged shoplifter fled in motorized cart

FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- An alleged shoplifter in Michigan made an ultra-low-speed getaway on a motorized Walmart shopping cart "because she didn't feel like walking," police said.

Police said they were called Sept. 8 when a Walmart customer in Fruitport Township saw Shirley Mason, 46, leave the store's parking lot on a motorized shopping cart, officers located the suspect and an alleged male accomplice about two miles away from the store.

Mason, who police said had an outstanding warrant for her arrest stemming from a previous incident at a Walmart store in Roosevelt Park, allegedly had up to $600 worth of stolen goods loaded into the $1,200 motorized cart.

The police report said Mason told officers she took the cart "because she didn't feel like walking."

Mason was arrested on a charge of organized retail crime in addition to the charge of second-degree retail fraud from the previous incident in Roosevelt Park. She is due in court Sept. 23.

The 53-year-old man with Mason was also arrested on an alleged parole violation, police said. His name was not released.