Three Arrested for Theft at Walmart

    Michelle Kibbe was arrested after she failed to pay for all her items at Walmart. Kibbe placed several items in her purse, paid for an oil change and items in her cart, and left without paying for the items in her purse. She was stopped by an Asset Protection employee and held in the AP office until a deputy arrived. She stated “I don’t know what I was thinking. I think it was the Prozac that made me do it.” She was then transported to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and booked accordingly. 
    Kibbe had a previous Misdemeanor for stealing at the same Walmart on July 18 and two active warrants.

    On August 6, 2015 Naquilla Odom was seen on surveillance by a loss prevention employee at Walmart taking a Diaper Genie out of the box and placing 20 cans of baby formula into the box as well as placing other items into empty Walmart bags and attempting to leave without paying. The items totaled $334.78. The loss prevention employee stopped Odom, recovered the items, and called EBRSO. Odom had five previous convictions for Theft of Goods. A deputy contacted Odom and she stated that she would meet the deputy at the Central substation which she failed to do. The deputy then issued a warrant for her arrest and she was arrested and booked accordingly.

    On August 15, 2015, Michael Birks was arrested and booked for two counts of Theft of Goods. He was seen by a Walmart manager leaving the store with a cart full of items, including laptops, speakers, and jewelry, totalling $1282.99. The manager pursued him and he ran into the parking lot across the street. A deputy followed Birks and detained him. Birks admitted to the theft and stated that he was stealing to pay for another theft charge he got from stealing at Cortana Walmart. He was arrested for that theft on June 27, 2015.
    Birks was later identified as the suspect in a previous theft which occurred on August 13 at the same Walmart. On that date, Birks was observed on surveillance footage taking three flat screen TVs ($894 total) without paying. He was re-booked accordingly.