ODESSA - It's a classic holiday shoplifting case; a woman in Odessa walked into a cosmetics store and took off with nearly $200 worth of stuff without paying. The woman is believed to be a repeat offender.
"The young lady we're looking at has been in this business several times," Susan Rogers with Odessa Crime Stoppers, said.
On December 15, 2013, the woman went into Ulta. The surveillance video shows her "shopping."
"You can actually see her walking around the store, looking at the things she wants," Rogers said.
The woman went over to the perfume gift sets. She picked one up and stored it on an end cap. Then she scoped the place out. "You can see her casing the store, looking for other people in there," Rogers said.
In clear view of the surveillance camera, the woman stuffs the gifts up her shirt.
"When she sees the opportunity, she sticks everything in that jacket and takes off," she said.
"When she sees the opportunity, she sticks everything in that jacket and takes off," she said.
The woman took a Michael Kors perfume gift set and a Polo gift set which totaled to about $200.
"This one incident in a Class B (Misdemeanor). Now, if we can tie her to other incidents, they're going to aggregate that to a different class," Rogers said.
Rogers told NewsWest 9, the employees also caught a glimpse of the getaway car.
"Red Taurus, about a '96-'97 model with handicap plates. It's a four door. She did get in that vehicle with a man driving it," she said.
She's described as a white woman in her 30's with a chest tattoo.
If you have any information, you are asked to call Odessa Crime Stoppers at (432) 333-TIPS. If your tip leads to an arrest, you could receive a cash reward.
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If you have any information, you are asked to call Odessa Crime Stoppers at (432) 333-TIPS. If your tip leads to an arrest, you could receive a cash reward.
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