A Milledgeville woman’s reported thieving habits were put to a stop by Eatonton Police Department.
Kelesha Jena Robbins, 26, of South Jefferson Street, Milledgeville, was arrested Sept. 20, on multiple counts of theft by shoplifting and refund fraud totaling approximately $430, identity fraud totaling approximately $380, exploiting an elder or disabled person, and multiple counts of driving while license suspended. The incidents took place July through August, according to police reports.
Robbins is accused of walking into the Walmart in Eatonton and going to the kitchen department, picking up a small appliance such as a mixer or blender, and taking it straight to the customer service department and getting a refund for the item. There are five recorded incidents of her doing that, according to reports by officer Dennis Tippens. Each incident was captured on the store’s security camera footage.
After receiving refunds for items she had not paid for, while still in the store Robbins then reportedly shopped for clothing, food and jewelry. Video footage reveals her taking these items to a self-checkout register that was closed, opening the plastic shopping bags, placing the items in the bags and walking out of the store with them without paying.
In unrelated incidents during that time, Robbins was working as a CNA caring for an 86-year-old man. The man had given her his credit card for the purchase of food for his house and to pick up his medications for him. But unauthorized charges appeared from America’s Car-Mart and Walmart. Once again, Tippens retrieved video footage of Robbins at Walmart purchasing the onn tablet and case.
On each of the recorded visits to and from Walmart, Robbins was captured on the store’s parking lot security cameras driving herself to and from the store. Tippens noted that each time, she was driving on a suspended license, hence the multiple charges for that.
During a hearing in Superior Court of Putnam County Oct. 11, Judge Alison T. Burleson denied Robbins’ request for bond because Robbins “poses a significant risk of committing a new felony pending trial,” according to court records.