Mom Leaves Toddler Behind After Robbery

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Posted: 10:53 am EDT April 16, 2010
Updated: 11:04 am EDT April 16, 2010

MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A Marion County woman is behind bars after officers say she robbed a discount store, leaving her 2-year-old behind.
Citra police said Shannon Cooper stole nearly $65 worth of products from the Dollar General on US-301. Investigators said, when Cooper was confronted by the store's manager, she ran away and left her son behind. Cooper later got her son back, but left her wallet behind.
Police were able to track her down at her home, where she begged not to be taken back to jail.

http://www.wftv.com/news/23171739/detail.html

Meth?

[HipChick]

1. What a mugshot..

what happened to her face?

[mzteris]

2. who robs a Dollar General?

I mean, if you're going to take the risk, go for Saks or Tiffany's or something. . .

Yup - looks like Meth . . .

[applegrove]

11. Yup she has meth face. Poor little kid. He must have been scared.

[JI7]

12. i think places like Dollar stores and other cheap places get more things stolen

than something like saks and tiffanys.

[Rex]

3. Yeah Meth was my thought too.

[Mojambo]

4. I think her lawyer is going to have a pretty good shot.

"No, your honor. It wasn't a robbery, it was a TRADE!"

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. It'd take more than $65 worth of Dollar General cosmetics to fix that.

[WeDidIt]

6. She looks totally tweaked out

Seriously!

[Webster Green]

7. She hadn't thought that one out very well.

Tweaked on meth, fer sure.

[Kahuna]

8. Oy!

:scared:

[Poll_Blind]

9. Faces of meth. LINK: See before and after photos of what meth does to people:

Faces of Meth

If you think it's hard on the looks, do a little research into was is known about what meth does to the human brain or, if you really have a strong stomach, what it does to families.

PB

[KathieG]

10. This Dollar General is 5 miles from my house. This is the kind of stuff that happens around here.

Scary isn't it? It would not surprise me at all if this woman is a meth head...there is a lot of that in this area. I moved down here from quiet, picturesque NE Connecticut...imagine the culture shock I went through :wow:. On the flip side, Marion County has some beautiful horse farms, which is why I moved here.