Stealing Couple Oh-So-Close To Leaving With Their Loot… Before Being Distracted By Domestic

They were so, so close…

A husband and wife shoplifting team reportedly had a successful crime spree at an Illinois Walmart supermarket in the States… until they started a screaming match in the car park.

The couple had gathered $2,400 in stolen goods without store employees noticing a thing. Their plan was nearly done, all they had to do was turn around and leave.

But the two started roaring at each other in the car park, drawing attention to themselves.

Police were able to catch up with the pair’s car after the fight drew attention to them and a sheriff’s deputy got suspicious about the large number of items in the car with them, WJBD News reports.

The two were released at first, but then Walmart checked the store’s surveillance video and caught the couple’s stealing spree as well as the fight that ensued.

Video reportedly showed the three hours the two spent inside the store, allegedly ripping open packaging and taking cameras, tools, electronics, vehicle maintenance equipment and even busting into a jewellery case to pilfer items.

Cops say somehow the two managed to hide all the destroyed packaging within the store and then leave with merchandise hidden in a purse, a diaper bag and in their clothing.

Police went to the home of the husband and wife where the two had spread all their loot out onto the floor. That was enough for cops to arrest them for retail theft.

What was the fight about? We don’t know, but the man was also charged with domestic battery for the incident.

Moral of the story? Eh, don’t steal…