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Teen Caught Shoplifting 30 Minutes after Walking out of Jail… for Shoplifting

A 19-year-old repeat shoplifting suspect in Missouri has police shaking their heads. FOX 2 reported on his arrest two days ago, after a police chase and crash. Now he’s been arrested again, less than a mile from the police department, about 30 minutes after getting out of jail.

Police responded to a shoplifting call at the Macy’s at Chesterfield Mall. When officers arrived saw who the suspect was, they couldn’t believe it. It was Christopher Carter, 19, of St. Louis. He was still banged up from allegedly crashing in a stolen pickup a day earlier.

Carter was a passenger in the truck when it crashed through a fence and into a boat and camper at a storage business in the Chesterfield Valley, Monday afternoon, police said. He and three others were allegedly trying to get away after shoplifting from an outlet mall. The pickup had been stolen from… Fox2 Now

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