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Theif Takes Lessons From 'Cops'

Fla. Woman Faces Shoplifting Charges

From Buck Wolf, About.com

Penni Dale Waters was foiled, but not by her tinfoil.
Penni Dale Waters 2009 Mug Shot

Penni Dale Waters 2009 Mug Shot

Pasco County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office

The 48-year-old Tampa Bay woman says she learned an important shoplifting lesson from the TV show Cops. If you line your handbag with tinfoil you can evade the detectors at the store entrance.

Unlike a lot of Food Channel recipes and products you purchase on infomercials, this handy tip really works. Waters made it out the door of her local Lowes with a power drill.

She might have gotten away if she hadn't mad a more basic mistake. She didn't realize a store detective was watching. The 48-year-old was being held at the Land O'Lakes jail in lieu of $2,150 bail.

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