Walmart shoplifting suspects caught with more than stolen goods

Two shoplifting suspects were caught with more than just stolen merchandise after fleeing a Walmart store in The Villages.

Tamela Davis, 35, of Wildwood, and Brett Allen Vogel, 35, of Bushnell, Thursday around 4 p.m., entered the store in Buffalo Ridge Plaza, took a shopping cart and headed to the Halloween decorations aisle, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. They visited another section of the store and left, through the grocery section, with $660 worth of merchandise they did not pay for. They loaded the cargo into a red Mercury Mariner. A deputy soon arrived on the scene.

In addition to the merchandise, a search of the vehicle turned up a Smith & Wesson .32 caliber revolver and 25 rounds of ammunition. In addition, drug paraphernalia with methamphetamine residue was found in the vehicle.

Vogel is a currently convicted felon on probation and has been classified as a habitual traffic offender. last year, he was arrested after he was caught riding a motorcycle in Wildwood. He was arrested on charges of theft, possession of a firearm but a convicted felon and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked without bond at the Sumter County Detention Center.

Davis was arrested on a theft charge and was also booked into the jail. Her bond was set at $150.