{"id":130306,"date":"2024-11-26T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130306"},"modified":"2024-11-26T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T08:00:35","slug":"tiktok-influencer-arrested-after-allegedly-documenting-stolen-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130306","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Influencer Arrested After Allegedly Documenting Stolen Item"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A Florida woman and TikTok influencer who allegedly shoplifted about $500 worth of items from Target and posted her shopping spree on social media, where she has hundreds of thousands of followers, has been arrested, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Marlena Velez, 22, stole the items by scanning false bar codes in the self-checkout of a Target in Cape Coral, Fla., to make the items cheaper, the Cape Coral Police Department said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Velez has more than 360,000 followers on TikTok, where she posts content daily about her life.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-small css-lt5b41 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-13ytnnu ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Cape Coral Police Department<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Cape Coral Police responded to a call on Wednesday at Target for a theft that occurred on Oct. 30. According to the news release, Target\u2019s security cameras showed Ms. Velez using the false bar codes to steal 16 items of miscellaneous household goods and clothing valued at $500.32.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The police received an anonymous tip through Instagram after posting on social media a picture of Ms. Velez, asking the public for leads; she was unidentified at the time, wearing a tan shirt, tan pants and glasses. The tipster provided the authorities with her name, birthday and Instagram handle, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agency found Ms. Velez\u2019s TikTok account, which featured a post from Oct. 30 of her getting ready to go to Target and wearing the same outfit as seen on Target\u2019s security video. Ms. Velez also recorded herself picking out the items inside the store and then taking them home with her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEverything was documented,\u201d Mercedes Phillips, a spokeswoman for the department, said in a video posted to the department\u2019s Facebook account. The video appears to have been taken down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Velez was arrested and charged with one count of petty theft, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91235908\/a-tiktok-influencer-was-arrested-for-shoplifting-in-florida-after-posting-a-video-showing-her-target-haul\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fast Company reported that Ms. Velez was released<\/a> on a $150 bail and was scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/25\/us\/tiktok-influencer-shoplifting-target.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida woman and TikTok influencer who allegedly shoplifted about $500 worth of items from Target and posted her shopping spree on social media, where she has hundreds of thousands &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130306\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}