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Three generations of relations got here collectively to steal a whole bunch of {dollars} value of merchandise from a Florida Goal on Black Friday, police mentioned.

A 76-year-old grandmother and her 54-year-old daughter had been charged with shoplifting, petit theft and contributing to the delinquency of a kid, who Flagler County Sheriff’s Workplace officers additionally recognized as a suspect within the theft. The trio stole $400 value of cosmetics and booze from a Goal in Palm Coast, officers alleged.

The grownup girls reportedly put a number of bottles of champagne and wine into the kid’s backpack. The kid then bypassed the cashier’s part and tried to exit the shop. As she walked towards the exit, an worker approached her and took her to the loss prevention workplace.

There, an worker took the kid into custody. A employees member had additionally seen the kid place beauty merchandise into her backpack.

Because the teen sat within the workplace, her mom and grandmother left the shop with stolen alcohol bottles they’d shoved into luggage, cops mentioned. The 54-year-old lady allegedly “walked to her automobile within the parking zone” with the bottles as her mom went to the restroom, officers mentioned.

Deputies later discovered the lady exterior the shop and instructed them the kid had been caught.

“As soon as all three topics had been in custody, it was decided that that they had tried to steal $379 value of cosmetics and alcoholic drinks,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a information launch, in keeping with the Miami Herald.

“This mom and grandmother definitely received’t win mom and grandmother of the yr,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly mentioned.

“We instructed our neighborhood that we’d have an elevated presence defending our companies and consumers on Black Friday, however sadly, this household didn’t hear. …They concerned a toddler of their felony acts, which is a shameful factor.”

The mom and grandmother are being held on $650 bond whereas the kid was turned over to her father, the workplace mentioned. Officers didn’t launch their identities.