People v. Lanway CA4/3

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND THE CASE

Lanway was shopping in a Wal-Mart store. Lanway put a large, silver insulated bag in her shopping cart and began placing various items in it. Lanway went to the checkout area and paid for some of the items in the cart. However, Lanway did not take the insulated silver bag out of the cart, nor did she pay for any of the items in the silver bag, nor did she pay for the bag itself. Lanway then walked out of the front door.

2 Just outside of the store an LPO approached Lanway, identified himself, and showed his badge. Lanway ignored the LPO and kept walking while pushing her shopping cart. As the LPO stood in front of the shopping cart, Lanway kept pushing it, thereby hitting the LPO. Lanway claimed she “‘paid for everything’” and showed the LPO a receipt, but it was from a different store. The LPO told Lanway she had not paid for the items in the silver bag, but Lanway “just kept trying to push the cart, and she started cursing at me.” The LPO grabbed the silver bag from the cart and began walking towards the store. As the LPO was walking away, Lanway hit him in the head with a curtain rod (that Lanway had paid for). Lanway then let go of the curtain…