Mother of four in Fort Pierce charged with stealing from store

A mother of four has been accused of using her oldest child to smuggle diet pills out of a supermarket Tuesday.

Doris Liz Figueroa, 30, of the 1900 block of Royal Palm Drive, Fort Pierce, was charged with retail theft, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and resisting arrest without violence.

Loss prevention officers at Wal-Mart on Okeechobee Road told police they saw Figueroa pick up several pill bottles and gave them to her 12-year-old son, who put them in his pockets. Wal-Mart staff stopped the boy as he tried to leave the store. The boy later told police he felt bad about taking the pills and said his mother has made him steal in the past, according to the arrest affidavit.

The store said Figueroa attempted to steal more than $185 worth of pill bottles.

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