Crime

Walmart shoplifter arrested after eating stolen doughnuts

By Sean Bassinger

sbassinger@tricityherald.com
On Sunday night, a loss prevention employee at the Kennewick Walmart spotted Kyle Ray Vanhalteren, 27, snacking on stolen doughnuts before he attempted to leave the store with a cart full of other items he did not pay for.
On Sunday night, a loss prevention employee at the Kennewick Walmart spotted Kyle Ray Vanhalteren, 27, snacking on stolen doughnuts before he attempted to leave the store with a cart full of other items he did not pay for. Courtesy Pasco police

Pasco and Kennewick police teamed up to catch a suspected serial shoplifter after a store employee caught the Kennewick man eating doughnuts he didn’t pay for.

A security employee at the Kennewick Walmart spotted Kyle Ray Vanhalteren, 27, snacking on doughnuts at 10:42 p.m. Sunday before trying to leave the store with a cart full of other items he had not paid for.

The store employee claimed Vanhalteren made off with $900 in goods from the Pasco Walmart on Friday, according to police.

Kennewick police contacted Pasco police, who arrived to arrest Vanhalteren.

He was booked into the Franklin County jail and on investigation of second-degree burglary and theft.

This story was originally published June 27, 2016 at 12:52 PM with the headline "Walmart shoplifter arrested after eating stolen doughnuts."

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