Shoplifting suspect at Texas Walmart arrested after going back for Bible he forgot

[douglas9]

A California man is believed to have stolen from a Wichita Falls Walmart went back to retrieve the Bible he accidentally left behind, officials say.

Walmart employees called police about 10 p.m. Wednesday after Joshua Wilhoit, 27, left the store with about $100 worth of clothes, food and electronics, the Wichita Falls Times Record News reported.


The man returned to retrieve his Bible, which he had left behind, and went to a nearby Panda Express restaurant, the paper reported.

When police arrived, Wilhoit took off down a road, behind several stores, over a fence and then into a wooded area.

Officers who surrounded the area eventually found him and took the man back to the store for employees to identify.

Wilhoit was charged with theft and evading arrest, according to jail records. He has been held at the Wichita Falls County jail on $2,000 bail since Thursday.


According to Orange County, Calif., and Wichita Falls records, Wilhoit has no prior theft convictions.


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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/08/11/shoplifter-texas-walmart-arrested-after-going-back-bible-forgot-police-say

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. pseudo-christian. Too many of them. Some are even orange they are so pseudo. . . nt

[at140]

2. We all pay higher prices to cover shop-lifting

Walmart does not pay form it, we all do. Put the bible thumper in prison for 5 years.

[ret5hd]

3. Hi Javert!

Long time no see. You'll never catch me!

[at140]

5. Wrong Number LOL

But hello and how are you doing?

[jmowreader]

7. Five years for a $100 crime is way excessive

What I would sentence him to:

1) Reimburse Walmart for any food item he stole that had to be thrown away.
2) Purchase two of everything he stole, and donate one of each to a secular charity.
3) Present to the court, after an entire day of listening to cases as a spectator, a one-hour Bible study focused on Exodus 20.15, which is only four words: thou shalt not steal. Describe how a similar passage exists not only in the scripture of every religion, but in all books of law and all military academy honor codes.

[at140]

8. For average citizen, 5 years is excessive

But one who carries a bible around with him, which specifically forbids stealing, this hypocrite deserves a stiff sentence.

[jmowreader]

9. Sure, but not that stiff

Five years for a petit larceny runs into Eighth Amendment territory.

If you’re convinced he needs jail, how about giving him next Christmas behind bars? Or a Christmas and an Easter?

[at140]

10. OK I can go along with that...

I just do not like religious hypocrites.

[lunasun]

4. Isn't it right there in the Bible ? Do not steal. If he was carrying Abbie Hoffmann book or even Mao

it would make more sense

[Major Nikon]

6. I guess that means we have to forgive him

I suspect the state of Texas will be a bit more hard-nosed.

[zanana1]

11. Christians these days.

In my day, if you forgot your bible after stealing from a Wal-Mart, you sent one of your kids back to get it.-