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Tulsa County Jail
Alisha Greta Halfmoon is accused of making meth inside an Oklahoma Wal-Mart.
TULSA – Tulsa police arrested a 45-year-old woman they said mixed chemicals together to make methamphetamine inside a Wal-Mart store.
“She didn’t have the money to make the purchases of the chemicals that were needed so she was taking what was needed in the bottle,” Tulsa Police Officer David Shelby told FOX23.com.
Police said the suspect, Elizabeth Alisha Greta Halfmoon, had been in the store since noon on Thursday, taking chemicals from bottles and mixing them in order to make meth. She had been in the store for six hours, according to police.
Security officials called police once they spotted Halfmoon acting suspiciously.
Shelby said it was the first time he had seen anyone actually attempt to mix and make the drug in a store.
“When firefighters were on the scene she made statements to them that is what she was doing, she was attempting to obtain these chemicals and was in the process of trying to manufacture meth. However, she said she was not very good at it,” Shelby told the TV station.
One police officer received minor injuries when the chemicals in the bottle burned his hand. Nobody else was injured.
Shoppers expressed shock and outrage at the incident.
“Something could have happened, something could have blown up in there,” shopper Jonathan Tary told a television reporter.
Read complete coverage at FOX23.com
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Paddle faster....I hear banjos.....
Banjos? At Wal-Mart? Odd. I don't shop at Wal-Mart often, but I can say I've never heard banjos. It's a shame, really; fiddles, mandolins and banjos never hurt anyone- unless they were used to hit someone over the head. And the music would be a big improvement.
"Squeal like a pig..."
Sigh. It is impossible to make methamphetamine by mixing chemicals in a bottle. You cannot charge a person for trying to do the impossible. While she can be charged with conspiracy to make it she cannot be charged with actually making it. This woman obviously has severe problems and needs treatment. Instead authorities are looking for a way to imprison her for a longer period.
Walmart may have to change it's slogan from always the lowest price, to always the lowest life form. Do you suppose the greeters will start wearing hazmat suits ? Maybe the fast line will apply if you have 10 chemicals. or less ! Maybe Cosco and Target will become rival cartels.
They should post pictures of meth addicts in high schools.
http://www.aginggal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/picture-of-meth-addict.jpg
Their skin looks severely dehydrated and saggy. Could you imaging the rest of their body's cells? The ones you can't see?
Not worth it in a million years.
This is a prime example of why I do not set foot in Wal-Mart. The store attracts the worst of the worst, and I refuse to shop there or park my car in there parking lot and I live in Iowa!
What a load of hooey. You can find idiots like this one in any type of store. She just happened to pick Wal-Mart instead of Lowe's or Home Depot. Anywhere chemicals are sold, a meth-head will shop (or steal, as the case may be). The "people you see at Wal-Mart" can also be seen at K-Mart, Winn-Dixie, Dollar General.....I could go on, but I think you'll catch my drift. I've been in enough different types of stores to know that you see "these people" EVERYWHERE.
Dani - you're right ! She should have went to Lowe's. Let's cook something together.
Good thing she wasn't very good at it.
Really? Trying to make Meth in a store, let alone a Walmart store? I will say this, it was pretty brazen to go for it like that. I am relieved she was caught before she killed herself or injured others. Obviously she has a major drug problem and needs help. Now she will go to jail and who knows for how long depending on her record. Hopefully it will be long enough to get cleaned out and get her act together. I hear that Meth is the hardest illegal drug to quit and that addicts have said they were totally hooked after trying it one time.
Well now maybe she will get the help that she desperately needs!! Meth at Wal-mart!!! What will people do next!!!
people are insane.
People of Wal-Mart strike again!
Maybe she did it on purpose, to get caught, no place to live, no food, can't afford rehab, maybe there are no firealarms on the street where she lives. In jail free clean up, food and bed.
Ya' gotta love Wal-Mart shoppers
This is a result of a hand-out check being late, and to think the postmaster wants to close facilities and lay off workers.
She used to be fine....
I'd say this qualifies for a "best of" Peopleofwalmart.com!
I hope the product met the Walmart standard....
This is about the lowest a tweeker can get. They have no money to buy finished product and lack the sophistication and resources to obtain the necessary elements to cook a good batch. All Tweekers are losers for gettig into methamphetamine in the first place. Just a new, lower level of loser.
I remember when you went to the carnival to see the bearded lady. Now you just have to go to your local walmart.