On-Duty Cop Arrested for Shoplifting $140 Shoes While in Uniform

A Mississippi cop was arrested by her colleagues for allegedly shoplifting sneakers while on duty and in uniform — getting taken into custody in her own squad car.

Now-fired Columbus Officer Robin Conner, 33, was busted Wednesday at a Dick’s Sporting Goods when an employee stopped her walking out in a $140 pair of tennis shoes, her police chief, Joseph Daughtry, told the Columbus Dispatch.

Robin Conner

“We’re putting her in jail,” said the chief, who was among those who responded to arrest his own uniform-clad officer.

“It’s embarrassing for the department, but we’re going to treat her like we would anybody else.”

Daughtry said a store employee caught Conner trying to steal the shoes, and detained her before calling 911.

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Conner’s colleagues then arrested her and brought her to the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center in her own patrol car, according to WTVA.

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