Accused shoplifter undone by his 6-year-old daughter

A man accused of shoplifting from Walmart was undone by his 6-year-old daughter, police said. Police said Scott Birk, 31, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, was caught red-handed and his claims of innocence were shot down by his own child.



Surveillance video of Birk at the Walmart store last month shows him in the jewellery department, where security said he broke into a case, took some earrings, put them on and threw out the packaging. A security guard shadowed him in the store, later telling police he listened as Birk's "6-year-old daughter told him several times to stop breaking into the jewellery case."

Later, security followed Birk into the toy area, where according to the complaint, Birk "put sets of toys that he had in his cart into his shorts." He was stopped as he left the store, but his daughter wasn't quite finished. Officers asked Birk how they got to the store since he doesn't have a driver's licence.


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He told them they walked. But, according to the complaint, his daughter corrected him again, telling police they drove and pointing out the car in the parking lot. Birk is charged with theft and bail-jumping, both misdemeanors, but because of a previous drug conviction, he faces up to five years in prison, if convicted. He's scheduled to appear in court on Monday.