Former state Sen. Ron Alting was charged Tuesday with six counts of misdemeanor theft connected with alleged shoplifting covering six incidents in August and September at a Walmart on the east side of Lafayette, according to online court records.
Elkhart Prosecutor Vicki Becker, assigned Oct. 5 as a special prosecutor on four Lafayette Police Department cases, also filed four misdemeanor charges of theft against Pam Krammes, 64, of Mulberry, in connection with four of the six shoplifting reports listed in LPD records.
According to court documents filed with the charges, the prosecutor said Alting and Krammes followed a similar pattern as one incident Sept. 22, when they were confronted by a Walmart loss prevention officer before fleeing the store.
Walmart staff reported to Lafayette police that Alting and Krammes, “acting in concert,” entered the store at 4205 Commerce Drive and placed “numerous items of Walmart inventory into Walmart plastic grocery bags before entering a self-checkout lane.”