Walmart employee charged with stealing at least $11k from self-checkout deposits
Updated on April 29 with criminal history and bail information.
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kimberly Jean Horton, 55, of Morriston, was arrested on Friday and charged with grand theft over $10,000 and engaging in a scheme to defraud after allegedly taking cash from the self-checkout deposit at Walmart approximately 42 times.
Horton worked at the Walmart at 1800 NE 12th Avenue and allegedly took cash from the self-checkout deposit on 42 instances; Walmart reportedly identified $11,256 in missing cash.
Post Miranda, Horton reportedly said she began stealing from Walmart in November 2023 and has taken over $15,000. She said that when it was time to make the deposit from the self-checkout, she would take the money instead of putting it in the safe. She said she took the money to pay her partner’s medical expenses.
Horton has no criminal history; Judge Meshon Rawls ordered her released on her own recognizance.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Now you know one of the dangers of not having human employees.
How did she get away with it 42 times?
Normally if someone is suspected of theft in Walmart they let you keep doing it to build a case against them, then throw the net on them at the right time.
EXACTLY, YOU’RE GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR AREN’T YOU
Derp it’s the human that took the money. Not the machine. Derp!
Yes but she would not of been able to do so if she had not been working on the self checkout lanes
If someone wants to steal, they’ll do it anywhere, doesn’t matter if it’s self-checkout or regular registers, I was working in a supercenter in 2020 and a CSM was arrested for pretty much the same, but from skimming money from loading the tills in the cash recycler from the registers.
Yeah… she would have stolen from regular cash registers
I’m pretty sure she is a Walmart employee. And they can still out of a regular register so your statement makes no sense.
It says shes an employee
It’s a good thing Walmart ordered most of their staff to harass self-checkouters so they could reduce profit loss due to theft right, right?
Self checkout is a trap placed on shoppers. When the register malfunctions walmart says u stole it. The loss prevention office watching sees it happening and will not stop the register. It a set up on selected shoppers. Loss prevention employees allow Many to steal by being silent. The loss prevention employees are high grade stealers.
Walmart is hungry for money and don’t want to pay employees to collect it. Now they want our email address to set us up again. Stop shopping at walmart they a scam and want to place criminal records by your name.
It was literally a human employee stealing
As noble as she wants to make it sound to why she needed money. She still stole it plain and simple. Everyone seemingly has a sob story to explain their criminal actions. I also thought under Dementia Joe everyone had affordable health care.
Go buy a 60 dollar bible and read it
Commandment # 8 thou shall not steal. My free bible reads the same as my $60 Trump Bible.
Guess it would have better for the store if they would have kept her as the “Welcome to Walmart” greeter.
ROFLMAO
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Their Walmart greeters are also security. That is why they check receipts for any large unbagged items. It is usually the people who are trying to steal something that get so upset when they are asked if you may see their receipt.
It is the height of narcissism to act like a socialist unofficially. You’re supposed to use the gumment to rob your employer and neighbors. So you don’t go to jail. That’s what they teach in Dem Civics 101 💩🤡👹👿👺D
These big box and grocery stores goals in the near term is to turn them into distribution centers so that you purchase ahead of time and either pick up your items outside or pay a nominal annual fee to have free shipping to your house. They want to minimize/reduce internal theft of cash and “shrinkage” items from customers. No saying good or bad, but that’s the plan.
That’s an extremely astute observation.
Now that’s funny, 😅.
NO ENOUGH COMMENTS HERE FOR ME!!!! LET ME GUESS?? SHE DID NOTHING WRONG AND JUST NEEDS PROBATION??😂😂😂
She wants Wal Mart immunity for her executive decision.
God doesn’t like THIEVES or LIARS! Using the ole “i was doing it for my partner” excuse. Lock this ugly bitch up and let her see what it’s like in jail.
God probably doesn’t like you calling people ugly bitches either…
You took the words right out of my mouth!!! Amen to that!!
Wow that’s a Christian comment if I ever heard one.
Please, do us all a favor and get rid of self checkouts. This incident should get you moving on it.
Noooooo… they keep me from having to talk to people. Keep them forever…
Just make her an illegal and they wiil give her cash, housing, medical care, transportation, ect. Oh and lets not forget social security.
That’s the Biden way free for all!
Nothing is free,we the tax payers are paying for it along with student loans.
Govt helped pay for mine and my wives student loans. If you would like help as well just head down to the local military recruiters office and tell them you want to sign up and get the GI Bill
Walmart needed to check what the self checkout registers recorded as cash taken in and compare it to the deposit. Some simple cash counting would have caught this quickly.
probably 1 of the reasons they have switched most self checkout registers to credit cards only.
She must be one of those bathing beauties that appear on those “Come to Florida” travel brochures🤣
Yeah, and I bet you’re on of ’em too…
Why did it take them so long to identify her stealing
I’d say a good portion (maybe even half) of the 42 times they were just watching her & accumulating evidence. Same with people that skipcheck, they let let you get away with it for awhile.
They are short on Employees no one wants to work they all want it free as Biden gives!!!
Being a former employee for Walmart , I guess the bank did not notify Walmart of the shortage, I have worked in self checkout where was security or the cameras? There wasn’t any working that day huh! Wow, she received a slap on the wrist.
She went to jail where she was likely coerced into admitting the theft. There is no slap on the wrist as she hasn’t yet been convicted of anything.
Maybe because of the missing money is the reason Walmart can’t afford to buy new electric carts for the elderly and disabled. The Walmart in my community has 15 of these carts half of which do not work for one reason or other. The other half work but leave you in the middle of the store
Walmart doesn’t replace anything. Their carts suck, too…especially the wheels and some have rust on them. They don’t use their big heater on the wet carts when it’s raining…all of them are broken. I’ll bet they don’t install them in new stores.
Always know you will get caught
ALWAYS KNOW YOU WILL GET CAUGHT!
Whatta joke
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Maybe she had a good reason to do what she did. But her partner could have gone to social services and applied for medical assistance from the government. To help paid for his medication.We can never say this would never happen to us and no one should point fingers at anyone. We don’t know what we’re going to do. We’re all God’s Children and God doesn’t like ugly and he doesn’t like others pointing fingers at others who do wrong. God’s a loving God. He sees good in everything. That’s why God died for our sins. So when we do wrong we are forgiven.
Very nicely said Melissa! You are the only one that has commented nicely and God would want us to. Very good for you!That’s exactly what he would want all of us to say.I am so happy I read yours before I quit.
Her partner must need a seeing-eye dog.
WALMART LETS IT BUILD UP TO A FELONY!!!!!! GIVE HER LONG SENTENCE TO THINK ABOUT IT!!!! SHES OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG!!!🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️😂😂😂
Karen alert!!!
That’s crap takes 2 employees to make and pull money for deposit.
Machines…. Thats why you need himans to check out. Believe it or not….. I have not shopped at walmart but one time this year. Thats been several months ago. Everytime we ring ourselves out…. We could be arrested… For a mistake. It keeps people from getting jobs….. But mainly because… I do not work for walmart. So I just order what I need…. It comes straight to the house…. But absolutely not from Walmart.
What a dumbass.people r soooooo stupid.ty 4 being 1 of”the people of Walmart “
Whats a few thousand dollars to this company that has made billions on the backs of their employees
She learned this from government! They steal our money become millionaires and get away with it!
This is one of the reasons why things are going up higher because of people stealing for their own selfish gains
Stop shopping at Wal-Mart cuz they want your money without giving good customer services.
Self checkout proves it walmart will give U a criminal record in some way by using self checkout it is very easy for them to do it. While they get paid either way. If one didn’t pay they get the merchandise and u get a criminal record. They want your email so they can set u up.
and she a manager thereee whatt
She looks unhappy.