WINONA, Minn. – A shoplifter at Walmart explained that he had no money and hoped to fence what he was walking out with. That included a $700 bar-code scanner that Walmart clerks use in stocking the aisles. William Alan Post, 37,, was arrested and booked for gross misdemeanor theft. Besides the bar-code scanner Post had $193 of merchandise, the store said. Earlier in the day Post was caught inside a Minnesota City trailer house from which had been evicted. After the Walmart arrest he said he was without a place to sleep and resorted to criminal activity to provide for himself.
Post. Multiple police confrontations on same day. First trespassing at trailer house, then shoplifting.