WINONA, Minn. – Store detectives at the big-box Fleet Farm hardware store, monitoring cameras aimed at customers in the aisles, saw a woman using a magnetic device to disable product code tags from merchandise. Police intercepted Connie Lyn ziemannn, 50, of Rochester, the parking lot. With her was $1,270 in small power tools, officers said. With her too, officers said, was a magnet device that neuters neodymium loss-prevention tags designed to sound alarms at checkout counters and exits.
Ziemann: Charges: Felony burglary, possessing burglary tool.