On May 7, 2026, officers were dispatched to a store located in Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota, on report of a theft. Officers arrived on scene and met with a loss prevention agent (“LP”) who works with the store. LP advised that three individuals were identified as being involved in this theft incident. Two individuals were adult females, and one was a child. One of the individuals was identified as ANGELA LEA KESLER [DOB REDACTED]. LP stated that after KESLER, the other adult female, and the child were inside the store shopping, and while in the store, the KESLER and the other adult female began selecting merchandise in a “suspicious manner.” Specifically, LP described that KESLER, and the other female adult were grabbing multiple quantities of the same items and continued to place them in an overfilled shopping cart.
Eventually, KESLER and the two others proceeded to the grocery side of the store and went to a self-checkout register. KESLER began using a barcode associated with the store’s “Scan & Go” feature, which allows users to use their phone to checkout items. LP was able to live monitor the transaction. Despite the numerous items being placed into checkout bags, LP noticed that KESLER’s first transaction only contained 24 items scanned. The total of that transaction was $130.47. The adult female with KESLER stood by KESLER during the transaction and was bagging all items and then placing the bagged items into a second cart.
The adult female then took the bagged items in the second cart and exited the store with the child. As the second female was exiting the store, KESLER began a second transaction. This second transaction contained 15 items and totaled $136.82. No additional attempts were made to pay for additional merchandise. LP stopped this second female and the child, [NAME REDACTED], and all merchandise within their possession was recovered. After separating all the merchandise, it was determined that there was a total of 39 items within KESLER and the other adult female’s possession that was scanned and paid for.
However, there was approximately 172 items within KESLER and the other adult female’s possession that was not paid for or attempted to be paid for. The total value of the 172 items not paid for is approximately $1,985.50.
