‘McGyver’ Store Shoplifter Arrested by Kennewick Police

Of all the shoplifting 'candidates' we've seen lately, this one tried the hardest to get away with her thefts.

Kennewick police said a Grandview woman is in the Benton County Jail after she was arrested for shoplifting at JC Penney Thursday at the Columbia Center Mall.

Diana Fernandez was stopped by loss prevention officers as she tried to leave the store with a variety of items. What she took was not revealed, but it was the WAY she tried to steal.

Officers said Fernandez used pliers and a lighter to cut the electronic theft tags off her merchandise!  However, the loss prevention officers apparently were monitoring her suspicious behavior. We're guessing the smell of burning plastic from the dressing room was probably a dead giveaway.

Despite her McGyver-like efforts, she failed.