By Pat Culverhouse

An elderly mother/daughter duo has been charged with theft after reportedly attempting to leave a Minden discount store with a total of more than $870 in items which had not been purchased.

Minden Chief of Police Jared McIver said Sybil LeGrand Layfield, 93, and Glenda C. Layfield, 73, were apprehended by officers as they reportedly attempted to leave Walmart with two shopping carts containing stolen items. 

After tallies by store loss prevention staff, $461.82 in goods reportedly was found in one shopping cart; $410.87 worth of items in the other.

Both women reportedly had been observed by store staff members allegedly concealing more expensive items under less expensive items in their carts.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.