By Pat Culverhouse

A Bossier City woman is occupying a space in the parish jail after she was caught attempting to leave a local retail outlet without paying for more than $1,300 worth of merchandise.

Tequilla Mona Sellers was booked for felony theft by Minden police Friday for allegedly trying to leave Walmart without paying for more than 40 items.  Loss prevention officers at the store valued the recovered items at $1,377.40.

In addition to the theft, Sellers is also charged with possession of CDS Sch. II (methamphetamines) after police officers recovered 1.499 grams of the illegal substance in a small plastic bag inside her wallet.

Minden officers were called to the store after Sellers was reportedly observed placing items from a clearance aisle into a bag in her shopping cart. She then reportedly made a small purchase and passed all other points of sale without paying for the other items.

She is currently being held at the parish jail. No bond has been set.

 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.