By Matt Wiley

Stealing from a place of business can get you into trouble with the law. Using a child to help do the dirty work is another crime altogether, as two Pasco County residents have learned after getting caught stealing from the new Walmart store on S.R. 54 in Wesley Chapel.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), between September 4-8, Amanda Jo Hammon, 30, of Zephyrhills, and Jason Deris Dorman, of Dade City, stole electronics and speakers from the new Walmart Supercenter #3418 and put them into Hammon’s 3-year-old daughter’s backpack, before walking out of the store and driving away. 

The PCSO report says that following their September 11 arrest, Hammon allowed deputies into her home and turned over several stolen items. She told deputies that she had intended to sell them to support her (and Dorman’s) drug habit. Dorman told deputies in a separate interview that he stole items because he needed money to support his family.

The thefts, which totaled more than $1,700, were all caught on surveillance video and observed by a witness. 

Hammon was charged with four counts of aggravated retail grand theft and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She remained in custody at the Land O’Lakes Detention Center in lieu of a $20,150 bond at our press time. Dorman also was charged with four counts of aggravated retail grand theft and also is being was still in custody at the Land O’Lakes Detention Center, in lieu of a $15,000 bond.

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