Mall Shoplifters

11/06/07 - Tuesday Night

Next, I remember I was in some sort of mall shopping in a store (it had lot's of clothing in it). I saw a heavyset white female with two black children (1 boy, 1 girl). While they didn't appear mixed, I assumed they were her children. I noticed she had numerous bags, and was stuffing clothing in them. Began to follow her, watching. Don't remember all of what she was stealing, but I remember it was a large quantity. At one point, she asked the boy if he wanted a Playstation 2, to which he responded yes. She picked a box off the shelf and placed it in her bag. They left the store and entered the mall proper. They stood next to what I believe was an over-sized glass case of plastic balls (although I don't think it could be entered to play in), and I hid on the other side watching them through the case. It appeared they were reorganizing the loot, or distributing the bags amongst them. The little boy spotted me and told his mom. They began to move towards the exit. I ran to a nearby restaurant and asked for loss preventions number. Giving me the number, I ran into what appeared to be a children's waiting area, complete with a television in the upper corner of the room. I ran to a payphone on the wall, and noticed a small kitten on the floor. It appeared to be curled up and asleep. I attempted to dial the phone, but either I couldn't get it to work, or I couldn't reach anyone. Ran out of the room and began searching the nearby area in an attempt to find the woman. Spotted her heading down a hallway towards an exit, and began to run after her. I passed a guy half-heartedly running towards the hall from the other direction. He told me to stop them as I passed him. I made it out the exit doors the same time as them, circled to block her, and stated "mall security ma'am. We need to talk about your unpaid merchandise (even though I did not work there as loss prevention)." At this point, the guy brought up the rear and took her into custody. Here the dream ended.