A 37-year-old Oxford woman was arrested Jan. 2 for allegedly shoplifting a parenting book while accompanied by her two young children.

Callie Rough reportedly entered the Dollar General Store with her two children. An employee told officers the four seemed to act suspiciously while in the store, but it wasn’t until they attempted to leave that she noticed Rough’s purse appeared to be noticeably larger than it had been minutes earlier.

Rough reportedly refused to allow the clerk to search her purse, then ran to the back of the store and began unloading stolen items from the bag. As the four subjects fled from the store, the clerk said Rough threw an additional handful of items at her.

The clerk told police Rough had concealed wash clothes, small hand towels, a small rug and a book entitled “101 Ways to Be a Great Mom” in her purse.

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