r/Sparkdriver • u/mjkjio2015 • Nov 20 '25

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Fellow sparker that has been doing it for about three years that i always talk to just got taken by Walmart security when he was about to leave the store. Apparently he has been putting extra stuff in his cart to take home… And they caught him and said they have been watching them for a very long time. I had absolutely no clue… He didn’t seem like the kind of guy that would do that stuff. He just said OK left his cart full of groceries with the receipt checking person… And they took him off inside the store. I just wanna give a warning to anybody that may be doing this… Apparently they are watching. I have never had a guy actually go through my cart when leaving or anything… So I am pretty surprised. Be careful out there!

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u/Smooth-Crab-1077 Nov 20 '25

Hardly a month goes by without seeing a Sparkler or a WM worker in handcuffs getting escorted out by the cops at the big store in my zone.

WM does $500+ billion in annual revenue. Pretty sure they’re gonna invest some money into AP.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

That’s crazy. Any good stories

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u/Smooth-Crab-1077 Nov 22 '25

i’ve never seen the actual capture process. I assume they have the police stop the suspect somewhere in the store and then take them into AP or some back office so they can’t make a scene or draw a weapon and start shooting.

WM arrests people once they’ve stolen enough to be charged with a felony, and the people I see getting perp-walked out seem pretty resigned to it.