You will never convince me that puffed up didn't know what she was doing wasn't a big crime. She knew!

I can tolerate many things, but I will never tolerate a thief and a liar.

Never seen someone so excited to snitch on camera….

I’d be so ashamed and embarrassed to even think I could get away with something like this… I’m not sure what part of growing up did their parent’s miss to explain the importance of being productive one day and contributing to society. And then sadly, most parent’s did. But this is a grown woman who had to know the impact of what she was doing. She’ll move out of state and do it somewhere else. Because now that she ratted out her crew I doubt she’ll show face in Fla again.

Puffy is the perfect example of how folks will rat you out when they're in the hot seat 😂🤦🏽‍♀️😂

She didn't know shoplifting was serious? I ain't buying it...this girl is a pro.

I can't even take this seriously with the constant "Puffy" and "PeeWee" 😂

That's why some people will always have a hard life.They refuse to get things honestly

Puffy been stealing more food than clothes…

Stores need to implelpment "no receipt, no refund". This will stop alot of shoplifting. I'm down for it!!

Wow, Florida is doing something to stop shoplifting? Very impressive!

This is disgusting! I am so sick of it! Plus, opening up items in the stores, sniffing, eating, and stealing. I don’t buy anything that’s not sealed. 😫

We got custody of my niece who we never knew about, because her mother and family had her in this type of shoplifting ring. Just disgusting. They were using her to steal too. It took a while to get that out of her.

There is no such thing as ‘honor among thieves’. Most people are out for themselves and they’ll sell you out in a heartbeat.

Great job Polk county sheriff's department.. thanks for trying to reduce the theft problem.

how did she not know it was organised crime

I see why they call her Puffy.

Puffy, every store manager worst nightmare

Anybody else feel it's unfair that she in effect organized all these people, and then got such a good deal?

I used to have a small business in an upper scale area and I was shocked at the number of thiefs. Also, the number of people who would use my one bathroom and turn it into what looked liked a crime scene.

The pizza in the interrogation room was the key to turning Puffy into an informant.

The more stores decrease their floor staff, the greater are the opportunities for shoplifting.

Stores usually demand a receipt with the return or they write down your driver's license. How do these crooks get away with so much theft?

How much jail time will she get? You have to make the punishment 10 times worst than the crime. These days , crime pays…

Puffy ain’t been missing no meals I see🍔😊

Thing is, she makes real customers returning paid for merchandise look bad/suspect.

She said that she never thought it was a crime to steal merchandise, well, what you thought it was for free.

These people were not held accountable at all. The only one was the store guy who owned the store was selling merchandise out of the store. Puffy should’ve been held accountable. Don’t tell me she didn’t know what she was doing please, that’s a joke. This is incredible. Our justice system lets people skate no wonder we have such high crime, and our bills are going through the ceiling is just disgusting all that work for what to just let them all off on probation that’s doing it for us!!!!!

5 or 10 bucks a return? Thats dumb. Nothing is worth my freedom. Freedom is priceless.

As a shop keep, it’s really really infuriating seeing people like this steal and not work for it. I lose money, and my customers lose a good value.

The toilet must be cringing,when she enters the washroom.

"Puffy" has to steal. Her money goes to food 😂

Can’t believe puffy allowed her face to be shown on camera literally helping the people get caught. Openly setting people up

"They act like I'ma stone cold criminal" ma'am, that's exactly what you are.

Go Figure...when stores pack up and shut down, you only have your selves to blame.

And now she’s labeled a snitch and rat

She is actually laughing and smiling while snitching the people she worked with. Learn from your elders kids and stop yourself from getting a buck50.

Black store owner said “I didn’t realize the stuff was stolen” as he heads off to a 36-month prison term.

Puffy needs to be an undercover cop 😂

Ignorance is not a defense.

notice how she cooperated after given a dozen of Dunkin Donuts

Shops just need to not take anything back with out a receipt

Great job. These idiots make my community look bad. Every time I walk into a store I'm looked at, it's horrible.

I literally once saw a guy walk out with a pair of shoes and the staff did nothing to stop him

i am surprised that the stores are letting them return these items without a receipt to begin with, thought most stores now require a receipt to return items

Her accomplices that she snitched on will give her the APPROPRIATE SENTENCE.

I'm really surprised Puffy got 2 years for that level of cooperation. Had she just gotten a lawyer and kept quiet she probably would have only gotten probation.

Shoplifting should be a felony with a year of prison on the third attempt.

3:15 'If they can flip puffy' ...order a forklift for that job

This is what happens when honesty and decency is NOT taught in the home.

I work in retail. For a while we had "customers" who would steal prepaid gaming cards. All we could do was laugh because they apparently didn't know that those cards have to be paid for to activate them. Until they're paid for, they are worth around 1/3 of one penny. Finally, we had a woman who came in and stole the highest denomination amount for Xbox. She had torn out the whole fixture with around 50+ cards on it. The next day we found the whole fixture still attached to the cards - she dumped them in a movie bin when she brought them back. Word must've got around because we haven't had anybody steal them in a long while.

Two years for shoplifting and 7 for murder

They all are free and still getting all of their monthly Government checks..

5:26 I never thought stealing was serious...???? That RIGHT THERE is everything you need to know about her level of morals and education.

They claim it so serious, yet they're given such light sentences or no sentence at all.

The staff exchanging goods and giving gift cards without a receipt need to be questioned.

puffy is a prime example of why you should do dirt by yourself and not tell anyone what you are doing. smh.

I don't understand how they are getting a refund without showing original proof of purchase? Surely you need to show the receipt??

Puffy stealing all that stuff that doesn't even fit here 🤣

Puffy should steal a gym membership.

This is why retail is history. Thieves like this ring will never allow Americans to have jobs.

They deserve Federal charges

We need stiffer penalties for this

I feel sorry for the kid who’s related to her

You definitely cant miss her, she’s a big one

What is the cost, to the taxpayer, of the police, Courts, and of the entire penal system?

No receipt, no return.

She's full of it😡..."I didn't know how serious stealing is"

Why don't you do a story on the big executives and large corporations that rip off millions a year and spend their days on the golf course talking shit with their friends all day, and pad their expense account for cocktail lunches? Oh yeah I forgot, that would be too easy.

You see the punishment was NOT hard enough.That's a joke .This is exactly why we have repeated offenders...Shame on the justice system...!!!!

The Usual Suspects ...

Worked in a dept store for 16+ yrs. It is a daily problem, epidemic. I was always wondering why our local police didn't set up a sub-station in our mall. One time, I was on the phone to 911 on our sidewalk, describing the thief, and her car, parked on the curb with the get-away driver, while she unloaded the buggy, ignoring my pleas to stop and come back in to curtail her charges. Instead, she opted for the hard way. She ended up ditching the driver at the Wal-mart across the street, running down the highway on the wrong side of the road while deputies were in pursuit, and going down a dead end dirt road where she was apprehended. Also lost her weave in the resisting arrest struggle. Wonder if she determined the value of her foolish decision was worth more than the retail of her 'take'.

I understand why some retail stores don't have a fitting room. It's a magnet for theft. I worked in the fitting room, I was amazed by what I saw.

We need this team in San Francisco .

Puffy hasn't missed a meal in while.

People like that needs to be in prison.. doesn't make any sense..

One thing I will always try to instill in my child's head is DO NOT STEAL. Because I stole a couple petty things like clothing when I was younger thought I was cool I got away with it until I got caught! It was humiliating and I never stole anything again.

IF GIVEN ENOUGH YEARS IN JAIL ITLL PUT A STOP TO IT

This sounds like an inspirational documentary for thieves

If stores got tough on shoplifting this wouldn't be so big. They don't do anything to stop it. Making real shoppers pay for this is ridiculous.

7:35 she was unbreakable like a rock until a dozen glazed arrived

They finally get out of jail , can't get a job with their criminal history then turn around and blame the system.

If we had stricter penalties we could eliminate crime

Wow that was one of the largest retailing rings in Florida...sure about that? I seriously doubt that smh

"Puffy"? More like "Blimpy".

Nobody is flipping Puffy, nobody. They couldn’t even get their arms around her. Lol

These people are despicable.

When I was 19 (about 20 years ago) and going through college I worked at Walmart in the men’s dept, (and helped with other soft lines areas) that was the section where shoplifters would leave various packages such as empty CD cases, opened packages with the products missing, food wrappers and honestly it was incredible what they took and how quickly they could take it. It didn’t matter how many people were around they worked in groups. And I was a naive 19 year old so I only noticed a tiny bit of it but I found the aftermath quite a lot. And they would hide the empty packages in the men’s underwear and socks section. The oddest thing I found was two empty beta fish jars. Don’t know why you’d need to steal a couple of beta fish but then again I don’t know why you’d need to steal half the stuff they stole. It really does rise prices after a while. And our box of stolen empty packages was insane and it was every single day. We also had knock out drag out fights over products. The biggest one was a flannel lined jacket that these two women went into a fiat fight over and I was like “we have more in the back,” and they literally stopped fighting and then the kicker was that one lady ended up not even buying the jacket that just a few moments earlier she threw punches over. Ahhhh the stories I had from Walmart. But I honestly enjoyed working in the men’s dept.

She seems very amused to be the "Godmother" in this organized crime ring. She's smiling. She likes the idea!

Typical of this demographic

Something has to be done. This is getting totally out of control.

I want to know how in the hell she fit in that small car ?

puffy gonna have alot of peeps after her

I imagine that there is a way to use the computer and the barcodes etc. to stop this particular kind of theft because the database could be structured so that an item would have a unique ID and would show up with a flag saying that it had never been paid for If it was brought back to the store

Glad this stuff is being taken seriously, but two years may not be a strong enough deterrent ask the "catch me if you can" character what must be done.

Disgusting!!..Trying to justify theft because the the merchandise is foreign made or because the store owners are wealthy!!..You steal, you deserve the legal consequences!!..Period!!..A thief is a thief!!...

No receipt, no return. Period. You make that clear with lots of signage. Costco has it right. Every purchase you made is recorded on your file with your membership. If you actually return too much, they can chose to cancel your membership too.

How is Puffy managing these days. How can she have a peaceful life if she has turned 16 people in. Even sending 1 person to jail for 3 years is a big deal.

AKA "Puffy?" *LOL*

Is she called Puffy because she's shaped like a startled fish with a similar name?