PEORIA — A woman tried to steal a Bible to improve her spiritual walk, according to a Peoria police report.

About 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Peoria police were summoned by a loss-prevention officer at Walmart, 3315 N. University St. He said he had observed a 30-year-old woman stuff a "Jesus Calling" Bible into her backpack, along with a shirt, leggings, pencils, bookmarks and a quart of oil, the report stated.

She went through checkout, where she paid for items in her shopping cart but not for the items in her backpack, the report stated. She was stopped before she could leave the store.

Police questioned her at Walmart. She suggested that a stolen Bible could have helped her spiritually.

"(She) was asked about taking the Bible," an officer wrote in the report. "And (she) told me that it sounds strange, but she was trying to be more Christian."

She was given a notice to appear in court on a count of misdemeanor theft.