







Ocala, Florida









Allison and Laura loaded up their son's diaper bag with On Sunday, July 22 of 2012, sisters Allison and Laura Niemeyer made a trip to their local Walmart along with Allison's 1-year-old son. This was not, however, going to be a simple shopping trip; it was a heist.Allison and Laura loaded up their son's diaper bag with $60 worth of Walmart merchandise . Included in their haul were 4 women's t-shirts, a bathing suit, and a package of men's white undershirts. Unfortunately for the criminal duo (trio if you count the one that can't use a toilet yet), a Walmart loss prevention officer caught the pair as they tried to leave the store and ordered them to come back inside











Allison already had a fairly extensive criminal record and was still under a court ordered house arrest until 2021 (!) for attempted robbery. Knowing that her illegal excursion to Wally World (and her subsequent attempt at shoplifting) would mean a trip to the jail, Allison took off for the vast and dangerous expanse that is a Florida Walmart parking lot.

They may drive slowly, but they also travel in packs and are still quite dangerous.









Laura remained with Allison's child and decided to take the fall for her sister by staying with the Walmart loss prevention officer...for all of about 30 seconds. She wrestled free from the employee and bolted after Allison into the parking lot, where the sisters were picked up by a blue van and spirited away.









In fact, both women probably agonized over how they may never see their beautiful baby boy again...while they were As police began their manhunt for the sisters, the Department of Children and Families took in the baby , who had surely been abandoned by his mother and aunt due to a desire on their part to keep him from the life of crime they had decided to lead.In fact, both women probably agonized over how they may never see their beautiful baby boy again...while they were cutting a rug at a local dance club that same evening...in the same town as the Walmart they had just tried to rob that morning.





Clubbing: A great way to relieve stress

when your child is missing...or if she's "missing."









Police showed up to the Ocala Entertainment Complex and arrested the sisters without incident. Allison and Laura Niemeyer are currently facing multiple charges ; in addition to shoplifting, Allison is charged with violating her probation and child neglect/abandonment. Laura has been charged resisting a merchant.





Allison Niemeyer Laura Niemeyer





Both have also officially been removed from "Mother of the Year" and "Aunt of the Year" consideration, respectively.