{"id":2402817,"date":"2025-02-14T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-banned-from-every-walmart-in-the-nation-company-statement-says-she-is-no-longer-welcome\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:28:12","slug":"woman-banned-from-every-walmart-in-the-nation-company-statement-says-she-is-no-longer-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-banned-from-every-walmart-in-the-nation-company-statement-says-she-is-no-longer-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Banned from Every Walmart in the Nation, Company Statement Says She Is \u2018No Longer Welcome\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoman-banned-from-every-walmart-in-the-nation-company-statement-says-she-is-no-longer-welcome%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 37-year-old Tennessee woman named\u2063 Ashley\u200b Cross was \u200barrested for \u2063shoplifting\u200d at a Memphis Walmart, despite being banned from all\u2064 walmart locations\u2062 in the U.S. due to \u2064previous\u200c shoplifting incidents. Cross was charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-governor-cuomo-grants-clemency-to-illegal-aliens-to-help-them-remain-in-the-u-s\/\" title=\"NY Governor Cuomo Grants Clemency To Illegal Aliens To Help Them Remain In The U.S.\">criminal trespass<\/a> and theft of merchandise valued \u200cat \u2063under $1,000,using an old watch battery \u200bbarcode to make\u2064 items appear as if they cost\u200b $1 each at the self-checkout. \u200dShe attempted to steal $137.34 worth of goods, including food\u2064 and clothing.\u2064 This \u2064arrest adds to\u200d her history of shoplifting offenses, with convictions dating back to 2019. Walmart has stated \u200cit seeks to ensure a pleasant \u200bshopping experience\u2062 for its customers\u2064 and takes\u200b action\u200b against individuals who are\u200b banned.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Tennessee woman who has been banned from every Walmart in America was recently arrested after a shoplifting incident at a Memphis Walmart.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Cross, 37, was charged with criminal trespass and theft of merchandise less than $1,000, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/serial-shoplifter-banned-from-every-walmart-in-the-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WREG-TV<\/a>. Cross was jailed pending the posting of a $7,500 bond.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/footage-shows-shoplifting-suspect-learn-tougher-new-laws-hard-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shoplifting<\/a> complaint at one Memphis Walmart, where Cross is alleged to have used what police said was an old watch barcode battery, so that every item she scanned came out at $1.<\/p>\n<p>Cross is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alleged-shoplifter-busted-police-check-social-media-essentially-incriminated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of taking<\/a> $137.34 worth of goods, including 11 packs of Ramen Noodles, women&rsquo;s boots, a t-shirt and jeans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR: Ashley Cross , an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">alleged serial shoplifter<\/a>, was banned from every Walmart location in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yZ5FQcNn1J\">https:\/\/t.co\/yZ5FQcNn1J<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/njxozzR1mV\">pic.twitter.com\/njxozzR1mV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; News 4 San Antonio (@News4SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/News4SA\/status\/1890295934707237111?\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cross is on an Authorization of Agency list and is &ldquo;not to be at any Walmart location in the United States due to prior shoplifting encounters,&rdquo; an affidavit said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/02\/13\/memphis-walmart-arrest\/78538519007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The list allows police to act against anyone who is banned from the property.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart issued a statement on the incident, saying, &ldquo;We value our customers and associates and want them to have a pleasant shopping experience. Though rare, there are instances when someone is no longer welcome in our stores,&rdquo; according to WREG.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The State of New York&rsquo;s policy of releasing recidivists has foreseeably led to a cycle of recidivism that has no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>A 147% rise in recidivism for felony assault; 119% for auto theft; 83% for robbery; 71% for grand larceny; 64% for shoplifting; and 61% for burglary. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xtSSK5ethY\">pic.twitter.com\/xtSSK5ethY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Ritchie Torres (@RepRitchie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRitchie\/status\/1890078744670556468?\">February 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-ca-labor-official-for-role-amidst-states-multi-billion-dollar-unemployment-fraud-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Taps CA Labor Official For Role Amidst State\u2019s Multi-Billion Dollar Unemployment Fraud Scandal\">woman arrested<\/a> with Cross is alleged to have taken $57.86 worth of items including a backpack, two bras, a lash kit, and a car accessory. She was slapped with a misdemeanor citation for theft of property.<\/p>\n<p>Cross is not the only Memphis resident banned from all Walmart stores. Terry Brown, 48, was recently arrested at a Walmart despite having signed an agreement last year in which Brown acknowledged he was banned from all Walmart and Sam&rsquo;s Club outlets, police said.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today said that based on court records, Cross has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-retailer-reverses-policy-self-checkouts-12000-stores-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous<\/a> shoplifting arrests.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2024, she was convicted of taking $33 worth of merchandise from a Circle K store in Memphis. Cross took four sandwiches, two slushies, one bag of chips and a can of cheese dip.<\/p>\n<p>Cross was found guilty of shoplifting in 2023, 2021, and 2019 in four separate incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Court records indicated she took items worth $502 from a Nordstrom Rack in 2023; merchandise worth $381.25 from a Dicks Sporting Goods in 2021; and $281.12 in items from a Walmart and merchandise worth $32.64 from a CVS in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">REPORT: New York retailers lost a whopping $4.4 BILLION from shoplifting in the 2022 year.<\/p>\n<p>This is what happens when you elect liberal leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is getting so bad that retailers are warning that they may have to close stores or increase prices as employee&rsquo;s lives&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2kjanCDNCF\">pic.twitter.com\/2kjanCDNCF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1728887927814721586?\">November 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Retailers lost $93.9 billion in 2021, Capitol One Shopping Research said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/shoplifter-banned-every-walmart-store-arrested-trespass-2031062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>. Thirty-seven percent of that was due to shoplifting.<\/p>\n<p>Shoplifting rose 93 percent between 2019 and 2023, according to the National Retail Federation and Loss Prevention Research Council.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She faces charges of criminal trespass and theft of items valued under $1,000, as reported by WREG-TV. Cross is currently in jail awaiting a $7,500 bond. Authorities responded to a report of shoplifting where she allegedly used an outdated watch barcode battery to scan items at $1 each. She reportedly stole goods worth $137.34, including Ramen noodles, women&#8217;s boots, a t-shirt, and jeans. An affidavit states that Cross is on an Authorization of Agency list banning her from all Walmart stores due to previous shoplifting incidents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2402818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Walmart-Ban.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7066,11489,3983],"class_list":["post-2402817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-banned","tag-walmart","tag-woman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Walmart-Ban.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402821,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402817\/revisions\/2402821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}