A woman out of Letcher County, who was initially arrested for shoplifting, found herself facing even more charges once she made it to prison. 

 

43-year-old Crystal Tackett, of Ermine, was arrested this past Thursday night at the Super Wal-Mart in Pikeville. According to police, Tackett only scanned some of her items at the self-checkout and then attempted to leave without paying for the others. The value of the items that were allegedly stolen total to over $347.

 

As Tackett was being booked, she informed an officer that she had a number of pills. After strip searching the woman, officers uncovered nine individual baggies containing a collective 56 pills, hidden within her underwear. Officers also found around $4,000 cash in Tackett’s purse.

 

Following the search, she was charged with first-degree drug trafficking in addition to her shoplifting charge.