Woman accused of having her children steal from department store

A Richland County woman accused of having her children shoplift from an Old Navy department store has turned herself in.

Ramanda McMillan, 27, is charged by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department for unlawful conduct toward a child. Investigators identified her through surveillance video. She turned herself in just before 10 a.m. Tuesday at the department's headquarters on Two Notch Road.

McMillan’s three children, ages 6 through 11, were involved in a theft three different times at the Old Navy at 321 Forum Drive in the Village at Sandhill, according to a release by the sheriff’s department.

On May 7, a mother “guided” her kids to shopping bags and left them in the store, the release states. They filled the bags with about $300 worth of women’s clothing and cosmetics, then left.

On July 23, a woman walked into the store and filled her kids’ backpacks with about $500 worth of children’s clothing, according to investigators. The following week, on July 30, the same woman repeated the theft, but walked out with about $1,000 worth of children’s clothing.

Cnythia Roldán

This story was originally published August 30, 2016 at 8:58 AM with the headline "Woman accused of having her children steal from department store."