MASON CITY – After three fails at probation, a Mason City woman who brazenly pushed merchandise in a cart out of Walmart without paying for it will go to prison.
On Wednesday afternoon, May 21, 2014, two suspects were arrested for two theft incidents at Walmart in Mason City. At 3:11 PM, Walmart employees reported a male and a female pushed a cart of merchandise out to a truck and fled. Employees got the plate and law enforcement began looking for the truck. In the meantime, employees reported that the same two suspects returned to Walmart in the same vehicle and attempted a second theft by pushing out a cart of merchandise around 4:00 PM, again without paying for the items. Employees were able to retain the merchandise during the second attempt and the pair fled in the same vehicle.
A Cerro Gordo County Deputy located and stopped the truck with both subjects and merchandise from the first theft still inside. Both subjects were arrested. The value of the merchandise in the truck was worth approximately $421.00.
Joleen Billick, now age 41 of Mason City, was charged with 3rd Degree Theft. Her theft charge was enhanced to 3rd Degree Theft due to numerous prior theft convictions. The man she was with was charged with theft, but that case was later dismissed.
Billick was originally sentenced to a suspended two-year prison term, a $625.00 fine and two years of probation. She violated her probation in 2015 and was sent to jail for 30 days. She violated her probation again in 2015 and was sent to the Beje Clark halfway house for 180 days. In July, for a third time, she was found guilty of violating her probation and the original two-year prison term was handed down. Billick (whose last name is now Schaer) is now in the county jail awaiting a transport to prison.
TO PRISON
Who the hell are you Tommy and anonymous? Should have to see who you people are especially when you want to talk shit!!
Small time Clinton College graduate. Did’nt know they own a college also and graduate students are in debt to them for over $125,000.000.00 bucks. Media won’t tell you that.
What are you talking about and what does it have to do with this article?
I agree. What the hell are you talking about. This woman has major problems. She may be a cleptomaniac. She needs help. Not sure prison will help. But still what the hell are you saying?
Please don’t pay any attention to this loser. He is constantly posting fake news and makes false statements as often as he blinks his eyes. His only purpose in life is to aggravate others because he has no other means of interacting with normal people. There is no college owned by the Clintons.