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Hutchinson Police Services responded to the following incidents: Feb. 22: Hutchinson Police responded to a report of shoplifting at Walmart. It was alleged the adult female suspect was not scanning all her items while using the self-checkout, as well as switching tags for lesser-valued items while scanning. The suspect then proceeded to leave the store with unpaid merchandise totaling $264.04. Kimberly Ann Kotzer, 54, of Hutchinson was taken into custody and transported to the McLeod County Jail. Kotzer has been formally charged with misdemeanor-theft and misdemeanor-traffic regulationphysically disabled: unlawful exercise of parking privileges. Walmart later supplied information that an additional theft took place by this same individual at 12:06 p.m. the same day. Total merchandise allegedly taken for that incident was valued at $64.72. The charges for both incidents have been combined together under the formal charges.

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