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Accused shoplifter left her purse in the parking lot

When the devil told Jeanne Jones to rob a Burlington County Wal-Mart Monday night, she should have questioned his motives or at least asked for bail money if she got caught.

When the devil told Jeanne Jones to rob a Burlington County Wal-Mart Monday night, she should have questioned his motives or at least asked for bail money if she got caught.

Jones, 22, of Palmyra told police the "devil got into her" when she fled a Cinnaminson Wal-Mart Monday after walking out with $266.19 worth of shoplifted goods and a gift card for exchanged items she had never paid for.

The devil really got into Jones when she assaulted a female loss prevention officer who witnessed the incident on the store's security cameras and tried to stop her as she left, police said.

As Jones took off in her car, however, the downfall to her devilish scheme was sitting in the parking lot. Police said she dropped her pocketbook while roughing it up with Wal-Mart security. In it was her driver's license.

"People like that keep me employed," said Det. Sgt. William Covert of the Cinnaminson Police Department.

Shortly after fleeing, police said Jones began making calls to the Wal-Mart, with vague inquiries into the lost pocketbook.

"First she was saying something happened to her sister at the store, then she admitted it was her but apologized," Covert said. "She said the devil got into her."

Police eventually spoke to Jones over the phone and said she was very matter of fact about her predicament and agreed to surrender.

"She said 'What am I going to be charged with and what's my bail going to be?," Covert said.

Jones was charged with robbery, theft and shoplifting and her bail was set at $5,000.

During processing at the police station, police said Jones told them "the devil must be in the air and that she does not want to bad things."

Covert said Jones had taken her filled shopping cart to customer service instead of the check out line and returned items she hadn't paid for yet. The store gave her a gift card and she walked out with the cart.

"We're not talking rocket science here," he said.

Last month, a man who used counterfeit bills to post bail in Cinnaminson was rearrested when he returned to the police station asking for a refund.