Shoplifting suspect crushed in compactor at Lansing Mall

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Aug 19, 2008 at 1:30 PM EST

Story Updated: Aug 19, 2008 at 1:30 PM EST

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a shoplifting suspect who fled a discount department store at the Lansing Mall has died after being crushed in a trash compactor where she was hiding.

An Eaton County sheriff's deputy responded Monday following a report that two women sprayed a security guard with mace at TJ Maxx in Delta Township. One was found behind a nearby trash compactor.

The department says the woman wouldn't say where the other woman could be found.

Shortly afterward, authorities got a call about a woman trapped in the trash compactor. The woman was pulled from the machine by rescuers and taken to a hospital, where she later died.

The dead woman was identified as 26-year-old Tyree Monique Tate of Delta Township. The other woman's name wasn't immediately released.

Thursday, Aug 21 at 3:38 PM colleenmike wrote ...

12:41 PM Reader---- What is your point???

Thursday, Aug 21 at 3:37 PM Colleenmike wrote ...

Religious people showing their true selves...They don't really have consern about others.../// one pair of hands doing good work is better than millions of pairs clasp in prayer

Thursday, Aug 21 at 8:37 AM Lainey wrote ...

Ok - I don't agree with stealing and I believe in punishment for breaking the law - but to say she got what she deserved??? How can you say that and then claim to be an upstanding citizen? Death for shoplifting is a hefty price and it's disgusting that anyone thinks it's what she deserved. Yes, she was wrong, but that's insane.

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 11:16 PM Casual observer wrote ...

I have no sympathy for those who steal clothing in the middle of summer. If it were 20 below outside, and the person was stealing a jacket, empathy could be in order. Goodwill, Salvation Army, and other outlets exist for inexpensive clothing, though. This woman got what she deserved. Hopefully these stories of people dying these disgraceful deaths while breaking the law will serve as a deterrent to potential criminals.

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 10:25 PM Tom wrote ...

Perfect Darwin Award nominee!

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 9:41 PM People Please wrote ...

Just face it stealing is a sinnnnnnn.. REPENT NOW and he will set you free. The Devil is really busy he is playing mind games with you all if you have'nt notice.

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 7:20 PM doob wrote ...

Housekeeping... Clean up on isle 4

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 5:41 PM Anonymous wrote ...

To 12:41 PM Reader wrote ... It's called free speech. If you don't like it, don't read it. It's that simple.

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 11:43 AM DD wrote ...

Karma is not pagan. It is a belief of the Hindu and Buddhist religions. So-called Christians need to respect other religions if they want any respect for their own. Karma is another way of saying God's will to repay for good and bad actions. "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord"

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 11:41 AM Reader wrote ...

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Wednesday, Aug 20 at 11:34 AM Me wrote ...

I can't help but "NOT" feel sorry for her. There is so much crime, when is it going to end??? Eventually it will catch up with you and in this case it did. When will people learn crime doesn't pay?

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 10:21 AM Randi wrote ...

can her accomplice be charged with a crime since she withheld information that got her friend killed?

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 9:03 AM rubyred wrote ...

how sad that single decisions,made in haste,has taken away any future chance, of choosing a better path in life.

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 8:47 AM NILES DUDE wrote ...

don't feel sorry for homegirl,feel for the security guard. hope he's doing ok. tj maxx isn't that a cheap store? if you steal at least go for macy's.

Wednesday, Aug 20 at 6:42 AM Anonymous wrote ...

some of you people make me sick! How can you talk about God in one breath and then joke about someone's death in another? If there is such a thing as karma then I would be very worried if I were you!

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 9:56 PM John Wesley wrote ...

A budding career of crime nipped in the bud, what a break for the taxpayers,

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 8:33 PM dave wrote ...

Some people have a version of God and karma that work together...Matter of fact I think that there is a good balance of karma, God, and evolution. They fit just perfect like a puzzle.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 7:57 PM MH wrote ...

No matter what you want to call it, death would be a terrible price to pay for shoplifting. I do not believe God would give death for that. If God did it, then why hasn't he killed all the murderers, child molestors, wife abusers, and child abusers? Don't blame God for this.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 6:02 PM steve-o wrote ...

Karma has nothing to do with christianity its a pagan belief.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 5:53 PM rick wrote ...

karma is not a christian belief.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 4:57 PM Anonymous wrote ...

She was an Idiot. Karma is what I say. Not saying that she deserved to die that way, but she was the idiot that got in the thing.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 4:02 PM Math wrote ...

"Karma Schmarma, it was God's will" I'd stupidity was probably the largest factor here.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 3:54 PM Linda wrote ...

Perhaps you should look up Karma in the dictionary since you don't even know what the word means before you pistol whip me for an opinion.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 3:22 PM skip wrote ...

Bet she won't shoplift anymore

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 3:14 PM Penelope Ashe wrote ...

Karma Schmarma, it was God's will.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 3:13 PM rick wrote ...

how, pray tell, is pepper spraying a guy and stealing cheap clothes and then getting squished to death in a trash compactor karma?

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 2:59 PM Penelope Ashe wrote ...

Note to self: Do NOT hide in a trash container, it might get squished.

Tuesday, Aug 19 at 2:11 PM Linda wrote ...

Karma

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