Leaving clothes behind doesn't erase shoplifting charge

COLUMBUS - A woman accused of shoplifting $2,100 in clothing tried to change her mind when she saw a police officer, but by then it was too late. <br> <br> Charles Etta Neely, 48, of Atlanta, was charged with felony theft by shoplifting and providing false information. Bond was set at $5,000. <br> <br> Detective Roderick Graham said Neely put several expensive pieces of clothing in a bag at Dillard&#39;s Thursday night. When Neely spotted him, she bent over, placed the bag on the ground and walked away. <br> <br> When Graham confronted her outside the store as she was entering a waiting car, she ``said she was going to steal it but changed her mind after she said she realized she was wrong,&#39;&#39; he said.

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