Mom leaves baby behind at Florida Wal-Mart during botched theft: police

Allison Niemeyer, 20, and her sister allegedly shoved $57.12 worth of undershirts and bathing suits in the 1-year-old’s diaper bag, but when they were caught, they left the boy and ran, police say.

OCALA POLICE DEPARTMENT

Allison Niemeyer, 19, left, and her sister Laura were arrested after they allegedly left Allison's 1-year-old baby behind at a Walmart they had just robbed.

A Florida mom who ditched her 1-year-old baby and escaped in the midst of an alleged theft at a Wal-Mart was apprehended the next night outside a dance club, according to reports.

Ocala police say they collared Allison Niemeyer, 20, along with her sister, Laura Niemeyer, 22, Saturday after the pair allegedly tried to steal from the store Friday afternoon.

As the scheme went awry, Allison Niemeyer’s son was left behind in shopping cart at the store, and authorities went searching for both women on charges of felony child neglect and retail theft.

The women had stuffed clothing items into the baby’s diaper bag -- a woman's bathing suit, a package of men’s undershirts and four shirts worth $57.12 -- and hidden a DVD player in the bottom of the cart, according to the police report..

They then tried to leave the store with the cart, but a security guard called them back. That’s when police say the pair bolted.

Allison Niemeyer took off immediately, leaving the baby in the shopping cart which her sister again tried to leave the store with.