Just because the store is called Publix doesn’t mean its shopping carts are for public use.
Gulf Coast News reports that a woman named Robin Zick stole a motorized shopping cart from one of the Southeast supermarket chain locations in Punta Gorda, Florida, and started driving it down the road.
Zick was located and stopped by police about a mile from the store. She told officers she’d taken the cart in order to drive to a medical appointment. She also said that she intended to return the cart, which is valued at $2,500, to Publix once her appointment was over.
Unfortunately, the honor system was not applicable in this case, and Zick was arrested and faces grand theft charges.