Macy's Employee Faces Drug Count on Top of Theft Charge

A employee arrested on suspicion of stealing clothes from the store is facing drug charges as well after police found morphine and Oxycodone pills in her purse after the alleged theft.

Danessa Toliver, 24, was charged Monday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with one count of theft and one count of possession of prescription drugs without a valid prescription. If convicted, she faces up to 15 months in prison and $10,500 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

On Oct. 24, security personnel at Macy’s watched Toliver remove security tags from clothing items, stuff them in a bag and then make fraudulent purchases from the store before attempting to leave. She was arrested, and when searching her purse police found 17 morphine pills and three Oxycodone pills.

Toliver told police she would use receipts from past transactions to make returns, then transfer the balance of the returns onto gift cards, which she would then use to purchase items from the store for herself.

She told police she had the pills in her purse because she suffers from migraine headaches and her boyfriend’s sister gave her the pills in order to help.

Toliver will make her initial appearance in court Thursday.