Oklahoma Teacher Collared for Shoplifting

(Edmond, Oklahoma) A 40-year-old Advanced Placement Biology teacher at Santa Fe High School, Michelle Lea Hostler, has been arrested for allegedly shoplifting more than $1,000 in merchandise from Walmart.

She has been charged with grand larceny.

According to police, an Asset Protection Officer for Wal-Mart noticed 40-year-old Michelle Lea Hostler, select various items and put them into her shopping cart.

He then observed Hostler push her cart through the lawn and garden department to an outdoor garden corral and proceed to the parking lot without paying for her merchandise.

Asset Protection Officers stopped Hostler in the parking lot and retained her until Edmond police arrived.

Hostler was booked into custody at the Edmond City Jail.