A Florida woman has been arrested for shoplifting after posting a video of Target hauls

A Cape Coral, Florida, woman has been arrested for shoplifting after she posted a video on TikTok showing her purportedly stolen shipment from Target.

The Cape Coral Police Department was called to a local Target on Wednesday, November 20th for a past theft from the business.

The store said that on Oct. 30, a woman later identified as Marlena Valez entered the store and took items from the shelves. Once at the self-checkout, Valez allegedly scanned a fake barcode that allowed her to pay lower prices.

16 items with a total value of $500 were reported stolen and officers looked at security footage in an attempt to identify the woman. They then posted a picture of Valez on Instagram, where users identified her and sent her social media handles to the Police Department.

Videos posted on her Instagram and TikTok helped police identify Valez. One video even showed her wearing the same outfit she had on surveillance footage from the local Target store.

Valez’s Instagram and TikTok pages have since been deleted, but the Cape Coral Police Department’s Instagram post shows part of the video she posted on both accounts.

The woman was arrested on Nov. 21 and released from custody just hours later after posting a $150 cash bond, according to the Lee County Jail website.

Nor is Valez the first TikTok influencer to be arrested this year. Back in May, Bryanthediamond was arrested and charged with driving under the influence as well as fleeing the scene of an accident, causing backlash from followers in the process.

In October, TikToker Mr. Prada was arrested and charged with second degree murder after the influencer killed his therapist and stole his car.