Overview

• An Indian tourist is under investigation and faces felony theft charges after police allege she tried to leave a McHenry County Target with about $1,300 in unpaid merchandise.
• Viral bodycam footage released by Body Cam Edition shows her spending seven hours shopping, pleading to pay for items and then being taken in for processing.
• In a statement on X, the US Embassy in India cautioned that crimes deemed to involve moral turpitude can result in immediate visa revocation and long-term ineligibility.
• Immigration attorney Alen Takhsh and other experts say shoplifting arrests alone can lead to deportation or permanent bans from reentering the United States.
• Target has not commented on the incident and law enforcement officials say further updates are pending as formal charges move forward.