Food stamp glitch sparks chaotic shopping spree at Louisiana Walmart http://t.co/hyBd6xGDfO pic.twitter.com/EF0il4KPu2
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMailUS) October 14, 2013
Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch – Click http://t.co/Br36ju0tSv pic.twitter.com/WSCanu5Geq
— WAFB (@WAFB) October 13, 2013
Walmart shelves in Louisiana cleared in #EBT glitch over the weekend http://t.co/f8jCaEMktT #kait8 pic.twitter.com/w43dmG7ECK
— Region 8 News (@Region8News) October 14, 2013
From about 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday evening, Walmart vistors in Mansfield and Springhill ransacked the two locations, prompting employees to call police.
“It was definitely worse than Black Friday. It was worse than anything we had ever seen in this town. There was no food left on any of the shelves, and no meat left. The grocery part of Walmart was totally decimated,” said the Springhill police chief. While no arrests were made, police did stop some shoppers as they were leaving and forced them to return the food. The state’s Department of Children and Family Services released a statement that said its fraud-monitoring operations were in place and it would investigate possible instances of fraud.
