KC woman who stole over $60,000 in merchandise sentenced in Platte Co.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The woman who’s accused of stealing almost $67,000 worth of store merchandise from various stores across the KC metro pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in Platte County Circuit Court.

According to court documents, Asia Marshall, 20, of Kansas City, Missouri pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery and 11 counts of stealing $750 or more.

Documents say that Marshall was also sentenced Thursday, August 15, receiving seven years in prison on each count with all sentences running concurrently.

According to court documents, on several occasions, Marshall entered retailers, usually with a group of other individuals and would place items in shopping bags or baskets and leave without paying.

One theft at a Bath and Body Works in Platte Co. in December of 2023 resulted in an employee being punched multiple times and around $1,500 worth of store merchandise being damaged. The suspects in this robbery made off with $1,500 in merchandise.

Another theft in September of 2023 saw a group of females, including Marshall, steal over $6,000 dollars worth of Sephora merchandise in a single attempt. That same day, the group also stole 64 articles of clothing from a Victoria’s Secret Pink at the shopping center, leaving with baskets filled with stolen merchandise.

After multiple other robberies around the metro, Marshall was arrested in January. During the arrest Marshall hid under a blanket, telling officers she was 13 years old.

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