Complaint: Man Steals $200 Worth of DVDs to Fuel His Drug Habit

A Waukesha man is facing several charges after he got caught stealing $200 worth of DVDs while buying school supplies from in order to resell them to feed his drug addiction, according to a complaint.

Michael T. Olsen, 23, was charged in Tuesday with one count of felony bail jumping, one count of retail theft, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. If convicted, he faces up to six years and 10 months in prison, and $20,500 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint, on Aug. 15 Walmart security personnel noticed Olson and his girlfriend shopping for school supplies, but with a large purse underneath their cart. Personnel continued to watch them and saw the pair later fill the purse with DVDs, go to a self checkout lane and purchase the school supplies and walk out the door with the purse.

Store security officers then stopped the pair and brought them in for questioning, but after he told them he was calling the police, Olson got up and ran out the door, across the street and board a city bus, according to the complaint.

Olson’s girlfriend told police they had planned to steal the DVDs and resell them to pay for drugs and he was currently living with someone who is an employee of the store, the complaint states.

On Sunday one of the security officers found Olson outside the Walmart with his cell phone charger plugged into an external outlet on the side of the store and called police, according to the complaint.

Upon arriving police discovered Olson was carrying a backpack full of hypodermic needles, drug cookers, tourniquets and a beer can used to smoke marijuana, the complaint states.

Olson had been free on bail on charges of carrying synthetic marijuana. He's currently being held in Waukesha County Jail on $1,000 cash bail.