Marlena Valez: TikTok Influencer Accused of Target Theft [Video]

A woman has been arrested after allegedly stealing goods from a Target store and posting a video of it on social media.

Florida police say that Marlena Valez has nearly 300,000 TikTok followers and that she posted a video of herself choosing items from a Target store.

Her video, entitled ‘A Day In My Life As A Mom’ was intended to promote her lifestyle as an affluent social media influencer and does not suggest the items were shoplifted.

Newsweek sought comment from Valez via social media and comment from Target via email on Tuesday.

Detail from a video created by police in Cape Coral, Florida allegedly showing Marlena Valez on a shoplifting spree in a Target store [L] and Valez’s jail mugshop [R]. Cape Coral Police Department

In a press statement, Cape Coral Police Department said officers were called to a Target store that reported “a past retail theft” that occurred on October 30.

Target security officers told them that an …

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