AUSTINTOWN TWP., Ohio -  Austintown police say they captured a Walmart shoplifting suspect on Sunday who sought refuge in a funeral home during calling hours.

Walmart’s loss prevention officer tells police that he began to follow a woman who he says self-scanned only a few of the 181 items in her shopping cart before leaving the store.

The woman allegedly fled, leaving the carts filled with merchandise behind.

Police say when the woman spotted their cruiser, she ducked into a nearby funeral home on Mahoning Avenue while calling hours were going on.

An officer says he caught up with the woman as she was about to exit the funeral home.

The suspect is identified as 30-year-old Laura Fowler and is listed as “homeless” on the police report.

She was booked into the county jail on previous warrants from Boardman Police and a new charge of felony theft.

It’s estimated that the goods left behind in the shopping carts were worth a total of more than $2,000.

Fowler is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.