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Alisha Halfmoon, Tulsa Woman, Accused Of Trying To Cook Meth -- In Walmart

Alisha Halfmoon

First Posted: 12/09/11 02:36 PM ET Updated: 12/09/11 02:36 PM ET

When a store sells "Chemistry For Dummies" for just $6.46, is it any surprise if it gets some dummy chemists?

Police in Oklahoma arrested a woman on charges of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine inside a Tulsa Walmart on Thursday.

Shopper Alisha Halfmoon, 45, allegedly grabbed ingredients from the shelves and mixed chemicals inside the store, KJRH reports.

"While speaking with some of the firefighters on the scene she made statements that that's what she was doing; that she was attempting to obtain these chemicals and was in the process of trying to manufacture methamphetamine," police officer David Shelby told the station. "However, she said that she was not very good at it."

After Halfmoon had spent more than six hours inside Walmart, loss prevention officers alerted police about the suspect's suspicious behavior in the back of the store, according to News 9.

When an officer confronted Halfmoon at around 6 p.m., the suspect had allegedly just finished mixing a bottle of sulfuric acid with starter fluid, Shelby told Fox 23.

Walmart is known for its low, low prices, but Shelby said she couldn't afford to buy the drug ingredients.

At the time of her arrest, Halfmoon had managed to round up meth ingredients including lithium and chemical drain cleaner, Tulsa World reports.

Security cameras recorded the suspect allegedly mixing chemicals, according to KRMG.

While removing the volatile brew, one officer was treated for chemicals burns after he felt a burning sensation through his leather glove, according to Tulsa World.

This isn't Halfmoon's first arrest on drug charges.

The Tulsa County Jail website indicates that the suspect was charged with possession of methamphetamine and obtaining a drug using a forged or altered prescription on Nov 17. She was issued a deferred sentence and released on bond.

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When a store sells "Chemistry For Dummies" for just $6.46, is it any surprise if it gets some dummy chemists? Police in Oklahoma arrested a woman on charges of attempting to manufacture methampheta...
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04:09 PM on 03/21/2012
I wouldn't have stopped her. I would have stood and watched and encouraged her to ingest her magnificent concoction. At least then, we could have thinned out the herd and saved another black-eye on the human gene pool.
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Robert SF
04:11 PM on 01/28/2012
This woman obviously needs help. But that would be "socialism," so let's put her in jail instead.
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noodles865
Marco......
02:24 AM on 12/31/2011
so why does walmart sell sulfuric acid or is that whats in drain cleaner and i thought you cant buy large amounts of sudafed any more.
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spunkyphd
Grok Karma
10:10 PM on 04/12/2012
& Lithium? I thought that was a drug for bipolar people, an RX. Wouln't you need a prescription for that? I know there is lithium batteries but that is a battery! I've heard they use poisons to make meth, but batteries?

People who take that stuff really do need help. This is so sad, so desperate--sitting in a walmart without enough money to get the drugs your body is begging for and trying to make it at age 45. In the 1980's when she was a teen she probably daydreamed of many futures and possiblities but never this one.
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noodles865
Marco......
11:10 PM on 04/12/2012
I think they were speaking of the batteries it is the chemical reaction they are looking for generating heat.from my limited understanding I believe lithium is a downer it mellows you out I think the meth is an upper like a speed,so perhaps it is the batteries they were talking about..what is really crazy is the fact that they watched her for so many hours and that she was able to combine these ingredients in the store over 6 hours..talk about commitment if she used that commitment for something positive her life could be so much better
11:04 AM on 12/21/2011
I think there should be a RED FLAG (Like when someone steals or uses a bad credit card at store) This way the cameras and the Credit cards,Bank cards info. can be used for Arrests and Investigations of Meth. Productions. When someone buys Quick Lime , Shovel(s), Rope ,Duct tape , Ski Mask,Gloves at once a Flag is raised. no reason why METH users/Cooks should be able to Buy with IMPUNITY !!!
01:11 PM on 12/20/2011
Your peanut butter may be carcinogenic !!
And the Brave New World begins.... .... .....
07:20 PM on 12/18/2011
Meth is for fools
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Skeetshooter
Artist, writer, provocateur
03:21 PM on 12/17/2011
Sounds like a Coen Brothers spec script for Breaking Bad.
02:52 AM on 12/17/2011
There goes the argument that Walmart is always putting local business people and entrepreneurs out of business.
02:30 PM on 12/16/2011
she deserves an honorary mention over at peopleofwalmart.com! seriously though, we need something similar to the Darwin awards for all these dumb criminals featured here lately.
12:09 PM on 12/16/2011
K Mart is the best place to cook meth. Live and learn I guess.
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pab08
Partisan agendas can't compete with objective fact
01:17 AM on 12/15/2011
If this wasn't a cry for help, I'm not sure what is.
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spunkyphd
Grok Karma
10:13 PM on 04/12/2012
Yes, I agree.
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O K Ali
Wash your hands, seriously.
02:13 AM on 12/14/2011
There's a Meth-Head to her madness.
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John Hazelton Smith
Don't get caught...
01:00 AM on 12/14/2011
I'm still trying to figure out how anyone could smoke anything that causes a chemical burn.
06:35 PM on 12/13/2011
TALK ABOUT A CLEANUP OM AISLE 5 .......
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Six Gator
12:40 PM on 12/13/2011
no, no, no,....STUPID,...For the effect you're looking for -you DRINK the Drano, and snort the Ajax!
She "ssoooo" had it all wrong!....