Former Walmart manager arrested after leaving the store with $135,000 in shopping bag, police say

© Joliet Police Department Local police say they believed Melissa Vanderwall left the area in the months between the theft and her arrest. Joliet Police DepartmentMelissa Vanderwall, 47, was caught on surveillance footage leaving the Walmart she worked at with $135,000, police say. A former Walmart manager in northern Illinois is in police custody months after reportedly walking out of the store with over $100,000 months ago, officials said. Melissa Vanderwall — a 47-year-old former night manager for a Walmart store in Joliet, located about 45 miles southwest of Chicago — is accused of emptying $135,988 into a shopping bag and leaving the store on November 27. According to Patch.com, local police were called to the scene the same day the crime took place, and an arrest warrant was issued just two days later.