A 44-year-old Pompano Beach man was arrested on a felony theft charge after allegedly stealing two 30-packs of Charmin UltraSoft toilet paper from a Coral Springs Walmart and then abandoning the loot at a nearby bus stop. Norman Javier Singletary was taken into custody Monday after an officer spotted him walking east near the bus stop and detained him.
According to Coral Springs Talk, which cited a Coral Springs Police Department arrest report, a Walmart loss-prevention employee reported seeing a man sprint toward the exits carrying two 30-packs of Charmin toilet paper. The report says Singletary had entered the Walmart at 10635 West Atlantic Boulevard with nothing in his hands before allegedly selecting the two packages and sprinting toward a bus stop across the street, prompting officers to respond to the scene.
Florida’s retail-theft law makes certain patterns of theft third-degree felonies, including coordinated thefts totaling at least $750 or three or more thefts involving at least 10 items across two or more locations within 120 days. The arrest account does not identify the legal basis for Singletary’s felony charge, and an arrest is an allegation, not a conviction. Florida’s retail-theft statute sets out those qualifying circumstances.
A Short Chase, Then a Strange Discovery
An officer detained a man matching the employee's description while he was walking east near the bus stop, the report states. Police said surveillance footage reviewed by investigators showed Singletary leaving the toilet paper behind at the stop rather than holding onto it.
Officers recovered the packages, photographed them, and returned them to Walmart, according to the same account. The abandoned goods meant the store got its Charmin back, even as the case against Singletary moved forward.
The case comes amid increased state attention to larger, coordinated retail-theft schemes: Florida’s 2024 Statewide Prosecution Annual Report said cases charging organized retail theft, racketeering and related crimes rose that year. The arrest account describes an alleged theft at one store and does not indicate that Singletary was part of a group or broader operation. The state report’s figures cover organized-theft prosecutions, a distinct category from what is described here.
Booked Into Broward County Main Jail
Following the arrest, Singletary was taken to the Broward County Main Jail, per the report.
