(Michigan City, IN) - A La Porte woman after caught shoplifting was found with heroin and other drugs.

Those are the criminal allegations filed against Nikki Daley.

Daley, 27, is charged with Theft and Possession of Cocaine or a Narcotic Drug, both Level 6 Felonies, and Class A Misdemeanor Possession of a Controlled Substance.

According to court documents, officers were responding to Meijer in Michigan City on March on a report of a shoplifter last seen running inside the nearby Aldi grocery store.

Police said Daley was found in a bathroom and inside her backpack was close to $300 in stolen merchandise from Meijer, as well as a small amount of heroin and prescription pills.

The theft charge was elevated to a felony due to her having several prior convictions related to stealing.