When tools are outlawed...

[kandrathe]

She is being charged multiple times with something sensible.
The possession of pliers charge is an add-on.  It will be used to help prove that she had intent to shoplift stuff if this ever goes to court, just in case the stolen goods in her car isn't enough evidence.
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A person commits unlawful possession of a theft detection device
remover when he knowingly possesses any tool or device designed to allow the
removal of any theft detection device from any merchandise without the
permission of the merchant or person owning or holding the merchandise.

That's one problem today with criminal justice, when they toss on all kinds of additional silly charges just to make life more difficult for the perpetrator. She must have resisted arrest or PO'd the arresting officers. Like the arsonist who gets cited for not having a burning permit, or the murderer who gets cited for discharging a weapon within city limits.

I've mellowed with age, but I used to despise cops when I was young. Out in the sticks where I grew up they would harass any juvenile not under parental supervision. Nine times out of ten the kids they saw were probably up to no good, so they probably deserved watching. But it sure sent us the wrong message. When I was 15, a friend was walking home one night and got arrested for not having identification on him. After that, whenever I was out after curfew I would head for the woods, or swamps whenever I saw a cop around. Anyway, most of the kids I grew up with felt like criminals by the way we were treated.