Thief Wearing "Hover Shoes" Fleeces Walmart
Cops: Suspect glided out of Florida store with merch
JANUARY 16--A man wearing a pair of self-balancing hover skates recently rolled into a Walmart, filled up his cart, and then glided out of the Florida store without paying for the merchandise, police say.
In a bid to identify the “futuristic thief,” cops in Winter Haven have released surveillance video showing him zipping into and 
around the store on January 8.
According to a Winter Haven Police Department report, the suspect made off with $551.08 worth of merchandise, including paint, a trash can, a vehicle battery, a bouquet of flowers, a Roku TV, and a Motokicks hoverboard.
A cop noted that the perp used a "hover board to push the shopping cart through the store by standing on it and hovering while selecting items."
The thief, who has a large tattoo on his forearm, drove away from Walmart in a late-90s Nissan Maxima sedan with "two different sets of aftermarket chrome wheels, and slight hood damage."
Seen above, the suspect appears to be wearing a pair of Voyager brand Space Shoes. The shoes, which cost about $200, use self-balancing technology and are the “next generation of E-mobility, with two skates that are independent of each other,” according to the manufacturer.
The Space Shoes (pictured below) have a maximum speed of 6.2 MPH and a range of five miles before they need recharging. The shoes, each of which weighs six pounds, include “fun, bright” LED lights (as seen on the Walmart footage).
