Bay Minette woman arrested for burglary after stealing prescription medications

BAY MINETTE, Al.
Kimberly Randall McKinnis of Bay Minette was arrested and charged with second-degree burglary following a Wednesday break-in at a home in the White House Fork community.

Kimberly Randall McKinnis

McKinnis, 37, was charged with stealing two prescription medications from the home.
The burglary charge is being treated as a felony because the home was occupied at the time of the theft, according to Eric Winberg with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office.
"There was a young juvenile female who was home alone at the time, she startled her and Mrs. McKinnis made an excuse for being there and quickly ran out of the house," Winberg said. "The juvenile noticed a pill bottle sticking out of her pocket."
Winberg said the juvenile and a neighbor were able to give a "pretty good physical description of the suspect and a good vehicle description" to sheriff’s deputies.
The next day, Winberg said, deputies were following up on leads and located the vehicle at McKinnis’ home on East 6th Street.
"From there, they spoke to her and she provided a full confession at that time," he said.
In addition to the felony charge, which carries a $50,000 bail, McKinnis was charged with violating her probation on earlier cases and is being held without bail.
Winberg said McKinnis has "been in and out of our system." Her prior arrests included numerous charges of negotiating a worthless instrument, fraudulent use of a credit card, possession of a controlled substance and multiple third-degree burglaries.
McKinnis’ arrest comes on the heels of other burglaries in the White House Fork area but Winberg said they are not sure yet if those cases are related.
"This is the only one that we know she has done" in that community, he said.