As long as you are doing something bad, it will be reveal in the public it is just a matter of time. There is what is call law of Karma, it is always going to catch up with you. Another thing is that addiction will make you act out of control to take what is good or bad. This is why I am not surprised that she was caught because she has being doing it over and over again.
Bad acts have their classification, but there is nothing uglier and lower than stealing, I think that sometimes some do not understand that stolen things bring bad things, at first the wrongdoer may enjoy, but after some time things will not be the same, everything has its way of paying and there is nothing worse that can become karma, the fact that a person justifies their addiction through theft, makes things look even worse, with the simple addiction it is something very ugly, but stealing, I think that tarnishes any activity and unfortunately that is what causes addiction.