According to an announcement from the Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, 60-year-old Lisa Roussey, of Farmington Hills, was sentenced to 3 to 10 years’ incarceration for three counts of Organized Retail Fraud. The sentence comes after Roussey pleaded no contest to three counts of operating a theft and resale scheme of KitchenAid mixers in October. The scheme involved her son, 31-year-old Brian Roussey, as well.

Brian Roussey pleaded guilty to three counts of Organized Retail Theft and was sentenced to 128 days’ incarceration as well as two years’ probation. He has been ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution to Target. Lisa Roussey has also been ordered to pay $20,108 in restitution jointly with her son to Target.

It was alleged that Roussey and her son, Brian, began stealing KitchenAid mixers in late 2020 and continued through late 2022. They allegedly entered various Targets throughout the metro Detroit area and walked out with the product without making a purchase. The mixers were then sold on online forums such as Facebook Marketplace. Authorities say the stand mixers retail for as much as $500 per unit and losses from Total totaled more than $20,000.

Lisa Roussey’s sentence is longer than Brian’s due to her significant history of theft-related crime.