Alexis Hornbuckle pled not guilty to shoplifting charges. It is, as Dan Fleser says, fairly surprising that she's plead not guilty to such minor charges, especially when it appears she was caught on tape.

So what's going on? It looks like Alexis plans to place the blame on her co-defendant Andrea Ford. For moved unsucessfully to sever the trial. As her attorney said, "Often in these situations, one co-defendant is going to throw another under the bus."