DENVER -- Denver police have arrested a woman after they said she used her 7-year-old child to shoplift -- a report later clarified to say it was not her child but her grandchildren who were possibly involved.

Police said the 60-year-old woman was arrested at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, at the JCPenney store at Northfield Stapleton, located at 8568 E. 49th Ave.

A police report, which makes no mention of children, said the woman placed 20 items totaling $1,189.56 into a shopping cart and proceeded past "all points of sale," where she was stopped by a store security officer.

The woman was arrested on investigation of shoplifting and child abuse, according to police spokesman Sonny Jackson.

The Denver woman made her first court appearance Thursday morning and was advised she was facing a class 4 felony. She posted a $5,000 bond and was released. Her name is being withheld to protect the identity of her grandchildren.

Jackson said a sweater from JCPenney was placed on one of the children before they walked out of the store. He said police may, or may not, investigate the child abuse charge.

The CALL7 Investigators have confirmed the woman involved has been arrested numerous times for shoplifting, theft, assault, contributing to the deliquency of a minor and receiving stolen property.

She received a deferred judgment in the case that included the contributing to the delinquency of a minor charge, ultimately leading to its dismissal.

A spokeswoman for JCPenney would not discuss the current case.

During the brief court appearance Thursday, there was no mention of child abuse, as first reported by Denver police in a posting on their Twitter account. It stated a child was used to shoplift a $1,200 coat.

DPD Records coordinator Mary Dulacki told 7NEWS that information in the Twitter report was "not entirely accurate" and the source of the post was being investigated.

Jackson told 7NEWS the Twitter reports are "not an official document" and are done by "someone outside the building."

"Someone inadvertently sent out information by way of Twitter without verifying it," he said.