A Michigan judge came up with a creative way to punish Walmart shoplifters: wash cars for free in the community when spring arrives.

Genesee District Court Judge Jeffrey Clothier had ordered probationers convicted of shoplifting at the Grand Blanc Township Walmart store to perform community service by washing the cars of store customers in the retailer’s parking lot starting this spring.

That won’t wash. A judge in Michigan attempted to have Walmart shoplifters work off their debt by washing cars — but was stopped by a higher-ranking judge, according to a report. Judge Jerry Clothier of Genesee County’s 67th District Court came up with a creative solution for as many as 100 shoplifters caught stealing from a local Walmart to make restitution to the community — conscripting them into washing cars for free,