11.28.2007

The best shoplifting story ever!

So the other day I was reviewing police reports and came across this ...

The arrest of a 20-year-old man who was supposed to be watching out for thieves at a Target store was now facing charges as a thief himself. Local police had arrested a loss prevention officer after other loss prevention officers discovered he was stealing merchandise from the store.

According to a police report, the store’s loss prevention officers became suspicious of the man earlier this month when an inventory check showed an iPod was missing. Surveillance video showed the man taking an iPod to the store’s loss prevention office and then going to a corner where surveillance video was unavailable ...

A few days later, loss prevention officers installed another camera in the office and captured the man stealing another iPod, in addition to clothes, CDs and DVDs. Videos showed the man packing the items into a backpack and then leaving the store with them after his shift ...

After being confronted, the man admitted to stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise during three different shifts. During an interview with police he reportedly said he had a feeling his boss had been watching him more closely, but he continued stealing anyway ...

Idiot.

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