Crime & Safety
Dearborn Target Employee Arrested for Theft From Store
The following information was supplied by the Dearborn Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A seasonal Target employee was arrested for embezzlement this month, according to Dearborn police reports.
Police were called to the Dearborn Target store on Dec. 18 after a Loss Prevention officer at the store said he saw an employee stealing from the store. The officer told police that on Dec. 16, he saw the employee in question steal a $100 bill from his register.
An audit of that register later revealed that $100 was unaccounted for.
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Later that day, the same employee was observed hiding a Red Wings hat in his shirt and exiting the store.
On Dec. 18, the same employee was observed taking a box of Cheez-Its and a bottle of Mountain Dew, then consuming both without paying for them.
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At that point, the officer took the employee into his office and called police, who arrested the employee and charged him with embezzlement of $124 in cash and merchandise.
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