Man Swindled Out of $110 at Dearborn Office Max
The following information was supplied by the Dearborn Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A Detroit resident shopping at the Dearborn Office Max said someone claiming to be an employee stole $110 from him, according to police reports. The man was shopping at the store around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday when a man identifying himself as an employee offered to help "speed up" the check-out process, given the long line at the time. He guided the shopper to another counter and proceeded to add up the cost of the items in his cart. He told the shopper to give him $110 and to go get some extra notebooks while he began to ring up the purchase. The shopper complied. When he returned with the notebooks, the supposed employee was gone—with his money. The suspect was described as a black male between the ages of 30-35; around 5-foot-10 and with …
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Chicago Way
5:12 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Now let's see: The Office Max shopper follows a man "wearing a long, plaid coat with a fur hood; a gray T-shirt; blue jeans; white tennis shoes; and a black cap" to a check out counter. The report says that the perpetrator dressed as a street person added up the order, but on what? Did the perp simply use his head or a calculator? If the perp used the cash register, why didn't he just empty the … more ›