PHOENIX (Arizona’s Household/Grey Information) – Investigators in Arizona say a former worker is accused of stealing from a ironmongery store weeks after he was fired.
Arizona’s Household studies 61-year-old Scott Joseph Pearson was arrested after stealing cash from a Phoenix-area Ace Ironmongery store on Friday.
Pearson reportedly walked into the supervisor’s workplace, opened the protected with a code and stuffed $1,400 right into a black bag earlier than leaving. Authorities mentioned surveillance video captured him taking the cash out of the protected.
In response to court docket paperwork, the shop supervisor seen Pearson sleeping at a close-by park the following day and known as police.
Officers arrived and advised Pearson there was a warrant out for his arrest, and he was detained, investigators mentioned. The supervisor reportedly advised police Pearson was let go from the shop about three weeks earlier than the theft.
Courtroom paperwork said that Pearson denied being within the supervisor’s workplace and advised officers he went into the shop to get water.
Nonetheless, officers mentioned they searched Pearson and located practically $600 in his pocket.
Pearson was booked and charged with one depend of housebreaking.
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Ex-employee robs Ace Ironmongery store after being fired, authorities say
