Man Accused of Committing Over 100 Thefts at Home Depot Arrested

A man accused of committing more than 100 thefts at Home Depot stores across the country has been arrested.

The Ohio City Police Department said in a Facebook post Thursday that Georgia native Antonio Bryant was taken into custody after causing “tens of thousands of dollars in damage” to a home goods retailer.

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Bryant is accused of committing Home Depot robberies in states such as Texas and Ohio. Authorities learned of Bryant’s whereabouts after his vehicle was spotted by an Ohio Bissiere Township police officer.

According to the department’s release, Bissiere set up surveillance and was able to apprehend him “as he committed his latest theft.”

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“Information obtained from the arrest will be shared with police throughout the country so that additional charges can be filed,” the ministry added. PEOPLE has reached out to the department for additional information.

According to WPXI, Bryant posted bail after being taken to the Allegheny County Jail and also faces retail theft charges from a separate incident in Cranberry Township. During the alleged thefts, “Bryant would switch items, including smoke detectors and digital switches,” the outlet added.

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Home Depot said in an August report that they “operated a total of 2,326 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico” by the end of the year. his second quarter.

Company CEO Ted Decker shared this in an interview with CNBC Squawk Box that theft has become a “big retail problem”.

“This is no longer a random thief,” he said. “A big part of this product is [re-sold] on online markets. One of the things we’re doing is working with the local, state and federal government to really educate them about what’s going on.” To combat the problem, he added, the company “had to lock up a lot of valuable things, and not all are big.”

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“It’s not all power tools and generators,” he explained. “You could have a fuse that costs $50, $60, $80. Those are items that get stolen a lot.”

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