This Piercing Pagoda soon-to-be-former employee got pinched after being accused of stealing and then dealing in the same mall.Dumb dumb-dumb dumb/Dumb dumb-dumb dumb DUMB!
Deputies met with the manager and Loss Prevention Officer of The Piercing Pagoda at the Town Center Mall in Port Charlotte after they contacted authorities about a five-finger discount, according to a news release from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
They reportedly told deputies they suspected Alexandrea Lia McArthur, a worker at their store, had swiped some jewelry after getting a call from the manager of Gold Pros, also located in the same mall, telling them McArthur had just sold two bracelets made of element 47, a chain made from element 79, and a small band made of the same metal to them, the release stated.
Afterward the owner and security officer at The Piercing Pagoda allegedly conducted an inventory and found those items and several other pieces of jewelry were also unaccounted-for.
"But what kind of beauzeau would steal stuff and then sell it in the same building?"
The 20-year-old North Port woman was charged with eight counts of Dealing in Stolen Property, eight counts of False Verification of Ownership, and one charge of Grand Theft.
"Welcome to the clink."