Over $14,500 worth of iPhones stolen from Virginia Beach Walmart  Police are searching for a man who stole over $14,500 worth of iPhones from the Walmart Tuesday morning. At approximately 3:20 a.m. the man entered the Walmart, selected a duffel bag off the shelf and headed straight to the electronics section of the store. He used a tool to break the glass where the iPhones are stored, placed over 20 iPhones valued at over $14,500 into his recently acquired duffel bag, and walked out of the store without paying. wtkr.com


Male ORC thief busted stealing electronics from Walmart stores in Waterville, Maine  A man who allegedly tried to shoplift electronics from Wal-Mart on Waterville Commons Drive fled the store in a car full of items police say were stolen from another Wal-Mart location. Noah Herrin, 29, listed as a transient from Lewiston, was arrested Monday night and charged with felony theft and possession of stolen property. Herrin has at least five prior convictions for theft, police said. Minutes before Waterville police arrested him, Herrin had fled Wal-Mart after trying to steal two Acer laptop computers and a computer monitor valued at more than $900. The store's loss-prevention staff called police and tried to stop Herrin as he left the store, but he ditched a shopping cart containing the items and left in a gray 2003 Ford Focus. In a search of the vehicle, officers found a "large amount" of electronics that were suspected to be stolen, including a 50-inch VIZIO flat-screen TV and a Pioneer amplifier. Officers also found an empty 32-inch VIZIO TV box and a box for an Acer computer that was also empty, Rumsey said. centralmaine.com

Peoria, IL: Judge issues Probation and a Stern Warning to Walmart baby formula thief  A woman who sold stolen baby formula on the black market for money to buy drugs received probation and a Tazewell County judge's stern warning this week. She was arrested July 24 at the county jail when she visited her alleged partner in the thefts, after he told police of her role in them. Together Hitesman and Joseph Guyton, stole more than 100 cans of baby formula from the store over the month that ended with Guyton's capture in the act on July 12. Hitesman said she regularly entered the store with an infant in a stroller and left without paying for cases of formula that she hid in the stroller's bottom rack. She and Guyton then sold the formula for $6 a can to a food store on Peoria's south side. pekintimes.com

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