Clever Thieves 'Buy' 39 iPads at Local Walmart

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The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two suspected thieves who stole 39 iPads from a Dallas Walmart by hiding them in a large box and making a purchase at the checkout.

Police believe the suspects removed a filing cabinet from the box and replaced it with the stolen items, then purchased the “filing cabinet” without anyone noticing what they had done.

The theft happened around 4:30 a.m. on April 10, when the Marietta Highway store had fewer employees working.

Police released photos of the suspects Monday.

From the sheriff’s office:

“They got a filing cabinet from the office supply section [which was in a large box] and placed it inside their buggy. Since it was so early in the morning, there were no employees in the electronics section of Wal-Mart. This gave the thieves the opportunity to break into the locked cabinet which held the iPads. Once they got the iPads out of the locked cabinet, they hid them inside the filing cabinet box which they legally purchased at the checkout line. Once they purchased the filing cabinet, they walked out of the store without question.”

Paulding County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Cpl. Ashley Henson said it wasn’t until later when Walmart officials realized the iPads had been stolen. Henson said similar thefts have been reported elsewhere in metro Atlanta at big retail stores like Walmart and Target.

If you have any information on who these two individuals are, call the Criminal Investigations Division of the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office at 770-443-3015.

(Photo: Suspects in stealing 39 iPads from a Dallas Walmart. Credit: PCSO)