Crime & Safety
Deputies Search for Christmas Eve Burglary Suspects
Walmart surveillance cameras caught the three men on video.
Three suspects in a home burglary were caught on video after using stolen gift cards at Walmart on Two Notch Road on Christmas Eve, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.Â
The gift cards were reported missing earlier that day after residents of a Pond Ridge Road house came home and found all of their Christmas gifts missing from under their tree.Â
More than $1,300 in gifts were stolen from the home, including the gift cards, a laptop, a bottle of wine, cash, a crock pot and a Disney cruise book, deputies said.
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Deputies say the three men who used the gift cards at Walmart left in a faded black sedan similar to the one a witness saw in the area of the home burglary, deputies said.Â
The sheriff's department is asking anyone who can identify the suspects to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.Â
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