Crime & Safety

Sugar Land PD Looking For Man Who Stole Basketball Shoes

Police are looking for a bald black man in his 30s who walked out of the store with a $165 pair of Nike Air Jordan 6 Rings basketball shoes.

SUGAR LAND, TX — Sugar Land police are looking for a man who stole a pair of $165 shoes from City Gear, located at 2725 Town Center Blvd. North., on March 14.

An employee said the man came in the store at 12:35 p.m., and looked at shoes and other items in the store.

An employee said the man approached the counter with store merchandise and a City Gear bag.

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The employee was bagging the items when she was distracted by another customer and walked away to help.

The man told the employee he needed to get a receipt from his car to exchange the merchandise in his bag, but he never returned.

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It was later determined that he used the bag to steal a pair of Nike Air Jordan 6 Rings basketball shoes.

The suspect was a bald black man in his 30s and weighed 220-230 pounds.

He was wearing a black and gray striped t-shirt and black shorts.

Anyone with information should call the Sugar Land Police Department at (281) 275-2540 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at (281) 342-TIPS (8477).

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