INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. (WBTV) – Two males tried to steal six buying carts price of electronics from a Union County Walmart this week, according to deputies.
Cordez Byrum, 34, and Antonio Staton, 55, have been arrested, positioned within the Union County Detention Middle, and charged with felony larceny.
The tried theft occurred in the course of the week of Monday, April 28, at the Walmart along Highway 74 in Indian Trail.
Deputies mentioned Byrum and Staton “determined rollback pricing wasn’t fairly sufficient,” and tried to take over $1,700 price of electronics and different merchandise from the shop.
Workers reportedly watched the boys stealing the gadgets and known as 911 as they left the shop and bought into their automotive.
“Sadly for this daring duo of thieves, two deputies had simply completed an unrelated site visitors cease on the fuel station linked to the Walmart car parking zone,” a sheriff’s workplace spokesperson wrote.
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Authorities mentioned the deputies close by rapidly discovered and arrested Byrum, who had gotten into his automotive attempting to flee the realm. Staton was situated a brief distance away on foot and was additionally taken into custody.
Throughout an investigation, officers found Byrum was not too long ago launched from the Division of Grownup Corrections and was on lively parole. He reportedly had excellent warrants for his arrest as a consequence of failing to pay little one help.
Staton was discovered to have an excellent warrant associated to a previous fraud and theft case, deputies mentioned. He was given a $6,000 bond, which he has since posted.
Bynum, alternatively, stays in jail and is ineligible for bond because of the violation of his parole.
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