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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Clovis antheral is successful jail, and a section resale store is retired thousands of dollars aft a large retail theft scam.
Police fishy Sean Byer of Clovis and Daniel Duncan of Pennsylvania of stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise from Target, Best Buy, Harbor Freight, and Guitar Center.
They accidental the suspects past sold those items to the Clovis resale concern Cell Now.
“Some of the items that were recovered astatine the resale concern successful Clovis included Yeti items specified arsenic mugs and changeable glasses. There were televisions, determination were Wi-Fi routers,” Ty Wood with the Clovis Police Department said.
Wood says the probe began erstwhile detectives arrested Byer astatine his location successful Clovis Wednesday.
He is their 247th organized retail transgression apprehension truthful acold this year.
“He was arrested connected respective felonies, specified arsenic shoplifting with priors, organized retail theft, and others,” Wood said.
Officers past traced each of his stolen items backmost to Cell Now. While they were astatine the store, they recovered galore different stolen items arsenic well, which they linked to Duncan.
“[Duncan] is primitively from Pennsylvania. We don't cognize if he's inactive successful the country astatine this time, but we are looking for him,” Wood said.
He says Cell Now is cooperating with the investigation, and the stolen items are being returned to their archetypal stores.
“All of the items that were recovered contiguous were inactive sealed successful their archetypal packaging,” Wood said. “I would promote immoderate resale concern to effort to verify specifically those items, particularly if they're sealed successful the archetypal packaging.”
Wood estimates the stolen items totaled astir $20,000. However, Cell Now’s store manager told a newsman that fig is incorrect, but did not supply the close number.
He added that, since the arrest, they person enactment up a motion informing customers that they study each income to the Department of Justice.
Police are present asking for the community’s assistance successful uncovering Duncan. They accidental anyone with accusation connected his determination should telephone Clovis Police.
