Davenport Walmart employee charged in $6500 theft
Davenport IA Nov 11 2017 A Walmart employee was arrested after police say she stole about $6,500 from the store over more than a year.
Stacey Lynn Gleason, last known address in the 1600 block of Greenbay Court, Davenport, faces one count of second-degree theft, a Class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
She was booked into the Scott County Jail at 7:20 p.m. Thursday and was released more than two hours later after posting $5,000 through a bail bonds company.
According to an arrest affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint:
Davenport police responded around 4:30 p.m. Thursday to Walmart, 3101 W. Kimberly Road, for a report of an internal theft.
Gleason admitted to police that she took money from the “can room” starting from March 2016 through October 2017. She would enter the room designated for returning cans and create a transaction for someone returning cans where there was no customer.
On multiple occasions, Gleason opened the register drawer and took money. She took different dollar amounts each time and would repeat this action at different times of the day, up to several times a day, according to the affidavit.
A Walmart spokesman Tuesday would not say what position Gleason held or when she was hired, but said she no longer works for the company.
Quad Cities Times
