Home Depot employee, boyfriend stole $5K from store
Beaumont TX Aug 21 2018 A Home Depot employee and her boyfriend have been indicted on felony theft charges after the two reportedly collaborated to steal more than $5,000 in merchandise from the Beaumont business.
Samone Smith, 22, and Latroy Gable, 24, were indicted Wednesday on state jail felony theft.
According to probable cause affidavits, Smith, of Port Arthur, worked at Home Depot in Beaumont between March and May when the thefts occurred. Gable, also of Port Arthur, would act as a customer and bring items to her register. Smith would ring up the smaller items and “let the larger, more expensive items pass without ringing them up,” the documents say.
The two allegedly sold the stolen items on Facebook Marketplace.
The stolen merchandise totaled $5,308.16.
Beaumont Enterprise
