Douglas AZ May 5 2013 A Wal-Mart employee was arrested last week and charged with one count of theft following the disappearance of a purse at the local store.
According to Sgt. Jose Duarte of the Douglas Police Dept. at approximately 2:10 p.m. Thursday a member of the Douglas Police Department took a report of a missing purse which has happened while the lady was shopping at the Douglas Wal-Mart.
The victim reported to police that she had been shopping at the store at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon and that she may have forgotten or left her purse in the shopping cart.
Duarte said the female described her purse to police and reported that her purse contained all her identification, credit cards and some currency.
Douglas Police Officers conducted follow up investigations at the store and the officer was able to identify the suspect Mr. Ernesto G. Espino, 57, a Wal-Mart employee, who had an address in Agua Prieta Mexico.
Duarte said dDuring the investigation, it was determined that the victim had left the purse in the store shopping cart in the parking lot. Espino, who was picking up store shopping carts in the parking lot, was given the purse by another customer who had found it, but rather than turning in the purse to customer service, he placed the purse in his own personal vehicle.
Douglas Police Officers were informed by Wal-Mart management that Espino was still on duty and was called to meet with police. Officers met with Espino, where he was taken into custody without incident and officers were able to recover the missing purse without any property being reported as missing.
Espino was charged with one count of theft, a class one misdemeanor. He was cited and released at the scene.
source- Douglas Dispatch
 Ernesto G. Espino File photo |
The victim reported to police that she had been shopping at the store at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon and that she may have forgotten or left her purse in the shopping cart.
Duarte said the female described her purse to police and reported that her purse contained all her identification, credit cards and some currency.
Douglas Police Officers conducted follow up investigations at the store and the officer was able to identify the suspect Mr. Ernesto G. Espino, 57, a Wal-Mart employee, who had an address in Agua Prieta Mexico.
Duarte said dDuring the investigation, it was determined that the victim had left the purse in the store shopping cart in the parking lot. Espino, who was picking up store shopping carts in the parking lot, was given the purse by another customer who had found it, but rather than turning in the purse to customer service, he placed the purse in his own personal vehicle.
Douglas Police Officers were informed by Wal-Mart management that Espino was still on duty and was called to meet with police. Officers met with Espino, where he was taken into custody without incident and officers were able to recover the missing purse without any property being reported as missing.
Espino was charged with one count of theft, a class one misdemeanor. He was cited and released at the scene.
source- Douglas Dispatch