Employee Charged with Felony Theft for $24K in Merchandise

Police said a Marietta, Georgia, man stole at least $24,000 worth of music equipment while working at a local Guitar Center, reported the Marietta Daily Journal (MDJ). Tyler Tyrone Brown, 18, was arrested at the store on a single felony theft charge by Marietta police November 1, according to his jail records.

Police said Brown had only been working at the store in the Marietta Plaza on Cobb Parkway for two weeks, from October 11-25. The business was a couple of miles from his home in the Stratford Ridge Apartments, MDJ learned through Brown’s records. Brown had been “continuously” taking items home after his shift ended, collectively stealing 41 pieces of equipment worth $24,205, police told MDJ. His jail records show… Marietta Patch

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