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Visalia CA Jan 26 2010 A woman police said embezzled money from a home improvement store in northeast Tulare for about a month was arrested Friday morning.
Sharlett Villareal, 37, was taken into custody on suspicion of grand theft. She was booked into the Tulare County Main Jail.
Police said officers responded to Lowe’s of Tulare, 1145 East Prosperity Ave., for reports of embezzling.
Sharlett Villareal, 37, was taken into custody on suspicion of grand theft. She was booked into the Tulare County Main Jail.
Police said officers responded to Lowe’s of Tulare, 1145 East Prosperity Ave., for reports of embezzling.
Officers learned the store’s security officers had been monitoring an employee, later identified as Villareal, on suspicion of internal theft.
Tulare Police Sgt. Darron Altermatt said the store’s security officers reported the employee had marked refunding returned items when there weren’t any and keeping the money.
Altermatt said such instance had going on for about a month, from Dec. 20 to Jan. 18, totaling $1,300.
The arrest was recorded at 10:46 a.m. Friday.
Tulare Police Sgt. Darron Altermatt said the store’s security officers reported the employee had marked refunding returned items when there weren’t any and keeping the money.
Altermatt said such instance had going on for about a month, from Dec. 20 to Jan. 18, totaling $1,300.
The arrest was recorded at 10:46 a.m. Friday.
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