Dalton police looking for suspect in Kmart TV theft

Suspect in Kmart TV theft.
Suspect in Kmart TV theft.
photo Suspect in Kmart TV theft.
photo Suspect in Kmart TV theft.

Dalton police are asking for the public's help identifying a man suspected of stealing TVs from a Kmart store on Glenwood Avenue.

Police said the man stole a 43-inch Samsung television from the store on March 8, and investigators believe he is the same man who stole two others from the store in February, according to a news release from the Dalton Police Department.

On March 8, the suspect was recorded loading a TV into a shopping cart along with other items. The suspect, a black male wearing dark jeans and a black shirt over a white T-shirt with white sneakers, then pushed the cart out of the store. Employees realized the television was missing the next day while performing an inventory check. When they searched surveillance video, they found a recording of the theft.

The store also reported the theft of two TVs last month. On Feb. 20, a black man wearing a black hoodie and black jeans with white shoes stole a 40-inch Samsung TV and a 48-inch Samsung TV by pushing them out of the store through the garden center area. Investigators believe the suspect in those thefts is the same man from the March 8 incident.

Loss prevention staff at the store told an investigating officer that those thefts were the fifth and sixth thefts of TVs from the store in recent months.

Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call Officer John Gurrieri at 706-278-9085, dial 9, and enter extension 242. He can also be reached by email atjgurrieri@cityofdalton-ga.gov.

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