A man who has allegedly scammed more than $100,000 of merchandise from 50 Wal-Mart locations in Tennessee was reportedly caught in the act in Lookout Valley on Monday.
William TweedellWilliam Tweedell, 26, was arrested shortly before 9 p.m. after loss prevention employees at the Wal-Mart on Cummings Highway told officers the man was inside trying to purchase items with a fraudulent credit card, according to court records.
Employees said Tweedell was known to them as he had been using fraudulent credit cards over the last several months to amass his small fortune. He had tried to purchase several items earlier at the Wal-Mart on Signal Mountain Road, but had not been allowed to complete the transaction.
This time he did finish the purchase of several iPads and gift cards for a total of $6,351.29 but as he was leaving the store an officer stopped and detained him.
A search of the man yielded several Wal-Mart gift cards, an Illinois ID with the name Jonathan Reed and a picture of Tweedell, as well as a credit card with the same name. Neither the name nor the driver’s license number were on file when the officer checked.