Suspected retail fraud at hardware store garden center, Dearborn MI
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TheftAccording to the dispatch call, a report of suspected retail fraud was made at a hardware store near Mercury Drive, Dearborn, Michigan. A white male wearing a tan coat was seen holding tools near the garden center. After police checked, the individual was found to have no merchandise and left the store area with nothing taken.
Audio|Heard on: Dearborn Police and Fire
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03:33
Transcript:
00:00
Home Depot, near Michigan Ave.
00:03
Some kind of retail fraud occurring, white male, tan coat,
00:06
can be near the gardening area.
00:13
How is 91? 86 to the back.
00:17
36. Hey, too,
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radio. You can tell me that I'm nearby.
00:29
of high-faid trafficking some of that.
00:32
Okay.
00:38
I'm pulling in a lot of phone people right now.
00:40
It's just a male with white jacket.
00:43
A white male tan jacket headed toward the garden center with two Milwaukee tools.
00:54
That's the reason they're a jacket.
00:58
A121.
01:04
1132. We're trying to figure out the retail fraud aspect as the caller's not concealing, just walking around with the eye.
01:11
A.D. is out checking.
01:13
132.
01:16
All right, Mark, units, get to the side so he doesn't see you, so we can come out.
01:20
We've got two under cover units that are here watching.
01:29
648 radio clear last in CAD
01:33
Well, I'm 32
01:39
There's a white male with a tan jacket that was up out of the garden center He just had something down and turned around and he's back in the garden center now Chuck
01:54
It looks like he was just walking west, past way back towards the main building.
02:01
Our callers indicating he's walking towards the mobile, out of the store already with nothing on him.
02:05
No tools.
02:22
525A with West Main traffic.
02:29
That's therefore it's been handled.
02:30
I'll be clicking.
02:33
Go ahead.
02:35
Okay.
02:36
Is it just confirmed he said he has no merchandise, huh?
02:40
Hey for him, no merchandise.
02:42
Okay, we're clear that.
02:45
1134.
02:47
It's going to be Edward David.
02:50
Edward 7460.
02:54
I'm sorry.
02:57
Edward David,
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Edward, 7460, 17460.
03:01
I'm going to be at Palmer and Henneroff.
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1134.
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8.4. See the caller.
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Don't wear anything in the garden center.
03:22
Before, did you copy to see the caller?
03:28
Hey Fram, I'm here in the garage center, there's nobody here.
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I'm going to call back, tell Mimi.
03:33
Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Mercury Dr, Dearborn, MI 48126
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