Duluth, Georgia – A suburban teenager from Atlanta was arrested on charges of defrauding a supermarket where he worked for almost 1 million dollars for a period of two weeks. The Atlanta Journal of the Constitution reports that 19-year-old Tre Brown was arrested Thursday by detectives in Gwinnett County on charges of theft.
He was released on $ 11,200 bail.
Corporal Collin Flynn, a Gwinnett County police spokesman, said Brown stole more than $ 980,000 over two weeks in December and January, making more than 40 returns for non-existent items.
The cash in return, valued at between $ 75 and over $ 87,000, was placed on credit cards, investigators said.
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Police said Brown used the stolen money to buy two cars, clothes, weapons and shoes. Prior to the arrest, the teenager allegedly totaled one of the cars, a Chevrolet Camaro, Flynn said.
The investigation began after Kroger’s corporate employees in Cincinnati noticed the transactions.
Police said Brown stole the money while an employee reporting fraudulent transactions was on vacation.
A “large sum of money” was returned to Kroger after his arrest, but it was unclear on Thursday how much he had recovered.