By Simone Jasper
The Charlotte Observer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A person tried to get a reward for returning stolen furniture — then ended up behind bars, North Carolina officers mentioned.
Deputies mentioned furniture went lacking from a Charlotte-area enterprise earlier than it acquired a name out of the blue. The 59-year-old on the road reportedly mentioned he had the stolen objects and requested if there was a reward to convey them again.
The caller then drove to “the local business with the stolen furniture seeking his reward,” the Union County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Dec. 30 news launch.
But as an alternative of cashing in, the person was “‘rewarded’ by detectives with a set of handcuffs after he was identified as the suspect who initially stole the furniture,” deputies wrote.
The man was charged with felony larceny after officers mentioned he was caught on digital camera stealing greater than $1,500 value of things in August. The furniture was reported lacking from a enterprise in Hemby Bridge, roughly 15 miles southeast of uptown Charlotte.
“The criminal mastermind behind this theft donned his next-level cat burglar attire which consisted of a pair of crew socks on his hands and a T-shirt tied around his face,” officers wrote.
The man accused of committing the crime was taken to the Union County jail and later launched. He is scheduled to seem in court docket on Jan. 9, on-line information present.
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