A Walmart worker has been accused of stealing a whopping $200,000 from its store in New Jersey and has since been charged with second-degree theft as she faces up to 10 years in prison for the crime. Megan B. Tuttle, 39, was arrested last week by police, who believe she had stolen money on 15 different occasions from the Walmart store where she worked, with the sum amassing to $198,899, prosecutor Jim Pfeiffer said in a press release.
Law enforcement officers were called after an employee had noticed “large sums of cash” going missing on various dates at Walmart’s Mansfield Township location. And it appeared as if Tuttle wasn’t even trying all that hard in making sure she wouldn’t get caught because CCTV footage reportedly spotted her several times as she pocketed a generous amount of cash while sealing bank deposits for the company.
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According to the court documents, she “admitted to taking the cash from the bank deposits on various occasions, and to taking several thousand dollars during those occasions.” She has since been released on pretrial monitoring while a court date has yet to be set, Pfeiffer continued, stressing that if she’s found guilty, Tuttle could find herself behind bars for up to 10 years.
There’s no denying that a heap of crimes has taken place in and outside of Walmart stores in recent months, including a man who was arrested in connection to the killing of Casey Lewis in Arkansas earlier this month.
Anthony J. Perez became a person of interest who cops say has more information about the tragic shooting that took place in the parking lot of a Walmart store in the evening hours on a Sunday. Lewis died from the gunshot wound, with onlookers who were present at the scene saying they saw a man — who looked like Perez — fleeing the scene after the incident.
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Prosecutors have since handed Perez his charges, having also accused him of cutting off his community correction GPS ankle tracker, which was a clear violation of the judge’s orders in regard to a previous case he had been in court for. He was also charged with being a habitual offender for the previous convictions he has faced, including battery, possession of meth, and fraud.