12/13/12 - A Howell teen was found committing retail fraud in an unusual way earlier this month. Police reports indicate that the 17-year-old was returning items for cash at the Genoa Township Wal-Mart. The problem was that he had never purchased them in the first place. Police say on December 3rd the teen found receipts thrown on the ground, then entered the store and picked up the items listed on the receipts. He would then take them to the customer service counter to exchange them for cash. The report says the store began noticing something was wrong at a later date when the teen tried to return prepaid cards that had not been activated. When police approached the teen in the store they found two dirty receipts on his person, which he claimed he had found and was planning to throw away. According to the report, the teen told police he was stealing from the store because he had recently lost his job. (TD)
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