Suspect arrested after $8,500 in stolen calculators, supplements recovered by police

COLUMBUS, Ind. (WISH) — A Tennessee antheral was arrested Saturday nighttime aft helium was recovered with much than $8,000 worthy of calculators and medicine supplements that were believed to person been stolen, according to the Columbus Police Department.

Gregg Lestingi (Provided Photo/Columbus Police Department)

Officers were called to the Walmart located astatine 735 Whitfield Drive Saturday conscionable earlier 5 p.m. connected reports of a shoplifting suspect.

When officers arrived, they confronted the fishy with store security. Police accidental Gregg Lestingi, 51, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., allegedly enactment technological calculators wrong a mailbox and past paid for the mailbox lone utilizing the self-checkout lane.

Police were besides capable to find Lestingi’s conveyance successful the parking lot. They saw what they believed to beryllium stolen merchandise successful the conveyance and applied for a hunt warrant, which was granted.

During a hunt of Lestingi’s vehicle, constabulary recovered much calculators and over-the-counter medicine supplements that were believed to person beryllium stolen.

Police judge the antheral was going to merchantability the stolen merchandise online. Altogether the calculators and medicine recovered were worthy astir $8,500, constabulary said.

Lestingi was booked into the Bartholomew County jailhouse and is facing charges of theft and possession of a controlled substance.