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Donte Griffin, 39 of Detroit, is accused of burglary added than $60,000 account of commodity while alive at Home Depot.(Photo: Courtesy of the Livonia Badge Department)
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Livonia badge accept arrested a man they say may accept embezzled added than $60,000 over the accomplished few months from his home advance abundance employer.
Donte Griffin, 39, of Detroit was arrested and answerable with several bent counts afterwards his adolescent advisers apparent affirmation he had baseborn accoutrement and added commodity from Home Depot, 13500 Middlebelt, area he was employed.
Police say Griffin, a attic accessory at the store, began demography items from the abundance as aboriginal as June. It's believed he would baddest several items, including ability accoutrement and added accessories for auction at the store, and afterwards abode them into a ample account for auction and buy that account with the accoutrement central it.
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Police say assembly noticed their account numbers were off in October and began reviewing aegis tape. Badge say Griffin was apparent purchasing items such as debris cans and roof turbines in the store, admitting advisers said the seals on those items looked tampered with. Footage afterwards showed him removing accoutrement in his car that were not paid for from the containers that were purchased.
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Other abundance assembly became apprehensive and afterwards contacted police.
"They see that pattern," Capt. Robert Nenciarini of the Livonia Badge Department said, "so they get a authority of us."
["626.62"]It's believed about $60,000 account of commodity was taken from the store, badge said.
Griffin was arrested aural the aftermost anniversary by badge and was answerable with two bent counts: one calculation of abstraction of added than $1,000 but beneath than $20,000 and one calculation of receiving/concealing baseborn acreage added than $1,000 but beneath than $20,000. If convicted, he faces up to bristles years in prison.
He was arraigned aftermost weekend on the accuse and accustomed a $1,000 banknote or aggressiveness band and is barred from Home Depot food as a action of bond. He'll acknowledgment to cloister Monday for a apparent account appointment and a basic assay Nov. 30. Both hearings will booty abode in Livonia's 16th District Court.
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