GameStop PS3 robbery was fake
Last Friday I reported on the story that a GameStop in California was robbed of four PS3s and Xbox 360s, but today comes a twist in the story. Here’s the article, but you need to be a subscriber to view it, so here’s a copy of it:
Two employees are facing criminal charges following the reported theft of four coveted PlayStation 3 game consoles last week from an Elk Grove business, police said Wednesday.
Tauryn Robert Hodge and Gerald Anthony Keys, both 19, were arrested Tuesday on charges of suspected embezzlement, burglary and conspiracy. Hodge is facing an additional charge of filing a false police report. Both were employees of the GameStop on Laguna Boulevard.
On Nov. 16, a day before the consoles were to go on sale, Elk Grove police received a report from Hodge that masked gunmen had robbed his store.
“It was Hodge who initially called the Elk Grove police,” Officer Christopher Trim said.
“There are things we are continuing to investigate,” Trim said. “There may or may not be additional parties involved. We still haven’t recovered the merchandise.”
Police were tight-lipped about how they discovered that the robbery report was bogus.
“Our detectives were able to gather information that wasn’t consistent with a robbery,” Trim said. “They felt there was more to the investigation than meets the eye.”
November 24th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Oooh sneaky.
November 25th, 2006 at 11:50 am
I can’t believe I didn’t think of that brilliant idea first. Damnit. I’ll do it for PS4 launch.
November 28th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
I used to work at a GameStop - but I’ve witnessed other employees embezzling and stealing from the store. They were never caught, so I can see how this would have happened. There is usually a security camera, though, so I don’t know how the kids would have gotten around that….