Report: Sears clerk steals $3.7 million in merchandise

Hoffman Estates, Ill. –- An inventory clerk at a Sears Holding Corp. distribution center in Logan Township, N.J., has reportedly been arrested for stealing merchandise worth $3.7 million in retail value and selling it for both cash and bartered services to a network of individuals in the tri-state area. According to the New Jersey Star-Ledger, following an investigation by Sears loss prevention officials and local and county police, Kim Watson, 32, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 17.



Authorities said Watson stole items ranging from kitchen appliances to bedding and that the network she sold the goods to knew they were stolen. The net value of the merchandise to Sears was $2.6 million. The investigation is continuing and Watson has been charged with second degree theft and is imprisoned pending $50,000 bail.