24-year-old Andrew Burnside was charged with theft of property after switching his old shoes for a new pair of Nike at Kohls on Germantown Parkway. Andrew was caught because he purchased additional items using a check and state identification.
On February 15th, Kohl’s Loss Prevention employee E. Turner positively identified Andrew Burnside as the suspect in a February 8th report of theft. Andrew is accused of entering the store located at 2335 North Germantown Parkway and taking $65 Nike shoes without paying for them. The affidavit states that Andrew simply switched his old shoes with a pair of new ones.
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An associate confronted Andrew at check out while purchasing other items. He denied the used shoes were his and left the vicinity. Andrew Burnside paid for the additional items with a check, which demands identification confirmation, that ID was used to locate him. Ultimately he was selected by a witness from a line-up and a warrant was issued on February 26th.
On March 14th, Andrew Burnside was arrested for theft of property conduct involving merchandise $1,000 or less. On March 16th, he was sentenced to one day in jail and given credit for time served.
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