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Police: Pa. man nabbed in toilet theft scheme
Man held on $30,000 bail
Updated: Thursday, 06 Sep 2012, 8:09 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 06 Sep 2012, 8:09 AM EDT
WINDBER, Pa. (AP) — Police say a western Pennsylvania man's toilet theft scam didn't end with a clean getaway.
Thirty-two-year-old Bobby Clifford Smith III faces theft and related charges for allegedly exchanging a toilet he didn't buy for gift cards at a Somerset County home improvement store.
State police say Smith, of Windber, entered the store on Aug. 28, grabbed a toilet from a shelf and immediately went to the return line to exchange it for more than $600 in gift cards.
Investigators say surveillance footage from the store captured the entire episode.
The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat reports Smith was arraigned Tuesday and held on $30,000 bail. Court records don't list an attorney for him.
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Information from: The Tribune-Democrat, http://www.tribune-democrat.com
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