Crime & Safety

Walgreens Employee Falls Victim to Petty Theft

A Walgreens employee reported that someone stole her keys. Security footage revealed that someone also stole a soda from the store.

A La Crescenta employee reported that someone stole her six keys, including her Volvo car key and USB flash drive, when she left it on a cosmetic counter, according to a report from the . 

The employee was preparing the store for the end of her shift when the petty theft happened, about 4:35 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29 at 3001 Foothill Boulevard, sheriff's officials said.  

She placed her six keys on a key ring under a display, on top of a counter, walked away and returned to find the keys missing, according to the report. The employee told her manager the keys were gone. 

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The store had video of someone entering the store, taking a soft drink from aisle eight, walking to aisle one and taking the keys before strolling out the front door, according to sheriff's deputies. 

The suspect is described as a man in his 30s or 40s with brown hair, about 6 feet tall, weighing about 250 pounds. 

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