Seymour Police have charged Kenneth Fambrough, 28, of Louisville, KY with four counts of organized retail theft after he was apprehended Wednesday, March 26, after walking out of the Seymour Home Depot with Milwaukee® Packout tool boxes— large portable wheeled lockable plastic boxes contractors us to store and transport tools.
According to Police Corporal Adam Surface, Fambrough had committed similar thefts from the store four times since late February.
According to the probable cause affidavit, he would pay a driver $30-$50 to drive him from Louisville to the Seymour Home Depot Store. Then he would enter the store, go to the tool area, pickup the items he wanted to steal and exit the store then head to the awaiting car and driver.
Fambrough told authorities that the tool boxs sell retail for around $500 and he sells the purloined merchandise for $300-$400.
According to the court document, Fambrough acknowledged stealing from the Seymour store on Feb. 24, 28, Mar. 7 & 26.
Fambrough told authorities that he stole from Home Depot because he needed money to pay for his daughter and to pay bills, the PCA read.
Fambough was booked in to Jackson County Jail at 3:01 p.m. and faces four felony counts of organized retail theft.
Jackson Circuit Court Judge Richard Poynter set his bond at $1,500 cash only.