FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County deputies are looking for an out-of-state shoplifting crew accused of targeting Walmart stores in the metro area.
"The two that we have on video would push the carts through Walmart, and they went shopping and at one point they just walked the carts to the emergency exit and left," said Forsyth County Sheriff’s Deputy Doug Rainwater.
The scheme worked earlier at a Gainesville Walmart, but when the 3-man crew hit a store in Cumming, loss prevention spotted them and called 911.
Forsyth detectives caught up with them and they tossed merchandise from their moving car. But then they bailed leaving $6,000 of merchandise in their vehicle.
Deputies say the driver hopped a fence and fell down a ravine, breaking bones on the landing. He’s in the hospital.
The other two, identified as 26-year old Frankie Hampton and 23-year-old Derrick Davis, are believed to be back in their hometown in South Carolina.
"We have identified the other occupants of the car and that's who we're looking for now," Rainwater said.
Deputies say they're glad they've slowed if not stopped this shoplifting ring that appears to have been spread all across north Georgia.
“We have learned that they had programmed in the GPS system 15 different Walmarts in North Georgia," Rainwater said.
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