ST. THOMAS — Police on Wednesday arrested a female Home Depot employee after the manager of the department this employee worked in allegedly caught her allowing someone she knows to leave the store with items without paying for them, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Friday.
Mr. Dratte said the V.I.P.D.’s Criminal Investigation Unit was dispatched on Wednesday to Home Depot in St. Thomas, and met with the store’s loss prevention manager in reference to an embezzlement incident.
The loss prevention manager told police that the employee, 26-year-old Tasanique Murrel, had voided several items on more than one occasion for a particular customer, and allowed this customer to leave the store with the unpaid items.
Ms. Murrel was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending her advise-of-rights hearing, after failing to make bail of $75,000.
The V.I.P.D. is asking anyone with knowledge of similar crimes to contact the force at (340)774-2211, or the Criminal Investigation Bureau (340)714-9800. You may also contact Crime Stoppers USVI here.
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