Islamorada – A woman who works in the Islamorada United
Parcel Service warehouse was arrested yesterday after detectives found she was
diverting customer packages for her own benefit.
On December 10th, the manager of the warehouse
called the Sheriff’s Office because he discovered an Apple Ipad and Iphone missing.
He said both items arrived at the warehouse and were placed on a truck for
delivery. They were then returned to the warehouse and never delivered. They
subsequently went missing and could not be found. He told the detectives he
suspected he had an employee who was stealing the items.
As detectives were setting up an undercover operation to
catch the thief, another employee told his supervisor he saw employee Shuwana
Horne open a package meant for a customer. There were cookies inside, which she
then shared with staff at the warehouse, telling them she’d purchased the
cookies earlier in the day. The supervisor found the cookie box in a trash can,
empty. Further investigation revealed the suspect had changed the package’s
delivery status to “receiver moved, not delivered/returned to shipper” in the
UPS computer system.
Detectives went to Horne’s residence, where they confronted
her. She admitted to opening the package of cookies and also admitted to
stealing the Ipad which she said she sold to someone at the Collier County
Casino for $250.00. She denied any involvement in stealing the Iphone.
Horne was arrested. She was charged with Grand theft, theft
and one count of Offenses against Intellectual Property (For reference, this is
FL Statute 815.04(1)).
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