A 32-year-old Kent man reportedly figured he had sneaky way to steal items from a Kent Safeway store that involved buying a banana.
King County prosecutors charged Nathaniel Thomas Hambly on July 1 with second-degree organized theft, which allegedly included three separate thefts with the same modus operandi at the store, according to charging documents.
Hambly reportedly walked into a Safeway, 20830 108th Ave. SE in Panther Lake, went to the produce section and picked up a banana. He then went to the beauty and cosmetic section where he hid boxes of Olay or L’Oreal products inside his clothing or in a small backpack…