Glendale police say a 49-year-old man turned a neighborhood Walmart into his own cut-rate shopping operation, walking off with more than $1,000 in merchandise over roughly three months before an off-duty officer finally stepped in.
Officers arrested Harold Carlson on March 25 after an off-duty Glendale police officer, who was inside the store near 55th Avenue and Northern Avenue, detained him during an alleged theft, according to authorities.
Alleged barcode swap at self checkout
Investigators identified Carlson as the suspect and say he repeatedly used cheap noodle cup barcodes to trick the self checkout system into ringing up expensive items for pocket change. According to FOX 10 Phoenix, police allege he slapped a noodle cup barcode on a…..