ANNA, Texas — A Louisiana man has been arrested in connection with a series of retail thefts at Home Depot stores in Anna, Texas, and other locations, according to the Anna Police Department. Fredrick Lee Jones was taken into custody on Friday after a collaborative investigation identified him as the suspect responsible for several organized retail theft incidents.
Jones is believed to have targeted the same store locations repeatedly between June and October 2025. Officers learned he was operating a 2017 black Dodge Durango with Louisiana license plates, which was entered into the Flock Safety system to assist in locating him. On October 24, 2025, a Flock hit alerted officers to the vehicle’s presence in the Anna area. The vehicle was found in a Walmart parking lot, where Jones was later apprehended without incident after obscuring the license plate in an attempt to avoid detection.The arrest was facilitated by the department’s drone unit, which maintained visual…..