A suspected thief who hid inside a north Houston Home Depot until closing allegedly walked out with roughly $23,716 in merchandise, and deputies are now asking the public to help track him down.
The incident unfolded Sunday at the Home Depot on the 20100 block of the North Freeway, where investigators say the suspect stayed in the store after it closed, gathered up goods and slipped out through a fire door. Witnesses and deputies report he then took off in a blue Nissan Altima with Texas license plate VMD-1439. No arrests have been announced and the case remains under active investigation…