FISHERS, Ind. — A 33-year-old Wisconsin man, Frank Covington, was apprehended in Fishers, Indiana, following a string of thefts that amounted to over $90,000 worth of calculators stolen from Target stores across Indiana and several other states. The arrest came after an alleged theft in progress at a local Fishers Target store.
Fishers Police Department officers responded to a call just before 10 a.m. on Sunday at the Target store on Commercial Drive, where Covington was reportedly stealing calculators. Upon arrival, officers intercepted a vehicle matching the suspect’s description, driven by Covington, near I-69.
During the apprehension, officers discovered a magnetic device typically used in retail thefts in Covington’s possession. Inside his vehicle, they found:
– 23 Texas Instrument TI-84 Plus CE calculators
– 2 Texas Instrument TI-84 Plus calculators
– 1 Texas Instrument TI-Nspire CX 2 calculator
– A significant quantity of unused Target bags
– A stack of cards with Target aisle numbers listed
– A receipt from a Target store in West Milwaukee