Miami-Dade deputies arrested at least four people over an alleged Bath & Body Works candle scheme after a store audit showed over $100,000 in missing stock.
The case began when an internal audit at the chain’s store in the London Square shopping center “revealed a significant inventory loss,” the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office says, according to WPLG. Authorities say surveillance video from September through Nov. 5 showed Michel Sanchez-Escanelle, 44, of Hialeah, a delivery truck driver hauling stock from a warehouse in Medley to that store, pulling cartons off his runs and putting them into other vehicles.
The BMW Behind the Bakery
At least twice in September, deputies say, the video caught Sanchez-Escanelle meeting Lecsi Linet Figueroa-Martinez, 24, of Hialeah, behind a CAO Bakery & Cafe. Stolen goods allegedly went from the delivery truck into his BMW SUV. Video also allegedly showed the pair behind the Bath & Body Works itself on Nov. 3 and Nov. 5…