A suspect has been tracked down in a 2024 attempted theft at a Walmart store in The Villages.
Carlos Markee Tillman, 42, of Ocala, was arrested this past week on a warrant charging him with theft.
He and a woman entered the Walmart at Buffalo Ridge Plaza in The Villages on Nov. 6, 2024 and loaded shopping carts with nearly $1,000 in merchandise, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. They attempted to leave the store without paying for the merchandise. When they were confronted by store personnel, they ditched the shopping carts and fled in a black sedan.
While reviewing surveillance footage, a loss prevention officer checked the Walmart database and found that the black sedan had been used in a theft on Sept. 14, 2024 in Marion County. Tillman was identified as a suspect in the theft at the Walmart in The Villages…