CLAYTON — What began as a routine Facebook Marketplace transaction over a used washing machine ended with two people in jail and the appliance back where it belonged.
A 30-year-old Clayton woman listed the washer for sale online and agreed to sell it for $100, according to the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office. Because the seller was not home at the time, the transaction was arranged as a porch pickup, with the buyers instructed to leave payment in the mailbox.
When the woman returned home, she found the washing machine gone — but the mailbox empty…