ST. CHARLES, Mo. – A Florida couple with no ties to the St. Louis area have been charged with using fake coupons to buy Walmart merchandise at steep discounts and later returning the merchandise for cash refunds.
According to probable cause statements from the St. Peters Police Department, a Walmart asset protection employee contacted police to report a suspect returning stolen items for cash.
Police received reports of similar incidents recently. In one case, a man used fraudulent coupons to buy $458.31 in merchandise for just $3.44. In other cases, the man would be accompanied by a woman. Police reviewed surveillance footage of each incident and developed a description of both suspects…