- Two Savannah, Georgia residents were arrested in connection with a series of organized retail thefts.
- The arrests followed a joint investigation between the Hardeeville Police Department and the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.
- Police apprehended the suspects on Nov. 4 while they were allegedly committing an offense.
The Hardeeville Police Department has made two shoplifting arrests following an investigation into a series of “suspected organized retail thefts” in the Hardeeville area and throughout the Beaufort County area and then made drug possession charges as well.
On Nov. 4, the HPD announced the arrests of Michael A. Telfair Jr. and Elexis Gordon, both of Savannah, Georgia.
The release stated that beginning in October HPD detectives began investigating a pattern of suspected organized retail thefts involving suspects believed to be responsible for multiple similar incidents in other areas…