Target worker caught stealing from cash registers — over $13K in a month, CT cops say

A Target employee turned himself in after he was caught stealing thousands of dollars from store cash registers in Connecticut, authorities said.

The worker stole about $13,500 in cash from Target between December and January, an investigation revealed, according to an April 5 news release from the South Windsor Police Department. The location of the store he worked at wasn’t specified.

The man, 23, of East Hartford, was arrested on a charge of second-degree larceny on April 5, police said.

He turned himself in to police headquarters where he was processed and released on a $15,000 bond, according to authorities.

He’s due in Manchester Superior court on April 19, the release said.

Other instances of store employees stealing cash from where they worked have made headlines over the past several months.

In Illinois, a Walmart night manager stole $135,988 in cash from a store in Joliet and left her shift with the stolen money in a shopping bag in late November, McClatchy News previously reported. The employee was arrested months later on March 7.

In New Jersey, Walmart discovered an employee stole nearly $200,000 in cash at least 15 separate times from the store in Mansfield Township and was arrested in September, McClatchy News previously reported.

This story was originally published April 5, 2023 at 8:50 AM with the headline "Target worker caught stealing from cash registers — over $13K in a month, CT cops say."

Julia Marnin

McClatchy DC

Julia Marnin covers courts for McClatchy News, writing about criminal and civil affairs, including cases involving policing, corrections, civil liberties, fraud, and abuses of power. As a reporter on McClatchy’s National Real-Time Team, she’s also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and a variety of other topics since joining in 2021, following a fellowship with Newsweek. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, she was raised in South Jersey and is now based in New York State.