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Ptah

(33,891 posts)
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:13 PM Friday

How do you shoplift a refrigerator?

Tucson Police says that’s just part of the big items a man stole

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — How in the world can you shoplift a refrigerator? Tucson Police say they busted a man who took big—-and big ticket—items like that and much more.

Usually when you think of a shoplifter you think of someone who’d take a small, high value item, slip it into a pocket and slip away. But Tucson Police say they busted a guy who was thinking big, really big. He’d go to Big Box stores like Home Depot or Lowes and walk out with things as big as a refrigerator. That’s right, a refrigerator.

Tucson Police say starting in February, 48 year old Mario Berjerano made about a hundred trips to Home Depot and Lowe’s, cruised the aisles and picked out all sorts of large items.

Once police arrested him they say they found loads of stolen building materials, power tools, a toilet and yes, a refrigerator.

https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/how-do-you-shoplift-a-refrigerator
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How do you shoplift a refrigerator? (Original Post) Ptah Friday OP
They should hire him as a security consultant..he knows all the tricks of the trade Deuxcents Friday #1
I just thought he had big hips. marble falls Friday #2
Johnny Cash had it figured out 50 years ago. rsdsharp Friday #3
I once read about a woman who tried to heist a frozen turkey... 3catwoman3 Friday #4
I have said many times Kali Friday #5
And a clipboard! Mopar151 Saturday #6
Oh yeah Kali Saturday #7
Where I grew up this guy would be called a rookie. twodogsbarking Saturday #8
His nickname is "Huevos Grandes." Ilsa Saturday #9

rsdsharp

(11,224 posts)
3. Johnny Cash had it figured out 50 years ago.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:54 PM
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3catwoman3

(27,505 posts)
4. I once read about a woman who tried to heist a frozen turkey...
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:56 PM
Friday

…out of a grocery store by tucking it up her skirt between her legs. That had to be really uncomfortable. Maybe she didn’t get very far.

Kali

(56,362 posts)
5. I have said many times
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:58 PM
Friday

You can get away with all kinds of stuff if you have a safety vest and confidence. LOL

Mopar151

(10,328 posts)
6. And a clipboard!
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 05:25 AM
Saturday

A pickup that looks like a State DOT or Public Works and the right trailer,you can steal almost anything!


twodogsbarking

(15,211 posts)
8. Where I grew up this guy would be called a rookie.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:30 AM
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People steal things. Relatives will steal things.

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