COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Two convicted felons are behind bars after deputies stated they stole a whole bunch price of tequila from a Florida Costco.
The Collier County Sheriff’s Workplace stated retailer surveillance video footage from Might 1 confirmed 28-year-old Courtney Gerell Bryant and 40-year-old Nikita Lynn Hicks concealing eight bottles of Don Julio and Silver Patron tequila valued at $547.92.
Investigators stated the pair fled in a silver Chevy Malibu.
On Tuesday night, deputies stated they performed a site visitors cease on a silver Malibu.
Hicks, the motive force, had an energetic warrant from Polk County. Her passenger, Bryant, was seen carrying the identical garments seen within the Costco footage, in keeping with deputies. Each had been taken into custody.
The sheriff’s workplace stated Hicks was charged with the Polk warrant, felony petty theft for the Costco theft and a traffic-related offense that result in the site visitors cease. Bryant was charged with violating state probation and felony petty theft for the Costco theft.
Contained in the car, detectives stated they discovered a big amount of suspected stolen merchandise, together with liquor, private hygiene merchandise and clothes, many with anti-theft units nonetheless connected.
Investigators stated extra fees are anticipated as they decide whether or not the pair is tied to related thefts in Collier County. They’re additionally suspected of a number of retail thefts all through Southwest Florida.
