Elkhart Man Accused Of Swapping UPC Labels In Scheme To Get More Expensive Merchandise
December 27, 2018 at 7:06 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Kory John Jackson, 46, Elkhart, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 7:29 p.m. Wednesday for making a false sales document. His preliminary bond was set at $5,000 surety and $1,000 cash.
Court documents filed Oct. 4 list the charges against him as two counts of making a false sales document, level 6 felonies, and two counts of theft, Class A misdemeanors.
On Sept. 15, Warsaw Police officer Jeff Ticknor responded to a theft complaint at Walmart. He talked to the asset protection employee. She said that on Aug. 18 she saw a man – later identified as Jackson – enter Walmart, walk to the sporting goods department, remove the UPC label from a $49.97 bow and place it in his pocket. He then selected a $448 bow, took it to the self-checkout aisle, scanned the UPC label from the $49.97 bow and walked out of the store with the $448 bow.
Video surveillance dated Aug. 31 showed Jackson using the same maneuver with a $318 bow and using the same UPC label he used on Aug. 18. Jackson then left the building with the bow, court documents state.
Kory John Jackson, 46, Elkhart, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 7:29 p.m. Wednesday for making a false sales document. His preliminary bond was set at $5,000 surety and $1,000 cash.
Court documents filed Oct. 4 list the charges against him as two counts of making a false sales document, level 6 felonies, and two counts of theft, Class A misdemeanors.
On Sept. 15, Warsaw Police officer Jeff Ticknor responded to a theft complaint at Walmart. He talked to the asset protection employee. She said that on Aug. 18 she saw a man – later identified as Jackson – enter Walmart, walk to the sporting goods department, remove the UPC label from a $49.97 bow and place it in his pocket. He then selected a $448 bow, took it to the self-checkout aisle, scanned the UPC label from the $49.97 bow and walked out of the store with the $448 bow.
Video surveillance dated Aug. 31 showed Jackson using the same maneuver with a $318 bow and using the same UPC label he used on Aug. 18. Jackson then left the building with the bow, court documents state.
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