Williams v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of theft by taking of assorted clothing of a value in excess of $500. OCGA § 16-8-2.

Bowen, the security manager for a department store in the Albany Mall, believed that “internal theft” was occurring within the store. One morning he saw employee Dollarson remove a lamp shade from a cardboard box and replace the shade with women’s clothing. He saw Dollarson take the box, which weighed 50 to 60 pounds, on a hand truck to the freight elevator and conceal it with other boxes. Bowen kept the area under surveillance and notified another security…