Home Depot Employee Arrested For Helping Himself

Alabama Mobile  A Home Depot slogan says "You can do it. We can help." But Mobile police say an employee helped himself to $40000 worth of merchandise.
by Jamie Burch
Published: Wed, June 10, 2009 - 10:38 am CST Last Updated: Wed, June 10, 2009 - 10:50 am CST
Mobile police have arrested a Home Depot employee for stealing $40,000 worth of merchandise from the home improvement store.

According to police, Paul Gwin stole $40,000 worth of merchandise from the store on Schillinger Road over the period of a year. Police found some of the merchandise at Gwin's home and returned it to Home Depot.

Gwin is charged with Theft of Property First Degree.
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Yeah he may only get probation, but his reputation and name in this community is ruined. I do find it a little outragous that he might only get probation though. I mean 40,000 dollars, this day and time that is a lot of money. Here we are working hard night and day just to get by. Although stealing may get you what you want material wise and that point in time but it is not going to fix the problem permanently and will only do more harm than good in the end.

,,,now,,,,that peoples see this man picture posted,,,they will now.. know..who he is for what he done….”“!!!!!

Yeah I agree. Hopefully that was not all for him. I am sure he brought the stuff home and some of his friends or family was like, “Dude get me one of those!”, I would not be surprised if he sold some of it and got the cash for it. I mean you can only have so many home improvement tools, unless he was planning on going into the home improvement business, which I doubt.

....yeah….heard that,,,that why,,i only go to Lowe’s,, out here in Tillmans corner,,,i feel safe and don’t feel like i’m getting riped off..!!!...lol

Oh yeah i just looked on the jail website he has already been realeased and his bail was only $7500 so his friends and family got him out for $750 he will never get more than probation.

If his family and friends wasn’t in on it too…when you are stealing that much stuff it doesn’t seem like it is just for you.

I always knew that Home Depot was referred to as the “man mall”, but I did not think it was an addiction. This sounds a little more like a kleptomaniac.

How embarassing having your picture posted on the internet for theft!!! Now all his family and friends will see this.

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