Edina Police Catch Thief Using Bait Package With Tracker
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in Edina caught a package thief with the help of a dummy parcel with a tracker hidden in it.
According to Edina Police, 36-year-old Raymone Montel Hester was arrested around 4:15 a.m. Saturday after allegedly stealing a package from a home on the 4300 block of Brook Avenue.
Police planted the package, which was disguised to look like a laptop box, and hid a GPS tracker inside.
When the package began to move, police received an alert. They stopped Hester and found more packages in his vehicle.
Evil Grinch stealing packages, steals @EdinaPolice bait package. Arrested. #GrinchGoesToJail #EdinaCrimeFund pic.twitter.com/nlEb4rXQjD
— Edina Police Dept (@EdinaPolice) December 16, 2017
According to police, Hester is charged with possession of stolen property. He is being held in the Hennepin County Jail.