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Sears clerk arrested for swiping nearly $4 million in items

New Jersey police charged one lone Sears clerk for stealing —and then trying to sell —$3.7 million worth of goods from a warehouse, The Daily Mail reported on Monday.

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The publication said Kim Watson, 32, was arrested on Friday and allegedly sold high-end merchandise from the Sears Distribution Center in Logan Township, New Jersey. An investigation found items from bedding to kitchen appliances missing from the warehouse.

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Police believe the merchandise was sold to a network working around the tri-state area. Watson was charged with second degree theft.

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