Burnsville Woman Arrested for Lifting Over $1K in Merchandise from Employer

Andrea Beatrice Wright, 46, has been accused of stealing over a grand's worth of goods from the Burnsville retail store where she worked, including a $400 laptop.

  A Burnsville woman faces a felony theft charge after she allegedly went on an illicit shopping spree at her own workplace, a local retail store. Andrea Beatrice Wright, 46, has been charged with felony theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $10,000 fine. On Feb. 7, the Burnsville Police Department was called to a retail store on report of an employee theft. When officers arrived they spoke to loss prevention employees, who reported that Wright had been stealing store merchandise since early January 2013. Loss prevention provided surveillance showing her stealing on five different occasions between Jan. 6 to Jan. 29. Loss prevention also allegedly caught a suspicious transaction between Wright and her husband …

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