UPDATE: FBI NOTIFIED — FOURTH Bulk Cell Phone Purchase at Mid-Missouri Walmart
The FBI was alerted after a large quantity of cell phones was purchased at several mid-Missouri Walmarts in the last week.
Early Saturday morning two “foreign speaking” men set off alarms after they entered the local Walmart store in Lebanon, Missouri and purchased 60 cellphones. The purchase was made around 4 AM in the morning. Police were called but released the men saying they didn’t have a legal reason to detain them.
The Macon County Sheriff’s office is investigating a second suspicious purchase of dozens of cellphones at the Columbia Walmart on Conley Road.
A third suspicious purchase was made at a Walmart in Macon, Missouri.
Today a fourth Walmart in Jefferson City in mid-Missouri reported another bulk cell phone purchase.
JCPD says it received a call about another incident of a suspect/suspects buying several cell phones from a Walmart in SE Jefferson City.
— KOMU 8 News (@KOMUnews) December 10, 2015
JCPD says this incident is similar to those in Columbia, Lebanon and Macon in the last few days.
— KOMU 8 News (@KOMUnews) December 10, 2015
