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 Detective Charles Merlo, left, escorts Troy and Kerri Neal to be booked at the Bedford County jail Tuesday after the pair were charged with theft from area Wal-Mart stores. The pair allegedly sold the stolen items on eBay, making thousands of dollars. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely) [Click to enlarge] [Order this photo] |
Cooperation between Shelbyville and Tullahoma investigators resulted in the arrest of 31-year-old Troy Neal of Shelbyville and Kerri Neal, 36, of Murfreesboro.
Both have been charged with theft of property over $1,000. Troy remained in the Bedford County jail under $10,000 bond while Kerri was freed under $2,500 bond.
However, Kerri was immediately taken to Coffee County where she posted bond there and she also faces charges in other counties as well. Troy also has charges pending in other jurisdictions.
According to Shelbyville Detective Brian Crews, he was contacted by Detective Ty Brazier of the Tullahoma Police Department, who was investigating the theft of large amounts of Alli weight loss products and Olay make-up from the shelves of Tullahoma's and Manchester's Wal-Mart.
During Brazier's investigation, the Tullahoma detective learned that other area Wal-Marts had also been alleged victims of the Neals, whom he suspected in the thefts.
Crews said the couple's typical method was to go to the Wal-Mart stores between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. to steal the products. First, they allegedly stole the Alli weight-loss products, ripping the bottles out of the packaging, which was left in the aisle of the store.
After receiving Brazier's information, Crews checked the Internet marketplace eBay and narrowed his search to within 10 miles of Shelbyville to see if the couple were selling the stolen products online.
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Expensive weight-loss and make-up items were found by Shelbyville police in the possession of Troy and Kerri Neal, who have been charged with stealing the items from Wal-Mart stores in the area and selling them on eBay. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely) [Order this photo] |
Crews found an eBay user named "sweet-sassy-2" and Detective Charles Merlo also checked MySpace and found that Kerri Neal was using the same user name.
"When I looked at all the other items they were selling, they were all the same items that were being reported stolen from Wal-Marts," from all over middle Tennessee, Crews said.
Photos on Kerri's MySpace page were also compared to video surveillance of the Wal-Mart thefts, which Crews' report said confirmed their suspicion that the Neals were involved.
Warrants against the Neals were issued for theft over $1,000 just for the items taken from the Shelbyville Wal-Mart and Crews said he has been in contact with police in other jurisdictions, where warrants will be obtained as well.
Crews said the Neals had just returned from a vacation in Florida Monday night, and during that time, allegedly hit five more Wal-Marts in the middle Tennessee area, taking the Alli products and Olay Pro-X.
"These are very hot items on eBay," Crews explained. Close to 60 bottles of the weight loss drug were recovered and some of the items had already been sold on eBay.
About $1,500 worth of items were taken from Shelbyville's Wal-Mart, and the theft from the Manchester store Monday night totalled $850, Winchester lost $1,600 and a total of $4,700 worth of items were taken out of Coffee County.
Investigators are also waiting on numbers from Warren and Rutherford County as well.
"People have paid for them and are waiting for these items to be shipped, unfortunately, they will not be sent to them," but instead will be logged into evidence, Crews said.
Kerri Neal admitted pocketing about $7,000 to $8,000 by selling the stolen items on the Internet since April 10, according to Crews. The eBay site showed that "sweet-sassy-2" had 561 transactions and since April 10, all of the items sold were either the Olay or Alli products.
Troy Neal confessed as well, Crews said, with Troy allegedly telling the detective the scheme was his idea, because he knew that Alli was a popular product.
The Alli products sold from $36.99 to $61 on the "sweet-sassy-2" eBay store while the price for the Olay items varied, with some bringing in as much as $20 a piece.
Both Neals are scheduled to appear in Bedford County General Sessions court on July 7.
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Should have saved a couple of bottles of Alli for personal use..............
Just don't believe the Alli works.
Should have saved a couple of bottles of Alli for personal use..............
-- Posted by titansfan on Thu, Jun 25, 2009, at 11:02 AM
LOL!
That was my first thought when I saw her picture.
He who is without sin cast the first stone....
Mr. Mosely
Would you kindly remove the snide comments of these bloggers. They are inappropriate.
Good job detectives. Now lock them up and throw away the key!
Ya know what, All of you who wrote all of those nasty comments need to post pictures of yourselves so we can get a good laugh at your exspense. I dont even know this woman, but you all should go look in the mirror and check out your own imperfections!
yeah telling by the looks of her she needed it more for herself than to make a profit. lol . hilarious! and to all who get mad at us for making fun of the woman....its her own stupidity for opening herself for laughter by being arrested. she even more emabrrassed herself!maybe she should have used the money she made for some weight reduction or gastric bypass instead of "vacationing" in Florida! :)
He who is without sin cast the first stone....
-- Posted by Grapejelly on Thu, Jun 25, 2009, at 12:48 PM
Amen, grapejelly. There a few Christians in here, after all.
I know times are hard and jobs are scarce, but please people what kind of examples are you setting for our youth and your own kids. Things may be hard but I think this is just laziness and greed. What gives you the right to just take things that don't belong to you? Take in ironing ,clean a house, babysit. Make an honest living so if you do have kids they will be proud,not the next generation to steal.
Shoplifting is stupid enough, but to lead investigators right to you using the same name for selling stolen goods that you use on your myspace page is classic!! Oh and let's not forget to include that we are from Shelbyville, Tennessee on our eBay account and that we are selling specific products that we have been stealing from local Wal-marts all across Southern Middle Tennessee. Basically, you failed at every turn! Your epic stupidity is legendary!
wow this is so sad. that is the reason prices go up is because of these people.
And yep i agree she could use some of those weight loss products herself.. but the jail food will slim her up quick.
To all of the people that have made comments about my "nasty" comment........it is funny and true. I will be the first to tell you I am overweight myself and I could care less if someone says something about me. I am an adult and I can take it. If they are stupid enough to steal stuff and sell it on Ebay and make the front page of the TG, oh well......I am sure my comment isn't the worst they have coming. Lighten up people!
Its people like this that make it hard for the everyday hardworking person to afford anything now adays. These retail places just keep increasing prices to help cover the cost of lost profits. I cant believe they made it out of the stores with so much product. I hope they get charged to the fullest extent of the law.
To all that dont like the nasty coments about her, I know her personally and that is all she does is badmouth people and try to start trouble. She deserves everything she gets. She has always walked around acting like she is better than everone and sticking her nose in places it dont belong. Always flaunting money like she was rich, so now we see where she was gettin her money! She has caused my family trouble in the past and all that really know her will tell you the same, so what goes around comes around!
This is just sad... period...
Fact; The woman is obese.
Fact; She was stealing weight loss pills for resale.
Fact; It is ironic.
Nobody would have made a comment on her obesity if she had been stealing jewelry.
i speak for troys family. i'm family and i know this girl well. she has caused our family nothing but grief from day one. the other person had it exactly RIGHT this girl has done nothing but walk around this town flaunting her money and treating us like trash, excuse me, her daddy's money for the last 8 years. I GUESS SHE SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO HER DRY CLEANING BUSINESS (WHICH HER DADDY REALLY OWNED). she has always put herself out there to be better than our family... hey girl, reality check, who is sporting orange now.
I know Troy and I'm not surprised.
This is more entertaining than the Cheetos story.
Just another police blotter frequent flyer. He will only be slapped on the wrist and honor this list again soon. Bet on it.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Her maiden name was Sanders
Troy has been in quite a bit of trouble before. This is a first for Kerri. The difference is, Troy has never acted the way she acts. He is just Troy, that might be bad, but it ain't fake. Kerri on the other hand has always been the "goodie two shoes." She has always poked fun at Troy's family for getting into a little trouble here and there, going to jail, and even growing up with so very little. How ironic.
This is sad. Lazy people like this is the reason why prices in the stores are rising. There are jobs out there if she was in need of money. Yeah, they may not be high paying jobs, but there are plenty of things that you can do to raise money. Stealing, it totally wrong.
P.S. I don't think making fun of her size is wrong. She committed a crime, so this is part of her punishment.
I write this message for all the ebay buyers out there he or she that buys stolen merchandice should be arrested to so I suggest buyers beware of good things that you see on the internet could always come back and get you in trouble.And some of the bloggers on the internet seems to be able to point the fingers but I myself always say don't point figers.Don't make children pay for the stupidity of the parents or the laziness of the parents let fate take its toll.
Come on folks----making fun of her because she is fat is WRONG. Weight has no bearing on your crime. And for those that think that it is okay to do so are just as ignorant as those who are doing it. Please grow up, this isn't grade school it is life and act like you have one. Making fun of this woman because of her weight is along the same lines of making fun of the deceased because they didn't dress like you or travel the same roads as you. Please just stop!! This isn't right!
Funny is funny. And whatsmore...this Christian has one tickled funny bone:)
I especially enjoy all the "Thought Police Comments" in reguards to who should be aloud to say what...now thats funny...curious...or communist?
Who are you calling FAT truckindaddy?
Well this is a little better than all the time they put into the knock off purse guy.
PLEASE , THIS IS SHELBYVILLE. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD STEAL , BUT YOUR RIGHT THEY WILL GET A SLAP ON THE HAND LIKE THE 7 YEAR OLD QUADRUPLE MURDER CASE .... IN THE END THEY WILL PAY....WHAT GOES AROUND WILL COME AROUND.....GOD WILL GET THEM ALL.
we all know she is fat and could had used them for her,but don't worry her daddys money will get her out of it ,and again troy is taking the fall for her like he has the past 9 years!while he is doing time she will be out doing her next thing and who is she going to get to take the fall then!?i pitty the next insect that gets in this spiders web!!!!!
If she comes from any kind of 'money', I would be inclined to believe such money was ill-gotten.
Apples don't fall far from trees.
Wow! I am one of the people who purchased some of these items from her on ebay. I never received mine (which now i am thankful for) but I am also out of $50. I started calling her last week and she told me she hadnt shipped them yet b/c she was sick and had some personal problems..ha! She never refunded my money so I kept calling and she was very rude and would hang up on me. Now i can see why!! I hope she gets what is coming to her!! She has already been suspended from ebay, i hope she can never sell another item on there and i am just hoping and praying i get my money back from paypal. Sorry you all have to come from the same town as her and even sorrier to the people related to her!!!
Amen to that brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm really sorry you had to go through all that:( She has put us in Troy's family through all kinds of junk with her lies.