Update on Supermarket PickPocket Arrested

Cobb County Police have charged Ricky Waller, 31, of Marietta with Theft by Taking and Credit Card Transaction Fraud. He is currently being held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.

On Wednesday evening a wallet theft occurred at the Publix located at 1050 East Piedmont Road. The wallet had been taken from a purse placed in the child seat of the shopping cart.

The responding officer arrived on the scene and broadcast a detailed description of the suspect. Other responding officers recognized the suspect and went to both nearby Target stores to conduct surveillance on the parking lots.

Within a few minutes Waller arrived. He entered the Target store and was taken into custody without incident.

Waller is also accused of taking a wallet from a victim’s purse that was in her grocery cart at a Northeast Cobb Publix located on Sandy Plains Road. He then used the credit cards at other businesses, according to a statement released by Cobb Police Public Information officer Mike Bowman. 

Multiple additional charges are pending for other incidents that took place in Precincts 1, 4, and 5, police said in a statement released today.

Related Topics: Pickpocket, Publix, Supermarkets, and Theft