On July 29th, 2025, officers were dispatched to Macy's in reference to a reported employee theft investigation. Hello. Is there I'm in my car inside. Hello. Hi. How are you? Um he's in there. Just wanted to say cuz he's sitting in the back. It's a he's actually a manager. Um >> Oh. Yeah. He's a He's a manager who's been with the company for a while, so he's been conducting refund you know. Um make taking merchandise from the floor, refund um returning it, and taking the cash. Okay. Um he's in the back office. Um Charlie, so how how long has he been doing this? Um from what the statement I'm reading right now, my my senior investigators there with him right now is and he admitted to to have been doing it since January, I think. So, it's a total of like 2,000. 2,000? And what's the last time he's done it? Um I have I have the paperwork there. I'm just starting to step um type up the statement right now. Okay. All right. So, is he just he's just refunding it? Basically, he's he's I have no proof of purchase, so he's picking up merchandise from the selling floor >> Yeah. and doing it as a return as no proof of purchase and taking the cash. He's I mean, he's taking the cash. Okay. Okay. All right. All right. Yeah. No, I got it. All right. Okay. It's more than that. That's the last time he's done it. Okay. Hello. Do you want me to step out? Uh well, we we have to talk to I think you first or somebody about what's going on. >> Okay. That I didn't know if you talked to somebody >> did. We just need a little bit more information on this stuff and then we can Okay. So, this is DermaDot. He goes by Ronald. Um he is a manager here at the store. Okay. Um and I came in to discuss with him today some things that were going on in the store. Okay. And that involved him processing some fraudulent returns in order to take the cash. He found himself in a um in a spiraling financial situation. Okay. Um where he needed cash and so it's about 20 $2,239.08. Okay. Um and it has happened since this year starting in January. January, okay. Yeah. All right. Um Do you know the most about what's going on? Daisy is doing the affidavit. Okay. All right. Um Are you all Are you Are you all done with him or Okay. Um I can step out if you would like to Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll we'll talk to him for a minute. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. All right, boss. So, I got to read you your rights. Yeah. Your rights so you know your rights as a person, okay? Before I ask you some questions. You have the right to remain silent, do you understand? Yes. Anything you say may be used against you in court, do you understand? Yes. You have the right to talk to a lawyer before and during questioning, do you understand? Yes. If you cannot afford a lawyer and want one, one will be provided for you before questioning without charge, do you understand? Yes. Has anyone threatened you or promised you anything to get you to talk to me? No. Okay. So, what's been what's going on? Uh went through a little few issues at home and uh I took cash from the store. Okay, how long you've been doing this for? From the beginning of the year. Yeah. What's the beginning of the time frame? January or February. Okay. So, you've been doing it for since January till till now? Yeah. Okay. >> [snorts] >> How how how are you doing it exactly? I would just take the cash out of the register. Yeah, I would just do a return and then just kept the cash. So, you you would do the return Yeah. the sales of the All right. Okay. And what why? I was going through there's a lot of financial issues and I lost my place and you know, that's It was just a downward spiral. Someone moved out from the house and then I I just poor decision making. >> I I I got you. I got you. I mean And you know, you lose some but you just this or that, you know, the options. So, it's poor decision. When was the last time you actually did it? Probably 3 weeks ago. 3 weeks ago. Got you. All right. How long you been a manager? Yeah. All right. Yeah, 3 years. >> 3 years. You've been here for a while. You need your manager. Yeah. How long you been a manager? 3 years? Yeah, because I came from New York. It's a different lifestyle. I got you. I got you. I got you. I got you, man. It's just again, poor decision making. Sorry. I'm responsible. All right. Where where you living at now? Um I Maspeth. Maspeth, all right. All right. Give me a second. Let me see what's going on. Mhm. You gave me his ID already, everything? All right. All [sighs] right. Was this mostly clothing items that you were doing? Yeah. Okay. And you said since January February time? All right. I'm going to talk to him real quick. You stay here. What part of New York you from, man? Queens. Queens. I used to work in Queens. I moved down here last year. Yeah, I moved down a couple of maybe years ago, 4 years just a change and then just things just got >> Before it's different, man. Yeah. >> Um Yeah. Uh plain plain theft. And what else? Uh Um with him being an employee. That's right. Just get your bag. So, what are we doing here? We got like fraud, but what what charge would it be? You know? Fraud. It's going to be It's going to be fraud. It's going to be fraud. Yes. Okay. So, I'll let you look at this satchel. We're going to charge both. Using the old vehicle grant theft under six. Okay. So, we're just going to charge both. Because the evidence is It's you know, it's It means the fraud in the company. Can I ask you a question about the company? It's all right. Multiple times. Okay. So. All right. Yeah. It's okay. It's okay. We're putting in the car for now and then we're going to just uh Okay. All right. All right. Uh the hold on to this right here. Yeah. Um Um Hey Demarcus, do me a favor and just stand up for me. Okay. Do you have your car? Let me have your car here. Okay. This key that's on the chair, is that yours or is it company's? Um Um mine. All right. We'll grab it. All right. So, right now, uh we are going to place him under arrest. That's him for grand theft and also him for the fraud. Okay. All right. Uh they they said they do want to press charges on him, okay? And this is your phone? Yeah. I'll come with you also. Okay. Do you have any cash on you or anything like that? Uh no. We got the key, your phone. You have your wallet in your pocket, okay? Yeah. I'm going to take this. You got another set of keys right here. Yeah. Nothing else on this side. Go this way. Do you have anything in your pockets? Um just my wallet. No, I don't know. Um Should I bring your license? Should I bring your Hey, where's your car at? Um it's a white ID. Do you have anybody that can pick up your car? Yeah. Okay, I'll see if they'll allow it. If they can come pick up your car. So, I don't know if it's going to get towed or not. We'll see what they're going to do with it, all right? Is that okay? And I'll let you I'll let you call home. All right, but let me go make sure they're okay. What What's the car by the way? It's a Chevy what? >> Does it have Does it have a tag on it? Does it have a tag here? Let me take a picture. I'll do it. 30 and call them. Okay, all right. And then you're most likely going to be out tomorrow. Just come by or have someone pick up your car. All right, just do me a favor. Let's just keep working together. Hey, take Hey. All this got to come out. All this got to come out. This whole thing. Yeah, that was my question. Yeah, this is a whole thing. The Blazer, too? Uh no, the Blazer they'll pay for it. Okay. Um I don't know if they're going to let you take this in the jail because they're going to consider it a deadly weapon. So, Huh? I think the time's up. They'll take out everything. Yeah. I mean Okay. >> Yeah. It's going to come out anyway. I got two of I got two of them in my mouth. You got that one. They won't be able to take this in the jail anyway. Okay. Right in the front seat. Watch your head. Hey, while uh while we wait for David, let's start getting all the information together. Yep. And I'll go to security in the meantime and let him know. Okay. Oh yes, give me a second. He was charged with scheme to defraud. Share your thoughts in the comments below and don't forget to like and subscribe.