“I feel like crawling into a hole,” said Bussey. “I’m embarrassed, ashamed.”
Surveillance footage shows a man identified by authorities as Bussey walking through the front doors of the Fred Meyer in Bellevue, hauling behind him a shopping cart full of stolen goods. Meeghan Black with Bellevue police says employees did not intervene, but they did take note.
“They noticed this was going on, and they paid attention to it,” said Black. “Then they went online and found some of the items previously stolen being put up for sale.” Turns out, the store in the Overlake neighborhood was not Bussey’s only target. According to authorities, Bussey grabbed all sorts of items from Fred Meyer stores in Renton, Issaquah and Maple Valley. He then listed those stolen goods for sale on OfferUp.
“So the team actually contacted — on the internet — this individual and purchased some of these items back,” said Black. The Bellevue Police Department says a sort of sting operation was set up and Bussey was eventually apprehended in the parking lot of the Bellevue Fred Meyer. He was attempting to resell those very same stolen goods.
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