Former Kentucky Wildcat Rex Chapman was released from an Arizona jail today after being arrested for shoplifting $14,000 worth of merchandise from an Apple store.
Here is more information about Chapman’s situation from Azcentral.com:
Scottsdale police say Chapman stole the items from the Apple Store at the Scottsdale Quarter on seven separate occasions over the span of several weeks. According to public records, Chapman owns or rents a residence in the neighboring development of Kierland Commons.
Chapman was not reachable for comment.
Store employees told police that Chapman picked up items in the store and made it appear that he was paying for them using a self-checkout system via iPhone app. He would then leave the store without actually paying for the items, they said.
Chapman allegedly took the items to a local pawn shop and sold them for cash, according to Sgt. Mark Clark, a Scottsdale police spokesman.
Clark said store managers alerted police to the thefts in August and that multiple employees recognized the thief as Chapman “based on his previous celebrity status as an NBA basketball player,”
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