Millionaire Man accused of stealing from Kmart
Tóm tắt: Andrew Lippi, 59 tuổi bị kết tội ăn cắp $300 hàng của Kmart. Tráo đổi hàng mua bằng thứ khác rẻ tiền (thời gian từ 30 tháng 3 đến 4 tháng 4... Được biết tuần qua Andrew mới mua một đảo nhỏ có bất động sản trị giá $8 triệu. Chưa kể Andrew còn là chủ nhân một dẫy nhà 12 phòng trong khu du lịch (nơi đã từng được quay loạt phim trong "The Real World" năm 2006). Giá phòng là $1,800/1 ngày)
Owner of million-dollar homes accused of stealing from Key West Kmart
April 08, 2019 - Andrew
Lippi, 59, was accused of stealing about $300 worth of household goods from a
Kmart in Key West, Florida.
Monroe County
Sheriff's Office_ Andrew Lippi, 59, was accused of stealing about $300
worth of household goods from a Kmart in Key West, where police said he
purchased various items between March 30 and April 4, replaced them with
cheaper items and returned them for a refund.
Lippi made headlines
last week when he purchased Thompson Island, a private estate formerly owned by
the philanthropist and developer Edward B. Knight, for $8 million, according
to ABC Miami affiliate WPLG.
Lippi also owns a
12-bedroom resort compound in Key West that MTV used to film a season of
"The Real World" in 2006. That property rents for about $1,800 a
night on Airbnb, WPLG reported.
Lippi stands accused
of stealing multiple items, including LED light bulbs and a $55 Hamilton Beach
coffee maker, which he allegedly "replaced with a much older coffee
maker" and returned for a full refund, according to the Key West Police
Department.
Police said Lippi
also bought a $150 Keurig coffee machine on March 30, returned it and received
a full refund a day later. Kmart employees notified the store's loss prevention
officer after realizing the coffee machine box instead contained a basketball,
according to police.
Lippi denied denied
stealing the items, according to a police report.
"Lippi stated he
did not change out any items prior to returning them," the arresting
officer wrote in the report. "I asked Lippi about the Keurig coffee
machine being replaced by a basketball, and he stated the clerk should have realized
there was no coffee machine by the weight of the box.
"I asked Lippi
about the light bulbs, and he stated he returned the light bulbs because he
paid too much money for them and did not know how they were switched."
ABC News could not
reach Lippi for comment late Monday night, but he told the Miami Herald that
the situation "has to do with a commercial dispute."
"It's very
complicated and I’d rather not get into it," Lippi told the Herald in a
phone interview. "I will say this, that the way it was handled by Key West
police and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department was wonderful. Some of the
finest people I’ve ever dealt with who were kind throughout the whole
process."
Lippi was arrested on
grand theft charges and released the following day. Jail records show he posted
no bond for his release. He's scheduled to appear in court for an arraignment
on April 18.
ABC News' Ben Stein
contributed to this report.
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