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Nationwide theft ring largest in Home Depot’s history
WSBTv2 ^ | 3/27/26 | Michael Seiden

Posted on 03/27/2026 5:39:12 PM PDT by CFW

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Surveillance video captured thieves pocketing merchandise inside a Home Depot in California – part of a group investigators say is linked to more than $10 million in stolen merchandise.

That includes arrests made right here metro Atlanta, Channel 2’s Michael Seiden reports.

Investigators say this operation stretched across the country with millions in stolen goods.

The man caught on surveillance stuffed his jacket with electrical breakers, each one worth about $100. During the same visit, he used a long pole to pull down boxes of electrical equipment from high shelves.

When those items are locked up, authorities say he just climbs the racks to get to them.

Investigators say this wasn’t just one brazen theft. They believe this was part of the largest organized retail theft operation targeting Home Depot in the company’s history.

Right now, four suspects are all behind bars in Cobb County after police say they hit more than two dozen stores.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsbtv.com ...


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KEYWORDS: crime; ga; homedepot; isitthemyogi; theft; themagain; whitesneversteal
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I bet every arrested suspect is an illegal alien.

There is a reason why all our costs are so high. Rent, food, electricity, insurance, building supplies, etc. We are paying the costs that the illegal aliens incur by fraud and theft.

1 posted on 03/27/2026 5:39:12 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

We had a Fred Meyers closed in Tacoma because of theft. Thieves have no concept of the 7th Commandment, “thou shalt not steal.” America’s Christian culture is scorned.


2 posted on 03/27/2026 5:46:50 PM PDT by jonrick46 (-```)
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To: CFW

Home Depot should employ people in orange vests that go around the store and actually try to help people. Maybe if they did, they would have noticed what was happening.


3 posted on 03/27/2026 5:48:16 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: CFW

“””I bet every arrested suspect is an illegal alien.”””

Since the media did not disclose the names of the 4 suspects in jail, I would wholeheartedly agree with you.

Right now, four suspects are all behind bars in Cobb County after police say they hit more than two dozen stores.


4 posted on 03/27/2026 5:50:28 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I’m looking for the names but since there are so many stories of Home Depot, theft, and illegal aliens, I’m having a hard time finding the individuals who were arrested in this particular crime.


5 posted on 03/27/2026 5:54:03 PM PDT by CFW
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I found this bit.

“As of March 27, 2026, authorities have arrested Luis Alfredo Monjarret Orozco in connection with a major Home Depot theft ring across metro Atlanta, including Cobb County.”


6 posted on 03/27/2026 5:55:30 PM PDT by CFW
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Maybe punish the thieves as they do in the Middle East, eliminate their hands.


7 posted on 03/27/2026 5:55:34 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: kenmcg

‘Best remove their left hand.


8 posted on 03/27/2026 6:03:41 PM PDT by Does so (☞"For English, press 2"...Dem☭¢rats)
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To: CFW

“Operation Self Checkout” lists defendents but not legal status:

https://queensda.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Operation_Self_Checkout_12_11_2025_arr.pdf


9 posted on 03/27/2026 6:07:32 PM PDT by MulberryDraw
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To: FLNittany

If I want to be ignored....
Home Depot.


10 posted on 03/27/2026 6:13:46 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Resist Satan's Tyranny )
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To: Does so

Removing the left hand ensures that they must eat with the same hand with which they wipe their asses.


11 posted on 03/27/2026 6:18:52 PM PDT by dinodino ( Shut it down anyway. )
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

https://www.facebook.com/crimewatchatlanta/photos/cobb-county-ga-a-california-man-is-behind-bars-accused-of-taking-part-in-a-large/967950645912357/

Police say Luis Alfredo Monjarret Orozco was arrested after investigators found him in possession of more than $28,000 worth of stolen Home Depot merchandise.


12 posted on 03/27/2026 6:21:15 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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There is a reason why all our costs are so high. Rent, food, electricity, insurance, building supplies, etc. We are paying the costs that the illegal aliens incur by fraud and theft.

We can put an even sharper point on the issue: it is we who are paying for the cost to destabilize our own country.

It is quickly becoming time to clearly define "domestic enemies"; or we can leave it to our children, both those alive and those yet unborn.

13 posted on 03/27/2026 6:34:06 PM PDT by frog in a pot (Will Dems kill the filibuster? For reference, see not paying Homeland Security payroll during war.)
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“We can put an even sharper point on the issue: it is we who are paying for the cost to destabilize our own country.”


I’m convinced we have people in our own government (several in fact) that are being paid to destabilize our country.

For instance, just today Gov Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 2266, which requires cities across Washington to allow homeless shelters with “services” like drug “treatment” in residential zones, overriding local zoning restrictions.

What other reason could there be except to destroy the adhesion of a local community and bring crime and drugs into the neighborhood? Of course, it will also allow fraud for illegal aliens who now have another government “fund” to steal from.


14 posted on 03/27/2026 6:40:12 PM PDT by CFW
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To: MulberryDraw

“Operation Self Checkout” lists defendants but not legal status:


That one is from a theft ring in NY in December. The arrests today are in Cobb Co, Georgia and surrounding areas. It’s amazing how many of these theft rings have been operating—all involving foreign nationals, both legal and illegal.

Once again I say, this is why we can’t have nice things!


15 posted on 03/27/2026 6:44:03 PM PDT by CFW
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To: FLNittany

I was gonna say something similar. It seems like every time I go there and end up needing help, I have to go on an employee hunt.


16 posted on 03/27/2026 6:46:41 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: jonrick46; FreedomPoster

The Walmart in Dunwoody GA ( Middle class adjacent north of Atlanta) closed solely due to organized shoplifting. The organized were all 5th and 6th generation Americans.

All of us humans are sinful. Some sinners are more active than others.


17 posted on 03/27/2026 6:46:56 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: kenmcg

Here they are.

Besides Luis Alfredo Monjarret Orozco (note the similar names), also arrested were:

Alfredo Alexander Monjarrett Orozco (Huntington Park, CA)

Angel Manuel Burgos Reyes (Inglewood, CA)

Maria Alejandra Vanegas Gutierrez (Los Angeles, CA)


18 posted on 03/27/2026 6:47:11 PM PDT by CFW
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To: jonrick46

Walmart in Hearne, Texas was closed years ago because of theft.


19 posted on 03/27/2026 6:49:54 PM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: jonrick46

Leftists plan on bleeding the country and their inhabitants dry.
They plan to take your stuff.
And the government is complicit.
All that no prosecuton for physical and property crime?
That is training for you to accept and comply.
& to train Leftists to kill and take.
And if you don’t remove the leftist criminal justice.
You seal your future. and the country’s downfall


20 posted on 03/27/2026 6:53:23 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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