BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police in Pennsylvania are looking for a man who changed the barcodes while checking out of a Lowe’s store on Saturday.
According to authorities in Bensalem Township, the man switched the barcode on a $400 Dyson vacuum cleaner, scanning the item at a self-checkout counter and paying only $24.99, WPVI reported.
The switch was captured on surveillance video, the television station reported.
Police in Bucks County are searching for a self-checkout swindler. https://t.co/YIlcISTBfk
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According to authorities, when a Lowe’s employee attempted to stop the man from leaving the store, he fled and left the parking lot in a newer-model blue Volkswagen SUV, WPVI reported.
Police said the vehicle did not have a license plate, the television station reported.
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