Police in Philadelphia are looking for a registered intercourse offender after he managed to rip-off Walmart out of a crossbow.
Investigators in Cumberland County are looking for Shawn Whiddon, 51, after he made off with the weapon in Decrease Allen Township on Tuesday.
Police say that Whiddon managed to scan a barcode that registered as a youngsters’s crossbow valued at $25, however walked out with an grownup one value $239.
Officers additionally suspect that Whiddon dedicated an analogous theft at one other close by retailer and are looking for him for illegal use of a pc and retail theft.
Whiddon was positioned on the intercourse offender register following a conviction in 2001 for the offense of tried ‘carnal data’.
Investigators in Cumberland County are looking for Shawn Whiddon, 51, after he made off with the weapon in Decrease Allen Township on Tuesday
Police say that Whiddon managed to scan a barcode that registered as a youngsters’s crossbow valued at $25, however walked out with an grownup one value $239
The incident occurred in Bedford County, Virginia, and he was initially indicted on fees of ‘taking indecent liberties with a baby’.
Any additional specifics on the case stay unclear at the moment. He was ordered to haven’t any contact together with his sufferer and sentenced to a few years in jail.
In November 2007 Whiddon was additionally arrested after robbing a financial institution in Augusta, Georgia, of simply over $4,100.
In courtroom papers seen by DailyMail.com, he entered the Areas Financial institution and advised the teller: ‘I want all of your a whole lot, fifties, and twenties’.
The teller mentioned she initially thought Whiddon was joking as he smiling, earlier than he added: ‘That is no joke. No die packs or bait cash. Do not make me come again there or harm anybody. I am determined’.
Officers discovered his deserted automotive within the space after the incident with handwritten notes requesting cash from the financial institution, however he failed to make use of them within the theft.
After police caught up with him later that very same day inside a motel he gave a full confession.
In November 2007 Whiddon was additionally arrested after robbing a financial institution in Augusta, Georgia, of simply over $4,100
Police say that Whiddon walked out with an grownup one value $239. A Barnett Expedition Crossbow priced at $239 from Walmart is seen right here
Whiddon later advised a sentencing decide in 2008 that he had suffered with a drug downside for years and had robbed the financial institution to pay again drug sellers he owed.
For the theft he was sentenced to 6 and a half years behind bars, adopted by three years of supervised launch.
In a courtroom transcript, Whiddon beforehand advised a decide that he was divorced and had two youngsters of his personal.
He additionally mentioned his occupation had been as an accountant for a plastics retailer in New York Metropolis.
