Del. Police Searching For Suspect Wanted In Connection With 'Quick Change' Scams
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Police in Delaware say they're searching for a Philadelphia man wanted for numerous thefts using a "quick change" scam.
From Nov. 2013 until Jan. 2014, the suspect is said to have committed thefts in at least nine stores in Wilmington, Greenville, Newark and Bear, Delaware.
Police say the man would usually buy small items using a $100 bill. As the transaction was completed, the suspect would then claim he'd received incorrect change and initiated a series of rapid money exchanges with the cashier in order to correct that cashier's supposed mistake.
Once the suspect left the store, the cashier would realize he had left with the merchandise, the change and the original $100 bill.
Through further investigation, troopers identified 68-year-old Warren Sampson as the suspect in the thefts and obtained arrest warrants for him.
Then, on Sept. 5, 2014, police responded to two more reported thefts from retail stores in north Wilmington in which the suspect used the same quick change scam. Again, they identified Sampson as the suspect.
Sampson is described as 6'5" tall and 210 lbs with a bald head and brown eyes.
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
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