Cape Coral Police responded to a retail theft at Lowe’s Home Improvement on Northeast Pine Island Road on Monday.
Upon arrival, officers met with store loss prevention, who had detained Michael Victor Nappa, identified by his Florida driver’s license.
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Lee County Jail
The investigation revealed Nappa allegedly swapped barcodes to pay a lower price for items during self-checkout.
Store personnel found the ripped barcode in Nappa’s pocket, which matched the discarded packaging.
Loss prevention reported Nappa as a repeat offender with 10 prior theft incidents at two Lowe’s locations in Cape Coral over a 120-day period.
These incidents involved altering barcodes to pay lower prices for various items, totaling a reported loss of $958.73.
Probable cause was established for Nappa’s arrest, and he was charged with retail theft, a third-degree felony.