CROFTON, Md. (WUSA9) – A Kmart employee called in 16 bomb threats in order to steal from the store, Anne Arundel County police said.
Between December 2014 and March 2015, police said 47-year-old Leslie Elton Cranston called the Kmart located in the Crofton Center 16 times saying there was a bomb located inside the building.
Each time, store officials evacuated the building and emergency crews responded to the scene.
Cranston was arrested after police learned that he was an employee and had been stealing appliances from the store. Police said he also admitted to one of the bomb threat calls and pled guilty to one count of theft scheme and one count of false statement of a destructive device.
He was ordered to pay restitution to the Anne Arundel County Police and Fire Departments for the unnecessary use of first responders. Cranston was also ordered to pay restitution to Kmart.
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