Ace Hardware Assistant Manager Arrested for $8K Refund Fraud

0:00It's April 28th. This is Tampa Bay News today, driven by AI. Pope County deputies just naved a 22-year-old former Ace Hardware assistant manager named Justin Johnson for running a slick refund fraud. Scheme at the Davenport store. He pulled off fake sales from April 18th to April 26th, issuing refunds between $400 and $1,500 each. Then zapping the cash straight to his phone. Four owners spotted the weird spike in refunds and called it in, leading deputies to comb through surveillance video that pinned Johnson as the guy. Behind it all, nearly $8,000 vanished before Johnson bounced from the job that same Sunday, April 26th. What detectives tracked him down. Quick. Sheriff Grady Judd praised the fast bust, stressing their back local businesses, and make sure folks of using trust face the music case closed on this. And for now.