Earlier today, an investigator with the Spartanburg County
Sheriff's Office arrested Christopher Maurice Morton, B/M, DOB: 112575, 390 Lot
Switzer Rd., Woodruff, SC, 29388, on a warrant for Breach of Trust >
$10,0000 for the missing Girl Scout cookies from Carey Moving and Storage, 930
Monks Grove Church Rd., Spartanburg, SC, 29303. The missing cookies were first
reported to this agency on February 26, 2013, and from working with the
management at the location and reviewing invoices and surveillance video, Morton
was developed as a suspect.
On Sunday night, March 3, 2013, the Greenville County
Sheriff's Office notified this agency of the discovery of 352 cases of Girl
Scout cookies behind an abandoned business on Haywood Rd. When the investigator
spoke with Morton today, he confessed to stealing 450 cases of cookies, valued
at $18,900, from the business and disposing of the cases in Greenville. Morton
was employed as a truck driver by Carey Moving and Storage since July, 2012. He
has been terminated as a result of his arrest. Mr. Morton should have a bond
set by a magistrate judge later tonight.
The Sheriff's Office would like to thank the management at
Carey Moving and Storage for their assistance with this investigation.
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