{"id":476901,"date":"2025-12-28T10:33:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T10:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/476901\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T10:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T10:33:30","slug":"man-accused-of-stealing-power-tools-from-15-home-depots-across-phoenix-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/476901\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of stealing power tools from 15 Home Depots across Phoenix-area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A man is accused of stealing power tools from over a dozen Home Depot locations across the Valley and selling them online. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Jordan Morrell, 31, was identified as the suspect and taken into custody on Friday by Scottsdale police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police began the investigation on Dec. 7 after Home Depot\u2019s corporate loss prevention team reported a string of shoplifting cases. Those incidents included 15 Home Depot locations across Maricopa County, including Scottsdale, Chandler, Mesa, Surprise and Tempe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the Scottsdale Police Department, surveillance video, vehicle details and information pertaining to the online sales linked Morrell to the alleged crimes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officers then got a warrant to review and track his online activity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Jordan Morrell, 31, was arrested in connection with a string of power tool thefts at Home...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7OLF5666QBBGXOSHBYW342HTU4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Jordan Morrell, 31, was arrested in connection with a string of power tool thefts at Home Depots across Maricopa County, police say.(Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Friday, the lead detective stopped Morrell near <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/vNf8U19Gwpip5fRB9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/vNf8U19Gwpip5fRB9\">Mill Avenue and Ellis Drive <\/a>in Tempe and arrested him on multiple counts of shoplifting and organized retail theft. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Scottsdale police were able to take Morrell into custody in connection with all the incidents because they are<a href=\"https:\/\/post.az.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/post.az.gov\/\"> certified through AZPOST<\/a>, meaning they can make arrests on Scottsdale cases in other cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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