Nassau Police: Garden City Man Stole More Than $200K in Merchandise From Williams-Sonoma
The 22-year-old defendant worked as a stock room clerk for six years at the Roosevelt FIeld Mall store.
A Garden City man was arrested earlier this week after allegedly stealing merchandise from Williams-Sonoma and selling it on eBay while employed by the store.
According to Nassau County detectives, David Muscat, 22, while employed as a stock room clerk for six years for the Williams-Sonoma located at 630 Old Country Road, stole in excess of $200,000 worth of merchandise from the store.
Muscat would steal merchandise, hide it with the trash and would then remove the items and put them in his car located in the parking lot, police said.
According to police, Muscat had also opened an eBay account to sell items and gained a cash return through his Paypal account in the amount of $200,798.95. Williams-Sonoma is claiming a loss of $453,444.66 worth of merchandise over a three-year period.
Merchandise was also recovered from the defendant's car and home, police said.
Muscat is being charged with grand larceny in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree. He will be arraigned on Thursday in First District Court in Hempstead.
s
2:09 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Stupid - now he has no job and a record
L
2:49 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
no job and a record. you would be surprised just how many people fit into that category.
fu
3:32 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
CAMERAS ARE EVERYWHERE. especially in mall parkinglots
Mary Bachowski
7:35 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
David is a wonderful person....how did this happen???
Ana Viilanueva
8:27 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
In this country you are innocent until proven guilty...The media is blowing this out of proportion. David is no criminal...he is a wonderful person !! Judge and be judged!!
Jonathan Schwieger Jr.
11:53 am on Friday, February 10, 2012
From all of the evidence police have obtained, he sounds pretty guilty. $200,000 isn't blowing anything out of proportion...that's a big deal!.
He could totally be a nice guy, but apparently he has a bad side as well.
A Rizz
1:37 pm on Friday, February 10, 2012
AR - Dave is a good guy who used poor judgement; we're all guilty of that to some degree. Hopefully he and others can learn from this. I only hope he has a chance to make his life a better one.
Jack O'Niel
3:41 pm on Friday, February 10, 2012
I think this goes beyond poor judgement because it went on for so long and the extent of the stealing is way beyond "hey, let me get a couple of bucks from this even though I'm a good guy and should know better but just one time..."
Aldo Broswki
1:14 am on Saturday, February 11, 2012
It seems Williams Sonoma is looking for some one to pay for their losses due to this bad economy. If its true that this person stole $200,000 dollars in a 5 month period then someone was really sleeping at the wheel. Come on Williams Sonoma get your numbers straight. Is it blood you're after or money.Get real!!!!
Jonathan Schwieger Jr.
2:23 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012
1. Get YOUR numbers straight, the article says items were stolen over a period of 3 years (not 5 months). Even though it could be longer because he worked there for 6 years. The 5 months I believe you are loosely referring to is the Newsday report that of the time period they based the charges on.
2. I don't think they are after blood, they want the value of the merchandise returned. While he sold is for $200K, that could have been discounted from the original retail price. The second and third degree charges could have been first degree and he could have been looking at much more time in jail and stiffer fines.