Atlanta man is suspect in Kmart theft cases

CARROLLTON - An Atlanta man has been charged with stealing $20,000 in jewelry from a Carrollton Kmart store, and police said he&#39;s a suspect in similar thefts from other area Kmarts, including one in Cumming.<br> <br> Authorities said 42 year old Thomas Lewis Grier Junior was arrested Friday and charged with the May 1st theft of diamond rings and other jewelry from the Carrollton Kmart. <br> <br> In all, $230,000 in jewelry and cigarettes have been stolen from nine Kmart stores in north Georgia. <br> <br> Grier was identified by several people who saw video surveillance clips of him at Carrollton and two other Georgia Kmarts. Police also matched a fingerprint lifted from one of the stores. <br> <br> The Carrollton video showed the man crawling behind the jewelry counter three times in a 23-minute period before taking a whole tray of jewelry at the store about 30 miles west of Atlanta. <br> <br> Captain Michael Mansour said Grier has an extensive criminal history, including drug, theft and burglary violations.

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