North Port man arrested for stealing TV

CREATED Feb. 25, 2013

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MURDOCK, Fla. - Charlotte County deputies arrested a North Port man for stealing a 55-inch LED television from the WalMart in Murdock on Sunday.

42-year-old Robert Andrew Zobel is charged withr grand theft and resisting a merchant.

CCSO received a call Sunday morning when WalMart security spotted a man putting a large TV in a shopping cart bypassing all sale points.

Security stopped the man who left the TV and ran down Veterans Boulevard and into a wooded area.

About 20 minutes after the theft a deputy found Zobel in his pickup and WalMart security identified him as the man who tried to steal the $998 television.