Arrests
break up possible
Walmart theft ring
Michael Watson (left) and Stephen
Costa (right)
BY JON
MAYHEW
January 27, 2012 – Two
men learned attempting to rob any
business in Lincoln County will send
them to the Harven A. Crouse
Detention Center.
The arrests came as a result of the
two men – identified as Stephen
Prescott Costa,, 57, and Michael Lee
Watson, 41, taking around $1,200
worth of computer software from the
Walmart on North Generals Boulevard
according to sources.
The sources, speaking on the
condition of anonymity, added once
police searched the pair’s
vehicle, they found items leading the
authorities to believe they had
broken up a theft ring.
“They found directions to other
Walmart stores,” said the
source.
Costa and Watson were both charged
with felony larceny from a merchant
and conspiracy. Both were in the
Lincoln County Jail under $12,000
secured bonds each.
Both suspects will be in Lincoln
County District Court Friday.