A Michigan man has been charged after being accused of impersonating a delivery driver to steal thousands in gaming consoles in Cranberry Township.
The two incidents happened on June 30 between the hours of 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Walmart when they accused posed as a Walmart Spark Driver to get access to merchandise.
According to charging documents, 26-year-old Darnell Rakestraw of Detroit walked up to an employee as a Spark driver, a third party deliver service for Walmart, looking to fulfill an order.
Rakestraw is alleged to have taken two Nintendo Switches and two Playstation 5 consoles. Hours later Rakestraw would return and attempt the same scam stealing two more Nintendo Switches and one Meta Quest 3.
In total he’s accused of stealing $3,693 in gaming consoles and has been charged with to counts of retail theft and receiving stolen property.
