While fleeing, McCarty pushed down the female employee, according to the police report. The merchandise was dropped at the store before the suspect escaped.
McCarty was developed as a suspect using store video, a description and flock cameras used to track a rental car.
The sheriff’s office became involved in the case when Sheriff Richard Jones was shopping in the store and was approached by an employee about the case, according to BCSO officials.
Sheriff’s office detectives determined there was enough probable cause for an arrest, despite the lack of positive identification by the victim.
On Oct. 28, McCarty was charged with robbery, a second-degree felony, and two counts of misdemeanor theft. The charge was increased due to the alleged assault on the employee.
McCarty was housed in the Clermont County Jail and taken back to Butler County on Tuesday. He has an extensive criminal history with an outstanding warrant from West Chester Twp. and other arrests from Dayton all the way to Clermont and Brown counties for theft and receiving stolen property, according to the police report.
“He is known to loss prevention in the area and has been banned from numerous Home Depots,” said Butler County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Anthony Dwyer. “The sheriff has a thing about these bold thieves who just do what they want and corporations that just deal with it and tack the price onto (consumers),” he said.
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