Terrance Bean, 30, was arrested on Friday afternoon after Shelby County Sheriff’s K-9 officers spotted his white GMC Yukon hauling 17 Kroger shopping carts on a trailer. Bean was pulling out of the rear of Kroger on Riverdale at the time. He was pulled over because his trailer did not have brake lights.
His 16-foot trailer was loaded with carts, and Bean reportedly told the officers that he ran a scrap metal business. He said he was removing carts that “did not appear to be in good working order.” The officers discovered that Bean’s license was revoked for failure to pay fines on a previous case.
Kroger’s Organized Retail Crime Manager came to the scene and valued the carts at $97 each. The total loss to Kroger would have been $1,649. The carts were returned, and Bean was charged with theft of property.
