SAN ANTONIO – Willis Irving, 34, is suspected of stealing a box load of cell phones meant for a Cricket Wireless store, then reselling some of those phones.
He was arrested Wednesday on a charge of theft.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, the case came to light after an unsatisfied customer contacted police. She told investigators that she bought two cell phones from Irving and within hours of having them activated, saw her phone service shut down due to the phones being stolen.
The affidavit said that the woman then began working with police, helping to set up a phony deal to buy more phones from Irving. That deal is what helped police, ultimately, to arrest him.
Police believe Irving somehow intercepted a shipment of cell phones headed for a Cricket Wireless store. The affidavit said that his signature was on the delivery order, and that he took possession of a box containing 26 phones, worth more than $2,600.
Investigators, so far, have recovered only the four phones which the woman bought from Irving, the affidavit stated.