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The two sheriff’s deputies accused of pilfering a tornado-ravaged Home Depot in North Dallas last fall have been indicted for theft.
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Dallas County deputies Joseph Bobadilla, 25, and Rebecca Evans, 41, were charged with theft of property between $2,500 and $30,000, KTVT-TV (Channel 11) reported.
The thievery, including tools and other items, took place while the store was in an area subject to a state of disaster, the news station said.
Bobadilla had been working off-duty as a guard at the Forest Lane Home Depot after it was destroyed on Oct. 20, when several tornadoes ripped through the Dallas area.
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“During his shifts, Bobadilla would take items from the store and later exchange them at another location for in-store credit, subsequently purchasing items with the in-store credits he received,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release following the pair’s arrest.
Bobadilla was hired in 2014 as a detention officer, then promoted two years later and assigned to traffic enforcement, officials said. Evans, 16-year department veteran, was promoted to deputy in 2007 after serving as a jail detention officer.