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Goodwill employee accused of stealing from customer

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A Goodwill employee is accused of stealing over $800 from a customer, according to the Collier County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to the Goodwill Industries located at 3759 Tamiami Trail E. in reference of a theft that had just occurred.

The victim told deputies that she left her purse containing $10,800.00 in cash in one of the dressing rooms. When she went to retrieve the purse from the store manager, $820.00 was missing.

A further investigation revealed that a customer found the missing purse and brought it to a store employee, later identified as Pamela Wedding.

Surveillance video shows Wedding removing a large amount of cash from the purse before taking it to the manager's office.

She was arrested and face Grand Theft charges.