{"id":115596,"date":"2025-03-08T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=115596"},"modified":"2025-03-11T08:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:35:40","slug":"fwpd-menards-theft-suspect-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/03\/08\/fwpd-menards-theft-suspect-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"FWPD: Menard&#8217;s theft suspect arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FWPD_banner-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"FWPD Fort Wayne Police Department\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-72741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FWPD_banner-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FWPD_banner.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On March 5, 2025, the FWPD Street Crimes Unit arrested Brandon Gerber on theft charges from all three Menard&#8217;s stores in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Police Department incident report:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Date<\/strong>: March 5, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Menards, all three Fort Wayne, Indiana locations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suspect Arrested<\/strong>: Brandon Gerber,  34 years of age<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preliminary Charges<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 counts of level 6 Felony Theft<\/li>\n<li>10 counts of Class A Misdemeanor Theft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Details\/Summary<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p>On 01\/10\/2025, the FWPD Street Crimes Unit was contacted by a Menards Corporate Investigator regarding a suspect who had been stealing from all three Menards stores in Fort Wayne, Indiana area. During the investigation, Detectives identified the suspect as Brandon Gerber. From May 2024 through December 2024, Gerber stole approximately $76,548.41 in merchandise from Menards. This included 41 separate felony thefts which totaled approximately $57,553.59 and 53 separate misdemeanor thefts which totaled approximately $18,994.82.<\/p>\n<p>Charges for Gerber&#8217;s arrest were completed and on 03\/5\/2025, Detectives located Gerber while he was in court for an unrelated theft case and placed him into custody. Gerber was transported to the Allen County Jail and booked in for 10 counts of level 6 felony Theft and 10 counts of class A Misdemeanor Theft. 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