28-year-old Colin Beason has, once again, been caught doing return fraud at a retail store that employed him. In 2019, we covered his felony theft arrest for pocketing $1800 in cash from fraudulent returns from GameStop. District Attorney Glenn Funk agreed to give him a deferred judgment with no conviction for that charge, and he moved on without a guilty plea on his record. Beason now works for Locker Room by Lids at Opry Mills Mall. Earlier this week, the store notified Metro Police they had determined Beason had stolen $4,718.30 in cash from fraudulent returns. Beason signed a confession in the case, and because of the prior deal with DA Funk, has no prior conviction. Beason, who studied finance at MTSU, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail, charged with felony theft, and is free on a $2,500 bond.
| COMPLAINT: |
| 2021-0645317 |
| ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
| ON 12/21/2021, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 433 OPRY MILLS DR, TO THE LIDS LOCKER ROOM. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THEY SPOKE TO THE COMPLAINANT NAMED CRYSTAL SANCHEZ. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT SHE IS THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR THE LIDS LOCKER ROOM STORE INSIDE OPRY MILLS MALL. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM HER LOSS PREVENTION TEAM, THAT THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT HAD BEEN DOING ITEM RETURNS IN THE STORE SO THAT HE COULD GET MONEY FROM THE RETURNS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT WHEN SHE SPOKE TO THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THE INCIDENT, SHE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WILLFULLY ADMITTED TO DOING THIS. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY SPOKE TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT FREELY ADMITTED TO OFFICERS THAT HE HAD INDEED BEEN DOING ITEM RETURNS IN THE STORE SO THAT HE COULD GET THE MONEY BACK. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS SINCE EARLY JULY OF 2021. THE COMPLAINANT SHOWED OFFICERS MULTIPLE PAPERS SHOWING TRANSACTIONS OF WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS RETURNING ITEMS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY STOLEN BY THE DEFENDANT WAS $4,718.60. OFFICERS ALSO PERSONALLY OBSERVED A LETTER BY THE DEFENDANT ADMITTING TO THE LOSS PREVENTION STAFF THAT HE HAD DONE THESE THINGS AND HAD BEEN DOING THEM SINCE EARLIER IN JULY. WHEN OFFICERS ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WROTE THE LETTER, THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID INDEED WRITE THE LETTER ADMITTING TO THE THEFTS. BASED ON THE DEFENDANT’S ADMISSION AND PAPERWORK SHOWING THAT HE MADE THESE TRANSACTIONS, OFFICERS TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT DOWN TO BOOKING WITHOUT INCIDENT. |
| PROSECUTOR: |
| EVAN R GRACE |
| SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
| UMEKA M FOREMAN |
| VICTIM: |
| LIDS LOCKEROOM |
| CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
|---|---|---|
| GS958503 | THEFT 2500 OR MORE | 2500 |
 | Colin Lee Beason (Beezus) |
 | @dpm.beezus |
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| DEFENDANT: | BEASON, COLIN L |
| AKA(s): | COLIN L BEASON |
| ADDRESS: | 644 STAR BLVD MADISONGE, TN 37115 |
| JMS ID: | 968425 |
| CONTROL ID: | 576953 |
| SEX: | M |
| RACE: | BLACK |
| DOB: | 12/16/1993 (28) |
| ADMITTED: | 12/21/2021 6:31:35 PM |
| RELEASED: | 12/21/2021 10:37:48 PM |
| BOND VIA: | 1 HOUR BONDING |
He be learnin how to steal studien finance at MTSU….
(2+2=5)
BTW…The DA that let heim off last time was a craka…..