(La Porte County, IN) - A Kingsford Heights man could be learning that honesty is the best policy considering video cameras nowadays seem to be everywhere.

 

Rodney Wood is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 6 felony theft.

 

According to court documents, Wood on April 23 reached down and picked up a wallet off the floor at Dollar General in Kingsford Heights and left the store with it.

 

The owner of the wallet later called the store to see if it happened to be there.

 

A store clerk reviewed surveillance camera footage that showed the wallet on the floor and Wood leaving the store with it, according to court documents.

 

Police said the owner claimed his wallet contained about $1,000 in cash.

 

According to court documents, Wood when contacted by police claimed there was nothing in the wallet and he placed into it into a garbage can at a nearby gas station.

 

Police said an officer went there and searched the garbage cans but didn’t find the billfold. Later, Wood came out of his house and gave the officer the wallet still with no money it.

 

Police said another review of the surveillance video from the store revealed what appeared to be money in the wallet while the owner was paying for his items with cash and accepting his change.