An irate customer planted a fake grenade in the lumber department of a Lowe’s in Texas, prompting an evacuation of the store. The January 9 incident, reported by the Houston Chronicle, began around 1:15 p.m. when the suspect entered the store with a hollowed-out grenade.
Sheriff deputies arrested a Land O’ Lakes, Fla., man for defrauding Home Depot of approximately $14,000 in a scam involving chandeliers, according to a report by WTSP NBC News.
A semi-trailer full of washers, dryers and television sets -- most of them allegedly purchased from Home Depot and Lowe’s using stolen credit cards -- was pulled over by sheriff deputies in Parma, Mich., according to an article in the Jackson Citizen Patriot.