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An alleged thief dubbed the "Oil of Olay bandit" turned himself in to police in Coppell, Texas, on Wednesday, NBCDFW.com reported.
Police said investigators believe Efrain Hardman, 27, had stolen tens of thousands of dollars worth of skincare products.
Coppell police said Hardman turned himself in at about noon and was booked on a felony theft warrant.
NBC 5 aired a report on Hardman on Tuesday night after police named him the primary suspect in the theft of $40,000 worth of Oil of Olay skincare products.
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The products were stolen from nearly three dozen North Texas Tom Thumb grocery stores across the Metroplex between December 2011 and Sunday.
Lost his job
Police said Hardman was trying to resell the pilfered skincare products to make a living after he lost his job at an Irving fast food restaurant.
Hardman has been charged with four thefts in Coppell. Police there said other cities are interested in also pressing charges against him.
NBC 5's Ellen Goldberg contributed to this report.
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.......looks Cholo, but is prolly a wht Jewish Boy! Parents thoughtful thinking on his first name, maybe very religious, and have good jobs, but poor lil Efi, let them down
With all due respect, what the heck does this guy's race have to do with anything?
He will be the best smelling prisoner in the jail. Guards will get close just to catch a bit of that entrancing aroma.
You know, I don't see one wrinkle or age line in that man's mugshot.
I'm glad they were able to catch him. He looks like a slippery character.
That's because he wasn't stealing them for himself, he stole them so he could resell them to make a living....
Bad security at that store.
More like, no security at the store. Mr. Hardman, you are one dumb s.o.b.
Better than a Jerkins lotion in a movie theater stint I remember hearing about a while back.
Small wonder he got away with it so long-sounds like a slippery devil.
He might be slippery but he has great skin. LOL
He did what he needed to do, and he stole from the 1%. I would not vote to convict.
Don't criticize, because if you were hungry enough, you would do the same thing ! Millions are desesperate, and this kind of "crime" will go up.
If I ever get that desperate I won't be knocking off Oil of Olay.
That's what everyone says, then when they're in a desperate enough situation they do something illegal to feed themselves and/or their family....
Not that I condone what he did, but at least he wasn't dealing drugs. You gotta give him credit for that. That would have been a lot less work and probably would have taken longer to get caught.
It would have been better for him if he had started selling pot instead (far safer than any other drug on the planet considering it's not addictive and not a single soul has died from it in all of recorded history, unlike alcohol and tobacco which are completely legal) of stealing.
Honestly, I don't think it would ever have occurred to me to steal Oil of Olay and try to resell it for money. I'm always amazed at the unique thinking that goes into crimes like this.
This guy finally turned himself in to police now he has to face his day in court and he will be punished according to law
No @!$%# sherlock, thanks for stating the obvious.....
Wonder how he lost his job? I guess stealing $40,000.00 worth of stuff does not mean he's untrustworthy, does it?
Not really, it's more a sign of desperation than anything else.
lol no lie, my Oil of Olay was missing from my bathroom this morning, and I thought it was my daughter!
I'm not condoning what he did either, but I probaly would had been one to buy it if I was getting it for half the price. I probably would not have thought it was stolen, he probably would of told me that it was like an overage or something and I would had probably believed him? Stolen, never though so lol
Atleast he wasn't pimping some white girl...
Is pimping a caucasian woman any worse than pimping an African-America women, or an oriental woman, or an Indian woman? No, no it's not.
When metrosexuals go bad...
Again, he wasn't stealing these products for himself, he stole them so he could resell them and mae a living....
To bad he was not into clearasil the oil of olay was not working
He wanted soft skin for Bubba his cell mate.
Strange
I guess it was easy for him to steal the product?
I don't quite understand why cute nicknames are given to thieves. Anyway, glad he turned himself in.
Oil of Olay bandit
LMAO that moron is never going to live that nick name down ever !!
what a dumb ass
Obviously he not a dumbass since he got away with it for so long.
I can feel for him, but he should have just dealt Cannabis instead of stealing items so he can resell them. Not a single person has died from Cannabis in all of recorded history, it's non-addictive and is far safer than legal drugs like tobacco and alcohol which kill thousands every year.