SEYMOUR, Ind. – After a three-month investigation into several thefts in Seymour and Hamilton County, the Seymour Police Department (SPD) arrested two suspects.
Police received a call from Walmart Supercenter Asset Protection on October 6, 2022, and were told that two people had allegedly stolen items valued at $1000. A short time later after receiving the descriptions from detectives, Home Depot Asset Protection told police the same suspects had pushed out three cartloads of items that were apparently not paid for, totaling over $6000.
On January 20, investigators were informed that the suspects were at a Home Depot in Noblesville store but left without stealing anything. They were later stopped in Seymour by SPD on Tipton Street near I-65. Officers supposedly found numerous Milwaukee and Ryobi battery-powered tools in the car. The pair was detained and the car was secured as evidence.
Scotty Gatlin, 50, of Chicago, and Donilla Dismukes, 36, of Lafayette, were arrested for theft in connection with the October 6 incidents. Additional charges will be submitted to the prosecutor after the two were caught in possession of stolen items from the Noblesville Home Depot. Gatlin and Dismukes are also suspects in other thefts from Home Depots in Noblesville and Carmel, per SPD.