When crime sucks. A grand larceny charge for a burglary in Fort Mill.

It takes some effort racking up a grand larceny charge on vacuum cleaners.

On April 21, Fort Mill police received a call about almost $4,000 in vacuum cleaners stolen a week prior. According to employees at the store, someone stole eight vacuums from Lowe’s Home Improvement on S.C. 160. Five models of Dyson vacuums were involved, up to an almost $1,000 version.

According to the police report someone used a ladder to lift the vacuums over the fence of the lawn and garden center at about 7:30 p.m. April 14. Police have a suspect who allegedly had “used this same method at other Lowe’s stores to steal merchandise,” according to the report.

This story was originally published April 25, 2017 at 4:48 PM with the headline "When crime sucks. A grand larceny charge for a burglary in Fort Mill.."