Thief who swiped items worth over $140,000 from multiple Arizona Walmarts sentenced to prison

A man who targeted Walmart stores in various Arizona counties has been sentenced to eight years in prison, authorities announced Wednesday.

Alexander Dantzler was charged with taking part in two separate organized retail theft and trafficking operations and personally stealing more than $140,000 worth of merchandise, according to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.

In the first operation, he targeted Walmart stores in multiple counties, including Mohave, Graham, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Maricopa and Yavapai County, prosecutors said.

In the other operation for which he was nabbed, Dantzler stole from a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Pima County.

During his April 23 sentencing, Dantzler was also given 14 years of probation and ordered to pay $140,000 in restitution.

This came after he pleaded guilty to the following counts on March 10:

• Organized retail theft
• Trafficking in stolen property
• Fraudulent schemes and artifices
• Illegally conducting an enterprise

Dantzler’s co-defendants have been charged and are still under litigation, prosecutors said.

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