
FEDEX DRIVER ARRESTED FOR STEALING WALMART SHIPMENTS
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“Just the Facts Ma'am”:
🔹 Walmart Asset Protection notices packages missing from a specific driver.
🔹 Trackers are placed in multiple packages scheduled for delivery.
🔹 Driver delivers some boxes but keeps others, including one found in a dumpster.
🔹 Driver marks a final tracked package as “delivered” while it’s still on his truck.
🔹 Officers stop the driver and find the stolen merchandise and a loaded handgun.
🔹 Suspect goes to jail.
The rest of the story:
On March 18, 2026, Tulsa Police were contacted by Walmart regarding a series of thefts involving high-end electronics. Walmart staff had noticed an increase in missing packages, specifically coming from one FedEx delivery truck and driver.
Walmart Asset Protection placed tracking devices inside four packages. On March 18, three of these boxes were scheduled for delivery to the Walmart at 207 S. Memorial Drive.
The driver, 31-year-old Austin Reichel, delivered two of the boxes but kept the third.
Surveillance footage later captured Reichel throwing that third package into a dumpster at 1828 N. 105 East Ave, along with internal packaging from the boxes he had “delivered” earlier that day.
On March 19, another tracked package was placed on Reichel's truck. Although he marked the package as delivered, he never actually dropped it off.
Tulsa Police Officers initiated a traffic stop on Reichel shortly after he left the Memorial Avenue location. Officers located the missing package, containing AirPods and cell phones, still in the back of the truck.
In total, the estimated loss from the stolen electronics is approximately $17,330.33.
Upon his arrest, Reichel informed Officers he had a loaded handgun in his backpack, which was located inside the truck. Reichel was booked into the Tulsa County Jail for:
🔹 Larceny from a Retailer (over $15,000)
🔹 Possession of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony
These are arrests, not convictions.



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