MEMPHIS, TN – A FedEx employee is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.
The items were reported missing on May 27, after FedEx Memphis Hub Loss Prevention opened an internal investigation into the undelivered packages.
Inside one package was a diamond ring valued at $8,500.
A second package was also reported missing, containing four gold bars valued at a combined $13,591.
Officials tracked the ring and gold bars down to a pawn shop. Police say Antwone Tate sold the items to the pawn shop, using his Tennessee driver’s license to pawn them.
Tate was employed by FedEx at the time and would have had access to the packages.
A third package containing vintage baseball cards was also linked to Tate.
Police say a 1915 Cracker Jack Chief Bender card and a 1933 Goudey Sport Kings Ty Cobb card were listed on eBay by a seller named antta_57.
Police were able to determine Tate was the seller and that he had also stolen the cards, valued at $6,856.
Tate is charged with theft of property in relation to all three thefts.
FedEx confirmed Tate is no longer employed with them, and sent this statement to Action news 5:
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