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ROBERT Dell, inset above was arrested earlier this month along with several cronies who stand accused of stealing merchandise from Home Depot stores and selling them on eBay.

The Florida Attorney General’s Office identified Dell as “a pastor of The Rock Church and the founder of a halfway house serving those recovering from drug addiction in St. Petersburg” and said he was the ringleader of a “multimillion-dollar theft ring”

However, following Dell’s arrest, the church, according to the Christian Post, released a statement saying:

Robert Dell is not the pastor of the Rock Church. He wasn’t the founding pastor either. He was the pastor when it was named the Rock Community Church and Transformation Center, and hasn’t been a pastor for the last 2 ½ years.

Florida’s Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody, said:

This pastor clearly skipped over the commandment—thou shall not steal.

Her office revealed that Dell “worked with four accomplices to shoplift Milwaukee, Dewalt and other branded products from Home Depot stores.”

Images via Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. 

Two of his accomplices, Daniel Mace and Jessica Wild, above, “stole the majority of the merchandise and, on average, victimized stores five to six times a day.”

As part of the scheme, they would deliver the stolen goods to Dell’s house. He would then sell them on eBay using the store name “Anointed Liquidator.”

Images via Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. 

Dell’s wife, Jaclyn, 39, and mother, Karen, 72, above, have also been charged with “assisting in the collection, shipment and payment of the stolen goods.”

Jaclyn Dell faces a conspiracy charge under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, while Karen Dell is charged with dealing in stolen property.

Moody’s office allaged that Dell:

Demanded the crimes under threat of abuse and used the positions of being a pastor and founder of a [halfway] house to manipulate other vulnerable people to participate in the criminal scheme. Home Depot suspects Dell operated this scheme for more than 10 years, resulting in the loss of more than $5=million.

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