STAFFORD — Three current or former Best Buy employees were charged this morning with the
theft of merchandise from the store last month.

Police had been investigating a series of thefts and illegal purchases of stolen electronics from the store since Nov. 25 when the electronics giant -- located in the Stafford Park shopping center -- filed a report.

At 11:40 a.m. this morning police charged Aaron Williams, 18, of Barnegat, Justin Lo Iacono, 20, of Little Egg Harbor, and Mikael Vizcaino, 22, of Stafford following an investigation headed by Detective Neil McKenna.

Williams was charged with theft, fencing stolen goods and receiving stolen property. Vizcaino and Iacono were each charged with receiving stolen property. All three were released pending a future court date.