Authorities are now saying a Cricket Wireless employee is considered a person of interest in connection with a theft of $2,700 worth of phones from the store's kiosk at the Southern Park Mall.

That's the same employee who, after viewing security video, told police that he recognized two of three men who broke into display cases last week and helped themselves to fourteen phones.

Boardman Police say they'll compare notes with Niles Detectives who are investigating a similar theft on May 16, when 32 phones were taken from the Cricket Wireless store at the Eastwood Mall.

No one has been charged for either theft.