Medford Man Faces Shoplifting Charge in Sudbury

Thanks to the keen eye of a female shopper, an alleged shoplifter was stopped on June 7 in Sudbury before taking offer with more than $200 worth of items.

According to acting Sudbury Police Chief Scott Nix, the female shopper alerted management at Sudbury Farms about a man wearing a suspicious black trench coat.

After responding officers arrived, they checked the man's jacket and found it had been altered to conceal merchandise.

Sudbury Farms management scanned the items found in the coat and the total value came in at more than $200.

After completing the investigation, officers arrested Richard Capra, 67, of 46 Thatcher St. in Medford, and charged him with shoplifting more than $100 by concealing the merchandise.

He was released at 5:58 p.m. and was scheduled to be arraigned at Framingham District Court on June 10.

In other police news from June 7:

• New Hampshire residents in town for the fiddle festival at the Wayside Inn reported a check they used to purchase art work was forged. Detectives are investigating.
• An employee at a Boston Post Road business reported her iPad was stolen from her backpack the night before. The case is under investigation.