Crime & Safety
Police: One Theft Not Enough For White Plains Man
The following arrest report was provided by the White Plains Police Department, it does not indicate a conviction.
After getting past store security with more than $200 worth of cologne earlier this month, police say a White Plains man was caught returning to the same store this week to steal seven more boxes.
Store security at Sears called police Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. after they say the 47-year-old White Plains man walked out of the store with seven boxes of cologne valued at $403 tucked under his jacket.
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Security then checked surveillance video and noticed that the same man appeared to have walked out of the store on Feb. 4 with five boxes of cologne valued at $234.
Police charged the man with two separate counts of petit larceny, a misdemeanor, and took him into custody.
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The 47-year-old man was held on $500 bail.
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