Shoplifting Suspect In Bucks Charged With Lower Moreland Theft

LOWER MORELAND, PA — Township police have announced the arrest of a man who was wanted in connection with a theft from a local CVS.

Dennis Davydchik was one of three suspects police believed to be involved in a theft incident at the CVS on Welsh Road back on May 18 just after 1:30 p.m., according to police.

Officers who had been dispatched to the call originally believed that Davydchik was not involved in the theft, but after further investigation determined he had been one of the main co-conspirators in the case.

Police say that an arrest warrant was subsequently issued and Davydchik was arrested by officers and charged in connection with the crime.

Lower Moreland officials picked up Davydchik from the Bucks County Correctional Facility on July 27, where he was being held on similar charges in neighboring Bucks County, according to a report on Montgomery County Crimewatch.

In Lower Moreland, Davydchik is being charged with one count of retail theft and one count of receiving stolen property.

Specifics about what Davydchik is accused of stealing in the CVS shoplifting incident were not immediately disclosed.

Montgomery County court records show that Davydchik is still awaiting a preliminary arraignment on the Lower Moreland charges.

Meanwhile, court records in Bucks County show two different criminal docket sheets for Davydchik, one stemming from charges in Warrington Township and another in Lower Makefield Township.

In both of the Bucks County cases, Davydchik is being charged with similar retail theft charges as those lodged by Lower Moreland.

Unknown to some, in Pennsylvania retail theft can actually be considered a felony crime. According to defense attorneys, retail theft has always been charged as a third degree felony in cases where the individual has had two prior retail theft offenses, when the value of the merchandise stolen is more than $2,000, and when the item stolen is an automobile or a firearm.

Police officials told Patch that the law has since been updated, and that general theft covers $2,000 worth of goods to qualify as a felony, but that the retail theft threshold has since been lowered under state statute to $1,000.