3-Foot-Tall Snoop Dogg Bobblehead Worth $1,000 Stolen From Bucks Co. Grocery Store

NORTHAMPTON, PA — A suspect has been accused of taking a particularly strange item from at least one grocery store in the Philadelphia region in July: a 3-foot-tall bobblehead of the rapper Snoop Dogg.

The Northampton Township Police Department announced Wednesday that, after an investigation by detectives, Mark Priore of Holland had been charged with theft by unlawful taking in the bizarre incident.

Police were notified of the theft on Aug. 4, when staff at the Richboro ACME realized a man had taken the bobblehead from their Corona display on July 29. Police released security footage of the theft at the time, calling for the public's help in identifying the man seen with Snoop Dogg's likeness in his shopping cart.

Video from a neighboring grocery store aided the investigation, too, police said.

The same theft occurred at three different grocery stores: the ACMEs in West Goshen and Richboro in Bucks County, and the GIANT in Caln Township in Chester County.

Priore is only accused of stealing from the Richboro ACME, police confirmed. Lieutenant Charles Pinkerton said he could not comment on the thefts from the other grocery stores.

Pinkerton also told Patch that the bobblehead was intended to be auctioned off for a charitable cause after its time in the store.

The bobblehead display is valued at $1,000, according to police.

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