Crime & Safety
Man Wore Stolen Clothes Out of Macy’s, Police Say
Cops: man also stuffed swiped clothes into a brown bag.
A Bronx man was arrested by White Plains Police Friday after wearing stolen clothes out of the Macy’s on Main Street, cops said.
The 34-year-old from Pitman Avenue in the Bronx, took a vest off the Macy’s rack at about 5:45 p.m. Feb. 22 and entered a dressing room with a brown paper shopping bag, police said.
Macy’s employees watched the Bronx man exit without the vest and with a full brown bag, authorities said.
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Macy’s employees stopped him after he left, and found the vest in his bag—along with two other shirts, police said. The man was also wearing a fourth shirt under his current outfit, cops added.
The items the alleged thief pilfered totaled $264.59, police said.
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Joseph was arrested, charged with petty larceny—a misdemeanor—and held on $200 bail.
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