Three people are being sought on suspicion of stealing drugs from a supermarket in the Hudson Valley (NY) region valued at almost $4,000 dollars.
On Thursday, the New York State Police (NYSP) asked the public for help in identifying the three suspects, releasing their photos and the supposed car in which they traveled.
The robbery happened in Cortlandt, Westchester County, where the subjects stole $3,900 worth of over-the-counter medication from the ACME supermarket on East Main Street in Mohegan Lake, according to police.
Supposedly, the group also tried to steal medicine from another supermarket in the same region, but were arrested on the spot and then fled the supermarket in a red or maroon four-door sedan, he said. Hudson Valley Post.
“Please do not leave tips on Facebook,” the New York State Police wrote on Facebook. Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to call the NYSP at (914) 769-2600.
Complaints of shoplifting or theft of products in NYC stores have risen 81% this year compared to the previous one, aggravating a trend that had been increased by penal reform and the pandemic, the NYPD indicated in early April. Cases have also skyrocketed in the rest of the state and other parts of the country.
The situation has generated unemployment by store closings, product shortages, more merchandise placed under lock and key And till episodes of violence with injured employees confronting thieves, many of them repeat offenders.
In the middle of April, a teenager was stabbed by the store owner during an alleged robbery in Lower Manhattan and collapsed at a Duane Reade pharmacy. Last week, John Catsimatidis, a billionaire magnate of Gristedes supermarkets, offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of two armed robbers who robbed and tied up two employees at one of their stores in Manhattan.
state laws made shoplifting a promising option for some criminals, amid an apparent impunity. For example, Isaac Rodríguez, a 22-year-old resident of Queens, was arrested 46 times for shoplifting in 2021.
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