A man suspected of stuffing electronic items into his pants and walking out of Staples in Howell earlier this month has not yet been arrested. Police are hoping that his image will jog someone's memory and jump-start the investigation.
Whatever it is that gives people the impression that Target stores are easy marks for shoplifting, police in Ocean and Monmouth Counties intend to dispel the notion. And that goes for other big shopping-center anchor stores as well.
An organized group of shoplifters that have preyed on Toys R Us stores from New Jersey to Maryland during the past few months might have operatives at the shore, according to Toms River police.
A Newark woman allegedly waited inside Target as her children, including a toddler, pushed a cart filled with $1,115 worth of unpaid merchandise out of the store.
TOMS RIVER - Three men, who apparently filled a couple of supermarket carts and strolled out without paying Thursday here, are wanted for questioning by police.
An investigation of shoplifting in Monmouth's Township of Ocean narrows in on two individuals visible in surveillance images. Police seek their identities.