Monday, January 17, 2011

Crime Scene Middletown: MAN ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING FROM SEARS STORE

PREPARED BY DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT STEPHEN DOLLINGER

On January 15, 2011 at approximately 1:55 pm police responded to the Sears store located on Highway 35 in reference to a report of a shoplifting that had just occurred. Store security had reported that the male subject involved with the theft was currently sitting in a black Honda Civic that was parked in the parking lot.

Security officers reported that they observed the subject take several bottles of cologne off of a shelf, walk into the shoe department where he took a box of shoes and then proceed to the kids department where he placed the bottles of cologne inside the shoe box and put the shoes in the back pockets of his pants. He then exited the store.

Patrolman John Mele located the subject, identified as Jose Bonilla, age 32, from Madison Avenue in Red Bank, NJ sitting in the vehicle. Upon approaching the vehicle, Officer Mele observed the stolen items laying on the backseat. Bonilla was then placed under arrest.

Bonilla was transported to police headquarters where he was charged with Shoplifting. He was processed and released on a summons pending a court date in the Middletown Township Municipal Court.

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