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Police: Man Tried to Shoplift from Supermarket by Packing Meat in His Vest, Pants

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Caught with $155.27 worth of meat in 10 packages that he was trying to smuggle out of a Darien supermarket underneath his clothes, a Stamford man said he was just trying to feed himself, police said. Darien police described the incident with this further account, including accusations not proven in court:

Police were called to Stop and Shop at 148 Heights Road sometime on Tuesday, May 16 on a report of a man trying to shoplift. Police were told store employees had seen a man stuffing packaged meat into his vest and pants. The man was still in the store when police arrived, and a store manager pointed him out, standing in line at the customer service desk. Police saw that there was clearly something stuffed in the man’s vest, which was bulging in places. Police asked the man, James Coates, 42, of Pequot Dr., Stamford, to talk with them in one of the store aisles.

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Police: Accomplice Arrested in $3,500 Shampoo Theft from CVS Last December

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The man who drove the getaway car for a shampoo thief who stole $3,500 from a shelf at CVS Pharmacy has been arrested on larceny charges, Darien police said. Police described the crime and how they got to the driver with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

As Luis Medina, 25, of Marion Avenue in the Bronx, entered the store on Dec. 27 and then walked out with the expensive bottles of shampoo, Osaban Williams (also known as Osahar Williams), also of Marion Avenue in the Bronx, was waiting with a Volkswagen Beetle outside. When Medina left with the shampoo, he got into the car and the two drove off in the car. Someone got the license plate number, and the owner identified the driver that day as his son.

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High Bond for Short-Haired Man Accused of Stealing Lots of Expensive Shampoo

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Darien police have just arrested a short-haired Bronx man (with a longish arrest record) accusing him of shoplifting in Darien, where he’s accused of stealing $3,500 worth of high-end shampoo, some of which goes for $60 a bottle. In a news release, Darien police described the matter with this account (including accusations not proven in court):

A manager at the CVS store employee called police at 8 a.m. Friday to tell them a male had just stolen numerous high-end shampoo and haircare products from the store. The manager gave police a description of the suspect and told them the suspect had run across the street to the Darien Railroad Station parking lot, where he got in a taxi. A police officer went to the station, where only one of six taxis was occupied by a customer. The officer briefly questioned him, saw that he matched the description given by the store manager and arrested Luis Medina, 25, of Marion Avenue in the Bronx.