LYNDHURST –
Police are looking for a trio who, they say, took part in a scheme to swipe some booze from a Lyndhurst liquor store on Saturday, June 25.
Police are hoping that images captured from surveillance video cameras will help trip up the suspects.
According to Lyndhurst Police Det. Vincent Auteri, the incident began at about 11:35 p.m. when a man described as black, with short black hair, wearing a gold necklace, white T-shirt with a blue logo, light blue linen pants and holding a white canvas bag, entered Meadow Liquors on Lewandowski St. and began browsing.
Entering the store with him, Auteri said, were two black females whose purpose is believed to have distracted attention from the male.
Auteri said: “The male suspect would eventually remove a bottle of alcohol from a display shelf and place it into his canvas bag. Shortly thereafter, one of the female suspects proceeded to buy a bottle of pineapple juice before all three suspects left the store together.
“Store employees believe that the suspects may have been in the store several days prior to [allegedly] committing the shoplifting.”
Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call the LPD Criminal Investigation Division at 201-939-2900, ext. 2740, or the Lyndhurst Police Anonymous Tip Hot-Line at 201-804-9346.
The investigation is ongoing, Auteri said.
