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SALEM MA May 21 2009 — Two women were arrested on shoplifting charges after allegedly trying to steal a flat-screen television from a local department store.
Police were called to Target at 205 S. Broadway about 3 p.m. Thursday, after store security workers spotted the women trying to leave the store with a 32-inch LCD television, police said.
Serrano Milagrosa, 22, of Wilmington, Mass., was charged with felony shoplifting and driving after her license was suspended. Leah Mullen, 33, of Derry was charged as an accomplice to shoplifting.
Police said Milagrosa had her 10-month-old child with her at the time of the theft.
“The friend (Mullen) was carrying the infant while the mother was cutting the security tags to the television,” Capt. Shawn Patten said.
The women allegedly left the store with the television, valued at $599, without paying for it.
Police stopped the women on Cluff Road and took them into custody without incident. The women told the officers who stopped them that they stole the television so they could trade it for heroin, police said. Milagrosa was held at the county jail on $5,000 bail. Mullen was released on $600 bail.
Police were called to Target at 205 S. Broadway about 3 p.m. Thursday, after store security workers spotted the women trying to leave the store with a 32-inch LCD television, police said.
Serrano Milagrosa, 22, of Wilmington, Mass., was charged with felony shoplifting and driving after her license was suspended. Leah Mullen, 33, of Derry was charged as an accomplice to shoplifting.
Police said Milagrosa had her 10-month-old child with her at the time of the theft.
“The friend (Mullen) was carrying the infant while the mother was cutting the security tags to the television,” Capt. Shawn Patten said.
The women allegedly left the store with the television, valued at $599, without paying for it.
Police stopped the women on Cluff Road and took them into custody without incident. The women told the officers who stopped them that they stole the television so they could trade it for heroin, police said. Milagrosa was held at the county jail on $5,000 bail. Mullen was released on $600 bail.
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