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Paterson police took 31-year-old David Lucas into custody over the weekend, Rochelle Park Police Detective Jim DePreta said this afternoon.
Lucas assaulted the store manager as he ran from the CVS on April 10 carrying a duffel bag filled with soap (photo, above), DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
On March 24, store officials told police, he stole $250 worth of chewing gum and pushed the manager away as he fled.
Surveillance images were distributed and the 6-foot-3-inch, 195-pound Lucas was identified by Maywood police and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, DePreta said.
A warrant for his arrest on robbery and shoplifting charges was obtained and Paterson police picked him up at midnight Saturday, the detective said.
“He was wearing the same hat and boots on the surveillance video,” DePreta said.
Lucas was being held on $22,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail.
He’s also a “person of interest” in several jurisdictions and stores, police said.
IMAGES: Courtesy ROCHELLE PARK PD
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