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The arrest resulted from an incident on Thursday, Oct. 26 around 5:40 p.m., when Yorktown Police were alerted of a shoplifter running from a Macy's Loss Prevention associate at the Jefferson Valley Mall.
According to the department, several officers responded to the scene and apprehended the shoplifter, who was identified as Dutchess County resident Richard Carter of Beacon, age 61.
An investigation eventually determined that Carter had stolen merchandise from Macy's and LensCrafters inside the mall. Officers also found that he was in possession of a quantity of crack cocaine, police said.
Carter was then arrested and charged with:
- Petit larceny;
- Fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property;
- Seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance;
- Fourth-degree possession of stolen property.
Carter was later arraigned in court and remanded to Westchester County Jail. He is scheduled to appear in Yorktown Justice Court on Saturday, Nov. 11.
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