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The store surveillance system captured a man later identified as Sylvester Brown take the cases valued at $236.88 from the store on E. McDade Boulevard in the Folsom Section of town around 11:25 p.m. on April 1, Ridley police said.
Brown left the store through the side door that is not intended for customer use and fled in a Green Chevrolet Pick-up with Delaware registration, police said.
Then, about an hour later, Brown returned to the store and an employee who recognized him from the surveillance tapes called local authorities, police said.
Brown was standing by the stock room door watching the employees, but when he realized he was being watched, he fled the scene in the same green pick-up truck, police said.
Ridley Officer Mark Tancredi saw the truck pull out of the Wawa. The officer stopped the truck at MacDade Boulevard and Sycamore Avenue, and spotted Red Bull in the back seat, police said.
Brown was arrested and charged with retail theft, receiving stolen property, driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked and display of registration plate.
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