The
Rite-Aid employee saw the customer put the pocket mirror in her purse.
The security guard detained the customer as she started to leave the
store. The guard took her purse from her, took the mirror out of it, and
refused to return the bag to the alleged perpetrator, who then used her
cell phone to smash a window.
The thirty-six-year-old
shoplifter ran outside with the intention of making her getaway on a
city bus--probably not anybody's first choice for Best Getaway Vehicle.
Police arrested her on the spot for petit larceny (stealing the mirror), criminal
mischief (breaking the window), and
possession of stolen property (having the mirror).
She
was booked that day at the Rose M. Singer Center, the women's jail on
Riker's Island, charged with criminal possession of a controlled
substance (a misdemeanor) and petit larceny and incarcerated the next
day, with a date set in Brooklyn Criminal Court for this past Friday.
The crime occurred in the Rite-Aid on Church Avenue at the corner of E. 3rd Street on June 16th at about 2:00 p.m.