On 3/20/2024, the Emerson Police Department received a report of a Shoplifting in progress at a local retail store. Sgt. B. Rizza, Officer J. Schwarz, Officer C. Scheidle and Officer J. Chichizola arrived and set up a perimeter. The defendant bypassed all points of sale without paying for the merchandise and was immediately placed under arrest. The individual, a 32-year-old male from New York, NY, was taken into custody, charged on a complaint summons for Shoplifting (3rd deg.) and was ultimately transported and remanded to the Bergen County Correctional & Rehabilitation Center (BCCRC) pending his first appearance at the Central Judicial Processing (CJP) Court in Hackensack. **A charge is not a conviction. All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed **