Officer M. Martino was dispatched to a local supermarket on the report of a detained shoplifter. The investigating officers obtained and admission from the individual admitted to bypassing all points of sales without paying. The individual, a 38-year-old female from Westwood, NJ, was taken into custody, charged on a complaint summons for Shoplifting (4th deg.). The individual was released on her own recognizance with a pending court appearance date in the Central Judicial Processing (CJP) Court in Hackensack.
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