Officer K. Cullen responded to a local grocery store to speak with a loss prevention employee regarding a shoplifting (approximately $104) that had occurred in the past. The case was turned over to Det. D. Kearns, who was familiar with the suspect, a 35-year-old male from Emerson, NJ. The absentee defendant was positively identified and charged on a complaint summons for Shoplifting (DP) with a mandatory court appearance date with the Emerson Municipal Court.
**A charge is not a conviction. All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed **