Somerset police officer buys Christmas dinner for family after shoplifting call Share Updated: 10:38 PM EST Dec 29, 2020 Julie Loncich Share Updated: 10:38 PM EST Dec 29, 2020
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TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 10:38 PM EST Dec 29, 2020 Julie Loncich A Massachusetts police officer is being recognized for giving and forgiving this holiday season, after responding to a call for shoplifting at a local supermarket. Somerset Police Officer Matthew Lima says one of the most common calls is at retail stores for shoplifting. It can be people shoplifting any number of items, any value from $10 up to thousands of dollars, Lima says. You really don t know what to expect until you get there. Five days before Christmas, Lima responded to a criminal cry for help. It was a little bit different from the get-go because not too many people engage in that type of behavior with their young children there, L
“They were very appreciative and almost shocked in a way,” Officer Matt Lima said.
On December 20, Officer Lima responded to the shoplifting call at Stop & Shop on Grand Army Highway.
Lima spoke to a Stop & Shop employee who said two women with children were allegedly not scanning all of their groceries at the self-checkout kiosks, but putting the items into shopping bags.
“They both admitted that what they did was wrong, that they had never done it before, that they could look up that information up which I did,” Lima said.
The women told Lima they fell upon hard times and tried to take the groceries despite not having enough money to pay for them “so they could provide a Christmas dinner for the two young children.”
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SOMERSET Chief George McNeil recently reported that the Christmas spirit was alive and well in Somerset, thanks to one of his officers.
Officer Matt Lima responded to Stop & Shop, 815 Grand Army Highway, Dec. 20 for a report of a shoplifting in progress.
Lima spoke to a Stop & Shop asset protection associate who told him that he observed the suspects, two women with two young children, not scanning all of their groceries and then putting them into shopping bags at the self-checkout kiosks. The associate then printed the transaction receipt and noticed numerous items they took were missing. The suspects were subsequently asked to return inside with their items while they awaited Somerset police.
Massachusetts police officer buys Christmas dinner for family after grocery store shoplifting call Share Updated: 1:06 PM CST Dec 30, 2020 Julie Loncich Share Updated: 1:06 PM CST Dec 30, 2020
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TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 1:06 PM CST Dec 30, 2020 Julie Loncich A Massachusetts police officer is being recognized for giving and forgiving this holiday season, after responding to a call for shoplifting at a supermarket. Somerset Police Officer Matthew Lima says one of the most common calls is at retail stores for shoplifting. It can be people shoplifting any number of items, any value from $10 up to thousands of dollars, Lima says. You really don t know what to expect until you get there. Five days before Christmas, Lima responded to a criminal cry for help. It was a little bit different from the get-go because not too many people engage in that type of behavior with their young children