STAFFORD NJ Oct 31 2011 — A 42-year-old man charged with shoplifting Tuesday at Target here is also a suspect in thefts from more than 24 of the same retail stores in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, police said.
Frank T. Galazka of Almond Street, Philadelphia, was charged with three counts of shoplifting after security from the Target on Stafford Park Boulevard said Galazka left the store with a $599 vacuum cleaner without paying for it, police said.
Patrolman John Morrin and Detective Neil McKenna stopped Galazka on Route 72 near Lighthouse Drive and found he had the vacuum cleaner as well as numerous other items from Target and Home Depot, police said. The merchandise, valued at more than $1,700, was returned to Home Depot and Target, police said.
Police said Galazka was also wanted out of Philadelphia for retail theft at Targets in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Galazka’s bail was set at $25,000 and he was sent to the Ocean County Jail in Toms River pending a Superior Court hearing.
Police declined to provide a picture of the suspect.
Source:APP.com
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