Crime & Safety

Woman Caught Shoplifting $2,000 Worth Of Bras And Perfume From Wayne's Willowbrook Mall: Police

Authorities believe that Cynthia Mary Roman, 39, is part of a shoplifting 'gang' that has hit several Victoria's Secret area stores.

A Pennsylvania woman was charged with shoplifting after she was caught putting more than $2,300 worth of bras and cologne from Victoria’s Secret in the Willowbrook Mall Saturday night, Wayne police said.

Cynthia Mary Roman, 39, of Tobyhanna, Pa., was caught putting 49 bras and 10 bottles of women’s cologne worth more than $2,300 into a bag as she walked through the store, said Capt. Laurence Martin.

Loss prevention officers at the store said they think Roman is part of an organized shoplifting “gang” responsible for stealing merchandise from various Victoria’s Secret store in the region, Martin said.

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Police said Roman had a $1,300 warrant out for her arrest out of Paramus. She was released on the shoplifting charge and released on her own recognizance on the Paramus warrant, Martin said.

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