Cambridge Man Arrested After his Shoplifting Scheme Fails on the Second Attempt

A man faces shoplifting charges after he allegedly tried the same trick twice, only to fail the second time around.

On June 20, Daniel Hermon, 56, of Cambridge, went to and bought a blender for $126, which he took out to his car and came back with the receipt in hand and took another one off the shelf and left with it, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn.

"Security stopped him (with the stolen blender) but he showed them the receipt so they let him go," Lawn said. "They reviewed the security tape and saw what he did."

The next day, Hermon allegedly came back to Target and returned one of the blenders, showing the receipt. He asked to put the balance of the blender toward a more expensive blender, Lawn said.

Again he took the blender out to the parking lot, returned to the store with the receipt and grabbed another identical blender and tried to leave. This time Target security was ready.

"He did the same thing and he was stopped," Lawn said.

Hermon, of 5 Walden Square Road Apt. 126 in Cambridge, was arrested on two charges of shoplifting of over $100 by asportation, Lawn said.