Crime & Safety

Short Hills Victoria’s Secret: Women Tried To Steal $4K Of Clothes, Police Say

Millburn police arrested two Asbury Park women after they allegedly tried to shoplift more than $4,500 of clothes from Victoria's Secret.

MILLBURN, NJ — Millburn police arrested two Asbury Park residents after they allegedly tried to shoplift more than $4,500 worth of clothes from Victoria’s Secret at The Mall At Short Hills earlier this month, authorities say.

According to the Millburn Police Department, a Millburn detective saw two females walk into the store with empty shopping bags. The females – Kavonne Sanders, 21, and Keyavia Robinson, 22 – then allegedly concealed multiple articles of clothing in the bags and left the store without paying.

When the detective tried to stop Sanders and Robinson they fled; police apprehended the pair a short time later, authorities said.

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Police said that the total estimated value of the items was about $4,500.

Authorities charged Sanders and Robinson with shoplifting and released them with a summons.

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