Chelsea CVS Robbed Two Times In Less Than An Hour: NYPD

CHELSEA, NY — A man was caught stealing more than $400 worth of medicine from a Chelsea CVS and less than an hour later, another thief stole $300 in lotion and body wash from the same store, police old Patch.

At around 9:05 a.m. Jan. 21, Vincent Groce, 49, stole: ten boxes of Zantac worth $115; a $30 Nexium packet; five Z Guard anti-snoring mouthpieces worth $165; and an unidentified amount of Zantic worth $120 from the store at 81 Eighth Ave., police said.

Groce was charged with Petit Larceny, police told Patch.

Less than an hour later at 9:50 a.m., a thief at the same CVS stole 20 bottles of Dove body wash and ten bottles of Eucerin lotion, police said.

No one has been arrested in the second case and a female suspect is being sought, police told Patch.

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