Crime & Safety
Man Tries to Return TV to Valley Stream Store Before Stealing It: Police
The man took the television from the shelf and tried to return it at the store, police say.
Police are seeking a man who tried to return a television to a Valley Stream store before stealing it back in September.
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 6:45 p.m., the man was seen at BJ’s Wholesale on 125 Green Acres Road, police said.
While inside the store the man, working with an accomplice, removed a 50 inch Vizio television set from the shelf, police said.
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He tried to make a fraudulent return on the television with no success before proceeding to wheel the television out of the store without paying for it, according to police.
Crime Stoppers is asking anyone who can identify the subject, or with any information about this crime to call: 1-800-244-TIPS (8477).
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