LI Bloomingdale's Loss Prevention Officers Robbed Store: Police

Two loss prevention officers from a Garden City Bloomindagle's were arrested after police say they conspired to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars of merchandise from the store.

According to police, Teron Butcher, 29, of 145th Avenue, Queens, was a loss prevention officer at the Bloomingdale's at the Roosevelt Field Mall. Police say he manipulated the cameras in the store to allow Kenneth John, 30, of 161st Street, Queens, to hide and stay in the store after-hours. John was also a loss prevention officer at the store.

On Sept. 22, police say that Butcher manipulated the cameras and so that John and a second man, whom police have not yet arrested, could steal merchandise from the store.

Police say the two robbed the store multiple times over the course of a year. The merchandise they stole is worth more than $260,000, police said.

Butcher is charged with three counts of third-degree burglary, and second- and third-degree grand larceny. John is charged with three counts of third-degree burglary, second-degree grand larceny and third-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

Both men are scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Wednesday, Oct. 2.