Man Brazenly Steals From Marshall's, Returns Days Later For More: Cops

YONKERS, NY — Police say returning to the scene of the crime was the undoing of a theft suspect.

Early last week, a video of a man filling a large sack with merchandise at the Marshall's on Central Park Ave. in Yonkers made the rounds on social media. Even after good Samaritans in the store attempted to stop the brazen thief, he managed to walk out of the store with the stolen items.

Over the weekend, Yonkers police gave an update — and it seems that things did not turn out well for the bold thief. The department released body cam footage of the strange exchange.

Franklyn Rosario, of the Bronx, returned to the scene of his crime on Friday for another attempt to shoplift, police said. However, this time, with assistance from Marshall's security staff (who followed Rosario and pointed him out), Yonkers 1st Precinct Officers Joseph DiBenedetto and Keith Terraforte were quickly on the scene.

The officers soon caught up with the 25-year-old suspect, who was casually smoking a cigarette. After officers ask him to put the cigarette out, the suspect at first appears to look bewildered and then suddenly flees, but DiBenedetto and Terraforte apprehend him in a matter of seconds.

"Franklyn was a real tough guy the other day when a couple of good Samaritans tried to stop him from shoplifting and he pushed past them, this time when approached by police, he tucked tail and tried to run, but didn’t get too far," Yonkers police posted on social media.

Police said that this was Franklyn's 13th arrest, and he now faces felony larceny charges, along with weapons and drug possession, obstruction and resisting arrest.

"We think it’s fair to say that society is fed up with blatant thieves like Franklyn, to the point that civilians are now taking action – which we advise against for your own personal safety," Yonkers police said in a social media post over the weekend. "But to stop recidivist criminals like him - this is his 13th arrest - there must be consequences for bad behavior. And no, shoplifting is NOT a victimless crime: prices go up, quality-of-life goes down, criminal acts beget other criminal acts, businesses leave, etc. The Yonkers Police will always do our part to deliver perpetrators of crime into the legal system where they must be held accountable."