Serial Shoplifter Nabbed After Coming Back For Seconds: Police

YONKERS, NY — Police say they finally nabbed a repeat shoplifter who didn't quit while he was ahead.

Last week, 2nd Precinct officers responded to a call of a shoplifter who brazenly filled two garbage bags with over 60 items from CVS and walked out without paying.

Officers caught up with Michael Donkis not far from the CVS, apprehending him and recovering the two full garbage bags. Police say that he had appeared to have hit this same store several times in the past day, some of it caught on camera by a bystander who posted the video on NextDoor.

Seeing the post, police concentrated extra resources on the area to be ready for him should he return.

Donkis was charged with misdemeanor larceny. He also had an active warrant from the Yonkers Police Department for criminal possession of a controlled substances, according to police.

"Shoplifters beware- we work closely with our retail locations," Yonkers police said in a statement accompanying the body-cam footage of the arrest. "They will report thefts to us and you will be found and arrested."