Crime & Safety

Accused Shoplifter From Beacon Arrested In Yorktown

Police said she left Macy's without paying for merchandise.

(Plamena Peshiva for Patch)

YORKTOWN, NY — A 30-year-old Beacon resident is due in Yorktown town court July 2 to answer a charge of petty larceny, a misdemeanor.

Police said they received a call from Macy's May 31 saying that a shoplifting suspect was in the custody of store security.

They allege that Alberta D. Peals left Macy's without paying for $272.30 of merchandise.

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After she was processed she was released on $100 bail.

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