Man Charged in Power-Tool Theft Also Sought in Earlier Sears Theft

Yorktown police report that James J. Damico of Yonkers, who was stopped outside of Sears July 14 and charged with shoplifting power tools and clothing, is also charged in connection with a shoplifting incident July 1.

According to police, an unidentified man had fled Sears July 1 with six Dyson vacuum cleaners valued at $3,399.94. Officers searched around the JV Mall but did not find anyone matching the man’s description.

Two weeks later, on July 14, officers were called again to Sears when security reported a man fleeing in a Lincoln Town Car with power tools and shirts for which he had not paid.

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Following an investigation, Damico was charged with third-degree grand larceny, a felony, in connection with the July 1 incident, and also grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property in connection with the second event.

He was sent to Westchester County Jail after arraignment, on $40,000 cash bail.