WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — A New Jersey man is facing retail theft and stolen property charges for allegedly stealing caviar, champagne, and other items from the Wegmans store.
The Warrington Township Police Department has charged Pavlo Tkach, of Trenton, with retail theft and receiving stolen merchandise, both misdemeanors.
Tkach is accused of stealing a shopping cart full of unbagged merchandise without paying. An investigation found that he stole $563.88 worth of merchandise, including caviar, champagne, other alcoholic beverages, and additional items.
The store's loss prevention employees reported that the same man was connected to another retail theft in Princeton.
In other reports:
Warrington Police were called to the Walmart store for a reported retail theft. Loss prevention employees told police that two women had selected $104.76 worth of merchandise and concealed the items in a backpack. The two exited the store without paying. Images of the women were posted on Crime Watch, generating several tips from the public that helped police identify them as two 20-year-olds from Stroudsburg. On Monday, they turned themselves in to police. They were processed and released.
Police were called to the Walmart store on Sunday for a reported retail theft. Loss prevention employees told police that a man had selected $770.06 worth of merchandise, including steaks, a roast, cheesecakes, and other items, before exiting the store without paying. When confronted by loss prevention employees, the man fled but was stopped by police a short time later. Tony Evangelista, 51, from Horsham, was placed under arrest. Officers located a plastic baggie containing a crystallized substance and a straw with residue on it. Further investigation revealed that his vehicle's registration was expired and suspended, the vehicle had no insurance, and Evangelista's driver's license was suspended. Evangelista was processed and released.
A man found passed out on the road near the Regal Cinemas has been charged with two summary offenses: public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. When police arrived on Oct. 10, officers found the 49-year-old man from Chalfont asleep in the roadway. Police said the man showed signs of heavy impairment and was administered a portable breath test, which indicated a blood alcohol concentration triple the legal limit if he were driving. The man was cited and then transported to a friend's house.
In September, police received a report of a stolen wallet from BJ's gas station. The victim reported leaving a wallet on the roof of their vehicle while pumping gas. BJ's staff reviewed surveillance footage and identified 51-year-old Jeffrey Walter Kojeszewski of Warrington as the person who retrieved the wallet. The victim had an AirTag inside the wallet and was able to track it to the woods near BJ's. Officers responded to Kojeszewski's residence, where he declined to answer the door but spoke with police by phone. He told police that he had found the wallet and intended to turn it in but got busy. He subsequently turned the wallet over to police. The victim later reported that gift cards were missing from the wallet. On October 16, Kojeszewski was processed for this theft and charged with theft by unlawful taking, theft of lost property, and receiving stolen property.
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