Man Charged In Feasterville Grocery Store Thefts

LOWER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA —A Trevose man has been charged with numerous retail thefts after he tried another Tuesday morning but was caught by police in the act.

Christopher Collins, 42, of Trevose, has been charged with retail theft, receiving stolen property, providing false identification to law enforcement and flight to avoid apprehension.

The Lower Southampton Township Police Department said that at 11 a.m. Tuesday, a police sergeant was in an unmarked vehicle in the ACME parking lot at 105 E. Street Rd. in Feasterville.

The sergeant saw a man entering the ACME who matched the physical description of two recent retail thefts at the Giant located at 176 W. Street Rd in Feasterville.

The sergeant, who was in plain clothes, walked into ACME and monitored the man, who quickly pushed a shopping cart with un-bagged merchandise past all points of sale and out of the store without paying.

Police said the sergeant made contact with the man and identified himself as police.

The man took off running through the parking lot and was apprehended and the merchandise valued at $224 was recovered, police said.

During the process, the man provided false identification, However, during prisoner processing his fingerprints resulted in his true identity.

Collins was also charged with the two prior retail thefts at Giant on Oct. 16 and Oct.

Collins was also found to have outstanding arrest warrants out of Adult Probation, The Bucks County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

He was picked up by the Bucks County Sheriff’s Deputies and provided a ride to the Bucks County Correctional Facility, police said.