2 Bronx Women Charged In Theft Of $1,600 Worth Of Sunglasses

Two Bronx woman are accused of grand larceny in connection with the theft of $1,600 worth of sunglasses from a West Nyack department store, according to .

Atika Baptistes, 25, and Christine Peart, 23, were arrested Saturday after security staff at the store at mall reported to police the women took 14 sets of sunglasses from a display rack and left the store without paying at about 9:30 p.m.

Baptiste and Peart were taken to Clarkstown police headquarters in New City and arraigned in Clarkstown Town Court. They both were ordered held in the Rockland County Correctional Facility on $5,000 bail pending a hearing on Wednesday.

They are each charged with fourt-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, both felonies.