Crime & Safety
Police: Accused Shoplifter Used 'Booster Bag' To Hide Stolen Items From Security Gear
$660 worth of items put in tin foil-lined bag at Palisades Center in West Nyack.
An accused shoplifter from Queens used a tin foil-lined "booster bag" in an effort to steal $660 worth of merchandise from a store in West Nyack, according to .
Lesly Castaneda, 22, of Queens was stopped by security at the store at about 5:15 p.m. Friday. Police said Castaneda is accused of putting items from the store's displays into the special bag and then attempting to leave the store without paying.
The so-called booster bags are used in an effort to defeat retail store security devices, according to police.
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Castaneda was taken to Clarkstown police headquarters in New City and arraigned in Town Court. She was ordered held in the Rockland County Correctional Facility in New City on $500 bail pending a hearing on charges of petty larceny fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and criminal possession of an anti-security device.
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