4 Girls Arrested for Stealing from ShopRite in Hoboken, NJ

Around 7:48 PM on March 12, 2024, Sergeant Edward Sellick with the Hoboken Police Department heard on his radio that there was an active shoplifting involving 4 females at ShopRite on 900 Madison Street. Sergeant Sellick radioed that he would be responding there, and entered the store around 7:52 PM. As he entered, he made contact with a loss prevention official, who informed him that the shoplifting was still in progress. Sergeant Sellick was led upstairs to the loss prevention office, and he spoke with another person on loss prevention who informed him that 3 of the 4 females had shoplifted there on another occasion as well, but they were unable to apprehend them that time because they were focusing their resources towards another shoplifter.

Sergeant Sellick watched the shoplifting in progress on the store’s surveillance system for about 10 minutes, and he saw the 4 females attempt to conceal some of the items and subsequently pass through self-checkout without paying for all the items. Once they had gotten past the self-checkout register and they were about to exit the store, they were immediately apprehended by loss prevention officials. Around the same time, Sergeant Sellick walked downstairs and waited until the loss prevention official led the 4 females towards the officers. They were escorted upstairs to the loss prevention office, and none of them had identification on them.

They were instructed to provide their names and addresses, and eventually identified as 20-year-old Alana perez, 20-year-old Amira Colon, 21-year-old Aniyah Bond, and 23-year-old Nikcha Adolphe. Alana females stated that she was 7 months pregnant and Aniya stated that she was 3 months pregnant. Only Amira was not involved in the other shoplifting that had occurred on the previous day, so police were informed that ShopRite wanted to press charges against the other 3 for that incident as well. After reviewing an itemized printout of the value of stolen items that day, all 4 were placed under arrest.

After they were handcuffed, Officer Shelby Seickendick searched them and all of them were transported to the Hoboken Police Department. At police HQ, they were searched in more detail. Officer Quinn finger printed and photographed each of them, and they were subsequently released with summonses to appear in court. Each of them were charged with shoplifting under 2C:20-11(b)(2).

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