Homeless Woman Arrested for Stealing from Hoboken ACME

Prior Arrest (Stealing from Walgreens)

Around 12:45 PM on June 12, 2024, Officer Brandon Fitzgibbons with the Hoboken Police Department responded to a report of a shoplifting at ACME on 614 Clinton Street. He entered the store and met with the floor manager as well as the scanning coordinator. Officer Tyrone Huggins arrived shortly afterwards, and store employees informed them that around 11:00 AM, a woman entered their store, put body wash and soaps inside a bag, and left the store without paying. Later at around 12:35 PM, a man entered the store and attempted to leave without paying for 6 bottles of liquor before he was stopped by store employees. At that time, the man was allowed to leave the store as long as he handed them the liquor.

After the man left the store, an employee of the store spotted him walking away with the same woman who matched the description from the earlier shoplifting incident. Based on this connection, store employees called the Hoboken Police. The officers walked upstairs to the office so they could review the surveillance footage. Detective Michael Losurdo arrived shortly afterwards and looked through the surveillance footage. Store employees provided the officers with 2 itemized printouts estimating the value of the shoplifted goods. They estimated that the woman had stolen $487.89 worth of items, while the man had attempted to steal 6 bottles of liquor worth a total of $197.94.

Based on their descriptions, other officers patrolled the vicinity of the store in an attempt to locate the suspects matching that description. As the officers were speaking with store employees, Sergeant Francisco Rosa and Officers Cuevas and Figueroa spotted a male and a female in Church Square Park who both matched the descriptions provided by store employees. The officers detained both individuals as they investigated this incident, and they identified the female as 26-year-old Lindsey Caverly while the male was identified as 25-year-old Joseph Ortiz. Lindsey told the officer that she was homeless and that she had come to Hoboken to tour the shelter.

Both individuals were eventually placed under arrest and transported separately to the Hoboken Police Department. A search of court records indicate that Lindsey has been arrested multiple times in the past, including for DWI, possession, and shoplifting. Charges were filed against both the male and female, and they were subsequently transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.

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