19-Year-Old Girl Steals Makeup from Sephora and Gets Arrested

Around 5:39 PM on January 11, 2025, Patrolman James Obenauer, Patrolman Tyler Fox, and Detective Michael Zibrin with the Shrewsbury Police Department responded to a report of a female shoplifter wearing a brown jacket at the Sephora on 641 Broad Street. After initially walking through the store searching for her, they walked over to the loss prevention office and made contact with the alleged shoplifter. She was identified as 19-year-old Ashlley.

Michael Ng in the loss prevention office told the officers that Ashlley concealed items inside her jacket before she paid for some other items and attempted to exit the store. Her actions were observed on camera, and the officers were shown some of the surveillance footage confirming the loss prevention employee’s suspicions. The total value of unpaid items she allegedly attempted to exit the store with was determined to be $285.77. Ashlley was photographed and informed that she was being trespassed from the store.

After she was trespassed from the store, Patrolman Obenauer read Ashlley her Miranda rights and she agreed to speak with the officers. When they asked her what happened, she told the officers that she did not know why she concealed those items in her jacket. Patrolman Obenauer then informed her that she was being placed under arrest, but he afforded her the courtesy of being escorted from the store before she was placed in handcuffs.

Once they were outside the store, Ashlley was handcuffed and placed inside the patrol car. Patrolman Obenauer transported her to the Shrewsbury Police Department for further processing. At police HQ, Ashlley was finger printed and photographed. She was charged with shoplifting under 2C:20-11B(1) and released pending her court appearance on February 25, 2025.

Court records indicate that on March 5, 2025, Ashlley’s shoplifting charge was downgraded to an ordinance violation of disturbing the peace (174-7) and she had to pay a total of $283 in fines.

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