West Springfield police charged the suspects with larceny over $250.
03.09.11 | Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen â A West Springfield Police Department cruiser.WEST SPRINGFIELD – A report of shoplifters at Kohl’s on Saturday night yielded the arrest of four women from North Adams and some $2,000 in stolen merchandise - some of it from the Holyoke Mall, police said.
“It was a pretty good pinch,” Sgt. Michael J. Banas said.
The incident, Banas said, began shortly after 7:30 p.m. when security personnel at the Riverdale Street store called police to report a shoplifting in progress.
Police arrested the women, who were allegedly in possession of some $750 worth of merchandise from Kohl’s.
Police, searching the suspects’ vehicle, allegedly found over $1,000 in merchandise stolen from stores in the Holyoke Mall, including Victoria’s Secret, Old Navy, Charlotte Russe, Christmas Tree Shops, Target, Banas said.
Charges are pending against the four in Holyoke as well, Banas said.
Those arrested were: Mary Siblia, 21; Taylor Miller, 19; Kristen Lynn Levesque; 22; and Meghan Gleason, 21; all live at 21 Blackington St., North Adams, according to police documents.
All four were charged with larceny over $250, documents state.