Staples Targeted For Toner Crime Ring,Spanning Across 4 states
Three men from New York were arrested, and a fourth man was being sought on Friday night.Police are searching for Dwayne Dollar, 27. They said he escaped as police swarmed the Staples store in Tilton late Friday.
Police said the suspects are wanted in thefts of toner cartridges from Staples stores in at least four New England states.It has been a costly crime wave over the past week, with more than $100,000 in toner cartridges stolen in New Jersey alone, according to police.
"They would target toner, at $100 a box or $200 a box, and they were averaging between $2,000 to $3,000 per store in thefts every time they hit," Tilton police Chief Robert Cormier said.Investigators said by the time the four suspected thieves walked into the Staples in Tilton on Friday night, the store was already expecting them.
Officials said the men tried to flee, but police were already in the shopping plaza on another call.Police arrested three men, all from Brooklyn, as they tried to get away.
TILTON, N.H. -Investigators said the crime wave spans four states in a week.
Police said Dollar, the man officers are looking for in Friday’s incident, can also be seen on video in a theft from a Bedford, N.H. Staples on Thursday
Police said the group was in nine Staples stores in Massachusetts on Tuesday after a crime spree through New Jersey and Connecticut.
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NH police break up regional theft ring
TILTON, N.H. — Police in Tilton say they’ve broken up a major organized retail crime ring spanning several states. says three men from Brooklyn, New York, have been arrested, but a fourth man escaped as police swarmed the Staples store in Tilton late Friday. The suspects are wanted in heists of toner cartridges from Staples stores in at least four New England states, including New Hampshire.By the time the four suspected thieves walked into the Staples in Tilton on Friday night, the store was expecting them.Police arrested the three men as they tried to get away.