One arrested after computer theft
A City of Poughkeepsie man was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with the theft of a laptop computer from the Wal-Mart store in Newburgh.Town of Newburgh police responded to the store at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Witnesses reported three people were involved, two of whom distracted employees while one removed the computer from the store. The suspects fled on foot.
Employees identified the vehicle the suspects had arrived in, and police waited near the vehicle until one of the suspects returned to it. When police approached him, he drove off and abandoned the vehicle at a Hess gas station on Route 300 and fled on foot.
A K-9 unit tracked the suspect into a wooded area off Orr Avenue, about one-quarter mile away, hiding behind a tree.
The stolen computer was later found in the vehicle's trunk.
The man, a 38-year-old resident of North Hamilton Street in the City of Poughkeepsie, was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, unlawfully fleeing the police in a motor vehicle, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second and third degree, all misdemeanors. He was also charged with several vehicle and traffic violations.
The Poughkeepsie Journal does not typically report the names of individuals charged with misdemeanors
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