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Shoplifters Caught Stealing Soap in Kol Tuv

Two shoplifters were apprehended and arrested after an eagle-eyed grocery manager spotted the pair filling a knapsack full of soap bars.

The duo entered the Kol Tuv grocery store on Kingston Avenue and made their way to the back aisle, and one began filling the backpack that the second was wearing, with packages of Dove body soap.

As the pair started making their way out of the store the manager stopped them, closed the store gate then called Shomrim and the Police – all of whom arrived at the scene within minutes.

After searching the thieves bags, police found the stolen soap along with many other hygiene related products, including toothpaste deodorant and other items. After a brief investigation police figured out that the other items were stolen from a nearby Rite-Aid store.

Police placed the two under arrest. And it turns out that one of them had just been released from prison the very same day.

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28 Comments

    • Not a rov

      True we may say pturin regarding penalties, but the stolen goods MUST be returned.
      —
      They never left the store, so halachicly I don’t believe they can be charged for any crime… (Unless a store is different than a private residence) or perhaps the akira- lifting is like taking out… not sure.
      —
      But certainly what we are discussing would apply to a yid a goy is always chayov and MUST be prosecuted.

  • Fed Up

    I wonder when the thug Charles Barron will have a protest march. Who knows, maybe the communist Obama will stick his nose in it as well.

  • Released?

    they’d be stupid NOT to steal if they have nothing to loose. They’ll just be let out again.

  • at the end of the day

    it is very sad
    without justifying what they did
    many people who do these things
    have had a very poor or rough upbringing
    they need to be reformed instead of put back in jail where they will only learn more ways to do crime
    jail usually does not work
    it is not a very effective punishment in most cases

  • I'm sick of liberals

    #8, I suggest you volunteer to spend every day, all day, at Rikers with these tzadikim. You love ’em so much, go take care of them. Give them jobs. Take them into your homes.

    You know what the definition of a bleeding heart liberal is? A conservative who’s never been mugged.

  • This is what you get

    when teaching G-d-consciousnes i{via a moment of
    silence or sheva mitzvos} is kept out of schools!

  • to #10

    you are so quick to accuse that you fail to get the point:
    when someone takes an action to respond to something that has occurred, you try to find an action that will be EFFECTIVE. Jail is in most situations, not effective. It has nothing to do with any type of politics. It is what it is.
    And in terms of loving “them”, there are Yidden in Rikers too. I’ll tell you this: Perhaps if YOU would take a trip to Rikers you would not be so quick to judge. Trying to understand why someone may be the way they are DOES NOT mean that you are EXCUSING their actions.
    I don’t wish on you what some of the folks in Rikers and the likes have been through.
    It’s easy to talk from the comfort of your own home.

  • wondering

    Very brave of the store manager, but I can’t help wondering if it was worth putting his life in danger by pulling down the gates while waiting for police. I don’t want to think what they could have Cv”Sh done.

  • Ch'er

    I love how the guys on train selling candy say ” I’m raising money for myself so I don’t have to steal” it seems like they look at stealing as an ok way to live and if u wanna be extra frum then you make $ selling things.
    What can we do as a society to guide them to go to school and work and make a descent living?

    We have to show every child in the world that they are unique and have something to give the world.
    The Rebbe made everyone feel speacial and told them that they can change the world, in a way no one else can.
    It takes work but it must be done. America can’t go on like this with 2 societies living together with one completely different an indeferent from each other. We all live together.

  • To #5

    Ha Ha Ha! Brilliant. It went over the heads here. Where are all our maskilim and lamdonim?

  • former shicuna member

    send them on a 1 way trip to saudi arabia via scrap boat ( which will take 3-6 months while feedind them the bare minimum rice to survive on ) so when they get caught stealing in saudi arabia they get capital punishment!

    problem solved!

  • dont get it

    why do we have to know this? What is the purpose of this article? Can someone explain why you enjoyed reading this or feel it is a good thing to know? Pity them that they feel they have to steal to live. May we never know what that kind of desperation feels like.

  • Sharia Mashpia

    Saudi Arabia is a good place for them, but the punishment for stealing there or in Iran is amputation of the hand.

    Of course, these clowns would return to the US, get Social Security Disability, and return to a life of stealing with prosthetic arms paid for by the US taxpayer.

  • response to #3

    1) the term “patur” means that he still did a crime.
    2) he needed a partner so they are both chayuv
    3) that din is only in regards to 39 melachos of shabbos