Crime & Safety

Police: Brazen Thief Pilfered $27K in Jewelry from Kmart

Gloucester Township Police release video surveillance of the Kmart suspect in hopes someone can identify him.

Police have released surveillance video they say shows a man stealing a display case holding $27,000 worth of gold earrings from the Blackwood Clementon Road Kmart this weekend.

The theft was reported to Gloucester Township Police Department at around 11:15 a.m. Sunday.

The Police Department posted the video to its YouTube channel Tuesday afternoon.

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It shows a black male who was wearing a Ralph Lauren Polo Bucket Hat, sunglasses, dark shirt and jeans enter the store with a shopping cart, proceed to the jewelry department and load the display case into the cart.

The video shows the thief calmly pushing the shopping cart out of the store.

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A witness told police the suspect fled the store in a blue sedan.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call police dispatch at 856-228-4500 or leave a message on the anonymous Crime Stoppers tip line at 856-842-5560, or send an email to police@gtpolice.com.


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