Niagara Falls Police responded to Dollar Tree on Portage Road around 5:20pm on October 7th after reports of a shoplifter.
As officers approached the location dispatch advised that the male was, they spotted him near Frankie’s Donuts pushing a black shopping cart with merchandise that was not bagged. Officers exited the vehicle and detained the male who was identified as Francisco Rodriguez.
Rodriguez told police, “I’m not going to run. I stole these. I’m homeless and wanted to be caught.”…