Two men suspected of shoplifting in Lyndhurst are now behind bars, but it wasn’t easy to get one of them there from the outset, Lyndhurst PD Det. Capt. Vincent Auteri said.
On Monday, May 19, 2025, at around 4 p.m., officers from the Lyndhurst Police Department responded to a business, located on the 400 block of Valley Brook Avenue, on a report of a shoplifting in progress involving two suspects who fled the scene on foot toward Grant Avenue.
Upon arrival, Officer Michael D’Alessandro conducted a canvas of the area and located a man matching the suspect description near Valley Brook and Cleveland avenues. The man, later identified as Raymond Jackson, 57, of Hackensack, was questioned at the scene and claimed to be in the area attempting to rent a car after browsing inside a local store.
A subsequent identification by store loss-prevention staff, and a review of surveillance video, confirmed Jackson’s involvement in the theft of merchandise valued at $249.90. He was placed under arrest and charged with shoplifting and conspiracy to commit shoplifting. A search incident to arrest yielded a Saturn car key and further investigation revealed an active municipal warrant for Jackson out of South Brunswick Township. He was transported to the Bergen County Jail, Hackensack, without incident…