WORCESTER ― Police say a trio of out-of-state thieves stole close to $4,000 worth of merchandise this weekend from Target and Lowe’s Home Improvement, both at Lincoln Plaza, and an undisclosed amount of merchandise from The Home Depot in Oxford.
George Gvelesiani, 35, of Philadelphia; Vakhtang Barkalaia, 41, of New York City; and Giorgi Adeishvili, 41, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, are all charged with larceny over $1,200 and receiving stolen property over $1,200. In addition, Gvelesiani and Adeishvili were each charged with five counts of unlawful deactivation or removal of a theft-detection device.
Sunday, police responded to reported shoplifting at the Target. A description of the three suspects, as well as the vehicle they left in, was provided to police. The vehicle was stopped not far away on Lincoln Street, according to the statement of facts written by Officer Marisa Gaspar.
According to Gaspar’s report, the three men stole $2,629.53 worth of merchandise from Target, plus an additional $1,253.87 worth of merchandise from Lowe’s.