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Reginald K. Colzie, 48, of Philadelphia, faces a felony charge of retail theft stemming from an incident at GIANT in Whitemarsh Township, according to police.
A loss prevention officer from GIANT, located at 10 Ridge Pike in the Whitemarsh Shopping Center in Conshohocken, walked into the Whitemarsh Township Police Department to report an incident of theft.
According to the loss prevention officer, on June 4 at 11:02 a.m., a bald, black male in his mid- 40’s with a gray/black beard and tattoos on his forearm, wearing a Space Jam t-shirt, blue jeans, and tan/white shoes, entered the store with a large shopping cart.
The suspect selected a few dairy items, various meat and seafood items and placed them in the cart, according to police. The Meat Manager recognized a potential theft in progress and began to monitor the suspect placing items in his cart.
The suspect then placed numerous rolls of toilet paper in the cart, on top of the meat and seafood. The suspect then walked to the front of the store to ask an employee a question, then walked to the west side entrance of the store and walked out to the parking lot without paying for the items.
The Meat Manager yelled at the suspect to leave the cart, which the suspect complied, and then drove away.
According to police, the suspect attempted to take 31 items without paying, totaling $479.00.
On June 17, the Plymouth Township Police Department informed Whitemarsh police that it was investigating a similar theft incident at Home Depot, 200 Alan Wood Road in Conshohocken, which involved the same suspect.
On June 18, an officer with the Lower Merion Police Department contacted Whitemarsh police to confirm a matching description of the subject committed retail thefts on June 15 and June 18. In both incidents, according to police, the description matches the suspect from GIANT.
Colzie has multiple prior arrests and convictions for retail theft, according to police.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
