On Monday Lower Saucon Township Police released surveillance images of two men suspected of shoplifting at the Giant Food Store, 1880 Leithsville Road, Saturday night, and indicated in a post on their Facebook page that the items recovered from a backpack dropped by one of the men as he fled included ingredients for making tacos.
Police said the incident began at about 7 p.m. Saturday, when an officer encountered two black men who were suspected of shoplifting inside the store.
“Upon the officer trying to speak with them one of the suspects took off on foot and the officer gave chase,” police said. “The male dropped a backpack which the officer recovered and (which) was later found to contain 3 pounds of ground beef, one bag of Kraft shredded Mexican cheese and one Ortega taco kit along with a pair of sneakers.”
Police said that by the time the officer who chased the first suspect returned to the store, the other suspect had also left the scene.
Anyone with information about their identities should contact township police via the Northampton County Non-Emergency Communications department at 610-759-2200.
Surveillance photos courtesy of Lower Saucon Township Police Department
