A Trevose man with arrest warrants was recognized as a suspect in two supermarket retail thefts and was caught red handed Tuesday trying to rip off another supermarket while police were watching him.
According to Lower Southampton Township police, at 11 am a Sergeant was in an unmarked vehicle in the ACME parking lot which is located at 105 E. Street Road in Feasterville, PA , when he observed a male entering the ACME, who matched the physical description of two recent retail thefts at the Giant located at 176 W. Street Rd in Feasterville.
The Sgt dressed in plain clothes walked into ACME and monitored the suspect who quickly pushed a shopping cart with un-bagged merchandise past all points of sale and out of the store without paying, said police in a press release. The Sgt made contact with the male and identified himself as police. The suspect took off running through the parking lot, and was apprehended, and the merchandise, valued at $224.00 was recovered, police said.
During this process the male provided false identification however during prisoner processing his fingerprints resulted in his true identity, identifying him as 42 year-old Christopher Collins of Trevose.
Collins was also charged with the two prior Retail Thefts that occurred at Giant on October 16, 2023 and October 23, 2023. Collins was also found to have outstanding Arrest Warrants out of Adult Probation, The Bucks County Sheriff’s Office and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. He was picked up by the Bucks County Sheriff’s Deputies and provided a ride to the Bucks County Correctional Facility.
In addition to the warrants, Collins was charged with retail theft, receiving stolen property, false identification to law enforcement and flight to avoid apprehension. Collins, according to court records, is being held on detainers from the Bucks County Department of Probation.
