Haverstraw Woman Stole $1.5K Worth Of Handbags At Lord & Taylor, Police Say

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Haverstraw woman is behind bars Tuesday for stealing five designer handbags from the Lord & Taylor store at the Palisades Mall on Monday, police said.

Ruth Ester Mendez of Haverstraw was arrested for stealing $1,500 in Michael Kors handbags from the Lord & Taylor store.
Photo Credit: *Clarkstown Police Department*

K Reakes

03/07/2017 11:54 a.m.

Ruth Ester Mendez, 29, was charged with burglary, grand larceny and possession of stolen property after Clarkstown Police responded to the store after a loss prevention officers observed her taking the five Michael Kors bags valued at $1,500, said Officer Peter Walker.

Mendez had previously signed a store trespass warning for a previous shoplifting incident and was not allowed back in the store for two years, Walker said.

She was arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court. Bail was set at $15,000. Mendez is being held at the Rockland County Jail and is scheduled to appear in court on March, 20.

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