The Target at Columbus Avenue and 98th Street was the location for a quarter of all shoplifting complaints — 69 of the 272 — filed in the 24th Precinct this year, according to NYPD figu…
Thieves are targeting an Upper West Side store — but an NYPD official said the retailer doesn’t seem to care.
But Deputy Inspector Naoki Yaguchi, the commander of the precinct which covers 86th Street to Cathedral Parkway, said at a recent public meeting that the retailer was taking an odd approach to the crime spree. Petty larcenies, which include shoplifting, have exploded in the precinct this year, jumping 114 percent through March 20 to 409, compared to 191 during the same period last year.
NYPD officers were seen stationed for several hours in Target’s street-level entrance at least one day this week. The store is located below ground.An NYPD spokeswoman said the department would “continue to work with individuals at Target to address the ongoing condition.”The company acknowledged that shoplifting was a wide problem and that, in October, its Manhattan stores began limiting their hours because of it, opening from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. instead of 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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