Officers were approached by a store manager in the parking lot of Ocean State Job Lot, at 401 Boston Post Road at 6:44 p.m. on Monday, May 9.
According to the report, the store manager alerted officers to an active shoplifting in progress where the accused was currently walking out of the store with unpaid merchandise. Officers were able to locate the accused, who was later identified as Dawah A. Ives, 46, of New Haven.
Investigation revealed that Ives took $79 worth of merchandise without paying for it.
Subsequently, Ives was taken into custody and charged with sixth-degree larceny and he was released on a promise to appear in court on May 23.