A Walmart employee told Niagara County Sheriff's deputies on Monday that on two separate occasions, a man stole merchandise from the mens' department.

According to the report, the first instance was at about 6:50 on Feb. 17. A black male entered the store and went into Men's Wear, took an empty Walmart bag out of his pocket and put two packages of socks and a pack of t-shirts that he got off the shelf into the bag. The male then exited the store passing all points of purchase at 6:54 p.m., getting into a blue minivan

The second incident occurred on Monday at around 4:50 p.m. when the same man arrived at Walmart, went into Men's Wear, and started putting items into a Walmart bag. This time the man was confronted by the Walmart employee, which caused him to immediately walk to the front and exit —with the bag — passing all points of purchase.

The value of all items taken from the two incidents is $116.85. 

The employee gave patrol the suspects name as well as his license plate number, which was passed along to the criminal investigations. The paperwork was also sent to the Town of Lockport Court for a warrant for the suspect.

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