NYC career thief busted 150 times is arrested again — just weeks after being cut loose
A career thief who’s been arrested nearly 150 times was busted again — just weeks after he was let back out on the streets due to New York’s lax bail laws, Queens prosecutors said Tuesday. Shaquan Seth, 40, was picked up Monday for allegedly trying to steal $800 worth of Threshold candles from a Target store on Jackson Avenue in Queens – his favorite haunt and his preferred loot, prosecutors announced.
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A career thief who’s been arrested nearly 150 times was busted again — just weeks after he was let back out on the streets due to New York’s lax bail laws, Queens prosecutors said Tuesday. Shaquan Seth, 40, was picked up Monday for allegedly trying to steal $800 worth of Threshold candles from a Target store on Jackson Avenue in Queens – his favorite haunt and his preferred loot, prosecutors announced. The Post last week exposed his outrageous crime spree, which dates to 2009 and includes repeated thefts, including several at the Target outlet where he stole $600 in candles in June. Despite his impressive rap sheet, the stick-fingered candle-lover was cut loose on Aug.
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- A career thief who’s been arrested nearly 150 times was busted again — just weeks after he was let back out on the streets due to New York’s lax bail laws, Queens prosecutors said Tuesday. Shaquan Seth, 40, was picked up Monday for allegedly trying to steal $800 worth of Threshold candles from a Target store on Jackson Avenue in Queens – his favorite haunt and his preferred loot, prosecutors announced.
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