Bloomfield Twp. Police Say Ferndale Man Hid Under Tree with Stolen Items

Bloomfield Twp. Police Say Ferndale Man Hid Under Tree with Stolen Items
(Bloomfield Township Police, April 7, 2016)
Retail Fraud 1st Degree- Rite Aid, 42931 Woodward Ave
Bloomfield Township, MI -On April 7th at 12:30am, Officers were dispatched to the Rite Aid at  Woodward and Square Lake for a Retail Fraud that just occurred.  The  suspect, later identified as 45-year-old Sean Baten of Ferndale, walked out  of the store with a shopping cart full of merchandise, which included alcohol   and electronic hair styling tools. The items were valued at over $1000.    Bloomfield Twp. officers arrested Baten without incident. Officers found   Baten with the merchandise, hiding under a tree a short distance from the  store. Baten admitted to taking the items with the intent to sell them for a   bus ticket to Arizona.   Baten was charged with Retail Fraud 1st Degree, arraigned by Magistrate   Nelson-Klein at the 48th District court, and given a $100,000 bond. He was  lodged at Oakland County Jail.
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