An NYPD sergeant who was arrested for allegedly shoplifting $360 worth of clothing while off-duty in a Macy's Department Store in Yonkers, New York, flaunted her expensive taste Friday as she appeared in court clutching an expensive designer handbag.
Sergeant Eva Pena was busted by security staff at the store in Cross County Mall after CCTV cameras allegedly caught her trying to steal six items of clothing worth $360 on Tuesday night.
And on Friday morning, the 37-year-old was pictured strutting into Yonkers City Court for her arraignment, dressed in a fashionable ensemble of black high-heels, dark pants and a fitted pink blouse - all while clutching a checker-board Louis Vuitton handbag worth $1,040.
The accused appeared to be in high-spirits as she walked past reporters in the court's parking lot, smiling and laughing as she walked in tandem with her attorney.
Sergeant Eva Pena who was arrested for allegedly shoplifting $360 worth of clothing while off-duty in a Macy's Department Store in Yonkers, New York, flaunted her expensive taste Friday as she appeared in court clutching an expensive designer handbag
The accused appeared to be in high-spirits as she walked past reporters in the court's parking lot, smiling and laughing as she walked in tandem with her attorney
Off-duty NYPD Sergeant Eva Pena, 37, was arrested on Tuesday evening after being caught stealing clothing from Macy's department store in Yonkers, New York
The items the officer is accused of stealing included Tommy Hilfiger pants, a lace Guess dress and a beaded Guess shirt.
Pena, who earns $107,898-a-year policing the New York City Housing Authority in the Bronx, was stopped as she left the store at 8.30 pm Tuesday.
The arrest of the 5ft 4ins-tall officer, who joined in 2005, will be all the more embarrassing to the NYPD after she recently posed with police commissioner James O'Neill at a police event.
An internal NYPD report on her arrest detailed security cameras recorded her taking the sales tags off the clothing and placing the items in her purse before she tried to leave the store without paying.
Pena was suspended from her $107,809-a-year role policing the New York City Housing Authority in the Bronx while her legal proceedings take place
An internal NYPD report on her arrest detailed security cameras recorded her taking the sales tags off the clothing and placing the items in her purse before she tried to leave the store without paying
A female Macy's 'loss prevention officer' stopped her from leaving the store and placed her in a security office before Yonkers police arrived.
Pena flaunted her expensive taste Friday when she walked into the courthouse clutching a checkered Louis Vuitton Speedy 35 handbag worth $1,040
Pena (left) recently posed at a police function with NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill (center)
Items Pena stole included Tommy Hilfiger pants, a lace Guess dress and a beaded Guess shirt, according to court papers
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ShareA female Macy's 'loss prevention officer' stopped her from leaving the store and placed her in a security office before Yonkers police arrived.
A female security guard stopped Pena from leaving the Macy's Department Store in the Cross Town Mall in Yonkers
Following her arrest by Yonkers police for 'petit larceny', her NYPD bosses placed her on suspension at 9:15pm.
The internal report stated: 'A female identified as Sergeant Eva Pena was observed on store surveillance removing price tags from merchandise, which she then placed six clothing items into her purse and attempted to walk out of Macy's without making payment.
'[The Macy's staffer] approached Sergeant Pena before she could exit the store and found the merchandise in her purse. Sergeant Pena was placed under arrest.'
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