Man wanted for using small boy to shoplift alcohol, candy from Glendale drug store

By Jeffrey Thomas DeSocio

Published November 3, 2017 3:39pm PDT

FOX 11 Los Angeles

GLENDALE, Calif. (FOX 11 / CNS) - The Glendale Police Department is asking for the public's help on Friday as it seeks to identify a man seen on video using a small boy to steal alcohol and candy from a Rite Aid on Pacific Avenue in Glendale.

Glendale Police detectives say they're disturbed by the fact that the suspect had a child with him when he committed his crime and used the child's backpack to store the items he was stealing.

The shoplifting occurred at 6:45 on the evening of October 26th.

The man is white or Hispanic - between 30 and 40, between 5'3" and 5'6" with a medium build and tattoos on his left arm and hand.

Anyone with information on the case is urged to call Glendale police at (818) 548-4818.

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