TRENTON -- A Middlesex County man was sentenced Monday to more than three years in federal prison after admitting to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of goods from Barnes & Noble and fencing the merchandise online.

Prosecutors say Dominick Izzo stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise from Barnes & Noble stores and sold the goods on eBay. (Matt Smith | Express-Times file photo)

Dominick James Izzo, 50, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson to charges of transporting stolen goods and tax evasion, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Prosecutors say Izzo, who was first charged in January, admitted to using an aluminum-lined "booster bag" to sneak merchandise past store alarms at Barnes & Noble locations in New Jersey, Florida and elsewhere.

Izzo later sold the merchandise on eBay using various accounts, and accepted payment via PayPal, according to the statement.

Prosecutors say Izzo also admitted to failing to report $399,485 in income from the unlawful sales in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson sentenced Izzo to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $207,000 in restitution, the statement says.

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