Hackensack police use Instagram to arrest Newark shoplifting suspect

Police in Hackensack used Instagram to arrest a man Saturday on charges he shoplifted $9,500 in items from The Shops at Riverside mall, authorities said.

Police identified Shantiek Armstrong of Newark as the suspect who stole from the mall three times in January, Capt. Peter Busciglio said in a statement. A Hackensack police detective saw on Instagram that Armstrong would be attending an event in Irvington that afternoon.

When authorities saw Armstrong, they approached him and took him into custody, Busciglio said. Armstrong denied to police that he was part of the thefts. He was charged with shoplifting and linked to another shoplifting incident at the Bloomingdales store in Millburn. Police are seeking a second suspect.

Armstrong remained in the Bergen County Jail, records showed.

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