Around 6:19 PM on April 30, 2024, Detectives Andrew Perez and Luis Rodriguez with the Hoboken Police Department responded to a report of a shoplifting at ShopRite on 900 Madison Street. The officers were greeted by Felix as soon as they arrived on scene, and he led them upstairs to the loss prevention office. In the loss prevention office, he met with the alleged shoplifter, who was identified as Anna Maria Soto. Felix informed the officers that a man Anna was with was flagged by ShopRite’s facial recognition system based on a prior shoplifting incident at the Little Falls ShopRite, and Anna was accompanying him. He observed Anna pushing a baby stroller while the male was pushing a shopping cart. Eventually, they placed the items into the stroller, and Maria attempted to leave the store first with the baby stroller. As Anna was apprehended and detained by loss prevention, her male accomplice fled and he was never identified. It was determined that she attempted to steal $708.21 worth of items from the store. Based on the value of the items she had stolen, the store decided to press charges against her. Anna was placed under arrest, handcuffed, and escorted to the patrol car. She was transported to the Hoboken Police Department by the Detectives for further processing. At police HQ, she was searched in more detail by Officer Shelby Seickendick. She was charged with shoplifting under 2C:20-11 and released pending her court appearance. ---------------------------------------------- Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and consider supporting this channel (email us for more information). Donations will be used to acquire more public footage related to law enforcement activities. Our content is educational and in compliance with YouTube's Fair Use Policy because we edit several long clips into a concise story. This is similar to other law enforcement channels on YouTube. All videos and case documents were obtained pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. (P.L. 2001, c. 404). Defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty. The New Jersey Supreme Court has previously affirmed in Salzano v. North Jersey Media Group, 993 A.2d 778 (2010) that “The fair-report privilege reflects the judgment that the need, in a self-governing society, for free-flowing information about matters of public interest outweighs concerns over the uncompensated injury to a person's reputation.” This video advances a compelling public interest. The summary of events was based on records that are “open to public view through open access to public records” as defined in the Salzano case. In Ramos v. Flowers, 429 N.J. Super. 13, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court has also affirmed the right to film law enforcement interactions.

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