On Wednesday afternoon, January 12, 2022, at about 5:20, Newark Police received a report of a shoplifting that occurred about 15 minutes prior at the Acme located at 100 Suburban Drive in Newark, according to Lt. Andrew Rubin.
Rubin said the reporting person, an Acme loss prevention employee, reported that the employee observed a male enter the store. The employee recognized this male from a prior shoplifting incident that had not yet been reported to police said Rubin.
The employee determined which vehicle the male had parked in the parking lot and obtained the license plate number of the vehicle. The employee then observed the male push a shopping cart full of merchandise past the registers and towards the exit of the store said Rubin. The employee confronted the male as to his failure to pay for the merchandise. The male declined to pay for the merchandise, left the store, and entered the vehicle for which the employee had recorded the license plate number, according to Rubin. The total value of the merchandise involved was under $200.00.
The employee reported to Newark Police that on December 29, 2021, the same male was observed on video entering the store and similarly removing merchandise without paying for the merchandise said Rubin. The total value of the merchandise was under $200.00.
The employee was able to research the owner of the vehicle as the displayed license plate was a Delaware State Representative plate containing the initials of the representative. Rubin said the employee viewed a photo of the representative and confirmed that the vehicle owner and the suspect in these incidents were the same person, State Rep. (D) Gerald Brady, 65, of Wilmington.
On January 25, 2022, a warrant was issued for Brady’s arrest for two counts of Shoplifting (misdemeanor). Brady immediately turned himself into Newark Police on the same date and was released on his own recognizance to appear in Newark Alderman’s Court at a later date.