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# Crime Watch: Shoplifting
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/crime-watch-shoplifting-3/
- Published: 2023-09-06T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-04T22:33:33.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, CRIME WATCH, News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:20

**On August 19**

SMPD officers responded to the 1300 block of Wilshire Blvd for a reported theft at Rite Aid. A store employee witnessed the suspect, Angelo Vajda from Los Angeles, steal approximately $120 worth of merchandise from the store. Rite-Aid personnel followed Vajda outside the store and watched him enter Target located a few blocks away and steal additional items. SMPD located the suspect at a nearby bus stop in possession of the stolen items. Vajda was arrested for shoplifting. A records check revealed Vajda had an active warrant for Grand Theft with Hawthorne PD.