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Cops: Clerk locks repeat shoplifter into store

A shoplifter who stole potato chips from a Riverside convenience store late Thursday was arrested after he returned a few minutes later for a beverage and the "prepared" clerk locked him in and called 911, police said.

Southampton Town police detectives found Ollie James Booker, 49, of Riverhead, "kicking and punching the glass entry door in attempts to get out," of the Shell Gas & Convenience...

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