Marcella Schaeffer
Abraham RoneTROY, NY – Two Troy parents were arrested after police say
they were caught stealing baby formula with their infant on Friday.
23-year-old Marcella Schaeffer and 27-year-old Abraham Rone
gave police separate home addresses in Troy but say they have a four-month-old
infant together.
Store detectives say they watched Schaeffer and Rone take their
infant child to a store as they both picked up baby formula containers and hid
them in the baby stroller. Together the parents hid the containers under the
baby and in the cargo space of the baby stroller.
The couple then casually walked to the checkout counter and
made a small purchase before leaving the store with almost $200 worth of stolen
Enfamil Premium Baby Formula containers.
A Patrolman stopped Schaeffer and Rone in the parking lot
and arrested them.
Schaeffer and Rone were charged with Endangering the Welfare
of a Child and five acts of larceny.
Store detectives say now that they have positive
identification of Schaeffer and Rone, they have witnessed four prior acts of
larceny by them both.
Schaeffer and Rone were arraigned and remanded to County
Jail on bail of $2,500. Their child is in protective care from Child Protective
Services.
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