WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP CRIME

Horsham woman with four prior shoplifting convictions nabbed a fifth time at Target, police say

The defendant allegedly stole more than $160 worth of merchandise on five occasions.

Lisa Dracup, 63, of Horsham. (Credit: Warrington Township Police)

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Lisa Dracup, 63, of the 400 block of Avenue A, Horsham, who has four prior convictions for retail theft, has been charged again for the crime, this time a felony count, as well as felony receiving stolen property for allegedly shoplifting multiple times from Target.

On Dec. 6, at 9 p.m., loss prevention at the 401 Easton Road store in Warrington Township called police to report a past retail theft, committed by Dracup, police said.

Target loss prevention had already identified Dracup before police arrived, per the criminal complaint. The reason: She allegedly had been to the store on five occasions where she failed to scan multiple items at the self-checkout, for a total loss of $168.61.

According to the complaint, Dracup entered the store on Oct. 2, and shoplifted $16 worth of dog food. Ten days later, she allegedly returned and stole $11 worth of trash bags. On Dec. 3, she arrived a third time, where she allegedly shoplifted $57 in items, and returned the next day to allegedly steal $48 worth of merchandise.

On Dec. 6, police said Dracup stole $36 worth of items. Exterior surveillance cameras caught Dracup placing the stolen merchandise into a trunk of a black sedan before leaving the lot, police said.

A registration check of the car came back to Dracup, per the complaint. Authorities matched Dracup’s license photo to the suspect on surveillance images, police allege.

Dracup is free on $5,000 unsecured bail, per court records.

All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.



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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.

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