Crime & Safety

Port Chester Store Employee Charged in Theft of $400 Worth of Lobster Meat

Police: 12 bags of seafood loaded into car.

A 47-year-old Port Chester man who works at a Port Chester store is accused of petty larceny in connection with the theft of $407 worth of lobster meat, according to Port Chester Police.

Police said staff of the Restuarant Depot, 305 S. Regent St., reported to police at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday that an employee was spotted taking 12 bags of seafood to a car without paying for the items. Police said Robert Monti, 47, of 22 Marathon Place, Port Chester, is accused of putting the lobster meat in a car that he frequently borrows from another man.

The owner of the car, police said, was not involved in the incident.

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Monti was cited for petty larceny and later released on $500 bail pending a March 11 hearing in Port Chester Village Court.


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