Crime & Safety

Police: Man Nabbed After Stealing Over $2K Worth of Jeans

The Coram man faces a felony charge after the alleged crime.

A Coram man was arrested and charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree after police said he stole over $2000 worth of jeans from a Tanger store.

According to Riverhead town police, Norman Oates, 19, of Coram, was arrested at 1:35 p.m. on Thursday after taking $2280 worth of merchandise from the True Religion store at Tanger.

He was charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, a felony. Oates was processed and held for arraignment, police said.



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