Crime & Public Safety.
A Lansdale is man with three prior retail theft convictions is facing felony retail theft and receiving stolen property charges, Hilltown Township Police allege, for taking $211 worth of merchandise from Walmart in Hilltown Township.
Police said James Angelo Campitelli, 42, of an apartment on the unit block E Main Street, is also facing misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, per court records.
On June 4, at 5:34 p.m., police were called to the store at 1515 Bethlehem Pike for a subject in custody for retail theft, police said. Police met with Campitelli at Walmart, where security officers showed officers a variety of unpaid merchandise that Campitelli allegedly took from the store, totaling $211.17, per the complaint.
Campitelli was taken into custody and a search of his pockets uncovered suspected marijuana flower in a container, police said.
He is free on $25,000 unsecured bail, set at arraignment by Bucks County Magisterial District Judge Lisa J. Gaier, per court documents. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 16 at 3 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Regina Armitage.
Campitelli has four active retail theft cases in Berks and Montgomery counties, according to the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
