The man was located after allegedly passing a police officer and cutting off two other vehicles
A missing New Jersey man was among two people charged with stealing baby formula from a CVS in Rockland County, N.Y., authorities said.
Justin Kasper, left, and Eric Hawk. Police in Suffern, N.Y. found the man after an officer used a license plate reader on a car that passed him on Lafayette Avenue. The police officer learned that the vehicle was registered to a man who has been reported missing.
The cops then pulled over the vehicle on East Park Place after observing the driver operating erratically and cutting off two other car, police said.
While talking with the driver and a passenger, officers said they noticed a CVS shopping cart and seven large canisters of formula.
Police determined the items had been stolen from a CVS in Montebello, N.Y.
They arrested both people in the car and charged them with possession of stolen property.
NorthRockland.DailyVoice.com identified the men as Justin Kasper, 40, of Rutherford and Eric Hawk, 35, of West Milford. Kasper, the driver, had been reported missing.
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