Arrested for Stealing $7.97 Necklace, Man Now Faces Deportation
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CBS 6 News
May 6, 2008 - 11:17AM

A Warren County man arrested for shoplifting turned out to be an illegal immigrant and now faces deportation, authorities say.



Juan Carlo Jiminez-Lopez, 21, of Whitehall, was arrested Monday evening at Wal-Mart in Queensbury after workers say they caught him stealing a necklace valued at $7.97.



Police say they discovered Jiminez-Lopez, a Mexican national. was in the country illegally and that he claimed to have been in the U.S. for nearly two years.



Jiminez-Lopez, who works at landscaping company Champlain Stone in Whitehall, was charged with petty larceny and released on an appearance ticket.



He was also turned over to agents from the U.S. Border Patrol for further investigation; Warren County police say he faces likely deportation.

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