NIAGARA FALLS – A department store clerk was charged with
shoplifting five times in one month while on the job as a Target
clerk on Niagara Falls Boulevard. Antoinette E. Paonessa, 23, of
Niagara Avenue, was charged by city police Wednesday with petit
larceny for allegedly shoplifting jewelry and underwear on five
occasions since Sept. 7 at the Target store. Total value of the
items was $97, according to store security. Paonessa allegedly
took earrings, a bracelet, and underwear out its packaging or
removed security sensors, then hid them in her clothing. In some
cases, she left things in a dressing room and few hours later
went back to retrieve the items, hiding it on her prior to
leaving the store, police said.