Editor's Note: The following information was provided by Springfield Police. Defendants in criminal cases are presumed not guilty until proven otherwise through due legal process.

Retail Theft

Target at the Springfield Mall at about 4:24 p.m. on Feb. 7. Store security reported that they had a man in custody for a retail theft at the store. Patrolman Joseph Prendergast responded and took a 23-year-old Philadelphia man into custody and transported him to the Springfield Police Station. The man was issued a citation for retail theft in connection with taking $95.43 worth of merchandise from the store.

Detective Bridget McCarthy is handling the  investigation.