Police Blotter: Three Days, Three Botched Retail Thefts Reported in Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center

Lower Merion police reported the following incidents to media Monday afternoon:

• Retail theft: William Thomas Flynn, 19, of the 300 block of West Schoolhouse Lane in Philadelphia was arrested and charged with retail theft about 1:35 p.m. Tuesday at the Dress Barn in the Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center on City Avenue. Police said Flynn filled a bag with merchandise and left the store without paying. He was found with his bag in the shopping center's Great Clips, police said.
• Retail theft: About 7 p.m. Wednesday at Lord & Taylor, police said, four black teenagers entered the Ralph Lauren Polo department, put some shirts in a bag and began running toward the exit onto City Avenue. They dropped the merchandise as security officers chased them and they escaped onto a departing SEPTA bus, police said.
• Theft: Five planter pots and two 150-pound lawn ornaments were stolen Wednesday from outside a building on the 300 block of South Woodbine Avenue in Penn Valley.
• Retail theft: Gabrielle Jordan, 19, of the 5600 block of Hazel Avenue in Philly was arrested and charged with retail theft about 6 p.m. Thursday at Lord & Taylor, police said. Jordan wrapped two $225 watches in aluminum foil, stuck them in the handbag and tried to leave without paying, police said. The alarm sounded and she was arrested.