By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to Sephora at Assembly Row last week on a report of a shoplifting in progress.

While en route, dispatch informed the officers that the suspect had left the store and loss prevention was following him.

When the officers arrived on scene, they were met by the loss prevention officer who told them that the suspect was now in the Reebok store and that he had stolen at least thirteen bottles of cologne.

The loss prevention officer led the officers inside the store and pointed to the suspect, later identified as Kenny Rivie.

The officers were able to clearly see inside the yellow shopping bag Rivie was carrying and that it was filled with cologne. His jacket was also stuffed with square and rectangle objects consistent with the shape of cologne.

The officers asked Kenny if he had a receipt for the cologne, to which he replied, “No.”

The officers placed Kenny under arrest and handcuffed him. After searching him, they were able to recover twenty-six bottles of cologne.

The officers radioed for the transport wagon and Kenny was transported to the Somerville Police Department to be booked on a charge of larceny over $1200.

The property was returned to the Sephora loss prevention officer and he was able to print out an inventory receipt of the cologne which totaled $4,110.81.