Shoplifter at Nordstrom's arrested; bail at $25,000 EDISON - Two security guards received minor injures during a confrontation with a trio of shoplifters on April 12. According to Lt. Joseph Shannon, Edison Police public information officer, a loss prevention officer at Nordstrom's saw three men allegedly shoplifting men's clothing by stuffing the items into a bag they had with them at around 4:50 p.m. The loss prevention officer told another security guard, and together they came up with a plan. One guard would be placed outside the store near the Parsonage Road exit and the other would follow the suspects. The three suspects started to leave the store with the clothing and were stopped by the guard outside the exit, who informed them that they were under arrest for shoplifting. The suspect holding the bag, later identified at Gregory Caruso, 18, ran toward Roosevelt Hospital, according to the police report, and the loss prevention officer who originally saw the three on camera chased him. Caruso dropped the bag and ran across Parsonage Road and into the Target store nearby. The bag contained about $790 worth of men's clothing, according to the police report. Nordstrom's called the police, who went into Target and found Caruso in the back of the store. The police brought him back to the mall and charged him with theft. Caruso's bail was set at $25,000, and he was sent to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, North Brunswick. Meanwhile, the other security guard chased the other two suspects, who had broken away from Caruso by running in the other direction. According to Shannon, "a physical altercation ensued" in which the two suspects punched the security guard and knocked him to the ground. The security guard and one of the suspects scuffled on the ground before the suspect managed to get up and get into a dark-colored sport utility vehicle that was being driven by the other suspect, and the two suspects drive off. Shannon said they are still at large. The first guard fell down during the case and injured his knees. The other received bruises and lacerations.