Suffolk police seek pair accused of stealing $400 in Target self-checkout theft

Suffolk County police are asking the public to help identify a man and woman accused of walking out of the Medford Target with roughly $400 in merchandise after failing to scan the items at self-checkout.

The alleged theft happened March 18 at about 8:37 p.m. at Target, 2975 Horseblock Road in Medford. Investigators say the pair selected assorted household items, did not scan them during the self-checkout process, and left the store with the merchandise.

The case matters beyond the loss of goods. Retail theft at a busy Brookhaven shopping corridor can push up store costs, strain staffing and, ultimately, affect what shoppers pay. When investigators do not have a name, they turn to the public, and that is what Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are doing now.

This is not the first time the Medford Target has drawn a public theft alert. Suffolk police have posted several similar notices tied to the same Horseblock Road location in recent months, including an alleged theft of about $237 in merchandise on November 19, 2025, about $315 on November 6, 2025, and about $205 on October 21, 2025. The repeated notices suggest investigators have faced a pattern of retail theft at the store and are relying on surveillance footage, store records and public recognition to move the cases forward.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest. The program says tips can be submitted anonymously by calling 1-800-220-TIPS (8477), through the P3 Tips mobile app or online at P3Tips.com. Its crime-alert pages say rewards can reach up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Crime Stoppers of Suffolk County, Inc. says it was created in 1994 and is a not-for-profit organization that has helped generate arrests, narcotics seizures and rewards for anonymous tipsters. In cases like the Medford Target thefts, police say even one detail from a shopper, employee or passerby can be enough to identify a suspect who cannot be named from store evidence alone.

For Medford and surrounding communities, the message is direct: self-checkout theft is not a minor bookkeeping issue. At a store on one of the area’s busiest shopping roads, repeated losses become a public safety and consumer-cost problem that police are now trying to interrupt.