State v. Huang

CALABRIA, Judge.

Barney Kouyen Huang ("defendant") was charged with misdemeanor larceny for theft of a vacuum cleaner hose from Sam's Club on South Saunders Street in Raleigh, North Carolina. Alfred Anthony Cervini ("Cervini"), a loss prevention specialist for Sam's Club, testified that he was assigned to the South Saunders Street store on 22 December 2002 for the purpose of re-training the store's loss prevention officer. While patrolling the store, Cervini observed defendant remove a vacuum cleaner hose from an aisle display and conceal the hose underneath his shirt and jacket, stuffing one…