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Police: Parents used kids to steal merch from Macy's

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orlando police said a mother and father used their children to try to steal hundreds of dollars of merchandise from a department store at the Mall of Millenia.

Officers said Shamdai and Trimesh Persaud and their two children were caught trying to hide more than $600 worth of merchandise in their shopping cart at the Macy's at the mall Saturday night.

The parents were arrested, and the children are now with a family member.

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