Investigators in Boardman Township have had their hands full this month looking for brazen shoplifters who sometimes do little to conceal their crimes.

A 26-year-old Youngstown man currently faces theft and other charges filed in eight open cases filed since December in Boardman Court.

Police reports say Griffin walked out of the Meijer Supermarket on Boardman Canfield Road on March 11 without paying for a shopping cart filled with $736 worth of items.

Store security tells police that Griffin returned later that day and tried to leave with 23 items but left without the goods when confronted by a store employee.

Four days later two women at the Boardman Walmart pretended to scan baby oil, an air mattress, and other items then left the store with a haul worth a total of $537.  Police have the license plate number of the car involved and are working on charges.

On Monday, a man and two women allegedly walked out with $2,150 worth of merchandise from a store at the Southern Park Mall.

The store’s loss prevention officer told police that the three took two hats, 37 pairs of boxer shorts, 40 pairs of socks, two jerseys, and two pairs of shorts.

The loss prevention officer had so many shoplifting incidents involving one suspect, that they reported the crimes all at once.

Police were told that the same man came into a store at the Shops at Boardman Park on three different days in March, walking out with shopping carts filled with a total of thirty items including Lego sets, vacuum cleaners, puzzles, and other goods.

Boardman detectives are trying to identify the suspect.