'Dancing Shoplifter' arrested after CCTV clip goes viral on YouTube

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One would think that any thief attempting to steal some new clobber would not want to draw attention to themselves - but rather blend into the background to go about their criminal business unnoticed.

However, 26-year-old DiVietro had other ideas when he entered a Kmart store in Blackwood, Camden County, New Jersey.

DiVietro was seen on CCTV footage dancing animatedly as he checked out the latest t-shirts on offer.

He continued to bounce around making a spectacle of himself as he stuffed items into his waistband, and then proceeded to leave the store.

Having been spotted by security he was challenged by a member of staff, but DiVietro dumped the gear and fled the scene, perhaps thinking he had enjoyed a lucky escape.

However, cops posted the video of the 'Dancing Shoplifter' on YouTube, and it became a viral hit, attracting 70,000 views.

It became so popular that DiVietro was soon recognized and cops swooped to make a belated arrest.

'It's like the old days when you'd go to the post office and see the wanted flyers on the wall,' Detective Chuck Dougherty of the Gloucester Township Police told WPVI-TV.

'Now people can sit at their homes, sit on their phones and watch these videos.'

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Power of the Internet!!!!

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Common thief indeed.