Niagara Falls police have caught the "shampoo bandit," charged with stealing hundreds of dollars of shampoo from area stores.

WGRZ reports, "The incidents began in early February when the CVS in the city market reported the theft of 32 bottles of shampoo worth more than $260 by a man who was seen on store video surveillance shoplifting products. Two days later, another drugstore nearby reported the loss of more than 20 bottles of shampoo worth $170."

42-year-old Shawn Awtry was charged with 42 counts of petit larceny, according to WGRZ.

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