A Natrona Heights man with more than nine convictions of retail theft in his record is accused of stealing nearly $1,900 in merchandise from two Kohl’s department stores, as well as more than $700 from Walmart and $160 from Giant Eagle.

Terrance G. Cichello, 41, is charged with multiple counts of retail theft and receiving stolen property.

On Sept. 4, Butler Township police officers were called to the Kohl’s in Butler Crossing for a retail theft. Loss prevention officers at the store had video footage of Cichello leaving the store with unpaid merchandise, according to a police report. Those officers later discovered that Cichello took items from the store on Sept. 3.

Cichello allegedly took $1,878 in unpaid merchandise from those two days. Butler Township Lt. Matthew Pearson said the items Cichello took included two Dyson vacuum cleaners, some watches and perfume.

Also on Sept. 4, Pearson said Cichello is alleged to have taken $706 worth of merchandise from the nearby Walmart. He said Cichello took 17 items, including a pair of speakers.

Cichello was not caught until a week later following another theft.

Then on Sept. 11 loss prevention employees at the Kohl’s in Cranberry Township apparently spotted Cichello remove his own T-shirt and put on a black, Batman T-shirt from the store’s shelves. As Cichello was walking in the parking lot, Cranberry Township police arrested him, took him into the store and gave him his own T-shirt back. The Batman shirt was valued at $13.

On Sept. 18 — the same day as his preliminary hearing for the Sept. 11 theft in front of Cranberry District Judge Dave Kovach — Cichello allegedly was spotted stealing $162 worth of merchandise from the Cranberry Giant Eagle. Stolen goods included steaks, seafood and shaving razors.

As he was walking out of the store, the manager confronted him. When Cichello could not produce a receipt for the goods, he handed the groceries back to the manager and said “I’m sorry.”

He left the store in the passenger seat of a dark-colored truck, which was registered to Ronald Festa of Harrison Township, Allegheny County.

Cranberry police got in touch with Harrison police to go to Festa’s address. Harrison police put Festa in contact with Cranberry police. Festa apparently told police that he was in Cranberry to take his friend “Terry” — later identified to be Cichello — to a hearing at Kovach’s office and then to stop for groceries. Festa said he did not know his friend was going to steal merchandise.