HUDSON COUNTY -- A man charged with stealing $29.28 worth of groceries from the Bayonne A&P near Eighth Street and Avenue A on March 7 was arrested by police who watched him rush out of the store and allegedly stop to urinate against a wall, they said.

Paris King, 20, of Jersey City, was charged with shoplifting and public urination after he allegedly tried to take chicken, macaroni, ketchup, and a magazine from the A&P without paying.

The police report said that King also had $3,000 in outstanding fines due the Bayonne Municipal Court.