Arrests connected to shoplifting incidents at ShopRite on Route 72 have ramped up during recent months, and the Stafford Township Police Department announced two involving repeat offenders last week.

At about 4:45 p.m. on March 11, Kenneth Zagaro Jr., 56, of Stafford was charged with seven counts of shoplifting for allegedly stealing approximately $559 of merchandise over the course of about a month from the ShopRite store located at 297 Route 72, police said.