Exclusive | Serial couture klepto nabbed in the Hamptons after stealing from pair of tony stores: cops

A serial couture klepto eyed in a luxury-theft spree spanning five states was just nabbed in theHamptons for stealing from a pair of tony shops over the holidays, authorities say.Saba Giunashvili, 33, of Brooklyn was arrested in East Hampton on Dec.27 after committingthe classic criminal blunder: returning to the scene of his crime, cops told The Post.His bust in the epicenter of the posh town’s designer valley — featuring stores ranging fromGucci to Ralph Lauren, Henry Lehr and Zimmerman — capped a two-year sticky-fingeredspree, police said.In addition to the Hamptons, Giunashvili has been arrested in Secaucus and Hackensack inNew Jersey, Greenburgh in New York, Southbury in Connecticut, Chesterfield County, Va., andElmhurst in Illinois, as well as other locations in the tri-state area, officials said.“These are all the times he’s been caught.

Imagine how many he’s gotten away with,’’ a locallaw-enforcement source said.The suspect came on the radar of East Hampton cops when he hit up the Louis Vuitton store atNewtown Lane and Main Street on the afternoon of Dec.22, police said.He lifted a pair of Louis Vuitton Epi metal sunglasses, worth $590, off a clothing rack, put themin his jacket pocket and walked out without paying, they said.Five days later, he returned to the same intersection, crossed the street and entered PradaMilano, cops said.There, he allegedly swiped a pair of Prada Symbole Acetate sunglasses, valued at $520.Already on the lookout for Giunashvili, nearby police were alerted by Prada staff, and thesuspect was nabbed about 200 yards away — with both pairs of sunglasses on him, police said.He was charged with two counts of criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree andtwo of petty larceny, all misdemeanors.Giunashvili was later charged in East Hampton with a felony, too — for allegedly flushingcocaine down the toilet in his holding cell.Cops didn’t find the coke during a frisk after his theft bust because he had...