The two indictments were properly consolidated pursuant to CPL 200.20 (2) (b). Defendant used the same method to steal from successive employers, and evidence of his actions relating to one indictment was material and admissible in the trial of the other since it demonstrated larcenous intent (see People v Schwartzman,
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