Pleasant Hill Police Recover $4k in Merchandise in Attempted Theft at Target

The Pleasant Hill Police Department announced an arrest of two individuals who attempted a retail theft at Target in the City of Pleasant Hill.

As officers were patrolling the Target parking lot, one of the officers was flagged down about a push-out-theft involving three females. K9 Officer Kuhn ran down one of the subjects and one of the others was found in the In-N-Out Burger bathroom. Police were able to recover five shopping carts full of merchandise.

The arrested suspects were:

• Dayshuna Renee Lowery, 22 from the city of Sacramento
• Patience Renee Washington, 18 from city of Antioch

Both subjects were booked into county jail on grand theft charges. The total loss and recovery from the Target store was approximently $4k in value.

According to Lt. Kristic, the K9 officer that was flagged down was patrolling that Target shopping center specifically for the purpose of theft suppression and it paid off.

Back in November, police announced a series of arrests in regards to retail theft.

• Pleasant Hill Police nabbed a thief who stole $800 of merchandise from Dick’s Sporting goods.
• Pleasant Hill Police recovered $4,250 worth of stolen over-the-counter medication they recovered from a suspect after he committed a separate shoplift at the Michael’s store. Officers also returned items to Safeway after removing it from the suspect’s vehicle.
• On October 25, Officers responded to Party City for the report of a theft in progress. Officers quickly arrived and prevented any thefts from occurring. During the investigation one of the involved individuals had an outstanding felony warrant and was on probation.

Dec. 10: Pleasant Hill Police Stuff the Cruiser Event

We’ve got just under 2 weeks left for our Toy & Gift Card Drive initiative. We’ve received some awesome donations so far and look forward to being able to share these items with children in our community this season who could benefit from some extra cheer.

For those who haven’t donated yet but still hope to do so, we will continue to accept unwrapped toys, games and gift cards through December 13th.

At this point in time, GIFT CARDS are the items we are most in need of, primarily for those teens and tweens who might be too “old” to play with toys but still hope to find something to open and enjoy over the holidays. I think most of us can agree that teenagers can be a little tricky to shop for, so we definitely hope to put together some gift card options this year too. We’ve also included some other ideas on a little “wish list” for anyone who might be wondering what the kids today are into