Over the weekend, the Pittsburg Police Department highlighted a recent retail theft operation that resulted in 14 people arrested, 5 towed vehicles and recovered $5,200 in stolen merchandise.
According to police:
- $3,200 of it was from our local stores (Winco, Walmart, Burlington & Target) in the City of Pittsburg.
- $2,000 of it was from other department stores (Old Navy, Children’s Place, Forever21 & Macy’s) in the City of Antioch and San Francisco.
Two of the arrested persons admitted to being boosters (professional thief stealing for others to profit) that normally target department stores in San Francisco. The vehicle they use was towed and the additional $2,000 was located inside several Sears plastic bags which were already separated and was supposed to be delivered to their customers.
Due to them going on a shoplift spree throughout Contra Costa County, they were charged with felony shoplifting as well as being in possession of stolen property.
All the businesses were very appreciative of our assistance in recovering their merchandise.
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