4 individuals charged earlier this month with stealing 1000’s in clothes from Macy’s in Pasadena are suspected of committing retail thefts in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, police mentioned.
The group, who had Romanian passports, have been linked to fifteen different thefts, based on Pasadena Police Lt. Carolyn Gordon. Particulars in regards to the different crimes haven’t been launched.
“This group might have been doing it for awhile. I’d say throughout the final two months,” she mentioned.
Police have no idea but when the suspects entered the U.S and the way lengthy they’ve been right here.
The suspects didn’t present statements to police and claimed they might not communicate English, she mentioned.
On Sept. 8, Pasadena detectives had been conducting an operation on organized retail theft and car burglaries that included companies throughout the South Lake Purchasing District.
“We had been concentrating on any group that walked into shops (and) was stealing,” Gordon mentioned.
Investigators noticed 4 individuals on the Macy’s at 401 S. Lake Avenue. who had been selecting “excessive worth clothes gadgets”, a police assertion mentioned.
One particular person hid the gadgets whereas hiding behind accomplices and the suspects left the shop with out paying. Three of the suspects had been arrested after a brief chase, the assertion mentioned.
Police launched surveillance video of the suspects within the retailer.
A fourth one that was in a Suburban tried to flee. He drove instantly towards an officer in a police automobile and narrowly prevented colliding with the officer, the assertion mentioned. He was additionally taken into custody.
The gadgets stolen from Macy’s had been recovered, Gordon mentioned.
The suspects pleaded not responsible to grand theft throughout a Sept. 12 arraignment at Pasadena Superior Court docket, based on court docket information. Their subsequent court docket date is Oct. 17.
Police requested that anybody with details about the case name the detective part at at 626-744-4522. Nameless tipsters can name Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or go to lacrimestoppers.org
