Three people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a retail theft operation targeting Home Depot locations throughout Southern California, the California Attorney General’s Office announced.
On Wednesday, April 12, the California Highway Patrol and the Home Depot’s retail crime investigators served arrest warrants for three different suspects.
The alleged thefts began around October 2021 and occurred in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties, according to a state Attorney General’s Office news release.
The suspects allegedly would enter stores and steal power tools, among other things. Officials estimated the total loss in property at around $75,000.
The suspects face felony charges including organized retail theft, grand theft and receiving stolen property.
Other details surrounding the crimes and suspects were not immediately available.
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