5 women arrested, suspected of $35,000 theft at Marshall’s stores
FREMONT CA December 16 2018— Five women suspected of being responsible for stealing about $35,000 in merchandise from Marshalls stores picked the wrong one Wednesday night and were arrested after security officers there saw them stealing items from a Fremont location, authorities said Friday.
The women, who range in age from 33 to 43, were arrested in the store parking lot where police recovered 292 items taken from the store totaling $4,600, authorities said. Three of the suspects are from Oakland, one is from San Francisco, and one is from Fresno.
Among the items recovered were clothing, home goods, fragrances and lingerie, police said.
Security personnel at the store, 39281 Fremont Hub, called police at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday, saying that the suspects were in the store and were believed to have stolen items, police said.
The security personnel told police they had information that the women were responsible for about $35,000 in thefts from various Marshalls stores in the past month. None of the other stores was named.
Police then set up surveillance in the store parking lot.
Once store security confirmed the women had committed thefts at the store and were walking to their vehicle, officers in marked and unmarked units blocked the vehicle and detained them, police said.
Store employees help officers recover the items found in bags in their vehicle. The women were arrested on suspicion of grand theft and taken to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.
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