A 25-year-old woman, arrested in 2024 at a Kent home, received a prison sentence of two years and nine months for her role in Bellevue organized retail crime cases stealing women’s clothing from Lululemon stores.
King County Superior Court Judge Cindi Port sentenced Janeice Renee Downs to 33 months on Aug. 22 at the King County Courthouse in Seattle, according to court documents. Downs pleaded guilty as charged Aug. 7 to four counts of first-degree organized retail theft, one count of second-degree organized retail theft, one count of first-degree theft and one count of first-degree trafficking in stolen property for a total of seven criminal counts.
Prosecutors requested a sentence of 38 months, agreed to as part of the guilty pleas by Downs, as the sentencing range set by state lawmakers was 33 months to 43 months. Prior to these convictions, Downs had at least nine convictions for theft, assault, robbery and other crimes between 2013 and 2018…