What started as an alleged retail theft at the Folsom Premium Outlets on Monday, May 25, ended with four arrests, a stash of suspected fentanyl and a gun in police hands, according to Folsom police.
Officers say they stopped a group of suspected shoplifters after the outlet incident and turned up about 58 grams of suspected fentanyl, roughly $1,500 in stolen merchandise and a firearm. All four suspects were taken into custody and booked into the Sacramento County Jail, police said.
Folsom police Lt. Lou Wright told The Sacramento Bee that the group – identified as 37-year-old Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, 36-year-old Travis Knight, 33-year-old Niko Hardy and 17-year-old Joseph Pellegrino – was arrested shortly before 6:30 p.m. in the 13000 block of Folsom Boulevard. Once the suspects were in custody, Wright said, officers found the suspected fentanyl and a stolen firearm on one of the men. All four were booked into the county jail.
Outlets Have Seen Repeat Thefts
The Folsom Premium Outlets have become familiar territory for shoplifting calls in recent years, and local officers know it. The police department has stepped up patrols and worked more closely with store security and loss-prevention teams in response to those repeat thefts…