Nineteen suspects allegedly involved in felony and misdemeanor theft-related offenses were arrested into custody by the Burbank Police Department following a coordinated nationwide operation aimed at disrupting organized retail theft, police announced Thursday.
According to Burbank police, the operation occurred between May 26 and June 1, with the department working in partnership with the Los Angeles Organized Retail Crime Association and the Cook County State’s Attorney Regional Organized Crime Task Force in Illinois.
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Officers collaborated with loss prevention agents from several Empire Center retail businesses, including Marshall’s, TJ Maxx, Walmart, Target, REI, and ULTA.
“Operating in both undercover and uniformed capacities, detectives and police officers witnessed multiple crimes being committed, including petty theft, grand theft, robbery, possession of re-encoded credit cards, and identity theft,” according to a BPD statement…