Earlier this week, in the afternoon, police officers were dispatched to a grocery store on 17th Street regarding a theft that had just occurred by a fleeing suspect, who was being followed by employees, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department.
The suspect had been seen concealing gift cards on his person and placing other cards on the rack in the store.
The police officers arrived and detained the suspect, who was in possession of numerous altered gift cards concealed in his waistband. He was promptly arrested for burglary…