A San Francisco woman was arrested after allegedly shoplifting more than $1,500 in merchandise from a San Mateo Lululemon store, police said.
The San Mateo Police Department said in a press release that officers responded Sunday afternoon to the Lululemon store at the Hillsdale Shopping Center to a report of a shoplifting that had just occurred at the store. The officers obtained a suspect description and began a search of the immediate area.
Police said officers detained a woman who matched the description, and she was identified as 46-year-old San Francisco resident Nicole Root. Officers recovered $1,736 in Lululemon merchandise, along with an illegal switchblade knife and drug paraphernalia, according to police…