On June 30, license plate readers alerted the Irvine police to a van previously used in a theft at an Ulta Beauty store in Los Angeles.
Irvine police officers located the van exiting the Alton Square shopping center and began following it. Eventually, the women stopped in a neighborhood, exited the van, and fled on foot.
Body camera footage, blurred by police, showed officers tracking the women as they hid in various locations throughout the neighborhood. All three were taken into custody…