Six people were arrested and nearly $200,000 in stolen goods were recovered during a series of operations conducted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Retail Crime Task Force last week.
In a news release shared Wednesday, LASD officials said that multiple warrants were served as part of an investigation spanning across Southern California, including in LA, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
The first warrants were served on August 4 in the 700 blocks of Serrano Avenue and Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, where detectives took two suspects into custody. They were identified as Cesar Santiago, 47, and Adriana Santiago, 22. Deputies said they were arrested for “their involvement in reselling stolen retail items within the MacArthur Park area.” Each was booked on suspicion of violations of organized retail theft and receiving stolen property…