Originally Published By Murrieta Police Department. Murrieta, CA – In early January 2024, Murrieta Police Detectives began investigating a fraud series that occurred at a local retail store. Detectives learned that on December 5, 2023, December 15, 2023, December 24, 2023, and January 12, 2024, the same female suspect entered the retail store and fraudulently purchased thousands of dollars of merchandise using stolen identities and forged checks.