A focused enforcement operation aimed at disrupting organized retail theft activity resulted in multiple arrests and preventive actions as Folsom police worked in coordination with a national retailer operating in the city.
On Wednesday, Jan. 28, the Folsom Police Department Special Investigations Unit, working in collaboration with Patrol Operations and the retailer, carried out an Organized Retail Theft “blitz” operation in response to the ongoing rise in retail theft affecting Folsom, the surrounding region and communities statewide.
During the operation, detectives arrested three individuals on a combination of felony and misdemeanor theft charges. Officers also issued a formal trespass notice to a previously identified theft suspect and provided educational intervention to a juvenile suspected of shoplifting, with the goal of preventing future incidents…