UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — A Pierce County business owner is facing felony charges after a multiyear investigation uncovered what authorities describe as an operation trafficking stolen Lululemon merchandise.
Marra Carrissimo, owner of New Lu Store and More, a small shop inside a University Place jewelry store, has been charged with three counts of trafficking in stolen property in the first degree. The investigation involved University Place police, which is staffed by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security, and Lululemon Loss Prevention Team investigators.
Court documents state that investigators seized more than $100,000 of stolen Lululemon items through multiple search warrants of the business, although they believe the real number of stolen items is much more than what they were able to confirm. Investigators believe many of the items were likely stolen in cargo thefts around the world…