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Shoplifting suspect arrested at San Ramon Target store with $3,000 in merchandise

PIX Now -- Tuesday afternoon headlines 5-16-23
PIX Now -- Tuesday afternoon headlines 5-16-23 06:16

SANTA ROSA -- A shoplifter who made off with several thousand dollars in merchandise from a San Ramon Target store was arrested Tuesday.

San Ramon Police posted word of the arrest Tuesday afternoon on the department's Facebook page. The post said earlier Tuesday, officers were contacted by store loss prevention agents that a shoplifter was in the store.

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Earlier today one of our patrol Officers received a call from Target loss prevention agents that a shoplifter was in the...

Posted by San Ramon Police Department on Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Patrol units arrived at the store at 2610 Bishop Drive and detained a suspect who was identified by store staff as he exited the store, police said.

A search of the unidentified suspect's vehicle turned up more than $3,000 in merchandise, police said.

The suspect was booked at Martinez Jail on felony theft charges.

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