Members of a family-run retail theft group dubbed the “Dodger Crew” by police have been taken into custody this week on suspicion of stealing, then reselling, high-end perfumes from Los Angeles-area shops.
The Los Angeles Police Division’s Organized Retail Theft Job Pressure served a search warrant Thursday morning on the household’s residence, which KTLA reported was in South L.A.
Police arrested Fermin Mendoza, 50. His son Fermin, 23, and daughter Natalie, 20, and their mom, Gabriella Lopez, 48, have been additionally arrested.
Police are on the lookout for the daddy’s girlfriend, whom they didn’t identify.
The household acquired the identify “Dodger Crew” as a result of some wore Los Angeles Dodgers clothes throughout alleged thefts, in keeping with LAPD Lt. Mike McComas. The household has no affiliation with the Main League Baseball workforce.
Members of the crew are suspected of stealing high-end perfumes and reselling them.
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“You don’t usually have the mother and father and youngsters [committing crimes] collectively,” McComas stated.
The duty pressure had been investigating the household since February, he stated. Officers found alleged crimes courting to December.
Officers didn’t disclose the worth of perfumes the crew allegedly stole over the past seven months. KTLA 5 reported that members stole from main retailers like Macy’s and Nordstrom in Los Angeles, Glendale and Torrance.
The duty pressure is investigating how the stolen merchandise was resold and is trying to find “fences,” the individuals who purchase stolen merchandise from thieves, McComas stated.
“If anyone out there may be shopping for these merchandise from the individuals which can be stealing, they should be placed on discover that we are going to discover you and shut you down,” he stated.
