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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A repetition offender accused of regularly stealing from a Porterville Lowe's was arrested Wednesday aft being spotted by officers done a car window.
Police accidental they responded to Lowe's connected April 2 aft receiving a study of a theft. Investigation revealed that the aforesaid fishy had committed respective thefts from the store betwixt February and March, stealing an estimated $3,600.
The fishy was identified arsenic Joshua Silva Teixeira, a 25-year-old Tulare nonmigratory with anterior theft-related convictions, according to officers.
On Wednesday astir 2 p.m., aft obtaining apprehension and hunt warrants, detectives accidental they spotted Teixeira successful a adjacent conveyance and initiated a postulation stop.
During the postulation stop, constabulary accidental they recovered Teixeira successful possession of a controlled substance and determined that helium had an further misdemeanor warrant for his arrest.
After taking him into custody, detectives accidental they executed hunt warrants astatine 2 residences associated with Teixeira and recovered a information of the stolen spot from Lowe’s.
Teixeira was booked into Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Pre-Trial Facility connected suspicion of expansive theft, retail theft, committing theft with anterior convictions, possession of a controlled substance and for his anterior warrant. He is being held successful lieu of $75,000 bail.
Anyone with accusation regarding this probe is encouraged to interaction the Porterville Police Department astatine 559-782-7400 oregon done their departmental Facebook oregon Instagram page.
