Suspects throw stolen Lululemon clothing onto lawn, Fresno Police say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two men were arrested and accused of stealing thousands of dollars worthy of Lululemon merchandise successful Fresno, the Fresno Police Department said.

Officers accidental connected Thursday, soon earlier 11:30 a.m., they responded to the Lululemon store astatine 712 W. Shaw Ave., successful Fresno, for a theft that had conscionable happened.

Employees told officers a antheral entered the store, began putting covering into a bag, and fled to a car that was waiting for him.

The constabulary section says 1 of the officers from the department's Organized Retail Theft (ORT) squad recovered the fishy vehicle, which rapidly attempted to fly and drove into a residential neighborhood. However, the serviceman was capable to find the conveyance and halt it.

Police study the 2 men wrong the vehicle, identified arsenic 23-year-old Gavin Degroot and 29-year-old Hector Garcia, were detained. While officers were conducting their investigation, they received a telephone from a neighbour stating idiosyncratic had thrown a container afloat of Lululemon covering onto their lawn. Officers past recovered the container from the neighbor's lawn.

23-year-old Gavin Degroot and 29-year-old Hector Garcia

Detectives accidental they determined done an probe that some men drove to Lululemon. Garcia waited successful the gateway conveyance portion Degroot went wrong and took the clothing. Investigators adhd employees estimated the worth of the merchandise to beryllium much than $6,000.

The suspects, who the constabulary section says are connected probation, were booked into the Fresno County Jail. Garcia is connected probation for home unit and Degroot is connected probation for expansive theft charges. Degroot was besides wanted for a probation violation. Both were arrested nether suspicion of felony organized theft, expansive theft and conspiracy to perpetrate theft.