PALO ALTO — Police on Monday arrested a Santa Cruz man who they are saying shoplifted clothes and fragrance on the Stanford Buying Middle, shoved two safety officers who tried to detain him, and tried to rob an aged man of his cellphone as he made his getaway.
However the 49-year-old suspect didn’t get too far after the alleged shoplifting and theft, in keeping with a information launch from Palo Alto police. Officers discovered the suspect within the mall and took him into custody with out incident.
At 3:19 p.m. Monday, police obtained a name from a loss prevention officer, reporting a shoplifting in progress on the Macy’s within the buying heart on El Camino Actual, the discharge stated. Safety personnel noticed the suspect shoplifting roughly $350 in fragrance and clothes.
When the suspect left the division retailer with out paying, loss prevention officers tried to cease him, the discharge stated. However he shoved each away and walked out into the mall.
Following the suspect, safety personnel officers noticed him attempt to snatch a cellphone out of the hand of a person in his 80s who was sitting on a bench, police stated. However the man held onto his telephone and shoved the suspect’s hand away.
Arriving law enforcement officials caught as much as the suspect and arrested him on suspicion of theft and elder abuse, the discharge stated. The suspect additionally was needed on six excellent warrants from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Workplace alleging identification theft, forgery, possession of stolen property, and different misdemeanor and felony violations.
Safety personnel additionally recovered the $350 in stolen merchandise, the discharge stated.