The company on Tuesday announced plans to close three Bay Area stores due to organized retail theft and the threat the crime poses to employees and shoppers.
SAN MATEO – Police on Wednesday announced the arrests of four people in connection with the attempted theft of nearly $2,000 worth of merchandise from a Target store in San Mateo.in the Bay Area due to organized retail theft and the threat the crime poses to employees and shoppers.
Officers arrived minutes later to find the Honda parked next to a delivery door. All three occupants – identified as a 32-year-old San Francisco resident, a 31-year-old Vallejo resident and a 32-year-old Hayward resident – were wanted on multiple warrants. Two of the suspects were taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation before being taken into custody, police said.
One of the suspects responded to the news by slamming his head into the side of a patrol vehicle, police said, adding that the act was caught on camera.
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