(KRON) — Two individuals have been arrested and charged with organized retail crime theft after allegedly robbing a Dick’s Sporting Items retailer in Santa Rosa, based on police. Officers with the Santa Rosa Police Division have been dispatched to Dick’s Sporting Items at 1975 Cleveland Avenue on Wednesday on a report of petty theft.
In accordance with police, somebody was seen stealing greater than $900 value of merchandise earlier than fleeing the scene in a white Mercedes Benz. Retailer safety offered the SRPD dispatcher with an outline of the suspect, fleeing car and license plate.
SRPD officers started looking out the world for the car, primarily based on data offered by the safety crew member. Two officers took up a place close to Freeway 101 south they believed the suspect may move, primarily based on the data offered.
Simply because the officers arrived within the place, the white Mercedes drove previous them. The officers initiated a visitors cease and the driving force of the automotive exited the freeway and pulled over within the car parking zone of a lodge.
The car’s driver, Michael Lyons, a 56-year-old transient from Santa Rosa, complied with officers and was detained with out incident. The passenger, Evan Thomas, a 30-year-old Sebastopol resident, took off working.
Thomas, based on police, jumped a number of fences earlier than working throughout Freeway 101 towards Santa Rosa Avenue. He continued working on the east facet of the freeway till officers have been in a position to find him within the 2600 block of Santa Rosa Avenue and took him into custody.
Officers searched the car and along with the merchandise allegedly stolen from Dick’s Sporting Items, they discovered further property believed stolen from two different companies, housebreaking instruments, a “Slim Jim” lockpicking software and luggage that might be used for carrying stolen objects out of shops.
The Dick’s Sporting Items safety crew was in a position to decide that Thomas was liable for at the least three different reported thefts from the enterprise since July, 2022, police mentioned. It was additionally believed that Thomas had visited the shop at some point previous to the incident and stole an costly Yeti cooler.
Police mentioned it’s believed that Thomas was liable for at the least $3,185 in retail theft from Dick’s Sporting Items.
Lyons was arrested and booked on the next prices:
- Felony organized retail crime theft
- Felony business housebreaking
- Misdemeanor possession of housebreaking instruments
- Felony violation of put up launch group supervision
Thomas was arrested and booked on these prices:
- Felony organized retail crime theft
- Felony business housebreaking
- Misdemeanor possession of housebreaking instruments
- Misdemeanor willful obstruction of a peace officer
Officers are persevering with to analyze this incident, police mentioned.
