High End “Shoppers” Case
On May 31, 2017, two female suspects walked into Sacks Fifth Avenue and approached the Burberry section pretending to be shoppers. The suspects then selected 22 items and stuffed them into a gray Dillard’s shopping bag and walked out of the store without paying. Loss prevention staff at the store observed the two women on surveillance cameras but was not able to catch up to them before the exited the store and fled the scene in a white car. On September 4, 2017 loss prevention staff noticed the same two women enter the store again and approach a rack of dresses and coats. The two suspects selected 17 items and placed them into a gray Dillard’s shopping bag. On this occasion the loss prevention officer was able to catch up to the suspects and grab the bag of clothes but the women got away. The approximate value of clothing from both dates was placed at $18,997. At the request of the Houston Police Department, Crime Stoppers issued a press release with still images from the store security cameras asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects. In November 2017 Crime Stoppers received an anonymous tip that identified one of the women by an alias. With that information detectives were able to positively identify both suspects as black men named Wesley Daniels Jr and Jermarcus Jerome Singleton. Crime Stoppers was asked by HPD to issue another press release to seek assistance in locating the two men. Crime Stoppers later received another tip that provided the location of the men and they were both arrested without incident. 2018 HIGHLIGHTS
Posted by on 22 Nov 2017