Overview
- Carlsbad police identified the suspect as Yvonne Tran, 65, after reviewing surveillance that linked her to more than 40 thefts at the Carlsbad Premium Outlets store dating to May.
- Detectives served a search warrant at her San Diego home on Oct. 1 and seized what they estimate to be about $100,000 in Under Armour merchandise.
- Police say Tran was booked on 10 felony counts of grand theft, while the San Diego Union-Tribune reports she is out of custody pending a court appearance.
- Investigators say the probe is ongoing as they evaluate whether there are additional victims or links to other regional retail thefts.
- Separately, sheriff’s deputies in a Mira Mesa case arrested two people and reported finding shelves of stolen action figures valued at over $1,000, with charges that include organized retail theft.