An alleged crew of suspected retail thieves was taken into custody in downtown Walnut Creek Wednesday afternoon after police brought their shopping trip to an abrupt halt.
The unnamed suspects, two men and two women, were taken into custody near the Nordstrom and Lululemon stores at approximately 3 p.m.
Reports that at least two of the suspects were involved in an earlier theft at a Lululemon store in Napa could not be immediately confirmed. A car or cars believed used by the suspects were located by police in a nearby parking garage.
On Friday, Oct. 20… WCPD released the following:
Four Arrested for Organized Retail Theft
Arrested: Deoni Johnson, Jr (27 year-old resident of Sacramento, CA), Darijanna Roberson (24 year-old resident of Reno, NV), Charles Allen, Jr (38 year-old resident of Fairfield, CA), and Anthony Bradley, II (32 year-old resident of Oakland, CA)
On 10/18/2023, Walnut Creek Police received information of two organized retail thefts that occurred at the Santa Rosa and Napa Lululemon locations. The information was obtained by our WCPD Broadway Plaza Officer, in partnership with retail loss prevention personnel, and included photographs of the suspects and the suspect vehicles. Additional information gathered by the Broadway Plaza Officer indicated a likelihood the suspects in those thefts might be coming to the Walnut Creek location to return stolen merchandise.
At approximately 2:45pm, several of the suspects were observed inside Lululemon located in Broadway Plaza. WCPD Officers detained four suspects without incident. During the investigation, over $10,000 worth of stolen merchandise was recovered from the suspect’s vehicles.
The following four individuals were arrested for a variety of charges:
Deoni Johnson and Darijanna Roberson:
PC 490.4(a)(2) Organized Retail Theft
PC 496(a) Possession of Stolen Property
PC 182(a)(1) Conspiracy to Commit a Crime
Charles Allen:
PC 466 Possession of Burglary Tools
PC 1203.2 Probation Violation
Anthony Bradley:
PC 1551 (a) Fugitive From Justice (Out of State Warrant)
All four suspects were transported and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility.
We are thankful for the relationships WCPD has formed with our retail partners and allied law enforcement agencies. This has led to an enhanced response to organized retail crime, which often involves groups committing crimes in multiple jurisdictions.
I like his pants.
Well done! More!
Hook’em and book’em, but prosecute them??????
Firestone 11R
Thats a good start. Many more to go before the word gets out.
The prosecution and sentence is the key. Catch and release is the current rule so this will continue.
Do we have the leadership in our CC DA and other local law enforcement officials to prosecute these guys? Or will they be back in 6 months for another go? (cc: Diana Becton)
Do y’all have bumper stickers?
We y’all or y’all y’all?
In my style book,””y’all” refers to a group of 2 or more individuals, whilst “all y’all” is used to describe a collective group.
Where can we get that style book?
I lived in Nashville for 17 years … Jeff is correct. You can literally buy t-shirts and coffee mugs explaining the usage.
Thank you officers. I believe it is incumbent that we keep an eye on the DA office. I am sorry more people didn’t vote for Mary Knox.
A daily occurrence these days with Pleasant Hill getting hit very hard.
Put them away … crime doesn’t pay, or does it?
Are Wednesdays always like this?
Lately…
Putting this down as a win even though we gave one back later in the night.
Handcuffs make it hard to plunk a penny in the fountain and wish you had not wound up arrested because of overpriced yoga garb.
It has gotten out of hand. The perpetrators need to pay the price along with restitution and a good old fashioned public flogging!
Will have a criminal records if not already for the rest of their lives. Just dumb.
Aw, come on. The poor young man just needed a new pair of pants because his had become threadbare. Have you no compassion? 😉
Well well well…..
They came back again Wednesday. Or maybe different people doing the same thing.
Saw police running after some people down there yesterday. Lululemon again?