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Boise Police bust out-of-town shoplifting ring, two more arrested

by Ysabel Bilbao
Idaho's NewsChannel 7

KTVB.COM

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 3:02 PM

Updated Wednesday, Nov 25 at 6:29 AM

 

BOISE -- Boise Police have made two more arrests in a shoplifting ring.

On Sunday, police arrested four people from Las Vegas after officers say they used baby strollers to steal more than $13,000 worth of items from multiple stores in and around the Boise Towne Square Mall.

Police continue investigating this shoplifting ring and now six people are in custody.

Investigators came to the conclusion that one man was lying about his age and another man was involved.

The two men are Marcos Castellanos, 25, and Tomas De La Rosa, 28, both of Las Vegas, Nev.

Castellanos was originally taken to the juvenile detention center.  Police later found out he was 25 and he has since been moved to the Ada County Jail.

Tomas De La Rosa is believed to be the ring leader.  Police say he waited in the get-a-way car and was supposed to bail the other out of jail if they were arrested.  Prosecutors say he was carrying enough cash to get the others out, then leave Boise.

Both Castellanos and De La Rosa are charged with grand theft, but Castellanos also faces a charge of providing false information.

On Sunday, police arrested four people from Las Vegas.  They're also accused of stealing from two Boise retail stores.

Investigators had been looking into a report of several people shoplifting at stores on Milwaukee Street.

Employees tell police the suspects entered the store and filled baby strollers with clothing and then left without paying.

Police believe the suspects entered the stores intending to commit theft and that's why they are charged with burglary as well as grand theft.

 

 

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