Arrest made in a cosmetics theft from Hermosa Beach pharmacy
Hermosa Beach Police said they made an arrest and recovered stolen cosmetics following a theft at the CVS store on Pacific Coast Highway in which the suspect backed his vehicle into an employee during his getaway. The employee was not injured.
Police responded to a call regarding “unknown trouble” at the store about 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. A store employee told officers that a man had just stolen some merchandise, and when the employee ran out and stood behind the getaway vehicle, the man backed into the employee.
The employee got the license plate, and meanwhile a passerby saw the getaway unfold and followed the vehicle, confirming the license plate, make and model before losing sight of it in Redondo Beach, police said.
Hermosa detectives hurried to the store and used the information to discover their suspect’s identity, and officers went to a home in Long Beach and arrested a 32-year-old man.
As they searched his gold 2006 Chrysler Sebring he told detectives, ‘The items you’re looking for are in the black bag,’ said Detective Mick Gaglia.
Detectives also found “a specific list for cosmetics that matched the items reported stolen from CVS and ultimately recovered from his vehicle,” Gaglia said. ER