The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department patrol officers gave chase to five women on Dec. 14 to apprehend them for allegedly stealing merchandise from Ulta Beauty Supply worth $6,000 that day. After the chase, the women were taken into custody, and the police discovered goods and a gun inside the car.
High-Speed Chase
Around 7:41 p.m. received a report about the robbery in Ultra Beauty Supply. A white Chevrolet Malibu sped away as the responding officer approached in the 1700 block of E 47th Street in Texarkana. The officer sped after the car, which was traveling at a speed of about 133 mph, and a high-speed chase began.
The thieves in the Malibu then started tossing the taken items out the window. At the intersection of Tall Oaks and Water Oak streets, the suspects were finally apprehended, and the five female passengers in the car were all taken into custody, according to a ksla.com report.
The five arrested suspects are Kyshawn Winston, 23, Deja Hunter, 22, Kayla Jones, 21, Romekia Robinson, 21, and Marquina Capers, 23. They are all detained at the Miller County Jail until their court dates. The five suspects are accused of using a vehicle to flee, receiving stolen property worth more than $5,000, tampering with evidence, obstructing official business, and having a firearm in the possession of specific people.
Increasing Shoplifting Cases
Shoplifters cost retailers billions of dollars every year. According to the Global Retail Theft Barometer, a global survey of retailers, U.S. retailers stand to lose an estimated $1.8 million in merchandise in the four weeks before Christmas.
Shoplifting incidents have significantly increased across the country. However, because more organized retail crime groups have been targeting retailers over the past couple of years, there has been a substantially more significant increase, especially this year.
The operations of organized retail crime can be as simple as a group of thieves who steal from stores and then deliver the stolen goods to a nearby fence company. For larger, well-organized organizations, goods are sold online or through an illegal enterprise in their neighborhood.
