{"id":243351,"date":"2010-01-28T18:18:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T23:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f80\/husband-wife-wanted-3-million-retail-rip-off-38733\/"},"modified":"2010-01-28T18:18:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T23:18:30","slug":"husband-and-wife-wanted-for-3-million-retail-rip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/243351","title":{"rendered":"Husband and Wife Wanted for $3 Million Retail Rip-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>01.28.10 03:06 PM<br \/>\n<b><i>Los Angeles:<\/i><\/b>&#0160;In early August 2008, detectives from the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment\u0092s (LAPD), Commercial Auto Theft Section received informationthat merchandise from a high-end store in Beverly Hills was beingrerouted from the store to a personal residence within the City of LosAngeles.&#0160; The estimated value of the merchandise was $1,000,000.&#0160;Beverly Hills Police Department served search warrants on two LosAngeles homes.&#0160; They didn\u0092t find the stolen merchandise connected tothe high-end stores but did find name-brand goods from other retailers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/01-28-10%20Beatrice%20De%20Jesus%20Carrera.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>InDecember 2008, LAPD\u0092s Commercial Auto Theft Section, Cargo Hijack Unitbecame involved in the investigation and conducted periodicsurveillance of the Los Angeles locations.&#0160; In August 2009, aconsensual encounter between suspects and Cargo Hijack Unit detectiveslead to the search and arrest of two suspects and the recovery of salesledgers, security sensor removers and stolen merchandise valued at$185, 000. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>After detectives from the Cargo Hijack Unit conducted surveillance,they arrested two suspects in November 2009 from the previous August encounter.&#0160; During the courseof the investigations, one of the suspects led <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/01-28-10%20Jose%20De%20Jesus%20Carrera.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>detectives to locationswhere stolen merchandise was being distributed and later resold on theblack market. Detectives conducted search warrants on those locationsand recovered over $96,000 in cash and stolen merchandise valued at$2,384,535. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles County District Attorney\u0092s Office filed multiple countson seven suspects and issued warrants for their arrest.&#0160; As of January5, 2010, seven of the nine suspects have been arrested; however, tworemain at large.&#0160; The two outstanding suspects, Beatrice and Jose DeJesus Carrera, a married couple, agreed to surrender to officials butwithdrew their agreement and are wanted by police.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the high value of the stolen property and the elaborate schemesused against the retailers, detectives are asking for the public\u0092s helpto locate these fugitives.<\/p>\n<p>Photos of Beatrice and Jose De Jesus Carrera are available from LAPDMedia Relations Section at 213-486-5910 or at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\" >http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the twooutstanding suspects is asked to call the LAPD\u0092s Cargo Hijack Unit at213-485-2507. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should bedirected to 1-877-LAPD-24-7.&#0160; Anyone wishing to remain anonymous shouldcall Crimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477).&#0160; Tipsters may alsocontact Crimestoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S onmost keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin withthe letters \u0093LAPD.\u0094 Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on&quot;webtips&quot; and follow the prompts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lapdblog.typepad.com\/lapd_blog\/2010\/01\/husband-and-wife-wanted-for-3-million-retail-ripoff.html\" >LAPD News and Information &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01.28.10 03:06 PM Los Angeles:&#0160;In early August 2008, detectives from the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment\u0092s (LAPD), Commercial Auto Theft Section received informationthat merchandise from a high-end store in Beverly Hills was beingrerouted from the store to a personal residence within the City of LosAngeles.&#0160; The estimated value of the merchandise was $1,000,000.&#0160;Beverly Hills Police Department served [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4524"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}