By: Mary Beth Almond | Rochester Post | Published October 29, 2024
ROCHESTER HILLS — Deputies were dispatched to Lululemon, 252 N. Adams Road, for a report on a retail fraud that had just occurred at 6:58 p.m. Sept. 14. The store employee stated that two females entered the store with empty bags. Once inside the store, they started putting clothing into the bags, and once the bags were full, both females exited the store.
The store employee observed the two females enter a white Chevrolet Cruze, which had a tinted license plate. The store employee could not read the license plate. The suspect vehicle fled in an unknown direction. Deputies searched the area, with negative results. Deputies requested store video footage and a statement of loss. Police described the suspects as two Black females, approximately 25 to 30 years old, and each weighing approximately 200 pounds. One was reportedly wearing a blue outfit and glasses, and the other was wearing all black clothing. Police are investigating.
The next day, deputies were dispatched to Lululemon for a report on a retail fraud that had just occurred at 3:51 p.m. Sept 15.
The store employee stated that a middle-aged woman wearing all black entered the store carrying three bags, one of those being an empty trash bag. She browsed the store before selecting four pairs of pants and then entered a fitting room. She exited the fitting room with clothing concealed in the plastic bag.
She exited the store without paying for the items. The store employee observed the woman enter a U-Haul van bearing an Arizona license plate number AM28130 and drive away in an unknown direction. Deputies conducted a search of the license plate, locating the vehicle near Woodward Avenue and Bassett Street.
The Birmingham Police Department located the U-Haul with the matching license plate parked near a Lululemon located at 101 S. Old Woodward, in Birmingham.
When the suspect exited the Lululemon store, she was taken into custody. It was learned that she had just committed another retail fraud at the Birmingham Lululemon store. A search of the U-Haul revealed over $1,000 in stolen merchandise from the Rochester Hills Lululemon store. The woman was a 55-year-old resident of Pontiac.