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BUSTED: 9 arrested for stealing at Walmart

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On August 3, deputies from the Lancaster Target Oriented Policing (TOP) and Community Oriented Response Enforcement (CORE) teams conducted a theft suppression operation at the west Lancaster Walmart as a result of a rise in thefts.

LANCASTER – Hoping to combat the rise in thefts, authorities conducted a six-hour theft suppression operation at the west Lancaster Walmart today (Aug. 3).

Between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., deputies made four felony arrests, five misdemeanor arrests, issued one citation for loitering and located one missing juvenile, who was reunited with family.

The following area residents were arrested during the operation:

* Joyce Smith, 21, Female, Black of Palmdale, commercial burglary

* Kristal Phillips, 36, Female, White of Palmdale, commercial burglary

* Elvis Bexley, 65, Male, White of Lancaster, commercial burglary

* Gabriel Simmons, 26, Male, Black of Lancaster, commercial burglary

* Jesse Burton, 19, Male, Black of Palmdale, petty theft

* Dacia Drake, 18, Female, Black of Palmdale, petty theft

* Sweeta Corrall, 20, Female, Black of California City, petty theft

* Clara Landrum, 36, Female, Black of Lancaster, petty theft

* Name pending on suspect arrested for petty theft

The theft suppression operation was conducted by the Lancaster Target Oriented Policing (TOP) and Community Oriented Response Enforcement (CORE) teams at Walmart, located at 44665 Valley Central in Lancaster.

(Information via press report from the Lancaster Station.)

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

37 comments for "BUSTED: 9 arrested for stealing at Walmart"

  1. I lived here temporarily(THANK GOD) This! City! Sucks!!!!!!!. There is not one good thing to say about this place. For PEOPLE;;;;;; who like it here????? OMG………………………………………………..

  2. Thank you Sheriff’s department. Great job!
    After a second shoplifting offence maybe a tatoo on the right hand “thief” would help them stop and help catch them if they don’t
    Peace and Love

  3. Glad for this. I’m so tired of seeing people stealing right in front of me whenever I go out and getting away with it because the stores hands are tied and are not allowed to take action. Sheriff Deputies could make a career out of this. Keep it up PLEASE!

    • So true ,thank you to our law enforcement,no matter how hard times get ,their is no excuse to commit a crime,their is so much help for people who don’t have money,honesty is the best policy.a person should never have to go so low and steal,its not worth it.

      • Shoplifters…vermin of society. Wal Mart should take a page from the movie Casino. Cheats were taken into a back room where their fingers were mashed. Works for me.

  6. thank you for taking them out of our walmart to make room for more ppl to rob it lolololol

  8. Great to see the LASD deputies were in the parking lot on bikes. I was hoping they came to clean up the drug dealers. Either way, the police presence was welcome!

    • You seem to see things only in Black and White. What a sad, narrow world that must be for you. You have my deepest sympathies.

      • How stupid they were. Why steal cheap stuff at Walmart? Go to Wall Street and steal billions and get away it.

        Or work at Bain Capital and strip companies of their assets to make a big profit and leave the mess behind for others to clean up.

        People never learn.

  10. Wait I did not see Michele Brooks name! O I forget it is husband who gets arrested all the time!! O secret out!!!