Full Notification

Details:

On Monday, October 8, 2012, between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., multiple vehicle burglaries occurred within the retail shopping district located along Seminole Drive in Cabazon. Large quantities of valuable items were stolen in these vehicle burglaries, which included various personal credit cards belonging to multiple victims.

On this same date, approximately 2:30 p.m., a credit card stolen in one of these burglaries was used at the “GAP” factory store located within the retail district. The stores video surveillance captured the suspect as she purchased items with this card just moments after the vehicle burglary took place.

Some three hours later, approximately 5:30 p.m., this same suspect used a different stolen credit card taken from a separate burglary within the retail district at the Target store in the City of Riverside. Once again the retailers’ video surveillance captured the female suspect as the cards were used at the check-out isle and upon her exit from the store.

The suspect in these crimes is described as a Hispanic female adult, 20-30 years of age, 5’04” tall, weighing approximately 165 pounds, with long dark hair. Her clothing description at the time was a bluish/ grey blouse with dark colored pants. It appeared this female suspect wore jewelry around her neck area and right wrist.

This retail shopping district along Seminole Drive in Cabazon has experienced a significant amount of vehicle burglaries over the past 3-months, where some 50-plus vehicle burglaries have occurred. The property loss from these vehicle burglaries alone is in excess of $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars).

Investigators with Riverside County Sheriff’s Department assigned to the Cabazon Station are seeking the public’s help in identifying this suspect. Video and still photographs of the suspect have been obtained from both retailers’ during the crime spree.




This investigation is active and on-going and we urge anyone with information, or who can identify this suspect, to contact Investigator Jacqueline Lane at the Cabazon Sheriff’s Station (951-922-7100), or the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Dispatch Center (1-800-950-2444), or email at [email protected]. Your identity will remain anonymous.

Instructions:

This investigation is active and on-going and we urge anyone with information, or who can identify this suspect, to contact Investigator Jacqueline Lane at the Cabazon Sheriff’s Station (951-922-7100), or the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Dispatch Center (1-800-950-2444), or email at [email protected]. Your identity will remain anonymous.