Full Notification

San Mateo, CA – On July 29, 2025, at 3:56 p.m., the San Mateo Police Department responded to Safeway, located at 1655 S El Camino Real, for a report of theft of alcohol in progress. The suspect, later identified as Shannon Householder, attempted to strike a Safeway Loss Prevention employee with an alcohol bottle during the theft. Householder then fled Safeway on foot with approximately $130.00 in stolen alcohol and assaulted another Safeway Loss Prevention employee in the store parking lot during an additional altercation.
 
Officers arrived and detained Householder near the intersection of 18^th Avenue and Palm Avenue. Over the course of the investigation, officers established probable cause to arrest Householder for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon against multiple victims. Store surveillance video was also obtained further substantiating the probable cause. During a search of her property, Householder was found in possession of multiple stolen bottles of alcohol belonging to Safeway. Householder was booked into the San Mateo County Jail for her charges.
 
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ARRESTED
Shannon Householder, 32 years old, San Carlos resident
 
CHARGES:
Householder-PC 211-Robbery, PC 245 (A) (1)-Assault with a Deadly Weapon not a Firearm