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11/03/2022 - 13 Arrested in Shoplifting Blitz • Tigard Police Department � c NEWS RELEASE 13125 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard, Oregon 97223 • www.tigard-or.gov/police FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2022 Contact: Kelsey Anderson, Public Information Officer Tigard Police Department Phone: 971-708-2921 Email: Kelsey.Anderson@tigard-or.gov 13 ARRESTED IN SHOPLIFTING BLITZ A hugely successful shoplifting blitz was held at stores throughout the Washington Square Mall area Wednesday, leading to 13 arrests and the recovery of several thousand dollars in merchandise. Through the blitz, police officers and detectives team up with loss prevention employees to saturate a specific area. In real time, they watch for people who are shoplifting or engaging in other criminal activity and work together to make arrests. The goal is to show criminals that police take proactive measures to stop them. As a result of Wednesday's blitz, officers recovered at least $8,000 in Some of the items recovered during the shoplifting blitz. merchandise, 8 0 blue M 3 0 pills which likely contain fentanyl, burglary tools, evidence of identity theft and located a replica handgun. The following people were arrested: 1. Jason Diaz: theft 1 2. David Pollard: theft 1, arrest warrant x4 3. David Shaw: theft 1 4. Breajanae Person: theft 2 5. Jesse Robinson: theft 3 6. Bishop Stanley: arrest warrant 7. Reese Butcher: theft 2 x2 8. A 17-year-old boy: theft 1 Page 1 of 2 • Tigard Police Department NEWS RELEASE 9. A 17-year-old girl: theft 1, possession of burglary tools 10. Catlin Marmon: theft 1, arrest warrant x3, felony possession of controlled substance 11. Rosa Gomez-Godinez: theft 2, giving false information to police, possession of burglary tools, arrest warrant x3 12. Marco Trapala Gomez: identity theft, theft 2, arrest warrant x3 13. Jessica Alexander: theft 2 According to detectives, many of the criminal suspects who were arrested appeared to know what they were doing and came to stores with specialized devices, bags or other tools to interrupt retail anti-theft devices. This blitz would not have been possible without an enormous amount of interagency cooperation and support. We'd like to thank loss prevention employees, patrol officers, mall security, the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office and the Washington County District Attorney's Office for their assistance. This is the second shoplifting blitz Tigard Police have conducted this year. Read more about the first blitz here. To learn more about our Commercial Crimes Unit, visit www.tigard-or.gov/CCU. Page 2 of 2