San Francisco minors, as young as 12, caught allegedly shoplifting over $84K of merchandise: police

A crew of delinquents – arsenic young arsenic 12-years-old – was arrested for allegedly committing a drawstring of robberies crossed San Francisco, racking up $84,000 successful stolen merchandise, constabulary said.

According to the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), authorities person arrested 8 juvenile retail suspects who they judge are liable for 23 incidents astatine assorted Walgreens stores. The radical included an 18-year-old, 1 12-year-old, 3 14-year-olds, and 3 15-year-olds.

Authorities managed to successfully necktie unneurotic a drawstring of Bay Area robberies that person been plaguing the metropolis since July.

Police identified the oldest fishy arsenic Brandon McClain, 18, who was arrested connected suspicion of expansive theft and retail theft. He was besides arrested connected suspicion of a carjacking this period with a 15-year-old, constabulary said.

The 12-year-old from San Francisco was charged with assault, robbery, burglary, expansive theft, organized retail theft and petty theft, according to Fox 11.

The different suspects are 14 and 15 years aged and were charged with assorted counts of theft.

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Shoppers locomotion by a Walgreens successful New York. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)

San Francisco constabulary said they person arrested 8 retail suspects arsenic young arsenic 12 years old, who they judge are liable for 23 incidents astatine assorted Walgreens' stores totaling much than $84,000 successful stolen merchandise. (Fox News)

Authorities said that 1 incidental included the convulsive battle of a store employee, leaving the unfortunate with "a superior caput injury," according to SFPD.

In 1 robbery connected Sept. 29, the juveniles allegedly ransacked a store and stole $15,000 successful merchandise. A mates of hours later, the radical returned for different raid and stole $12,000 much successful goods, according to police.

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On August 18, the suspects entered different Walgreens and stole implicit $6,500 successful merchandise. During the robbery, constabulary said that 1 of the suspects jumped implicit the beforehand antagonistic and stole a currency register.

The juveniles ransacked the Walgreens stores, constabulary said. (Fox News)

Police said they judge these 8 suspects person been progressive successful astatine slightest 23 organized retail transgression thefts astatine assorted Walgreens locations successful San Francisco. (Fox News)

In different disturbing incident, police said that successful a July raid, the masked suspects gathered extracurricular a Walgreens determination and employees recognized them arsenic thieves and called police. The fishy allegedly forced the doorway unfastened connected the employees and stole implicit $1,300 successful merchandise.  

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Police said they judge these 8 suspects person been progressive successful astatine slightest 23 organized retail transgression thefts astatine assorted Walgreens locations in San Francisco, totaling implicit $84,000 successful stolen merchandise.

San Francisco Police Officers Association president speaks during a property league astatine the San Francisco Police Officers Association office connected Wednesday, December 16, 2015 successful San Francisco, Calif.  ((Photo By Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images))

A reappraisal of the incident, led SFPD Burglary-Organized Retail Crime Unit detectives to nexus the incidents together.

Police deciphered similarities successful the suspects' descriptions and modus operandi (M.O).

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Police said that contempt the arrests, the cases are unfastened and active. Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction the SFPD astatine 1-415-575-4444 oregon substance a extremity to TIP411 and statesman the connection with SFPD.