A local woman is suspected of shoplifting nearly $1,200 worth of merchandise from the department store where she works.
Adrianna Perez, 24, of the 300 block of Terry Drive, is charged with a fourth-degree felony count of shoplifting.
Investigators learned that Perez is an employee at the Sears department store located at the Mesilla Valley Mall. On June 15, Las Cruces Police were dispatched to the store in reference to a shoplifter in custody.
Investigators learned that Perez was observed on store surveillance cameras hiding several bags of merchandise under a cash register counter. On June 15, the store’s loss prevention officer indicated that Perez removed the bags from the store and placed them in the trunk of her car.
The bags contained $1,191.98 worth of new clothes.
Perez was arrested June 15 and booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center. She was released the following day on a $1,000 unsecured bond.
Information from Las Cruces Police