At least one of the people arrested had a warrant out for shoplifting.
The arrests were made Thursday and Friday, and more than $3,000 of recovered merchandise was returned to Nike, according to theDetectives with an LASD burglary-robbery task force worked with the East Los Angeles Station Crime Enforcement Team, Summer Enforcement Team and Nike Loss Prevention on various surveillance operations "to apprehend suspects, deter criminal activity, and protect life and property at the Nike Community Store in East Los Angeles," the department said.
The store, located at 4585 Whittier Blvd., has been victimized by the kind of large, organized thefts that have targeted other major retailers in
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