3 Orange County women arrested after police find over $12,000 worth of stolen merchandise

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Three women were arrested aft constabulary recovered implicit $12,000 worthy of stolen merchandise successful Orange County.

The suspects were identified as:

  • Sara Alexandru, 18, of Garden Grove

  • Simara Ghiocel, 19, of Westminster

  • Sara Mihalaiche, 19, of Garden Grove

On June 30, licence sheet readers alerted Irvine constabulary to a van that was utilized to transportation retired a retail theft from an Ulta Beauty store successful Los Angeles.

Officers located the van exiting the Alton Square buying halfway and began pursuing it. The suspects yet pulled implicit successful a neighborhood, exited the van and fled connected foot.

  1. Blurred assemblage  cam footage provided by the Irvine Police Department showed an serviceman  arresting a retail theft fishy  who was hiding successful  an Irvine vicinity  connected  June 30, 2025.

    Blurred assemblage cam footage provided by the Irvine Police Department showed an serviceman arresting a retail theft fishy who was hiding successful an Irvine vicinity connected June 30, 2025.

  2. Blurred assemblage  cam footage provided by the Irvine Police Department showed an serviceman  arresting 2  retail theft suspects who were hiding successful  an Irvine vicinity  connected  June 30, 2025.

    Blurred assemblage cam footage provided by the Irvine Police Department showed an serviceman arresting 2 retail theft suspects who were hiding successful an Irvine vicinity connected June 30, 2025.

  3. Blurred assemblage  cam footage provided by the Irvine Police Department showed officers arresting 3  retail theft suspects who were hiding successful  an Irvine vicinity  connected  June 30, 2025.

    Blurred assemblage cam footage provided by the Irvine Police Department showed officers arresting 3 retail theft suspects who were hiding successful an Irvine vicinity connected June 30, 2025.

Body cam footage that was blurred by constabulary showed officers tracking down the women arsenic they hid successful antithetic spots passim the neighborhood. They were taken into custody.

Inside the van, constabulary recovered implicit $12,500 worthy of stolen merchandise from respective retail stores successful Irvine, Santa Ana and Costa Mesa.

The women were booked astatine the Orange County Jail connected aggregate charges including organized retail theft, expansive theft and burglary.

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