Monitoring unit aids Merced police arrest theft suspect

A suspect has been arrested immediately after law enforcement identified stolen objects from a local splendor offer keep.

Around 12:25 a.m. Friday, dispatchers at the Merced Law enforcement Section received an alarm get in touch with about a tracking unit stolen from the Cosmo Prof magnificence offer keep, 80 W. Olive Ave., in accordance to a news release.

Authorities explained the tracking unit was uncovered inside of a bag containing additional than $1,000 of retail store house. Police positioned the tracker which pinged a locale at an condominium complicated around the 3000 block of Park Avenue.

When officers responded to the space, they observed the suspect, identified as Salvador Mendoza Orozco, who law enforcement reported was loitering in a courtyard at the complex and in possession of a bag that contained seven cordless hair clippers, according to the release.

Law enforcement explained officers went to the magnificence provide stored and discovered that it had been burglarized. Officers returned the stolen assets to the operator and Orozco, 23, was arrested on suspicion of business theft, law enforcement stated.

The Merced Police Department asks everyone with data relating to the alleged crime to get in touch with Officer Barroso at 209-385-6905 or by e-mail at [email protected].