If you commit a crime in Irvine, expect a blemish on your criminal record that will be difficult to conceal. On Saturday afternoon, our Spectrum Officers were alerted by Sephora Loss Prevention that a duo was concealing (pun intended) cosmetics and had left the store. Officers detained them before they could blend in with traffic and reach their car. Officers established a strong foundation for the case and recovered approximately $1,700 worth of items after searching the suspects and their vehi

Yesterday, officers investigated a theft on Watermarke Place, where an Apple MacBook and AirPods were stolen from a vehicle. Luckily, Apple's "Find My" feature was working mac-nificently. Officers were able to track the items in Santa Ana and spoke to a man in the ping's location. After hitting the "Play Sound" button, officers located the AirPods chirping like an angry bird in his backpack. Julian Charles White, 43, was arrested for the possession of stolen property, possession of drugs, and fa

Irvine Police Department Seeks to Identify Suspect in Sunglass Hut Theft Irvine, Calif. (Dec. 7, 2017) – The Irvine Police Department is attempting to identify a suspect who was part of a crew that stole over $7,000 worth of sunglasses in two separate incidents. One of the crimes was captured on surveillance video. IPD detectives have identified two of the suspects but need the public’s help identifying a third. On Aug. 1, three women entered the Sunglass Hut at Irvine Spectrum Center, 670 Spect

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They say money doesn’t buy happiness, and it turns out fake money doesn’t buy anything. Last Wednesday, a victim met with a man to conduct a Facebook Marketplace transaction at the IPD E-commerce exchange area. #smartmove The buyer paid the seller more than $5,000 in funny money, and not the “ha-ha” kind. Detectives tracked down the suspect the next day, arrested him for theft by false pretenses, and returned the victim’s property. Christopher Scott Newell, 33, of Irvine, was booked at the Orang

Last Friday, our officers responded to a theft at Lululemon after security spotted a man doing his own grab-and-go fashion show. Officers watched on surveillance as he filled a bag with clothes and headed back to his car, as if he were doing curbside pickup for an order nobody had placed. Our drone caught the whole thing from above, including his attempt at a “new outfit, new me” disguise. IPD arrested Luis Alfredo Monjarret Orozco, 33, of Huntington Park, for organized retail theft. While booki