ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Pensacola vacation for two women from Houston ended in them being arrested after deputies say they went on a retail theft spree targeting multiple local businesses on Wednesday.
26-year-old Kimberly Nichole Brown and 25-year-old Mercedes Lasha Bingham traveled from Houston to Pensacola and then targeted three local businesses in a series of retail thefts, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies and a license plate reader located the women’s rental vehicle near Highway 29 and Brent Lane.
Deputies conducted a traffic stop, and the theft spree ended there, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies say Brown and Bingham were both charged with felony retail theft.
Their mugshots have not been released yet.