League City police arrested a 52-year-old Houston woman Tuesday in connection with an organized retail theft operation involving more than $400,000 worth of stolen merchandise.<\/p>\n
The Galveston County-based police department said it arrested Claudia Ivonne Higuera-Torres for her association with a major organized retail crime operation in which more than 15,000 products were stolen from 15 retail stores. She was charged with a first-degree felony count of organized retail theft.<\/p>\n
Police said the investigation uncovered an alleged theft operation spanning multiple jurisdictions and targeting retailers across several cities and counties. Authorities say the case grew from a single reported shoplifting incident into a broader investigation involving multiple agencies and more than 15,000 stolen items.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“This investigation is a testament to the professionalism, determination, and investigative expertise of our Business District Unit,” the press release said. “Organized retail crime impacts businesses, employees, and consumers throughout our communities.”<\/p>\n
The investigation into Higuera-Torres began after officers responded to a theft at a Sephora in League City on July 12, which led to a multi-jurisdictional probe spanning over several cities and counties.<\/p>\n
Police said Flock Safety cameras played a “critical role” in the investigation, helping investigators identify vehicles associated with the organized retail theft operation.<\/p>\n
A judge set Higuera-Torres’ bail at $150,000, but\u00a0she remained in custody after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued an immigration detainer.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"League City police arrested a 52-year-old Houston woman Tuesday in connection with an organized retail theft operation involving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-385550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}