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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 780830" data-attributes="member: 12952">133-page warrant details scope of alleged family theft ringFamily in ICE custody; items and cash seized now exceed $200,000The cash seized and items stolen by a family theft ring now exceed&nbsp; $200,000 and the brazen operation includes walking out of stores with&nbsp; items as small as towels and as large as a doghouse, according to a&nbsp; 133-page search warrant filed by New Mexico State Police.The three-month surveillance operation on the Santa Fe family&nbsp; detailed in the search warrants indicates the family routinely stole&nbsp; merchandise in broad daylight by using employee exits, often from stores&nbsp; in Albuquerque malls, put items in their vehicles, then walked back&nbsp; into stores for more.Among the stolen items listed in the search warrant return include: a&nbsp; $1,195 Portofino dress jacket; 50 baseball caps valued at $30 each;&nbsp; Apple laptop computers and various video-game systems; several hundred&nbsp; pieces of Victoria Secret lingerie; a $199.50 Buzz Lightyear toy; dozens&nbsp; of Coach purses; a $149.99 ski suit from Baby Gap; makeup, cologne and&nbsp; other toiletries; and two boxes of Gas X antigas pills.In addition to the thousands of stolen items, police also seized&nbsp; $8,768.28 in cash from those arrested, including 111 $2 bills and&nbsp; $1,661.47 .the five charged in the crime ring are Jesus J. Garcia, 31; Cristella&nbsp; Garcia-Muñoz, 26; Maria Muñoz, either 61 or 52; Raul Muñoz-Uribe, 31;&nbsp; and Roal Muñoz-Uribe, 32. All five were charged Oct. 19 with receiving&nbsp; stolen property and posted $5,000 bonds last week and were released from&nbsp; the Santa Fe County jail, according to jail records. State police say&nbsp; all five are undocumented immigrants from Mexico and are still in&nbsp; custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 780830, member: 12952"] [B]133-page warrant details scope of alleged family theft ring Family in ICE custody; items and cash seized now exceed $200,000[/B] The cash seized and items stolen by a family theft ring now exceed $200,000 and the brazen operation includes walking out of stores with items as small as towels and as large as a doghouse, according to a 133-page search warrant filed by New Mexico State Police. The three-month surveillance operation on the Santa Fe family detailed in the search warrants indicates the family routinely stole merchandise in broad daylight by using employee exits, often from stores in Albuquerque malls, put items in their vehicles, then walked back into stores for more. Among the stolen items listed in the search warrant return include: a $1,195 Portofino dress jacket; 50 baseball caps valued at $30 each; Apple laptop computers and various video-game systems; several hundred pieces of Victoria Secret lingerie; a $199.50 Buzz Lightyear toy; dozens of Coach purses; a $149.99 ski suit from Baby Gap; makeup, cologne and other toiletries; and two boxes of Gas X antigas pills. In addition to the thousands of stolen items, police also seized $8,768.28 in cash from those arrested, including 111 $2 bills and $1,661.47 . the five charged in the crime ring are Jesus J. Garcia, 31; Cristella Garcia-Muñoz, 26; Maria Muñoz, either 61 or 52; Raul Muñoz-Uribe, 31; and Roal Muñoz-Uribe, 32. All five were charged Oct. 19 with receiving stolen property and posted $5,000 bonds last week and were released from the Santa Fe County jail, according to jail records. State police say all five are undocumented immigrants from Mexico and are still in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [/QUOTE]

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