{"id":4269161,"date":"2024-04-22T16:57:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T23:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161//?p=4269161&preview=true&preview_id=4269161"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:45:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T20:45:10","slug":"13-arrested-in-rancho-cucamonga-theft-crackdown-at-victoria-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161//04/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161//22/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161//13-arrested-in-rancho-cucamonga-theft-crackdown-at-victoria-gardens/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161//","title":{"rendered":"13 arrested in Rancho Cucamonga theft crackdown at Victoria Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

A multi-agency task force made 13 arrests, including six for felonies, at the upscale Victoria Gardens shopping center in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday, April 19, during the latest Operation Smash & Grab effort./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/n

The value of the thefts of clothing, lotions and jewelry, among other items, totaled almost $10,000, the San Bernardino County Sheriff/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/u2019s Department said. Two of the thefts involved multiple people, sheriff/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/u2019s spokeswoman Mara Rodriguez said Monday./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/n

The county Probation Department, Homeland Security Investigations, California Highway Patrol and the San Bernardino Police Department took part in Friday/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/u2019s operation./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/n

Sheriff Shannon Dicus, in a written statement when the task force was launched before Christmas in December, said: /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/u201cDeputy sheriff/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/u2019s will be undercover in retail stores throughout the county with the purpose of arresting actors engaged in retail theft./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/n

Operation Smash & Grab focuses its efforts on the Rancho Cucamonga, Apple Valley, Hesperia, Victorville and Chino Hills shopping districts./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/n

Tactics include using license plate readers to identify stolen cars and those linked to thieves./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/n

The sheriff said the department is working the District Attorney/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/u2019s Office to coordinate the prosecution of suspects./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4269161/n