By Gina Yarbrough
El Cajon, CA–A woman was arrested for allegedly shoplifting merchandise with her young child in the stroller at a retail store in East County on Thursday, El Cajon Police Department said.
According to El Cajon police, a woman entered the Dick’s Sporting Goods store in El Cajon. While pushing her young child around the store in a stroller, she selected items totaling about $975, removed the anti-theft sensors, and left the store. El Cajon police officers found her nearby and arrested her for grand theft. During the investigation, drugs were located in the stroller within arm’s reach of the child. The child was taken into protective custody.
Police identified the woman as 29-year-old Tytiana Johnson. She has an extensive arrest history including various theft and drug-related offenses, authorities said.
Anyone with additional information about this incident should contact the El Cajon Police Department at (619) 579-3311 or Crime Stoppers at www.sdcrimestoppers.org.
“The El Cajon Police Department will use every resource available to hold criminals who commit these types of thefts accountable. Criminal acts will not be tolerated and will have consequences for those who commit them,” Chief Mike Moulton stated in the department’s news release.
