LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A Las Cruces woman is accused of shoplifting nearly $1,200 worth of clothes from the department store where she works.
Las Cruces police say 24-year-old Adrianna Perez is facing a fourth-degree felony count of shoplifting.
They say Perez is an employee at the Sears department store at the Mesilla Valley Mall.
Police were dispatched to the store on June 15 about a shoplifter in custody.
Perez allegedly was seen on store surveillance cameras hiding several bags of merchandise under a cash register counter.
The store’s loss prevention officer says Perez removed the bags from the store and put them in the trunk of her car.
The bags contained $1,191 worth of new clothes.
Perez has been released from jail on a $1,000 unsecured bond. It’s unclear if she has lawyer.
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