Los Angeles County Duo Arrested For Stealing From Same Camarillo Target Friday

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A pair of Los Angeles County residents were arrested Friday in connection with retail thefts from the same Camarillo Target.

On July 27, 2026, deputies responded to a reported retail theft at the Target shopping center in Camarillo and learned that two suspects and their vehicle had been captured on surveillance footage, but remained unknown at the time stated a press release Monday from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

Detectives took over the investigation and uploaded the duo's physical descriptions and their vehicle's license plate into the Sheriff's Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system's hotlist shared the local law enforcement agency.

The hotlist feature triggers a real-time alert to law enforcement when a vehicle is captured by the ALPR system noted the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

On Aug. 21, detectives received an ALPR alert that the same vehicle from the July Target theft was at the same Camarillo Target and coordinated with Loss Prevention personnel to confirm the same two people from before had entered the store and fled with additional stolen items explained the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

Patrol Deputies in the area were alerted and conducted a traffic enforcement stop on the vehicle stated the Sheriff's Office.

Two people, a 60-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman, were taken into custody before being positively identified as the pair from the July theft from the same Target detailed the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

According to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, a search of the vehicle led to the discovery of around $1,500 in stolen merchandise as well as a small amount of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

Detectives believe that, based on the "quantity and nature" of the stolen items, the duo were likely stealing the items for resale shared the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

Both Los Angeles County residents were arrested and booked at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility on charges of organized retail theft, grand theft, conspiracy to commit a crime, and shoplifted detailed the local Sheriff's Office.

Each remains in custody with bail set at $20,000 and the 60-year-old is facing additional charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia added the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.