COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. – Police contacted more than a dozen suspects and made several arrests last weekend as part of an operation at the local Home Depot to combat shoplifting concerns in the community.
According to the College Place Police Department, from October 23 through October 25 officers partnered up with Home Depot’s Regional Asset Protection Team to combat shoplifting concerns at the hardware store in College Place. Over the weekend, police said they responded to 13 calls for service at the store, with seven of those calls resulting in criminal citations and six of those calls resulting in suspects being arrested and sent to the Walla Walla County Jail.
CPPD said one of those arrests involved a K-9 unit finding drugs during a search of an involved vehicle.
CPPD said a total of nearly $2,500 in merchandise was recovered during the operation.
College Place police said they are reviewing security camera footage from the weekend operation to identify and charge other people believed to be involved in shoplifting.
