Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SOUTH PASADENA – A Los Angeles man and shoplifting suspect was arrested December 19, found with stolen credit cards and drug paraphernalia.
Officers responded to the 1200 block of Fair Oaks Avenue to investigate a shoplifting and detained the suspect, 28-year-old Matthew Johnson, nearby. A female accomplice was detained in the 1000 block of Fremont Avenue, South Pasadena Police said. Johnson claimed the credit cards came from a homeless encampment where he lives in Los Angeles. Both Johnson and his accomplice admitted that they steal property to fuel their drug habits, South Pasadena Police said. Johnson was booked on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia and for fraudulent possession of credit cards. The accomplice was later released, South Pasadena Police said. |
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