Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Office of Statewide Prosecution is charging a woman with organized retail theft for committing multiple thefts in Central and South Florida. Lourdes Rodriguez committed dozens of thefts throughout five counties, stealing from Walgreens, CVS, Ulta and liquor stores, causing approximately $15,000 in losses. Rodriguez is the third arrest connected to a larger organized retail theft group that caused more than $100,000 in losses to Florida businesses across the state. 

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “Working with our law enforcement partners and our Florida Organized Retail Crime Exchange Task Force, we dismantled a massive organized retail theft ring with a third arrest this week. Criminal organizations be warned – in Florida, we have the tools and talent to investigate and take down your criminal enterprise, and you will pay for your crimes.”

According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office investigation, Rodriguez committed more than a dozen thefts across Brevard, Martin, Palm Beach, Sarasota and Seminole counties. Rodriguez would enter the stores, conceal merchandise in either a bag the defendant brought in with her or one stolen from the business, and walk out with the stolen items. 

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