Reno Lululemon heist leads to Bay Area arrests and recovery of $150k in stolen goods and cash

Five people have now been arrested on multiple charges after over $50,000 in merchandise was stolen from the Reno Lululemon store on February 5, 2021. That theft led to an investigation by multiple agencies and the recovery of merchandise from several retailers.

Five suspects walked into the Lululemon store in the Summit Mall at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 5, grabbed armfuls of merchandise and fled in two cars. One of the vehicles was located on westbound I80 near Verdi a short time later. Two women, who were later identified as 18-year-old Aaliyah Braziel and 26-year-old Tary-Ma Washington, were taken into custody while three others in the other car proceeded on westbound I-80 into California.

The Lululemon investigators reached out to the ORCTF, a multi-agency effort of the Golden Gate Division of the California Highway Patrol(CHP). The task force includes members from the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. CHP said some of the suspects in the Reno theft were repeat offenders, known by Lululemon loss prevention investigators to have ties to the Bay Area

According to CHP Golden Gate Division, two search warrants were executed in San Francisco and Antioch on February 11. The search warrants led to three arrests and the stolen merchandise, cash and handgun. Besides the Lululemon merchandise, clothing, cosmetics, purses and sunglasses from multiple retailers including Lululemon, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Victoria’s Secret, JCPenney’s Sunglass Hut, Solstice Sunglasses, Ulta Beauty, Sephora, Burberry, Sax Off 5th, Louis Vuitton, Hermés, Gucci, Channel, and others was also found. Also in the two locations was $7,000 in case and one handgun.

Arrested in the Bay Area were: Mario Omar Cisneros-Cruz, 41, of San Francisco; Owen Omar Cisneros/Rodriguez, 19, of San Francisco; and Saul Garcia Hernandez, 29, of Antioch.

Charges in this case include suspicion of organized retail crime, possession of stolen property, grand theft, and theft of lost property. Hernandez was also charged with carrying a loaded firearm.

“It is our Task Force’s mission to detect, deter and dismantle organized retail crime,” said CHP Lieutenant Kevin Domby of the ORCTF on a Facebook post. “If you have any information that may lead the detection of organized retail crime, please call our Tip Line at (510) 957-8247.”