SANTA ANA, Calif.—One man pleaded not guilty April 13, and another man is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in an alleged retail theft ring that operated out of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties for about two years and netted more than $76,000.
Luis Alberto Delasancha, 31, pleaded not guilty to 25 counts of grand theft and a count of organized retail grand theft, all felonies. He was ordered to return to court April 21 for a pretrial hearing in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.
Co-defendant Agustin Garfiaz, 26, of Bellflower, was charged with organized retail grand theft and a count of receiving stolen property, both felonies. He was scheduled to be arraigned Friday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana. Both were arrested Wednesday.
Co-defendants Jose Delasancha, 32, and Everado Carrillo-Avilez, 39, were both listed in court records as fugitives.
According to the criminal complaint, which lists 53 counts of grand theft and a count of organized retail grand theft, the four were accused of participating in a ring that would steal between $1,500 to about $950 from Home Depot stores from mid-October 2021 through February of this year. The total loss was $76,640.50, according to the complaint.
California Highway Patrol officials, who were handling the investigation, did not immediately respond to a message for details.
