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PAYSON — Two California males have been arrested in Utah County and accused of stealing child formulation in a number of states.
Costel Fota, 55, and Ionel Fota, 30, each of Vallejo, California, have been booked into the Utah County Jail Sunday for investigation of a variety of potential expenses from a number of jurisdictions, together with participating in a sample of illegal exercise, legal conspiracy and theft.
On Friday, Santaquin police have been referred to as to Macey’s, 110 N. 400 East, on a report of two males stealing greater than $1,600 value of child formulation. A retailer supervisor advised officers that “the identical suspects additionally stole a considerable amount of items from the Macey’s retailer in Spanish Fork and American Fork. She additionally advised me a loss prevention employee on the Olympus Macey’s location was in a position to get a photograph of the suspects’ license plate,” in line with a police reserving affidavit.
Video surveillance from the shop reveals Ionel Fota loading up his purchasing cart with child formulation, making an attempt to hide the formulation with different grocery objects, after which ready for the self-checkout attendant to change into occupied by different clients earlier than strolling out of the shop with out paying, the affidavit states.
The 2 males are additionally accused of stealing child formulation from the Macey’s retailer in Nice Grove, 931 W. State, on Saturday, after which taking greater than $2,000 value of child formulation from the Macey’s in Spanish Fork, 187 E. 1000 North, on Sunday, in line with police.
After the Sunday theft, police acquired info that the duo’s automobile was noticed at a quick meals restaurant in American Fork.
“Officers shortly made entry into the restaurant. I used to be the primary officer via the door. The suspect was later recognized as Ionel, Ionel’s again was to me. I instantly advised him to place his palms within the air,” the arresting officer wrote in a police affidavit.
Police say a translator was used to offer the person his Miranda rights and to tell Fota that investigators can be looking his automobile.
“Throughout this search warrant, we discovered 45 miscellaneous containers of the stolen child formulation. The formulation was discovered underneath a blanket within the very rear cabin of the automobile,” an affidavit states.
A short while later, Costel Fota was discovered at one other close by retailer and arrested.
Detectives say the lads are believed to have stolen child formulation from “a number of shops to incorporate the cities of Santaquin, Spanish Fork, Provo, Nice Grove and others in Idaho,” and tried to steal from the Macey’s in Millcreek the place staff adopted one of many males round their retailer till he “caught on that he was being watched and left,” an affidavit says. The workers then adopted the person outdoors and took down his license plate quantity.
Child formulation thefts have change into a difficulty nationwide lately, together with in Utah. Police say the formulation has been bought on the black market, and is usually utilized by drug sellers to chop medicine equivalent to cocaine and methamphetamine.
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