3 Accused In Thefts From Outlet Stores, I-505 Chase: Vacaville PD

VACAVILLE, CA — Vacaville police arrested three women on suspicion of robbing a business in the Vacaville Premium Outlets shopping center Monday. Two employees of the shopping center reported three women left the store with unpaid merchandise around 3:30 p.m. When the employees tried to contact the women, they were told to get out of the way and the women fled in a vehicle, police said.

The employees gave officers a description of the suspects' vehicle and its license, and an officer stopped the car on an on-ramp to Interstate Highway 505, police said.

The driver, Makayla Lockett, 24 of Turlock, stopped but fled north onto I-505 while the officer was talking to her. Lockett crashed into another vehicle when she exited the highway at Vaca Valley Parkway, police said.

The suspects fled into a field but they were quickly apprehended, police said. Hundreds of dollars new clothing and merchandise, some with anti-theft tags and sensors attached, were found in the vehicle, police said.

Police learned the same women reportedly were responsible for the theft of almost $3,000 worth of sunglasses a few hours earlier in Napa.

Lockett, Keiara Rowel, 24, of San Leandro and Jaishanae Lee, 19, of San Francisco, were arrested and booked in the Solano County Jail of robbery, conspiracy, possession of stolen property and reckless evading.

—Bay City News Service