Crime & Safety

String Of Ulta Beauty Burglaries: 3 Arrested In Riverside County

The three were taken into custody Thursday following an investigation into an Ulta Beauty burglary in Menifee.

The three suspects who were booked on suspicion of commercial burglary.
The three suspects who were booked on suspicion of commercial burglary. (Riverside County Sheriff's Department)

MENIFEE, CA — Three people suspected in a spate of Ulta Beauty store burglaries in Southwest Riverside County and the greater Inland Empire have been arrested, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department announced Monday.

Jatae Armster, 20, of Perris, Anton Mitchell, 19, of Moreno Valley, and Devion Stanch, 19, of Moreno Valley, were taken into custody Thursday following an investigation into an Ulta Beauty burglary in Menifee.

The burglary at 30050 Haun Rd. was reported to the sheriff's department January 11 around 10:53 a.m. In that incident, three suspects entered the business and stole a large amount of perfume and cologne, according to the sheriff's department.

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During the investigation, deputies learned the same suspects also burgled Ulta Beauty locations in Temecula, Rialto and Fontana, according to the sheriff's department.

The total loss from the thefts was $33,900, officials said.

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Sheriff's investigators pieced together evidence and on Thursday made the three arrests. Armster, Mitchell and Stanch were booked on suspicion of commercial burglary.

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