Man Arrested for Shoplifting at Stanford Macy’s

<p>Palo Alto Police arrested a man Monday after he shoplifted merchandise from a Macy&&num;8217&semi;s department store&comma; physically resisted loss prevention personnel when they went to stop him&comma; and then attempted to rob an elderly man of his cell phone as he tried to get away&period;  No one was injured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Monday&comma; August 8&comma; 2022&comma; at about 3&colon;19 p&period;m&period;&comma; police received a call from a loss prevention officer reporting a shoplift in progress at Macy’s at Stanford Shopping Center at 180 El Camino Real&period;  As officers were responding&comma; the loss prevention officer reported that the suspect had physically resisted them and had just attempted to steal a cell phone from someone in the mall as he was fleeing&period;  Officers arrived on scene and detained the suspect at the mall without incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The investigation revealed that loss prevention personnel had observed the suspect shoplifting approximately &dollar;350 of merchandise&period;  When he left without paying&comma; they went to stop him and place him under private person’s arrest&period;  The suspect physically resisted&comma; shoving two loss prevention officers &lpar;one man and one woman&comma; both in their twenties&rpar; away from him as he left&period;  They followed him through the mall at a safe distance&comma; continuing to report on his location to the public safety dispatcher&comma; and watched as the suspect attempted to snatch a cell phone out the hand of a man in his eighties who was sitting on a bench&period;  The man was able to retain possession of his phone and shoved the suspect’s hand away&period;  None of the three victims reported any physical injuries&period;  Loss prevention personnel and police recovered the stolen property &lpar;clothing items and perfume&rpar; from the suspect’s possession&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police booked 49-year-old Bryan Michael Flint &lpar;pictured&rpar; of Santa Cruz into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for robbery and elder abuse &lpar;both felonies&rpar;&period;  The suspect also had six outstanding warrants from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office for various felony and misdemeanor violations &lpar;to include identity theft&comma; forgery&comma; possession of stolen property&comma; misappropriation of lost property&comma; vandalism&comma; and possession of drug paraphernalia&rpar; for which he was also booked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;