Prolific Shoplifter Busted by SFPD

<p>On January 15&comma; 2025&comma; a San Francisco Police Department investigator assigned to the Burglary Unit was notified of a series of thefts that occurred at a retail establishment located on the 500 block of 9th Street&period; The store management assisted SFPD in compiling information for seven separate shoplifting incidents that occurred between November 14&comma; 2024&comma; and January 12&comma; 2025&period; The total loss of the stolen merchandise amounted to over &dollar;3&comma;400&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>SFPD’s investigator created a Crime Alert Bulletin and disseminated it to officers to assist in locating and identifying the suspect shown in still images taken from the store’s surveillance video&period; The suspect was identified via the Crime Alert Bulletin as 47-year-old male Vincent Monterrosa of San Francisco&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On January 17&comma; 2025&comma; the Burglary Unit investigator was notified by SFPD’s Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team that they had located and detained Monterrosa who had committed a theft earlier that day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Burglary investigator discovered that Monterrosa had two prior convictions that were theft-related and developed probable cause to arrest him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Monterrosa was transported to San Francisco County Jail where he was booked for the most recent shoplifting incident on two counts of burglary &lpar;459 PC 2nd Deg&rpar;&comma; two counts of grand theft &lpar;487&lpar;a&rpar; PC&rpar;&comma; and theft with prior convictions &lpar;666&period;1 PC&rpar;&period; Monterrosa was also arrested for the eight shoplifting incidents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Retail theft cases are a major priority for the SFPD&comma;” said Chief Bill Scott&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want to thank all the officers who are working diligently to make sure organized retail theft suspects are being held accountable&period; We will continue to partner with our local businesses to crack down on these crimes and help our retail community thrive&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;