Suspected shoplifter escapes from Bloomingdale’s security Police...

Suspected shoplifter escapes from Bloomingdale’s security

Police are looking for a woman who escaped from a Bloomingdale’s

store after security tried to detain her on suspicion of stealing a

$140 cashmere scarf.

At about 11:20 a.m. Nov. 11, a Caucasian woman in her mid-30s was

taken into custody by a store security guard on suspicion of stealing

the scarf. She managed to escape after the guard placed a handcuff on

the woman and was in the process of placing the handcuff on herself.

The thief was last seen fleeing from the store with the handcuff

still attached to her wrist.

The woman is about 5-foot-7 and 145 pounds, with long auburn hair

worn in a ponytail. She is wanted on suspicion of burglary and

assault.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the

Newport Beach Police Department at (800) 550-6273.