A man was arrested after he stole a cart full of merchandise from a Target store in Chino and took off in a getaway U-Haul truck, police said Tuesday.
The Chino Police Department said an officer who was patrolling the Target parking lot was alerted by the store about a grand theft. Police bodycam footage showed the incident happened on Aug. 20.
Security video footage from the store shows the man, dressed in a black shirt and black pants, walking out of the store with a cart full of goods without paying for them.
Police said the man then transported the unpaid merchandise into a U-Haul truck he was driving.
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Officers followed the truck and stopped him off the 60 Freeway to find he had over $1,500 worth of stolen items in the truck, Chino police said.
Officers also found an unspecified amount of fentanyl stored in a plastic Hello Kitty pouch inside the U-Haul truck, according to police.
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The suspected thief, who had four outstanding warrants for theft and narcotics, was taken into the San Bernardino County jail, facing a few charges, including grand theft and possession of fentanyl.
