Detectives with the Tigard Police Department made a significant arrest involving a woman from the Seattle area who is linked to organized retail theft.
The woman, 28-year-old Schama Lynce-Goree from Federal Way, Washington, is known to investigators and loss prevention employees for repeated retail theft and fraud in Oregon and Washington. She is known to steal merchandise, then fraudulently return it for gift cards that can be sold for cash.
On Tuesday, February 28th, detectives were notified that Lynce-Goree tried to fraudulently return stolen merchandise at Lululemon stores in Portland, Clackamas and Tigard. After she left the Tigard store, detectives pulled her over at a nearby gas station where she was arrested and charged with first-degree theft x3. Investigators recovered approximately $10,000 in stolen merchandise, $2,200 in fraudulently gained gift cards and a replica handgun from her car. Her passenger, Sean’Janae Phillips, age 24, was also charged with first-degree theft.
Investigators believe Lynce-Goree robbed the same Tigard location a few days earlier on Sunday, February 26th. In that case, it’s believed she stole more than $7,000 in merchandise and threatened a store clerk. She’s facing a third-degree robbery charge for that case.
Since December, loss prevention employees and investigators have tied Lynce-Goree to more than $40,000 in losses from Lululemon stores in Oregon and Washington.
