Known shoplifter among 14 arrested in Portland retail theft mission

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- In a retail theft mission conducted Friday, Portland police arrested 14 people, including a known shoplifter who had active warrants in prior theft cases.

For this particular mission, officers focused on the Cascade Station Shopping Center in Northeast Portland.

47-year-old Pamala R. McIntosh was arrested at an Old Navy store on six outstanding warrants, all for theft out of Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties. Officials say McIntosh also has nine pending theft cases.

At the end of the mission, a total of 14 people were taken into custody, authorities said. From those, one felony charge was filed plus nine misdemeanors and two criminal citations. Another eight felony warrants were filed and another eight misdemeanor warrants.

According to PPB, the ongoing retail theft missions seek to disrupt “criminal activity that extends far beyond retail theft, including illegally possessed guns, drug possession and distribution, vehicle theft, and more,” officials said in a release.

No further names of those arrested have been released.