Cops pose as delivery men to nab ID theft suspect in El Monte

EL MONTE — Detectives arrested a man Friday while pretending to be delivery men dropping off items he allegedly purchased through identity theft, police said.
Lonnie Carrillo, 30, of El Monte was booked on suspicion of ID theft and was being held in lieu of $50,000, according to police and sheriff’s booking records.
El Monte police detectives had learned that Carrillo had ordered $25,000 worth of Home Depot merchandise online with someone else’s information, Detective Adam Girgle said in a written statement.
With the help of Home Depot’s corporate security officials, he said, detectives posed as delivery men dropping off the merchandise.
“The suspect was unaware that the delivery men were actually undercover El Monte police detectives, Girgle said.
Police then arrested Carrillo without incident, he added.

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