Two individuals were indicted on Thursday after being accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of products from makeup stores across the state, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz’s office.
Ana Pacheco, 20, and Kevin Jhonalerth Pereira Morales, 24, are both charged with one count each of aggravated organized retail crime, the district attorney’s office wrote in a press release.
Pacheco pleaded not guilty in February to related charges in Hingham District Court while Morales is not in custody. A warrant was issued for Morales’ arrest after Thursday’s indictment.
Pacheco will be scheduled to appear for her arraignment at a later date.
The incidents happened back in October 2024. A loss prevention officer assigned to Sephora told Hanover police that a woman was seen on surveillance footage shoplifting at Sephora locations in Hingham and Hanover. Officials determined that it was Pacheco, who had been arrested recently for shoplifting at a Sephora in Pennsylvania, according to Cruz’s statement.
Officials said that the footage showed Pacheco working with other individuals, including Morales, to steal nearly $7,000 worth of products from the Sephora in Hingham and approximately $5,000 from the Sephora in Hanover.
The investigation further revealed a pattern of similar thefts involving Pacheco and Morales at Ulta Beauty stores across Massachusetts, according to the district attorney’s office.
The pair is accused of the October 2024 thefts of over $2,000 in products from an Ulta in Northborough, followed less than an hour later by an almost $5,000 theft from a Framingham Ulta, according to the statement.
Pacheco and Morales are accused of entering an Ulta in Braintree that same evening and stealing close to $2,000 in high-end products, Cruz’s office wrote. The following day, they were captured on surveillance at an Ulta in Woburn stealing approximately $4,600 in cosmetics and fragrances.
They were also linked to two thefts at an Ulta in Westwood, including one in July 2024, where $300 in merchandise was stolen, and another incident in October 2024, where $213 in products was stolen.