Police arrest 2 women wanted in string of thefts at stores across the country

Nashville Police say they arrested two Louisiana women and recovered more than $10,000 from multiple stores connected to out-of-state thefts. 

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Police said Satonya Maiden, 46, and Ebony Hammond, 33, both of Baton Rouge, were arrested on multiple charges in connection with removing tags from merchandise inside a Lululemon store dressing room in The Gulch neighborhood, according to a release. 

Police said employees at the store recognized the pair for having theft warrants involving their stores across the country.

Maiden was charged with burglary, theft, drug possession, and being a fugitive from justice; Hammond was charged with burglary, theft, criminal impersonation and being a fugitive from justice. 

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Hammond initially provided police with two false last names and two fraudulent social security numbers, the release states. 

Authorities said they found a key fob for a Kia parked not far from the store in Hammond’s purse during her arrest and found more than $10,000 in merchandise from Lululemon, Alo, Sephora, Ulta and Carhartt stores.

Both women were banned from Lululemon nationwide after a theft arrest in another state, police said. 

The release states that Maiden has full extradition warrants for theft cases out of Texas, Arkansas and Iowa and that Hammond has warrants from Texas, Virginia, Arkansas and Louisiana. 

The Source: Information in this story came from the Nashville Police Department. This story was reported from Orlando.