Subject steals whole display case of Scratch off lottery tickets from Paradise Market & Liquor Store and Flees

UPDATE WITH PRESS RELEASE FROM HEMET POLICE 

Officers Pursue & Arrest Theft Suspects Before Crime is Reported

On Sunday night, October 18th, two Hemet Police Officers were working a special enforcement detail in West Hemet. At about 10:00 p.m. the officers saw a suspicious vehicle in the area of Devonshire and Sanderson Avenues.

 The officers’ attention was drawn to the vehicle because it was backed into a parking stall in front of a closed business. Additionally, the officers were aware of a recent series of night time commercial burglaries in Hemet.
The officers observed the vehicle leave the parking lot without headlights and accelerate west on Devonshire Ave. 

Officers tried to stop the vehicle and the driver fled at a high rate of speed and made several evasive moves in an attempt to lose the pursuing officers. After a short vehicle pursuit, the driver stopped on Menlo Ave. near Cawston Elementary School. The passenger fled on foot but was quickly captured by Hemet Police officers while the driver of the vehicle was detained by officers.

A short time later, Hemet Police Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call from Paradise Liquor located at 259 N. Sanderson Ave. The caller advised dispatch that they had just been “robbed” by two suspects who stole a case of Lottery tickets valued at $1,600.00. The subsequent investigation linked both detained suspects to the theft at Paradise Liquor.

The suspects (listed below) were transported to Riverside County Jail.

Jabril Luckett (01-12-95) / Hemet resident
Booked for: PC487(a) - Grand Theft (felony), PC182(a)(1) – Conspiracy to Commit Grand Theft, CVC 2800.2(a) – Felony Evading of a Police Officer. Bail amount: $100,000

Jesse Hutchison (04-04-97) / Hemet resident
Booked for: PC487(a) - Grand Theft (felony), PC182(a)(1) – Conspiracy to Commit Grand Theft
Bail amount: $5,000