People v. Orujyan CA4/3

FACTS

In March 2023, a loss prevention officer (LPO) working at a Saks Fifth Avenue store received a call concerning a suspicious male quickly leaving the children’s clothing section of the store while holding some designer children’s clothing. Using security cameras, the LPO located the male and began watching his actions. The sequence of events that transpired before and after the LPO received the initial call about the man were captured on video which was played for the jury at trial. We relate those

2 circumstances here, along with additional matters testified to at trial by the LPO and two police officers. While in the children’s section of the store, Orujyan and another male, later identified as Raymond Hayrapetyan, approached a children’s designer clothing rack. Hayrapetyan quickly looked at the clothing rack and gave Orujyan “a look.” Orujyan then went over to the rack and, without looking at any price or size tags, quickly took four pieces of clothing off of it. Hayrapetyan left the children’s department and Orujyan left after. With the clothes in hand, Orujyan proceeded to the store’s men’s department where he put the merchandise down on a chair and walked away.…