A wild body cam footage shows a California woman allegedly trying to shoplift $850 worth of products from beauty and clothing shops was caught red-handed hiding in a trunk of her Tesla in a failed attempt to hide from police. Emely Yanagida, a 35-year-old woman from San Marcos, was arrested for possessing burglary tools, resisting arrest, and shoplifting at the Irvine Spectrum shopping center, the Irvine Police Department said . The incident unfolded last Wednesday afternoon, when Yanagida allegedly stole $600 worth of make-up products and $250 in workout clothing from retailers like Sephora and Lululemon.
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But they were eventually able to find the suspect thanks to an unnamed citizen, who informed them they saw the alleged shoplifter going into a white Tesla and crawling inside the trunk. Footage shows one of the officers knocking on the trunk of the Tesla multiple times, and soon after, her partner .