Organized Retail Crime Alameda Unit Files Felony Charges Against Two Men for Stealing Over $100,000 in Merchandise from Home Depot

September 9, 2024

OAKLAND, CA Today, District Attorney Pamela Price announced her office charged Juan Manuel Diaz Ramirez (23) and Juan Manuel Diaz Tejeda (50) in connection with multiple organized retail theft-related crimes from Home Depot Stores in the cities of Hayward and Newark between December 14, 2022, and March 21, 2023. The losses incurred are worth over $100,000.

The charges against Mr. Ramirez and Mr. Tejeda include multiple felony counts of embezzlement, commercial burglary, grand theft, and organized retail theft in concert. If convicted and sentenced on all charges, Mr. Ramirez faces a maximum of 7 years and Mr. Tejeda faces a maximum of 3 years and 8 months.

“I am excited to see results from our Organized Retail Crime Alameda (ORCA) Vertical Prosecution Unit, which was initially funded by a two-million-dollar grant from the State of California, which I matched in November 2023,” said DA Price. “Our ORCA team worked diligently with the California Highway Patrol and the CHP Golden Gate Division Organized Retail Crime Task Force team, including Investigator Eduardo Garcia and Sergeant Manny Nevarez, who conducted extensive surveillance outside of Alameda County as part of their wide-ranging investigation. Alameda County is one of 13 district attorneys’ offices across California that received funding to establish new vertical prosecution units.”

The defendants are scheduled to appear for arraignment on September 19, 2024, in Department 112 at the Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.

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The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office (DAO) is one of California’s largest prosecutors’ offices and is led by Alameda County’s first Black woman District Attorney Pamela Y. Price. Price brings her vision to this office to fairly administer justice in the pursuit of thriving, healthy, and safe communities for every person who steps foot in Alameda County, no matter their race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, income, or zip code. Price has been recognized as one of the most progressive prosecutors through her forward-thinking, innovative strategies to interrupt cycles of violence and crime and bring change to a criminal justice system rooted in systemic racism. Follow Madam DA on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and @AlamedaCountyda on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.