Maryland's top legal officer announces the takedown of a major retail theft ring on Monday. Four suspects were arrested and indicted in the case, which is being prosecuted in Howard County circuit court.

The four suspects are accused of running a retail theft ring across at least six counties, including Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Howard.

Donte Shaw, Taquan Neal, Samuel Whitmire Jr. and Antonio Polite are accused of targeting retailers like Ulta and Dicks Sporting Goods and shopping centers like Arundel Mills Mall and The Mall in Columbia, police said. The four are accused of stealing at least $800,000 in merchandise during at least 37 different thefts.

Court documents state the group targeted the same Sunglass Hut at The Mall in Columbia four separate times last spring, stealing more than $101,000 of luxury and designer goods.

"Starting with lost sales tax revenue to the state, that's probably one of the big ones for the state and communities to really think about," said Cailey Locklair with the Maryland Retailers Alliance.

The Maryland Retailers Alliance said the kind of criminal activity alleged in the case impacts consumers statewide.

"To increased prices on the goods that we all pay for, and combined with inflation, that should be very concerning for folks," Locklair said.

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