Police: Customers hold down Fred Meyer ring theft

GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Police have arrested an individual who they say attempted to run out of a Fred Meyer store with a ring valued at $16,995.

Paris D. Perrantes was booked, and then released, into the Multnomah County Detention Center on Wednesday after he was arrested by Gresham Police.

According to court documents, officers responded to the Fred Meyer on Wednesday at 2497 Southeast Burnside on reports of a person who was trying to steal a ring and who was being held down by customers.

Perrantes told store security that he attempted to steal the 2 carat ring because he is homeless and needed the money, according to court documents. Perrantes told security that he was going to sell the ring.

Officers learned that an employee saw Perrantes reading a catalog in the bridal section when he reached out and grabbed a ring, court documents state. The employee yelled for two customers to stop Perrantes and they were able to take him to the ground.

Perrantes is charged with one count of first-degree aggravated theft.