On 12/3/25 at about 1813 hours, Roseville Police responded to a shoplifting incident at Dick's Sporting Goods at the Rosedale Center; 1595 Highway 36 W in Roseville, Ramsey County. Dicks’s manager, TSS, reported that a suspect, later identified as Nicole Lee JOHNSON ([DOB REDACTED]), selected numerous items of merchandise, brought them to a fitting room, concealed merchandise in a bag she was carrying, and exited the store without paying for the concealed merchandise. Rosedale Center Security followed the suspect to the Metropolitan Transit Station at Rosedale Center.
Roseville Police responded there, detained JOHNSON, and positively identified her. JOHNSON had multiple active warrants. Police recovered the stolen merchandise from JOHNSON. At first, JOHNSON claimed that all of it had been purchased but eventually admitted that she had stolen all of it from Dick’s, JC Penney, and Victoria's Secret. Being unable to immediately verify the value of all of the merchandise, police released JOHNSON and issued her a one-year trespass notice for the Rosedale Center. Police later determined that the value of the merchandise JOHNSON had stolen from Dick's was $641.94. Police also obtained CCTV footage of JOHNSON stealing the JC Penney’s merchandise, which totaled $89.99. And police obtained CCTV footage of JOHNSON stealing the Victoria's Secret merchandise, which totaled $319.75. The total value of the stolen/recovered merchandise was $1,051.68. Before the incident above could be reviewed for charging, on 12/19/25 JOHNSON was arrested at Rosedale Center for committing a new theft at JC Penney (RPD CN: 25039583). She was arrested, feigned fentanyl ingestion, and was transported the HCMC. She has since been charged with Possession of Burglary Tools/4th Degree Burglary for the incident on 12/19/25 (RCAO # [PHONE REDACTED]). JOHNSON is currently in custody in Hennepin County on unrelated matters.
A warrant, therefore, is requested. For purposes of Rule 6.02, JOHNSON has open felony cases for 5th Degree Drugs (27-CR-25-16598), 3rd Degree Burglary (62-CR-25-1011), and Possession of Burglary Tools/4th Degree Burglary (RCAO # [PHONE REDACTED]).
