Two arrested after search on Gold Coast Drive in WWE figures theft

San Diego sheriff's deputies arrested two people on October 2 after executing a search warrant at a home on Gold Coast Drive and recovering hundreds of reportedly stolen WWE action figures and other retail merchandise, authorities said.

Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Vista station carried out the search as part of an ongoing investigation into regional retail theft, the department said. Officers detained 36-year-old Brittany Gomez and 52-year-old Miguel Dominguez at the residence and recovered numerous items police said had been taken from retailers including Target and Walmart. The recovered property was estimated to be worth more than $1,000, according to the sheriff’s office.

Photos released by the department showed shelves and stacks of boxed figures as well as loose figures set up in toy wrestling rings, police said. Many of the items were still in original packaging while others had been removed from boxes and displayed. Authorities said the merchandise appeared to have been stolen with the intent to resell.

Gomez and Dominguez were booked into the Vista Detention Facility on multiple felony charges, including grand theft, possession of stolen...