According to police, three women have been charged with stealing items valued at more than $1,600 from the Ulta Beauty Store in Seal Beach

SEAL BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Three Southern California women were charged after they were caught stealing more than $1,600 worth of items from an Ulta Beauty store in Seal Beach, police said.

Video of the women’s arrest was posted on the Seal Beach Police Department’s Instagram page and has since gone viral.

According to police, the three women — 24-year-old Destiny Bender, 24-year-old Deanna Hines and 26-year-old Michelle Pitts — stole items worth an estimated $1,635.24 from the store on Dec. 4.

According to police, the women were also linked to a theft at a nearby Kohl’s store. The women were arrested after a brief foot pursuit that was captured on police body cameras.

All three women were booked into the Orange County Jail on charges of grand larceny, conspiracy to commit a felony and resisting arrest.

The incident occurred as Proposition 36 went into effect, which imposes stricter penalties for organized theft and expands law enforcement’s ability to combat repeat offenders.

The law allows criminal charges for petty theft with a prior conviction and allows the value of stolen goods from multiple thefts to be aggregated to reach the felony threshold of $950. Improvements will also be introduced for theft crimes involving two or more perpetrators.

“Proposition 36 provides law enforcement and prosecutors with much-needed resources to address the growing problem of organized retail theft,” said Seal Beach Police Chief Michael Henderson. “This legislation sends a clear message that our communities will not tolerate those who take advantage of businesses and disrupt public safety.”

The incident remains under investigation.