Douglas County deputies seek suspect in $1,300 Target makeup theft
Deputies say a woman took more than $1,300 in Rare Beauty blush from a Highlands Ranch Target, and her headset-wearing photo is now public.
A Highlands Ranch Target theft has become a public-help case after Douglas County deputies said a woman walked out with more than $1,300 in Rare Beauty Liquid Blush from the store at 1950 E. County Line Road.
The alleged theft happened April 26, when the suspect walked into the Target and took the cosmetics from a display, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators released a photo of the woman they believe is responsible, and the image shows her wearing a headset.
Deputies are asking anyone who recognizes the woman or knows anything about the theft to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers. Tips can be submitted anonymously at 720-913-STOP, or 720-913-7867, and online. Crime Stoppers says anonymous tipsters may be eligible for an award of up to $2,000, and the organization says its mission is to help law enforcement identify and arrest criminal suspects through anonymous tips and community crime-prevention outreach.
Beyond one display case and one store, the theft lands in the middle of a broader retail problem for Highlands Ranch. Rare Beauty is a recognizable brand, and beauty products are compact, high-value items that are easy to remove quickly from busy stores. Each loss adds to retail shrink, the inventory hit stores absorb through tighter security, more staff time and stronger controls on what stays on the shelves. Those costs do not disappear when the merchandise does, and they can feed into pricing decisions across everyday goods.
The Target at 1950 E. County Line Road is not the only Highlands Ranch location tied to recent theft calls. In February 2026, the sheriff’s office publicized a separate case involving more than $7,000 in merchandise stolen from a Highlands Ranch Target. On Dec. 19, 2023, deputies responded to a reported shoplifting in progress at the Target on Sgt. John Stiles Drive and said they caught a suspect in the act.
Douglas County’s 35,000-square-foot Highlands Ranch Substation sits in the heart of the county’s most populated area, underscoring how closely retail theft, neighborhood policing and commercial traffic overlap in this part of the county. For stores and shoppers along County Line Road, the latest case is another reminder that a small cosmetics haul can become a larger security and cost problem quickly.
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