DETROIT – Chearia Broughton, 38, of Detroit, was sentenced in the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County to one year of incarceration for organizing a high-volume theft ring targeting Ulta Beauty stores in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Broughton, who was sentenced on Friday (April 17), pled guilty in March to one count of conducting a criminal enterprise and was also ordered to pay $29,698 in restitution to Ulta Beauty.
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Court documents revealed that Broughton organized a rash of “push-out” thefts perpetrated on Ulta Beauty retail locations throughout metro Detroit on more than 13 occasions in October and November 2023.
According to court documents, the small, organized group was observed entering the storefront, grabbing as much high-value merchandise as they could carry or load into a shopping basket, and simply walking or running back out the front door into an awaiting getaway vehicle.
Total losses to retailers connected to those thefts exceed $30,000.
Broughton would then sell the stolen merchandise on Facebook Marketplace.
She was charged by the Department of the Attorney General in November 2025.