ADRIAN MI June 2 2019 — Adrian police say they have made arrests in a retail and check fraud crime ring that was working in Lenawee and Jackson counties earlier this year. Those charged include Austin Keith Richardson, who has already been arraigned on felony counts of organized retail crime and using computers to commit a […]
PLEASANT HILL CA May 26 2019 — An Oakland teen and four other juveniles were arrested after an alert officer’s vehicle check led to the interruption of a theft at a sporting-goods store, authorities said Thursday. Just after 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, an officer on patrol near Dick’s Sporting Goods, 2314 Monument Blvd., noticed and decided to […]
MATTHEWS, N.C. May 23 2019 Police arrested 14 people in an organized retail sting operation in Matthews Tuesday. According to the Matthews Police Department, the operation was based around thefts reported at the Lowe’s Home Improvement store located on Matthews Township Parkway. Due to the significantly high number of thefts reported from the store in recent […]
Weymouth MA May 19 2019 An admitted career crook who saw the news about Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins’ no-prosecute list on a jailhouse TV couldn’t believe it when cops in Weymouth slapped cuffs on him for shoplifting $126 worth of goods from a Stop & Shop. “It’s not a crime, I thought. I saw it […]
Polk County FL May 11 2019 Beginning in February 2019, the PCSO Organized Retail Crime Unit and partnering entities conducted a large-scale undercover investigation focusing on a criminal enterprise of organized retail theft suspects who stole merchandise from stores across central Florida, in 14 different counties within 8 different judicial circuits. According to their affidavits, […]
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. April 30 2019— Police responded to a shoplifting complaint at Tangier Five Oaks Mall, and ended up confiscating $20,000 in stolen goods. Four people were arrested and charged with stealing those items on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Tysha Renee Smith,33, Rikia Smith, 19, Johnathan Rashad Binder, 30, and Shauquita L. McCommons, 29, are […]
ITHACA, N.Y. April 30 2019— Two women from Syracuse have been charged with stealing more than $1,700 worth of merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Shops at Ithaca Mall. The theft from the store was initially reported on April 4. New York State Police at Ithaca said two women came into the store and […]
Jersey City NJ April 16 2019 Three more arrests have been made in connection with a highly organized shoplifting ring that stole millions in merchandise, police said. Shaquetta Saintange, 29, Shakira Watson, 39, and Ronald Staggers, 57, were arrested on April 10 and 11 as part of Operation Bag and Boost, a 14-month investigation by the […]
CHICAGO IL April 15 2019 Two grab-and-dash thefts happened on the Magnificent Mile Friday morning, police said. The first theft happened at Nordstrom. Two people were arrested and charged after allegedly running off with thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise, authorities said. Just 30 minutes later, police said a group of seven ran out of Zara […]
New York City NY March 31 2019 A multimillion-dollar crime ring sent paid shoplifters into pharmacies across New Jersey and New York with catalogues of items to steal — and its takedown is being considered the largest of its kind in the U.S., authorities say. Police officers arresting alleged shoplifters in New Jersey started to […]