Birmingham AL March 8 2018 Five Birmingham women are charged in Jefferson and Shelby counties after lawmen say they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from area Walmart stores. The U.S. Secret Service Financial Crimes Task Force announced the arrests of Ariel Mack, 26, Daricka Mack, 25, Andrea McCracklin, 32, Zipporah Davis, 20, and Denise Gamble, […]
Norridge IL March 6 2018 A 40-year-old Chicago man was charged with running a continuing criminal enterprise after Norridge police arrested him Feb. 15. Police said he is accused in the theft of about $3,500 worth of merchandise from the Victoria’s Secret store in the Harlem Irving Plaza, and police also tied him to six previous […]
Richmond VA March 3 2018 The first heist happened in Colonial Heights, near Petersburg, according to court documents. From there, the seven-person crew struck stores in North Chesterfield, Midlothian, Richmond and Mechanicsville before heading east toward Hampton Roads. By the end of the day, they’d hit at least nine businesses. Their target: pet supplies. Joseph Heim […]
Miami FL Jan 28 2018 A man was arrested after police say they found more than $9.6 million in counterfeit luxury goods he was selling out of his West Miami business. Ulisis Valencia, 26, was arrested Thursday on a charge of selling forged or counterfeited private labels, Miami-Dade Police said. Police say Valencia was selling counterfeit […]
Norridge IL Dec 24 2017 A 47-year-old Chicago woman was charged Dec. 13 with felony retail theft at the Harlem Irving Plaza Victoria’s Secret store, according to police. Bond was set at $75,000 for Shavelle Robison, of the 4900 block of Quincy Street. Robison also had outstanding warrants. She is to appear in court Jan. 11. […]
Knox County TN Dec 22 2017 The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has arrested about 290 people for retail crime and recovered around $60,000 in stolen property so far this holiday shopping season, according to a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page. The recovered property includes four stolen vehicles, one of which contained approximately $10,000 […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Dec 4 2017 Louisville Metro police, the Kentucky Organized Retail Crime Association and more than 15 retailers put together a joint task force to attack shoplifting at the Mall St. Matthews, Oxmoor Mall and Springhurst Shopping Center around this time each year. The three-day sting led to more than 50 arrests and more […]
Gresham OR Dec 3 2017 The Gresham Police Department arrested a 44-year-old man who is accused of committing nearly 80 separate thefts from Safeway grocery stores across the metro area. Robert Christopher Bagby was arraigned on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 29, at the Multnomah County Justice Center after Gresham officers arrested him on Tuesday. He faces five […]
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. Nov 4 2017 On Saturday, October 28 at approximately 3:30 p.m., Pleasant Prairie Police were notified by security at the Pleasant Prairie Premium Outlets of a possible shoplifting occurring at that time. Responding officers began checking with stores at the mall and identified multiple people involved in shoplifting merchandise from several stores. During […]
NEW YORK Oct 28 2017 The leader of a theft ring that stole millions of dollars of electronics and ink cartridges from big-box retailers and resold them on websites such as Amazon and eBay pleaded guilty to the top criminal charges he faced, New York’s attorney general said. Richard Rimbaugh, known to his co-conspirators as “The […]