Raleigh NC Aug 1 2017 The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA), along with its 2,500 retail members across the state, applauds the passage of a new law to combat organized retail theft. This new law, recently signed by Gov. Roy Cooper, will be another major step to combat organized retail crime. The new law, supported […]
TRAVERSE CITY MI July 29 2017 — A Kingsley man will spend at least three years in prison for his stealing and reselling video games amid discovered during a broader investigation into an organized theft scheme that put three others in jail. Thirteenth Circuit Court Judge Thomas Power on Friday sentenced Gene Allen Perritt, 30, to […]
LOUISVILLE, KY July 3 2017 Two people are facing felony charges after they were caught shoplifting more than $4,000 worth of merchandise from Macy’s at Oxmoor Center, according to arrest reports. The arresting officer said one of the suspects, Leosha Morris, stated, “shoplifting is my job.” Police said a security guard overheard Morris provide two shoplifters […]
Nashville TN July 2 2017 On July 1, a new law will crack down on organized retail crime in Tennessee. The law modernizes the definition of theft to include evading or disabling alarm systems or store surveillance cameras. It also sets a $300 minimum fine for a conviction and allows authorities to charge repeat offenders with […]
Lexington KY June 6 2017 A Lexington woman who had been banned from Macy’s, Wal-Mart and Kroger for alleged shoplifting is now facing multiple charges, including engaging in organized crime. Police say Michelle Robinson, 40, took all kinds of things, from Michael Kors purses to detergent. Robinson, whose address is listed in police records […]
Milledgeville GA June 16 2017 Arrest warrants have been issued for four JCPenney employees in regard to a theft of store merchandise. April Corbin, Lisa Baxley and Teamber Rapier, of Milledgeville, and Alexis Duncan of Eatonton, have been named as suspects in the case after an alleged theft operation netted the employees and an accomplice […]
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. June 8 2017 — Police say a man tried to carjack an older woman on Monday, and gave shoppers at two busy stores quite a scare. Police say it all started when the suspect shoplifted from a Lowe’s, threatening shoppers with a knife, and then attempted to carjack an older lady. Sonia Sloan […]
Charlotte NC May 10 2017 A Target store that just about to close for the day became the victim of a smash and grab robbery that netted the thieves more than $24,000 worth of Apple products. The merchandise was stolen just before the store on Walker Branch Drive in Steele Creek closed Monday night. Police […]
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas May 2 2017 – Four people were arrested this week after a theft at a Home Depot, according to the Harris County Constable’s Office, Precinct 4. Deputies were dispatched Wednesday to the store in the 20100 block of the North Freeway. Witnesses told deputies that the suspects entered the store, stole items […]