Aurora CO April 7 2023 A former security officer for King Soopers said he was fired after he was punched by a shoplifter. “I absolutely was fired unfairly for defending myself. Every person has a right to defend themself,” Jessie Sims said in an exclusive interview with the Problem Solvers. The 52-year-old had worked as a […]
Los Angeles CA April 6th, 2023 A pair of November 2022 downtown Los Angeles Target store stabbings that left a 9-year-old boy and 25-year-old woman hospitalized has prompted lawsuits against the store. The unprovoked stabbings happened when a homeless man walked into the store and grabbed a 9-inch “butcher-style knife,” off a store shelf, and […]
Seattle WA March 29 2023 A man was arrested and thousands of items were confiscated as part of an investigation into organized retail theft. Seattle Police detectives arrested the suspect last Thursday at a north Beacon Hill home after a long investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations. The 55-year-old man is suspected of buying stolen goods […]
VIDEO Indianapolis IN March 27th, 2023 Behind a series of locked doors within Castleton Square Mall, accessed only by fingerprint scanners, sit approximately 90 operatives, all dressed in black, employed by Simon Property Group, watching video feeds, sifting intelligence and utilizing predictive data to not only monitor security at more than 200 shopping malls across […]
Hayward A March 26, 2023 California Highway Patrol investigators have arrested a Hayward Home Depot worker suspected of stealing merchandise from the store as part of an organized retail theft scheme, the CHP announced Thursday. The CHP Golden Gate Division said in a Facebook post its Organized Retail Crime Task Force was contacted by the store’s […]
Portland OR March 26, 2023 On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a package of bills aimed at curtailing organized retail theft. The bills will now head to the Senate floor. “Oregon has become one of the most active states regarding organized retail crime and many retailers are reporting losing millions of dollars in loss […]
Anchorage AK March 25 2023 A man was arrested after pulling a gun on Dimond Center security officers on Sunday evening, according to an Anchorage Police Department news release. Matthew M. Phillips, 22, is charged with three counts of third-degree assault and one count each of first-degree robbery, third-degree theft and third-degree misconduct involving a […]
Topeka KS March 23 2023 Home Depot executive Celinda Gonzalez wants Kansas to enact a law granting the state attorney general authority to pursue organized criminals making retail stores the hub of large-scale theft rings. She said the home improvement company operated 16 stores with 3,300 employees in Kansas with an annual economic impact […]
Trumbull CT March 20, 2023 A man caught shoplifting at a local mall Thursday afternoon brandished a knife at security personnel, police say. Jonathan Sierra, 41, of Bridgeport, was charged with first-degree robbery and sixth-degree larceny, Trumbull Police Lt. Brian Weir said Friday. Sierra was held on a $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear […]
Alpharetta Georgia March 19 2023 Alpharetta police say a loss prevention officer at North Point Mall was threatened with a hammer by a suspect who allegedly shoplifted numerous items from the mall March 4. Police were called to the Macy’s at North Point Mall at about 6 p.m. and were told a suspect entered the […]