SAN FERNANDO, Calif. December 12, 2022 A 59-year-old San Fernando Valley resident has been arrested on suspicion of cargo theft for allegedly possessing at least $750,000 worth of merchandise from Best Buy in an unincorporated area of Fresno County, authorities said Saturday. Officers from the California Highway Patrol’s Central Division Organized Retail Crime Task Force responded […]
MOBILE, Ala. December 9th, 2022 Two more people on Tuesday pleaded guilty to bank fraud conspiracy, including the ringleader of the effort that caused financial losses of as much as $550,000 to banks and credit unions. The pleas follow guilty pleas by two other members of the conspiracy on Monday. Arrington Jaylun Gardner, 21, of Semmes, […]
BRONX, N.Y. December 9th, 2022 A shoplifter wrestling with a loss prevention agent at a Target store is hospitalized after he and the security agent fell five stories down an elevator shaft at a Target store in New York City early Thursday, leaving one of them with serious injuries, police and fire officials said. NYPD […]
Arkansas December 9, 2022 Shoplifting has gotten so bad at Walmart stores that the retail giant may shutter locations in areas where local governments are taking a soft-on-crime approach, the company’s boss said. CEO Doug McMillon, who has led Walmart since 2015, confirmed the retailer has experienced an increase in “shrink” — a term the […]
HONOLULU HI December 7th, 2022 Police are searching for a suspect after a Windward City Shopping Center security officer was brutally stabbed Tuesday morning and subsequently died at the hospital. Police said the incident happened on Kaneohe Bay Drive near the 24-Hour Fitness at around 5:40 a.m. HPD Lt. Deena Thoemmes said the victim was […]
Philadelphia PA December 6, 2022 A Philadelphia gas station owner who is fed up with incessant crime threatening his employees and customers has now hired heavily armed security guards to watch over his business. Neil Patel, operator of a Karco gas station at Broad and Clearfield streets in North Philadelphia, recruited Pennsylvania S.I.T.E Agents clad […]
LOS ANGELES CA December 5th, 2022 Eighteen people have been arrested after Los Angeles police busted a retail theft ring, police say. The Los Angeles police busted an organized crime ring that targeted retail stores as recently as last week, according to The Associated Press. The ages of the suspects ranged from 15 to 20, according […]
Atlanta GA December 6, 2022 The increasing frequency and severity of retail crime continues to make waves in the national news and impact consumers and businesses across the country. Just recently, we’ve seen Starbucks choose to close locations and Walgreens reduce its operating hours in certain cities. In addition to impacting revenue, the lesser discussed—but […]
Seattle WA December 6, 2022 The King County Prosecutor’s Office said it is seeing a dramatic increase in retail thefts being charged. Local businesses say they’re experiencing more break-ins than ever before. “We’ve been in business for 17 years and we have two locations and up until this last year, we’ve had zero break-ins,” said Cody […]
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. December 5th 2022 They say that some folks just don’t have a lick of common sense and one Florida man recently became the poster child for this. With more than forty law enforcement officers inside a local Walmart for “Shop with a Cop”, the man decided to shoplift thinking that no one […]