CHESAPEAKE, Va. March 2 2024 Despite disguising themselves as Walmart employees, four suspects were identified and connected to Walmart robberies across Virginia after allegedly stealing over $100,000 worth of Apple products. Several of the robberies were in Hampton Roads. Walmart Global Investigations identified the suspects after three men entered the store on 632 Grassfield Pkwy., in […]
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. February 20, 2024 A Cherokee County jury indicted two women on charges of running a theft ring across metro Atlanta and even in other states. Police say the women had a method to these thefts. The women singled out targets—finding accomplices ahead of each job so they could go and steal thousands of […]
SAN FRANCISCO Ca. February 18 2024 The suspected leader of a retail theft ring that stole $8 million in beauty products from stores across California has been charged, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday. “Today, we are addressing an audacious instance of organized retail theft and making it clear that such criminal activity will not […]
LAS VEGAS NV February 17 2024 A man faces several charges after police said he robbed a Las Vegas Walmart store, hit a security guard, and led officers on a high-speed chase across the valley on Sunday. Las Vegas Metropolitan police identified Bryce Hanna as the suspect in the case and said they received a call […]
California February 15, 2024 Both Target (TGT) and Walmart have closed stores in areas of the country where thefts from their stores have increased sharply. In some cases, that has been because the markets those stores operate in don’t have store-friendly laws in place. That’s particularly true in California, where a law passed in 2014, […]
Cape Coral Florida February 14 2024 The Cape Coral Police Department is investigating a robbery at the Lowe’s on Pine Island Road and hopes the community can help them identify the suspects, who apparently are fans of Sesame Street’s loveable blue cookie-loving Muppet. The man and woman wearing matching pajama pants threatened a Cape Coral Lowe’s […]
San Jose Cali February 9 2024 San Jose police have arrested two men in connection with dozens of organized retail thefts across the city, the department announced Wednesday. Jaime Flores, 46, and Thomas Sapiniso, 37, are accused of committing over 70 such crimes and making off with more than $75,000 in stolen merchandise, police said. […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. February 9 2024— Puyallup police say the same security guard was assaulted twice in separate locations by the same duo of alleged female shoplifters. Police have not arrested the women and are seeking help from the public. The first incident happened at Walmart in Puyallup. The two women pictured were stopped from shoplifting […]
Washington DC February 8, 2024 Businesses have cited the rise of online shopping and declining in-store profits for pulling out of urban centers from San Francisco to New York, but insiders see a deeper problem: Unarmed security staff’s inability to keep employees and merchandise safe is driving away workers and shoppers in big cities with […]
Kensington MD February 4, 2024 Fernando Calix, 38, and Christian Alexander Gonzalez, 18, have been arrested following an incident that played out in Safeway on Connecticut Avenue in Kensington when they pulled a knife on a security guard attempting to stop them from stealing. Members of the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to […]