COLUMBUS IN Aug 18 2020 A Louisville man was arrested after police say he threatened a Walmart worker with a knife while trying to steal a computer hard drive Wednesday. Columbus police say that they were called to the Walmart store on Whitfield Drive around 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. A store security officer told police that he […]
PORTLAND, Ore. Aug 15 2020 A store security officer for a Goodwill in Salem was left with life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed by a robbery suspect Friday morning, according to local police. Salem police officers responded to a reported fight at the Goodwill on Edgewater Street NW around 11 a.m. Friday. Police said the store’s […]
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio Aug 13 2020 At 3:40 p.m. Aug. 4, an Amazon delivery driver, 51, was at Whole Foods, 13998 Cedar Road, when he became involved in a dispute with a store-contracted security guard, 73. The guard pushed the driver after the man allegedly uttered racial slurs and assumed a fighting position. The security […]
Lansing MI Aug 12 2020 A 77-year-old Lansing man who was stabbed by a disgruntled Quality Dairy customer on July 14 has died, according to the Lansing State Journal. Police say at about 6:47 a.m. on that day, Sean Ruis, 43, of Grand Ledge, entered the convenience store in Dimondale without wearing a mask. Ruis reportedly […]
Bethlehem Township PA August 1 2020 Like many other retail stores reopening during the pandemic, workers at Cigars International have been balancing how to stay in business while keeping customers and employees safe. But on Friday, a simple request that a patron wear a mask while inside the Bethlehem Township store erupted in gunfire, leaving […]
Oklahoma County OK July 26 2020 A Walmart security guard has been charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon for shooting a fleeing shoplifting suspect on the Fourth of July. Jimmie Odell Watts Jr. was charged Friday with the felony in Oklahoma County District Court. He is accused of going too far when […]
LUMBERTON, N.C. July 25 2020 Lumberton Police are investigating after two women were killed in the parking lot of a Family Dollar Store on Friday afternoon. It happened just before 5 p.m. at the Family Dollar store at 1305 East 5th Street. Officers told ABC-affiliate WPDE that a man wearing a hoodie fired into multiple vehicles […]
Washington DC July 25 2020 CVS Pharmacy said it has terminated its contract with a private security company after an armed guard was seen on video detaining a shoplifting suspect outside a downtown Washington store and appeared to press his forearm onto the man’s neck. The 50-year-old man, who appeared to be unarmed, tried to speak […]
ROYAL PALM BEACH FL July 24 2020— A suburban Lake Worth man faces felony charges after he pulled a gun from his waistband and leveled it at a fellow Walmart shopper during an argument over face masks. The encounter served as a linchpin in the debate over whether store owners and officials should require people […]
WICHITA, Kan. July 12 2020 The Wichita Police Department arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of aggravated robbery and battery. At approximately 3:25 p.m. on Wednesday, officers responded to a bomb threat call involving a robbery at a business in the 1500 block of South Oliver. Officers were already nearby the business, saw the 13-year-old run from […]