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Joshua Machtinger
promoted to Director, Global Safety & Risk Management for Ascena
Retail Group Inc.
Josh previously held the role of Senior Manager, Global Safety and
Risk Management for the retailer for over two years. He also worked
at Toys "R" Us where he spent over 7 years in various roles in Audit
and Asset Protection and a year at Dress Barn as Senior Manager of
Safety and Security. He earned his Bachelors of Science degree in
Financial Economics from Binghamton University. Congratulations
Josh!
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Jeff Gilkey, CFI
promoted to Director, Asset Protection Operations for Ascena Retail
Group, Inc.
Jeff previously held the role of Senior Manager, Loss Prevention
Operations for the retailer for over two years. He's worked there
since 2013, holding other loss prevention roles including LP
Supervisor and LP Manager. He also worked at Tween Brands as LP
Supervisor and LP Lead. Jeff earned his Bachelors of Science in
Criminal Justice from West Liberty University. Congratulations Jeff!
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Romeo Acevedo
promoted to Corporate Asset Protection Program Manager for Guitar
Center
Romeo previously served as Corporate Loss Prevention
Specialist for a year for the retailer before earning this
promotion. He also worked in other LP/AP roles with Ralphs Grocery
and CVS Health, as a District Asset Protection Specialist and Market
Investigator and also served 12 years of honorable service in the
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Holiday Crime Comparison: 2017 vs.
2018
Robberies, Burglaries, Deaths & ORC Increase
 Dec.
24-31, 2018:
-125 robberies (up 5%)
-34 burglaries (up 31%)
-17 deaths (up 55%)
-29 ORC cases (up 21%)
Dec. 24-31, 2017:
-119 robberies
-26 burglaries
-11 deaths
-24 ORC cases
Why Mastercard Launched a 'Fusion Center' for
Security
CSO Ron Green Describes the New Initiative
Mastercard has launched a "fusion center" designed to increase its speed of
response and coordination among departments in the event of a cyberattack, says
CSO Ron Green.
"Our fusion center, while corporate security runs it, actually [involves] 16
different teams across Mastercard, from legal to communications to customer
relations, to the product team, to the operations team," Green says in an
interview with Information Security Media Group. "They're all there, all the
time, and when something comes up, they all are aware of it at the same time.
... It's just everyone there at the same time receiving all of the information
together in order to come up with a holistic response."
 In
this interview (see audio link below photo), Green discusses:
● The evolution of the threat landscape in 2018;
● the functions of the fusion center;
● 2019 initiatives, including working with Microsoft to develop next-generation
identity management solutions.
Green is executive vice president and chief security officer for Mastercard. He
leads a global team that ensures the safety and security of the Mastercard
network, as well as internal and external products and services, including
business continuity.
govinfosecurity.com
Checkout-Free Technology Expanding Rapidly
Mobile Pay - Scan and Go - BOPIS
1 of Top 6 Articles in STORES Magazine in 2018
Combating the potential of theft at self-checkout
Demand for self-checkout is growing from both retailers and consumers. As
retailers adopt new payment and scanning technologies, though, the systems may
be further opening the door to theft, creating more headaches for loss
prevention departments.
Nevertheless, allowing shoppers to scan their own items can also create more
headaches for loss prevention departments. In Europe, where self-checkout is
more common, there's some evidence of higher rates of theft.
Coupon company Voucher Codes Pro surveyed more than 2,600 people and found
nearly 20 percent admitted to stealing from self-checkout in the past;
half said they did so because they didn't think they would get caught.
stores.org
The biggest changes coming to the point of sale in 2019
Despite years of advancements in mobile and online payments, the physical point
of sale remains still ripe for disruption. The physical POS is, in many cases,
still a heavy piece of hardware plugged into a receipt printer and maybe a PIN
pad. As the new year begins, replacement systems - based primarily on cloud and
mobile technologies - are finally ubiquitous and practical enough for nearly any
retailer to consider.
But this is more than about a tech upgrade. Anything retailers can do to move
the payment away from the checkout lanes will reclaim valuable store space and
remove friction from sales.
paymentssource.com
Retail POS Terminals Market to Exhibit Phenomenal Gains to 2024
Government Efforts to Promote Digital Payments Driving Worldwide Growth
Retail POS Terminals Market worth over $40bn by 2024 and is predicted to grow at
over 10% CAGR from 2017 to 2024. Technological advancements such as the advent
of near field communication (NFC) technology and biometrics has revolutionized
the retail POS terminals market. Integrated card machines allow the usage of
multiple payment techniques and can also gather data for providing in depth
analysis. Business owners are now required to provide flexible payment option
such as credit cards, checks, and digital payments to attract customers.
The rising demand for cloud-based POS systems is anticipated to drive the retail
POS terminals market during the forecast timespan owing to the cost
effectiveness and the reduced need for frequent upgrades. Additionally, advanced
SaaS systems integrates customer resource management (CRM) solutions to combine
historical customer data to influence online ordering, loyalty programs, and
targeted marketing.
thecampingcanuck.com
What the CEOs Read
The Robin Report - Retail in 2019
10 Retail Predictions for 2019 - #12 The Big One for LP
1. After a strong 2018, the retail industry will
slow down in 2019.
2. "The Retail Apocalypse" will be exposed as "fake news" for math-challenged,
headline-grabbing media.
3. "Network Effects" will yield a winner-takes-all retail playing field.
4. Off-Mall will outperform In-Mall.
5. In 2019, we will still have too many stores, too much retail space and too
much inventory.
6. The battle for tomorrow's consumer will make enemies of friends... and
friends of enemies.
7. Online commerce will be costlier than ever to execute.
8. In 2019, "Brand Relevance" will beat "Brand Authenticity."
9. Retail will Pop-Up everywhere.
10. Experiential retail gets real.
12. Checkout-free technology will expand, quickly.
therobinreport.com
Over 500 Million Chip Cards To Be Issued Globally Over The Next Five Years
Juniper Research: Retailers to Lose $130bn Globally in
Card-not-Present Fraud Over the Next 5 Years
Complex fraud & retail inertia key to increased losses
Juniper's new research, Online
Payment Fraud: Emerging Threats, Segment Analysis & Market Forecasts 2018-2023,
claimed that as cybercriminals seek to monetise their knowledge to a wider, less
tech-savvy audience, complex cross-channel fraud will become the 'new normal',
with retailers ill-prepared to fight it.
For more insights, download our free whitepaper: Future
Fraud: 3 Dynamics Changing Fraud in 2019.
The report found that eCommerce merchants remain, to a large extent, focused on
assessing fraud risk at the point of transaction. As such, analysis in terms of
session and behavioural monitoring, or validating the identity of a user to
assess fraud risk before any transaction, is lacking. Juniper cited industry
perception of FDP (Fraud Detection & Prevention) as one of the reasons behind
this, with FDP seen as a high-cost tool used only to prevent fraud.
businesswire.com
E-Verify Expired During Government Shutdown
"Three-day rule" suspended; most immigration-related services still running.
 E-
Verify-the federal electronic employment eligibility verification service-has
expired due to a lapse in funding and will not be available during the partial
shutdown of the U.S. government that began Dec. 22, 2018.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the program, announced
that the website www.e-verify.gov will not be actively managed and will not be
updated until after funding is restored. The agency reported that "information
on this website may not be up to date. Transactions submitted via this website
might not be processed and we will not be able to respond to inquiries until
after appropriations are enacted." shrm.org
With Drone Deliveries on the Horizon, Europe
Moves to Set Ground Rules
The path to proving that drones can operate together and be tracked in crowded
skies has brought a group of companies to a former military airfield outside
Brussels, where they will test their unmanned aviation technology. The project,
known as Safir, will help the European authorities devise a set of rules for the
commercial use of drones.
"It is about testing 10 drones with different purposes, applications and IT
systems," said Mark Vanlook, the chief executive of DronePort, the recently
opened facility where the tests will take place.
The Safir project is happening at a transitional moment for the European Union's
commercial drone industry. The European Parliament and Council just expanded the
bloc's regulatory authority to include all civil drones, and the European
Commission is completing a harmonized set of rules for drone use. nytimes.com
Retail Report Card for 2018: From Walmart to
Tiffany's
A boom in consumer confidence lifted some chains and exposed others as
unprepared for industry shifts.
Chains that invested to improve stores and boost their e-commerce businesses
were rewarded in 2018 as a surging economy lifted consumer confidence and
spending. Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. TGT 1.74% in the second quarter posted
their highest sales increases in more than a decade. But time ran out on a few
that were unable to adapt to the rapid shifts in retail wrought largely by the
move to online shopping.
wsj.com
Holiday sales strongest in six years - Up 5.1%
Total U.S. retail sales, excluding automobiles, rose 5.1% to more than $850
billion between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse,
which tracks overall online and in-store retail spending trends across all forms
of payment. It was the strongest holiday shopping season in six years.
The apparel category had a strong season, with sales rising 7.9% over
last year. It was the category's biggest increase since 2010.
● Department stores finished the season with a 1.3% decline from
2017. This follows two years with growth below 2%, some of which can be
attributed to store closings. However, the online sales growth for department
stores indicated a more positive story, with growth of 10.2%.
● Home improvement spending continued to surge across the U.S. with spending
during the holiday season up 9.0%.
● Electronics and appliances were down 0.7%.
● The home furniture and furnishings category grew 2.3%.
● Online shopping also saw large gains of 19.1%, compared to 2017.
chainstoreage.com
Here Comes Amazon Prime 2 hour Delivery
Amazon to Ramp Up Whole Foods Expansion
Expansion would widen tech giant's delivery reach
To put more customers within range of the e-commerce giant's two-hour delivery
service.
Amazon offers Prime Now, a two-hour delivery option to members of its Prime
subscription service in more than 60 cities, and online grocery pickup from
Whole Foods stores in as little as 30 minutes from nearly 30 cities. Amazon
plans to expand those services to nearly all of its roughly 475 Whole Foods
stores in the U.S., according to another person familiar with the plans. Amazon
also wants to use benefits for Prime members to attract new customers to Whole
Foods and draw them back more often.
wsj.com
Lampert Saves Sears From Liquidation -
Last-Minute Offer
Buys all assets and 425 stores for $4.4B in 11th hour. Closing 43 Sears
and 37 Kmart stores in late March.
chainstoreage.com
How Managers Can Overcome Their Personal Biases
You can't manage others if you can't manage yourself. And for any manager,
effective self-management requires a certain level of professional
self-knowledge. Achieving that can be trickier than it sounds, given the human
tendency to overrate one's own abilities and performance.
"We are wildly overconfident in most domains. We are wildly bad at
self-assessing," says Khalil Smith, a former leadership development expert at
Apple who is now a practice leader at the NeuroLeadership Institute. To
illustrate, Smith cites a driving survey in which 80 percent of respondents
rated themselves as better-than-average drivers, a mathematical impossibility.
This also applies to leadership, he adds.
"Most managers think they're really good managers, and a lot of them aren't,"
Smith explains. "Confidence and competence are not correlated." But if
self-knowledge requires great effort to attain, the results will be worth it,
experts say. It will ultimately allow managers to maximize their strengths,
minimize their shortcomings, and modify their responses and behaviors, all for
the cause of becoming more effective leaders.
shrm.org
Director, Loss Prevention posted for Tilly's in
Irvine, CA
The Director of Loss Prevention at Tillys builds and implements policies,
programs, and procedures that control risk, reduce shrink and protect the
employees and assets. The director is responsible for leading and developing LP
team members in the corporate, retail, and distribution centers. He/she will
have a proven track record of building strong working relationships throughout
organizations (Store Operations, Finance/Accounting, Human Resources, etc.). taleo.net
Tilly's currently operates 229 total stores, including four RSQ pop-up stores,
across 33 states. Tillys is a leading specialty retailer of casual apparel,
footwear and accessories for young men, young women, boys and girls with an
extensive assortment of iconic global, emerging, and proprietary brands rooted
in an active and social lifestyle.
tillys.com
NYC Safest Big City in U.S. -
Robberies Down
Nearly 8% & Shooting Incidents Down 4%
IBM Predicts Retail Revenue up 3.04% in 2019
Gap Closing Its Landmark NYC Fifth Ave Store
Tennessee Law Can Charge Banned Shoplifters with
Felonies
2018 in
Review: See the Daily's Top-Read 'Your Career' Articles Below
Catch our 'Your Career' column today, tomorrow, and Friday for 2018's Top 10
stories
Last week's #1 article --
'How Fake Handbags Fund Terrorism and Organized Crime'
12-min TED Talk presentation by Tommy Hilfiger's Sr. Brand Protection Manager
 What's
the harm in buying a knock-off purse or a fake designer watch? According to
counterfeit investigator Alastair Gray,
fakes like these fund terrorism and organized crime. Learn more about the
trillion-dollar underground economy of counterfeiting -- from the criminal
organizations that run it to the child labor they use to produce its goods -- as
well as measures you can take to help stop it. "Let's shine a light on the dark
forces of counterfeiting that are hiding in plain sight," Gray says.
"What I've learned in the 10 years of investigating fakes is that once you start
to scratch the surface, you find that they are rotten to the core, as are the
people and organizations that are making money from them, because they are
profiting on a massive, massive scale," Gray says. "You can only make around a
hundred to 200 percent selling drugs on the street. You can make 2,000
percent selling fakes online with little of the same risks or penalties.
And this quick, easy money then goes on to fund the more serious types of crime,
and it pays the way to making these organizations, these criminal organizations,
look more legitimate."
ted.com
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Workplace Predictions for 2019 From The
Washington Post
PRIVACY: Workers will demand that employers do more to insure their personal
data
A "global awakening" about threats to the privacy of our data as consumers will
spill over into concerns about the personal data we give our employers.
"There are an increasing number of protections in place for consumers - things
like the ability to opt in and opt out, or needing consent to use their data,"
she said. "Employees, however, have less control over how their employers use
their data." Yet plenty of data is at risk. Beyond social security numbers and
bank account information from direct deposits, data like what movies you watched
in a hotel room on a business trip (charged to a corporate credit card) or what
vacation days you took could reveal other personal tastes or even religious
information to outside parties.
Bergman predicts more pressure for employers to provide some of the same options
to their workers that customers have, such as being able to request access to
information that companies have about them.
"I think what they'll start to demand is that employers specify a certain
duty of care when it comes to dealing with their data," Bergman said. "I
think it will become part of their marketing pitch, in the same way
benefits packages are, as employers start to disclose how they treat employers'
data, too, and use that as an indicator of the moral and ethical fabric of the
company."
WORKPLACE TECH: Email will move past its peak and continue its demise
Companies have been moving toward messaging and away from email for
internal communications for years, but 2019 will be the year email moves past
its peak - at least at work, predicts Josh Bersin, an industry analyst who
studies workplace technology.
"If you're working with less than 200 people at a time, you really don't need
email - it's a waste," he said.
The popularity of messaging tools such as Slack will continue, he said,
but he also believes greater adoption of Microsoft's Teams - its take on the
group messaging app that's integrated into Office 365 - will be a game-changer.
Although Teams was released in 2017, it's still being adopted or turned on by
many corporate IT departments, and Bersin believes 2019 will be the year it
takes off because of how closely it's embedded with other Microsoft software or
features.
Both Bersin and Kropp also see greater adoption of workplace tech tools that
"nudge" managers or employees via texts or other alerts that could divert
users, too, from traditional emails (though the nudges are likely to come
through email initially, too). From reminding managers with a phone alert that
an employee in a competitive field hasn't had a raise to nudging people within
an HR software system about using their remaining days of paid time off,
artificial intelligence is likely to do more and more to urge behaviors among
managers and employees. (Former Google HR chief Laszlo Bock is behind one
start-up working in this area, Humu.)
"I think it's a new communications paradigm" at work - "a paradigm of nudges,
texts and alerts," Bersin said. "That is, until we overload that channel, too."
washingtonpost.com
3 Reasons Why You Should Manage Your Third-Party Security Better in 2019
If you are worried about managing your third parties, you are not alone. Gartner
reports that nearly 70% of chief audit executives reported third-party risk as
one of their top concerns, but many still struggle to manage this risk. The
reason? Because it's a tough job.
Organizations rely on third parties, who receive access to businesses' digitized
systems and processes. These systems often contain confidential and sensitive
information, and organizations must make sure that each third party maintains a
high level of security to safely access these systems. Vetting these third
parties and continuing to effectively monitor them for cyber gaps can be
time-consuming and expensive.
So here's a great New Year's resolution for every business: Make 2019 the year
that you take control of your third parties' cybersecurity posture. Here are
three good reasons why:
1. There are more third-party data breaches than ever before, and hackers are
more sophisticated than ever before.
More than 75% of respondents in a recent Ponemon Institute report said that
third-party data breaches are on the rise, but we probably could have guessed
that simply from the frequency of data breaches reported in the news. The
victims have included major companies such as Ticketmaster, Newegg, British
Airways, and others.
 2. The number of third parties that organizations are hiring continues to
rise.
According to the Ponemon report, the average number of third parties employed by
organizations has increased from 378 in 2016, to 471 in 2017, to 588 in 2018.
Which means that managing third parties will only continue to get more
complicated.
3. There are more data privacy regulations and more penalties.
Move over, GDPR: There are more data privacy regulations on the way, and these
hail from the United States. Beginning January 1, 2020, the California Consumer
Privacy Act will go into effect, granting California citizens certain data
privacy rights.
securityboulevard.com
Warby Parker hit by cybersecurity attack
The eyeglasses retailer said that about 198,000 of its customer accounts were
targeted between late September and late November, when evidence of the
attacks was discovered and Warby Parker alerted law enforcement. The retailer
stated that unauthorized parties obtained the usernames and passwords from
unrelated breaches at other companies.
The company contacted customers that may have been impacted and required them to
change their passwords. Warby Parker stated that there is no indication that the
attacks were successful in allowing unauthorized access to payment card
information.
retaildive.com
The Coolest Hacks of 2018
In-flight airplanes, social engineers, and robotic vacuums were among the
targets of resourceful white-hat hackers this year.
White-hat hackers - including "tweenagers" - this year cracked into high-profile
targets such as in-flight airplane satellite equipment and simulated US election
websites, as well as robotic vacuums. They also pwned social engineers and
phishers by turning both their verbiage and artificial intelligence (AI) against
them in the hopes of beating the bad guys at their own game and exposing the
holes before they could be abused.
darkreading.com
Blockchain Developer Was Fastest-Growing Job in
2018
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Videos of 2018
#5 Most Watched
Building a Culture of Adaptability and Resilience
Retail has undergone a seismic shift and the
ripple effect on loss prevention is undeniable. The list of challenges range
from e-commerce transformation to risk mitigation to the relentless pace of
cybersecurity challenges.
In this LPNN interview, Rich Giaquinto, Senior Director, and Jerett Sauer,
Director, Digital Loss Prevention, tell us how Gap Inc. has made
adaptability a core component of it its DNA, allowing them to mitigate risk and
position the company for future growth.
Episode Sponsored By:
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Online fraud hits larger e‑retailers harder than
smaller ones
Fraud attempts-both successful and unsuccessful-have risen over the past year,
according to the recently released "2018 LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud" report.
And midsized to large e-commerce retailers with more than $10 million in annual
revenue were hit harder than smaller retailers earning less than $10 million a
year in sales.
Larger retailers reported a total of 1,525 fraudulent attempts per month, up 43%
from 1,068 a year earlier. 572 of those attempts were successful and 953 were
prevented. Smaller players, meanwhile, reported an average of 249 fraud attempts
per month in 2018, up 11% from 225 a year earlier. 67 attempts were successful
while 182 were prevented.
The cost of fraud for midsized to large merchants at $3.20 for every $1 of fraud
is also higher than for smaller merchants that pay $2.32 for every $1 of fraud.
Last year the cost of fraud for large merchants was slightly more at $3.37 per
dollar of fraud. Smaller merchants paid slightly more for fraud last year as
well at $2.38 per dollar of fraud. LexisNexis defines the cost of fraud as the
total amount of costs related to fees, interest, merchandise replacement and
redistribution per dollar of fraud for which the merchant is held liable.
digitalcommerce360.com
Amazon reports a record‑breaking holiday season
Amazon.com Inc. reported a record-breaking holiday season as shoppers loaded
their online baskets with items from the Echo speaker to Calvin Klein clothes,
suggesting consumer optimism isn't being deterred by a tumbling stock market.
The world's biggest online retailer said "tens of millions of people worldwide"
signed up for its Prime service, which offers free two-day shipping on millions
of items as well as video and music streaming. In the U.S. alone, more than 1
billion items were shipped for free using Prime, Amazon said in a statement
Wednesday.
digitalcommerce360.com
Study: Website users want fresh content, reviews, security and privacy
About 39% of more than 1,000 consumers surveyed by Blue Fountain Media said they
would think twice about using a product or service from a company if the
provider's website isn't up-to-date and user-friendly.
About 50% of respondents to the survey said that user-generated content, such as
product reviews and photos, are helpful to them while shopping, and another 41%
indicated they don't mind retailer websites storing their data as long as they
benefit from it, and the site doesn't suffer a security breach.
retaildive.com
Amazon's Holiday Sales Foreshadow 2019 Retail
Trends
Amazon, Under Armour, Lululemon among 93% of
retailers that kept Christmas shipping promises
China's eCommerce Market Surpasses $186B In Q3 |
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Thonotosassa, FL: 4 arrested after trailer carrying
$500,000 worth of Tequila stolen
Sheriff's deputies said a truck driver was heading from Miami to Tampa when his
trailer went missing after he went into the Tampa Truck Stop for dinner off U.S.
Highway 301 around 11 p.m. Sunday. Deputies arrested Vidal Estrada, Lemuel
Escobar, Humberto Ramirez and Alberto Obaya for burglary and other crimes
related to the liquor theft. They are accused of detaching and stealing a
trailer with 966 cases of Patron tequila inside - worth $507,105 in retail
value.
fox13news.com
Gwinnett County, GA: Thieves target Victoria's
Secret stores,
stealing over $300K in merchandise
 Police
have arrested 6 people they say shoplifted from multiple retail stores,
including every Victoria's Secret in Gwinnett County, stealing more than
$300,000 in items. Investigators said the suspects worked in two separate
shoplifting crews and are seeking another person on a felony shoplifting
warrant. The thieves were captured on camera shoving items into garbage bags and
shopping totes before running out of the stores. While the shoplifters have hit
a variety of different stores, they most frequently targeted Victoria's Secret,
Townley said. The thefts have not been contained to Gwinnett County; Townley
said the crews have also targeted Victoria's Secret locations in Cobb, Hall and
Fulton counties as well.
actionnewsjax.com
 Wilmington,
NC: Pair charged in $100,000 'international scheme' targeting Belk
A multi-state scheme to defraud a department store chain. More than 90 reported
victims. $100,000 allegedly stolen. And it all ended this month in Wilmington.
On Dec. 18, Wilmington Police officers arrested a pair of men reportedly found
with fake credit and gift cards outside the Mayfaire Town Center Belk. Now,
detectives say Henrique Teixeira Mendes De Almeida, 29, and Gustavo Teixeira
Mendes De Almeida, 34, were involved in a massive black market enterprise.
Police spokeswoman Jennifer Dandron said the two are brothers from Portugal with
a residence in Florida.
starnewsonline.com
Omaha, NE: Burglars hit Sprint stores for $45,000
in electronics
Burglars made off with $45,000 in cash and stolen merchandise from three metro
area Sprint stores, according to store officials. Brandon Price, director of
operations, said staff got a call about a break-in at the Sprint location at
180th Street and West Center Road around 12:45 a.m. Monday.
ketv.com
Memphis, TN: Man caught selling stolen
merchandise on eBay after UPS Burglary
According to police, the burglary happened at the UPS warehouse on December 3.
Video surveillance showed three men breaking into the warehouse through a
loading dock door and then passing boxes back through to a waiting vehicle.
Inside those boxes were 632 Turtle Beach Stealth 700 gaming headsets, a Champion
generator and medical equipment valued at $25,280. Investigators later learned
that some of the stolen items were sold over eBay by a man they identified as
Karoomba Jones. In all, he sold 22 of the gaming headsets for a $2,420 profit,
police said. Authorities said Jones confessed to selling the items, but not to
the burglary.
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Deaths Reported over Holiday Week
Dec. 24 - Birmingham, AL: Piggly Wiggly former
co-worker charged in Christmas Eve slaying inside store
A woman has been charged in the Christmas Eve shooting death of a 28-year-old
mother inside a north Birmingham Piggly Wiggly. Birmingham Police have charged
Sharonda James, 30, with murder charge in the Dec. 24 death of Jerika Manuel,
who was killed while at work at the grocery store. James has a violent criminal
history including an arrest earlier this year on kidnapping and assault charges
as well as a 2010 charge of capital murder, which was later dismissed. She
remains at large. Manuel, a mother of four, was shot to death just before noon
Christmas Eve inside the store following a physical altercation with James.
al.com
Dec. 27 - Brooklyn, NY: Man struck by subway
after Metro PCS Robbery
The man was struck and killed by a Q train at the Neck Road station in
Sheepshead Bay around 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Police said the man ran onto the
subway tracks while trying to flee a cell phone store worker. The worker was
chasing the 57-year-old after police said he stole a phone from a nearby Metro
PCS.
abc7ny.com
Dec. 28 - Tullahoma, TN: Police Officer fatally
shoots 'wanted man' inside Walmart
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that Tullahoma
police went to the store Friday night after receiving information that a wanted
person was inside. TBI says officers approached 34-year-old Mark Wade Luttrell
Jr., and he attempted to pull a gun on them. TBI says an officer fired at
Luttrell, who was hit and died at the scene.
wkyt.com
Dec. 29 - Las Vegas, NV: Employee kills Robbery
suspect in Jewelry store shootout
At 5 p.m. Saturday, two suspects went into the John Fish Jewelers. The suspects
attempted to tie up a customer and multiple employees to conduct a robbery. An
employee in the back room, who was carrying a legal concealed gun, came out and
engaged with at least one suspect. Multiple rounds were exchanged between the
employee and the suspect. The employee was shot multiple times, but shot and
killed one suspect during the exchange.
fox5vegas.com
Dec. 29 - Wichita, KS: Four suspects attempt C-Store Armed
Robbery;
1 of 4 shot and killed by armed Customer
A 16-year-old boy died after he was shot while robbing a gas station convenience
store. Investigators say the teen and three others entered the store, pointing
handguns at the employee and customers, demanding money. During the robbery, an
armed 42-year-old customer pulled out a firearm and fired multiple shots toward
the suspects.
kwch.com
Dec. 30 - Houston, TX: 7-year-old girl shot and
killed in car in Walmart parking lot; gunman still at large
Jazmine Barnes was killed when the unknown suspect pulled up next to her
mother's car at about 7 a.m. and began shooting into the car for an unknown
reason, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted. Jazmine's mother, 30-year-old
LaPorsha Washington, was shot and wounded, Gonzalez said.
sandhillsexpress.com
Dec. 30 - Marion, MS: Gunman kills self after
wounding girlfriend,
her father in Dollar General parking lot
Marion Police Chief Randall Davis said the woman and her father were taken to
the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The woman was not an employee
of the store.
meridianstar.com
Dec. 31 - Massillon, OH: Menards Shoplifter
collapsed and died after he fled
from Police; cause of death is believed to be
medical
Police Chief Keith Moser said officers were called to Menards shortly before 11
a.m. for a shoplifter. When officers arrived, the man fled on foot. He later was
located in a field south of the store, the chief said. According to a police
report, the man complained of being light-headed as he was being escorted from
the field to police cruisers. He then collapsed.
cantonrep.com
Dec. 31 - Stone Mountain, GA: Armed robber
fatally shot by Off-Duty Police Officer in DeKalb Co
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation received a call at 11pm Monday night about
shots fired at a crowded liquor store in Stone Mountain. An initial
investigation shows the armed robber fired a shot first and told employees and
customers in the store to get on the floor. A Pine Lake Police Officer was
working security inside the store and immediately fired at the armed robber. The
suspect ran out of the store and then collapsed in front of the business. He was
pronounced dead at the hospital.
cbs46.com
Jan. 1 - San Antonio, TX: 7-Eleven Clerk shot and
killed in Armed Robbery
According to Police, a 6-foot male wearing a hoodie with his face covered by a
mask and armed with a handgun walked into the 7-11 at 7930 Callaghan Road about
4:38 a.m. Officers say when they arrived at the location they discovered one of
the of 2019. According to a preliminary report, a 6-foot male wearing a hoodie
with his face covered by a mask and armed with a handgun walked into the 7-11 at
7930 Callaghan Road about 4:38 a.m. Officers say when they arrived at the
location they discovered one of the clerks collapsed on the floor with multiple
gunshot wounds and several customers attempting to help him. The suspect fled
the store and is currently at large. When caught, he faces a charge of capital
murder.
mysanantonio.com
Jan. 1 - Fort Worth, TX: Man shot & killed in
C-Store parking lot
Fort Worth police are investigating a New Year's Day murder that happened
outside a grocery store. The fatal shooting happened in the parking lot of the
Pioneer Grocery store. Police believe two people were arguing. One man pulled
out a gun and opened fire.
fox4news.com
Flint Township, MI: Christmas Eve Big Lots shooter
arraigned on nine charges
Shaundrica Lay, 34, fired a shot inside the Big Lots store has been arraigned on
nine charges including, discharge of a weapon or firearm inside or at a building
and four counts of weapon-felony firearms. Police say before the Christmas Eve
shooting, Lay was arguing with another woman. No one was hurt during the
shooting.
nbc25news.com
Plainville, CT: Man in custody after three-hour
SWAT standoff
at Dick's Sporting Goods
A police SWAT team responded to Dick's at around 2:45 p.m. for reports of an
armed man inside. The man appeared to have a gun but did not take aim at anyone
and only "swayed back and forth" outside Dick's, according to Plainville Police.
The SWAT team made the decision to engage using bean bag rounds to subdue
suspect.
myrecordjournal.com
 Houston, TX: Lowes employee Shot after Confronting
Suspected Shoplifter
A man shot a Lowe's employee Tuesday after the employee accused him of
shoplifting, Harris County Constable Deputies said. The shooting was reported at
11:38 a.m. at a Lowe's near Gulfgate Shopping Center in southeast Houston.
Officials said a man was shoplifting a $599 Dewalt drill from the store when a
59-year-old male employee confronted the shoplifter at the door. The shoplifter
pulled out a gun, shot the employee in the abdomen and ran away. The employee
was taken to the hospital, his condition is unknown.
click2houston.com
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Robberies,
Incidents & Thefts
Omaha, NE: Shots fired during Kohl's Shoplifting
Two Kohl's loss prevention employees told officers a female and male were
attempting to shoplift. The employees approached them in the parking lot where a
struggle ensued and the male fired a shot and pointed the gun at the employees.
An off-duty Omaha police officer attempted to help the two employees. No one was
hurt during the altercation.
1011now.com
Youngstown, OH: Co-owner of Jewelry shop sickened
that suspect
in Robbery is partner
Youngstown police are investigating after someone cleaned out the Jewels and
More Jewelry store on Christmas Eve. Co-owner Antwan Milender said seeing all of
his two years of hard work gone in minutes crushed him at first. Then, he took a
look at the surveillance footage and saw who he believes to be the suspect. A
person he considered to be family. Thousands of dollars worth of jewelry gone in
a matter of minutes. "He had to take at least 10 Rolexes...he cleaned it all
out," Milender said.
wytv.com
Stockton, CA: 4 of 6 Suspects arrest in Mob style
C-Store Assault/ Robbery
Four people are behind bars after they attacked a convenient store clerk, say
police. The incident happened on December 23 at the El Amigo Market on south San
Joaquin Street. A group of six suspects walked in, demanded money, then beat up
the clerk, according to a Stockton Police Department statement.
cbslocal.com
See more Robberies & Thefts here
 Sentencings
Los Angeles, CA: Security Guard Who Fatally Shot Suspected
Shoplifter at Walgreens Is Charged With Murder
A security guard who fatally shot a suspected shoplifter at a Hollywood
Walgreens pharmacy earlier in December has been charged with murder, the Los
Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Monday. Donald Vincent Ciota
II, 28, also faces an allegation of using a firearm as a deadly weapon. Ciota
was scheduled to be arraigned Monday, but it was continued to Thursday. His bail
has been set at $3 million. He faces 50 years to life in prison if convicted as
charged.
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January 1-2, 2019
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C-Store - Omaha, NE - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - St Louis County, MO - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Olathe, KS - Armed Robbery
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Clothing Store - Chicago, IL - Burglary
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Family Dollar - Reidsville, NC - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Ladue, MO - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Omaha, NE - Armed Robbery
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Hardware - Flomaton, AL - Burglary
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Jewelry - Dallas, TX - Armed Robbery
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Liquor Store - Beavercreek, OH - Burglary
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Liquor Store - Sugarcreek Township, OH - Burglary
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7-Eleven - San Antonio, TX - Armed Robbery/ Clerk shot &
killed
See full list of robberies and burglaries
from Dec. 24-31, 2018 here
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8 robberies
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4 burglaries
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1 shooting
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1 killing
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125 robberies
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34 burglaries
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7 shootings
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6 killings
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