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Oscar M. named Director Asset
Protection and Safety for Alo Yoga
Before joining Alo Yoga as Director Asset Protection and Safety, Oscar
spend more than seven years as Senior Regional Loss Prevention Manager
for Equinox. Prior to that, he served as Area Loss Prevention Manager
for 24 Hour Fitness for nearly a year. Earlier in his career, he held LP
roles with Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, and JCPenney. Congratulations,
Oscar!
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'Retail Crime Uncovered' Podcast Presented by Sekura Global
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Retail theft insights from leading crime and loss experts, shop staff and
policing bodies. Hard-hitting interviews with ex-offenders and retail criminals.
In this episode
of Retail Crime Uncovered,
Emmeline outlines the 'dark figure of crime' and draws upon some examples of
industry surveys that have been conducted to fill the gap between police record
crime figures and actual rates of crime.
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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
As Other Retailers Flee Big Cities, Home Depot
Remains
Home Depot
is investing heavily in technology to prevent organized retail crime
Home Depot Says It's Committing to Cities That Rivals Flee Over Crime Concerns
Home
Depot Inc. has remained
committed to major US cities
including Oakland, California, Detroit and Philadelphia
as rampant retail theft has driven rivals out, according to
Chief
Executive Officer Ted Decker.
The home-improvement retailer, which has been
investing heavily in
technology to prevent organized retail crime,
saw a notable increase in theft beginning about five years ago, Decker said. In
2023, the company experienced more than 142,000 instances of shrink, which
includes petty crimes, goods stolen or lost by employees, and organized retail
crime.
In one case last year, a former pastor in Florida was accused of running an
organized crime ring that stole at least $1.4 million in home-improvement
merchandise from Home Depot.
"This is billions of dollars we've had to absorb into our cost structure,"
Decker said in an interview in Las Vegas. "This
is the result of very, very serious societal problems."
Because of Home Depot's level of profitability,
it has opted to remain in
cities where other major retailers have closed stores,
Decker said. In Oakland, for example, restaurant chains including Yum! Brands
Inc.'s Taco Bell and In-N-Out, as well as Target Corp., have shuttered locations
in recent months as a result of rising crime.
But when Home Depot initiated a plan last year to open 80 new stores over five
years, widespread theft
led it to remove some cities that it had penciled in to get new locations.
The decision was meant to prevent both potential losses and threats to employee
safety, Decker said.
Efforts that have helped include
shopping carts that lock when
customers haven't paid, license-plate-recognition cameras in parking lots and a
theft-input portal
where employees can report crimes. But "it's just sort of capping the problem,"
Decker said.
Merchandise losses, including from
theft, are "significant enough
to be one of my highest priorities from a financial perspective,"
Chief Financial Officer Richard McPhail said in an interview. "The narrative is
absolutely not overblown."
bnnbloomberg.ca
RELATED: Home Depot Remains Committed to High-Theft
Locations
Retailers Ditch Self-Checkout Amid Theft Surge
Target Responds to Theft By Changing
Self-Checkout Rules Nationwide
Target has placed a 10-item limit on customers using its self-checkouts
Thefts Cause Target To Change Self-Checkout Rules
Thanks to a multi-million-dollar theft problem,
Minneapolis-based Target and competitor Walmart are both changing their
self-checkout rules.
Minnesotans
who shop and use self-checkout registers at
Target and Walmart stores
should be prepared for some changes
as the retailers and others fight a multi-million-dollar theft problem
Minneapolis-based Target has placed
a 10-item limit on the number
of items customers can scan
at its honor system self-checkout registers, effective Sunday at nearly all of
its 2,000 stores.
Walmart also has
implemented self-scan item limits
at some of its more than 10,500 stores nationwide.
The changes come after
Target closed nine stores across four states last year
because of overwhelming theft and crime at those locations.
The stores closed were located in New York City, Seattle, Portland, and the San
Francisco area. All nine locations were shuttered on Oct. 21.
Target said its self-checkout lanes during the pandemic were popular with
customers who wanted to socially distance, but surveys since have shown
customers prefer a more traditional retail experience. Individual
stores will have the
flexibility to open staffed lanes or set self-checkout hours
that fit their customers' needs, the retailer said.
Dollar General has
placed limits at thousands of its stores,
including 300 with the highest shoplifting rates, where the option has been
entirely eliminated.
patch.com
RELATED: Target Introduces New Express
Self-Checkout Nationwide
Removing Self-Checkout from 300 Dollar General
Stores to Fight Theft
Dollar General drops self-checkout at hundreds of stores to reduce theft
Dollar General reported that year-over-year shrink headwinds continued to build
in 2023
Dollar
General is pulling back
on self-checkout as it
tries to curtail retail theft across its stores.
The company will
remove self-checkout registers
from 300 stores that have the biggest issue with shrink
- an industry term referring to lost or stolen merchandise - during the first
half of the year, CEO Todd Vasos told analysts on a Thursday earnings call.
Currently, the company has self-checkout options available in more than 14,000
stores. However, it is deploying three initiatives to change its self-checkout
strategy this year as it tries to reduce the ongoing headwind.
The company has already started converting self-checkout registers to
assisted-checkout options in approximately 9,000 stores. "This is intended to
drive traffic first to our staffed registers, with assisted-checkout options
available as second or third options to reduce lines during high-volume time,"
Vasos said.
Vasos said the company believes "these actions have the potential to have a
material and positive impact on shrink" in the second half of the year and into
2025.
foxbusiness.com
Theft Crisis Reaches 'Tipping Point' in
California
Law
enforcement, mayors, DAs & retailers are calling for reform
California, Grappling With a Retail Theft Crisis, Reaches Its 'Tipping Point'
Momentum is growing
to reform the 2014 voter-enacted Prop 47, which critics say led to 'an explosion
in retail and cargo theft' causing store closures and 'billions of dollars in
economic losses.'
For
nearly 10 years, a voter-enacted measure known as Proposition 47 - which
reduced
penalties for drug offenses, petty theft, and commercial burglary
- has been the law of the land in California.
Yet that could change as the state battles a wave of retail theft. Momentum is
growing to overhaul Prop 47 - a criminal justice reform that
made thefts of less than $950
misdemeanors rather than felonies,
which advocates pushed as a way to reduce mass incarceration.
Critics say the results
of the 2014 reform have been rising crime in the state's largest counties,
as thieves rampage stores without fear of penalty. Theft and violence plaguing
California cities have forced the closure of businesses.
In California, a growing coalition
backed by law enforcement
members, mayors, district attorneys, and businesses is leading efforts to reform
Prop 47 through a
ballot petition called “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction
Act."
In addition to reforms targeting drug trafficking and reducing homelessness,
the
measure aims to increase penalties for repeat retail thieves and would address
"smash and grab" thefts
committed by organized groups or mobs of people.
"California has reached a tipping point in its homelessness, drug, mental
health, and theft crises," the proposal reads.
Prop 47's reforms have led to
"an explosion in retail and cargo theft causing stores throughout California to
close to protect
employees and customers from criminal activity that disrupts the efficient
delivery of products directly to consumers and creates billions of dollars in
economic losses to our local communities and state," the proposal adds.
nysun.com
NY's Debate Over Retail Theft Penalties Heats Up
Gov. Hochul & Democrats in Legislature disagree on raising penalties for retail
theft
As part of a $45 million plan to combat retail theft,
Gov.
Kathy Hochul wants to stiffen penalties against retail theft and anyone who
assaults a store employee.
But Democrats in the
State Legislature are pushing back.
She highlighted the proposals at a news conference this week at the State
Capitol, saying shoplifting incidents involving physical force have more than
doubled. She appeared with
grocery store and other shop
owners, who back her efforts.
She
wants to make the crime a Class D felony.
The governor also wants to empower the State Police to
investigate and prosecute
interstate and even international retail theft rings. She's set aside
$25 million and is directing
100 more troopers to be hired.
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris said the Senate
wants to look at other ways to
fight retail theft,
including targeting repeat offenders.
When Democrats gained the majority in the Legislature in 2019, they moved to
reform some of the state's criminal justice laws, including the
controversial bail reform law,
which made far fewer crimes bail-eligible.
Some
critics say that has
contributed to the rise of retail theft,
something the Democrats dispute. Many progressive Democrats in the Legislature
are not in favor of increasing criminal penalties without first determining any
potential adverse impact on communities of color.
Gianaris said Democrats remain concerned about the rise in shoplifting, though,
and will take steps to
try to reduce it.
wxxinews.org
Retailers Applaud Kentucky AG's Efforts to Fight
Rampant Shoplifting
Kentucky AG Convenes Roundtable Discussion on Reality of Retail Crime
Attorney
General Russell Coleman convened a roundtable discussion earlier this week on
the reality of retail crime in Kentucky. The panel included the
members of the Kentucky Retail
Federation, County and Commonwealth's Attorneys and local, state and federal law
enforcement. At the
event, General Coleman highlighted the
serious threats shoppers,
retailers and employees face amid rampant theft.
"I am proud to be part of this effort not just as Attorney General, but as a dad
who wants my family to be able to shop without fearing for their safety," said
Attorney General Coleman. "The
volume of 21st century major retail crime feels like lawlessness, and we can't
accept turning a blind eye."
"Across the Commonwealth, organized crime continues to be a challenge facing
retailers. We know the impact is significant, costing tens of billions of
dollars a year," said
Kentucky Retail Federation
Board Chair and Target District Senior Director Travis Farmer.
"I appreciate Attorney General Coleman convening the first of many discussions
to combat the rampant shoplifting problem."
"These criminals don't recognize county or city lines, and neither should we,"
said Chief Jeremy Thompson of the Elizabethtown Police Department. "Law
enforcement, prosecutors and retailers large and small across the state and the
country need to work together to deter this crime.
It's great to see that leaders like Attorney General Coleman are paying
attention to this real issue."
"We may not have the same resources as the big box stores, but we feel the same
straining impacts of retail crime," said
Rob McGlone, Loss Prevention
Manager for Newcomb Oil in Bardstown.
"I look forward to continuing this conversation about protecting our workers,
customers and the communities we serve."
marshallcountydaily.com
Facts about straw purchases of weapons, and what's being done to stop them
What Convictions of Mass Shooter's Parents Could Mean for Gun Control in the
U.S.
Is the San Francisco Exodus Over?
One Bay Area county sees population gains in 2023. Is the exodus over?
One Bay Area county saw its first year of
population growth since 2020
Another year, and another census update showing the Bay Area's population has
dropped. But the newest population estimates for July 1, 2023, released this
week by the U.S. Census Bureau, show
the losses were the smallest
the region has seen since the pandemic
marked the beginning of a dramatic exodus that is now slowing and showing signs
of reversing.
Of the core Bay Area counties,
San Francisco was the only one
that saw an increase in population in 2023
after having the most dramatic drop early in the pandemic.
"We seem to be turning
a corner on the work-from-home phenomenon."
And like others, he sees the explosion in buzz around AI technologies such as
ChatGPT as a big magnet for San Francisco and Silicon Valley. "If you're a
person who is into big data, machine learning, massive computational processing,
futuristic stuff, this is where you would want to be."
In the rest of the Bay
Area, counties are still losing residents year over year.
That puts them in the minority of counties in the country.
mercurynews.com
So When Will Retail Return to San Francisco?
Store closures aren't SF's fault-but they are its problem. Here's how to solve
it
Former Gap Inc. chairman Bob Fisher on new ways to
cure the city's retail blues.
The
convenience, scope and low
cost of goods bought on the internet have permanently reduced retail
store-bought sales by 30-40%,
a massive number that has triggered an equally massive drop-off in store-based
customers and an epidemic of store closings across America.
The pandemic just added
fuel to this fire. Not
only did people stop coming into downtowns throughout our country, but the rise
of a viable work-from-home employment model allowed many to stay away from
business centers after the pandemic was over.
And, as we all know,
anxiety around whether San Francisco's streets are safe and clean is another
serious ingredient
contributing to a decline in people choosing to be downtown. This means our core
downtown area is lacking a lot of customers who might otherwise be there. Fewer
customers equals fewer sales and less revenue to keep the doors open.
Simply put, we must adapt. And
there has to be a robust plan
to help that happen.
We know that internet shopping is not going away nor is the work-from-home
model. To attract more people to the city in the new world we're facing,
we must support the
development of options that address people's new expectations and interests.
The sooner we get behind the need for change and come to an agreement on what
that may mean and look like, the better off we will be.
Our city's unique history, geography, neighborhoods and innovation-based economy
are strong foundations for building such a bright future. But we must do the
work to achieve it.
sfstandard.com
Dozens of Businesses Across the Country Shut Down
for the Day
70+ brands shut down on Monday in an effort to advocate for federal paid
leave legislation
More Than 70 Brands Close Their Doors for the Day, Call for Paid Leave
Today, organizations across the country joined
forces with the national campaign Paid Leave for All, calling on Congress to
pass paid family and medical leave.
Brands are taking a stand on paid leave--and taking the day off.
Today, more than 70
brands and organizations in more than 20 states are giving all employees a paid
day off and calling on Congress to pass paid family and medical leave.
Participating companies and partners--from the parenting product company Bugaboo
to Rhode Island's Economic Progress Institute--will also share an Instagram
graphic in solidarity, publicly declaring to followers: "We're Closed to Pass
Paid Leave."
Brands joining in on Monday's movement include a
wide variety of maternity,
beauty, fashion, and lifestyle companies like Hatch, Tender Foundation, and ROC
United (who are all a
part of the founding committee), as well as
Bugaboo, elvie, HeyMama, Lalo,
and more. All
participating establishments will also show their support by sharing an
Instagram graphic.
Paid Leave for All, a
national campaign that launched in 2019,
organized this collective action to provide a "symbolic look at what could
happen if more women exit the workforce and businesses close their doors without
the protections of federal paid family and medical leave," according to its
press release.
"We've never engaged so
many business voices in quite this way,"
says Dawn Huckelbridge, founding director of Paid Leave for All.
inc.com
instyle.com
RELATED: Here's why you can't shop your favorite
stores today
Fabrics retailer Joann files for bankruptcy
Joann, the 81-year-old
fabric and craft retailer, has filed for bankruptcy
as it struggles with customers cutting back on discretionary spending.
In a statement Monday, the Ohio-based company said it filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection and has
secured $132 million in fresh
funding that helps reduce its debt in half,
which had ballooned to $1 billion.
Its roughly 850 stores and
website will remain open for business.
Joann's revenue has
been on the decline in recent years,
except for a brief pandemic boom during the height of Covid when people stuck at
home spent more money on arts and crafts. However, that has since faded, and
inflation has soared, prompting customers to spend less on non-essential items.
cnn.com
Ulta to expand into Mexico in 2025
The beauty retailer previously planned to grow into Canada, but ditched those
efforts in 2020.
Will Kohl's and Babies"R"Us Be a Beneficial Alliance?
Survey: Retailers should focus on loyalty, brand awareness
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Senior Director, Asset Protection and Risk Management job posted for
Gardner-White Furniture in Auburn Hills, MI
Provide
leadership and strategic direction on shrink initiatives and programs to enhance
company profitability. Develop, implement, and maintain Asset Protection
programs ensuring they effectively reduce shrinkage, control cash, maintain a
safe work environment, and safeguard company assets. This includes fraud
awareness and prevention programs, policy & procedure development, and
revisions.
recruiting.paylocity.com
Director, AP & Safety job posted for Guitar Center in Westlake Village, CA
As
the Director of Asset Protection, you will develop, implement, and oversee
strategies and programs aimed at safeguarding the company's assets, minimizing
losses, and ensuring a secure and safe environment across all channels. You will
lead a team of professionals and collaborate with various departments to create
a comprehensive asset protection framework.
careers.guitarcenter.com
Dir. Cybersecurity Investigations job posted for Johnson & Johnson in Raritan,
NJ
This
role requires someone with experience building and running a diverse team and
leading investigations within large and complex global enterprises. Beyond
domain expertise, this person will also need to possess very strong program
management and inter-organizational skills. Responsibilities will include the
management, accountability, and oversight of the investigations team and
program.
linkedin.com
Last week's #1 article --
Fighting ORC With Real-Time Heat Maps, Advanced
Surveillance & More
LPRC
testing wide range of high-tech solutions to help retailers fight theft
How AI-powered technologies can eventually eradicate retail crime
Advanced surveillance systems and heat maps are
helping retailers fight back against organized retail crime.
Retailers
are hoping AI-powered surveillance and other technologies can eventually make
theft a thing of the past.
Video surveillance sy stems,
locked cases that can be operated by smartphones, and AI-powered heat maps are
just a few of the anti-theft advancements on the market.
"We're looking at a whole lot of other AI plays here,"
Read
Hayes, head researcher of the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC)
at the University of Florida, told Yahoo Finance on NEXT.
Hayes's group develops and
tests a wide array of
AI-powered theft prevention technologies.
The LPRC is funded by the university and dozens of
the world's largest retailers
- from Target to Walgreens - which pay an annual membership fee
to access the lab's findings and research.
The lab in turn works on
theft-prevention solutions
that those retailers can all access.
finance.yahoo.com
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FBI Concerned Over Unreported Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks are hitting critical infrastructure more often, FBI says
The agency received more reports of ransomware last year, but officials remain
troubled by the amount of attacks that go unreported.
More than 2 in 5
ransomware attacks reported to the FBI in 2023 targeted organizations in a
critical infrastructure sector,
the agency said Thursday in its annual
Internet Crime Report.
Of the 2,825 ransomware attacks reported to the FBI last year,
1,193 hit critical
infrastructure organizations.
The proportion of ransomware attacks hitting critical infrastructure grew from
one-third of attacks reported to the FBI in 2022.
Losses reported from
ransomware attacks jumped 74% to almost $60 million last year.
Ransomware attacks were also up 18% from the previous year.
Examples of the operational impacts caused by ransomware attacks against
critical infrastructure are abundant,
as seen with the
ongoing recovery efforts at Change Healthcare.
The IT platform, which is widely used and intertwined throughout the healthcare
sector, remains largely non-operational almost three weeks after AlphV intruded
the company's IT systems.
But
businesses hit by ransomware
attacks aren't doing enough to report incidents
to the FBI.
"As impressive as these figures appear, we know they are conservative regarding
cybercrime in 2023," the agency said in the report. "Consider that when the FBI
recently infiltrated the Hive ransomware group's infrastructure,
we found that only about 20%
of Hive's victims reported to law enforcement.
More reporting from victims would mean superior insight for the FBI."
cybersecuritydive.com
'Far-Reaching Outage' Hits McDonald's Stores
Worldwide
McDonald’s Global Technology Outage
McDonald's
found itself embroiled in
a far-reaching technology outage on Friday, which
caused ordering systems to
halt in various countries, including the U.K., Australia, and Japan.
In response to the escalating issue, McDonald's promptly released a statement
assuring customers of concerted efforts to swiftly resolve the situation.
Importantly, the corporation clarified that the outage
was not the result of a
cyberattack but rather stemmed from a glitch encountered by a third-party
provider during a routine configuration change.
This clarification, issued from the company’s headquarters in Chicago, aimed to
quell any rumors or concerns regarding the nature of the disruption.
News of the outage
rippled across continents, with
reports of disruptions surfacing from key locations such as Bangkok, Milan,
and London. Customers
in these areas were met with
closed doors and halted
services, as the
technical hurdles impeded normal operations. However, as the technical teams
worked tirelessly to rectify the issue, a gradual restoration of services
ensued.
The impact of the outage
was not confined to physical
storefronts but reverberated through digital channels as well.
Downdetector, a platform dedicated to tracking outages, recorded the onset of
issues in the early hours of the morning, affecting McDonald’s operations in the
United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.
retailwire.com
Ransomware Attack That Impacted Pharmacies
Nationwide
Change Healthcare locates ransomware attack vector
Though the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary's
recovery efforts are ongoing, a forensic analysis identified a safe system
restoration point.
UnitedHealth Group said it identified the source of the intrusion into Change
Healthcare's system, which remains partially non-operational following
a cyberattack that's
impaired services nationwide.
"A thorough forensic analysis is well underway," the company said in a Wednesday
update. "Through this analysis, we have identified the source of the intrusion
and, with high confidence, have established a safe restore point. This point
allows us to
move forward safely and
securely in restoring our data and systems."
The industrywide devastation the cyberattack caused underscores how
threat actors can create significant damage by hitting a relatively obscure
vendor that
plays a prominent operations role behind the scenes.
cybersecuritydive.com
New DOD cyber policy office opening soon, sources say
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'Selling on Amazon may soon be
untenable'
"There are
going to be a bunch of bankruptcies."
Analysis: Amazon sellers say their businesses are facing an extinction
event-they might not be wrong
More than 60% of the
goods that Amazon sells across the globe are supplied by these small and
mid-sized businesses, and Amazon already takes a cut of at least 50% on average
from every sale when it
handles the storage and shipping of a merchant's goods.
Now the amount that merchants fork over to Amazon is likely to grow even more
thanks to a couple of additional fees that have quickly become controversial
enough that the Federal Trade Commission has begun probing them, as Fortune
reported exclusively last week. The consistent message that long-time,
level-headed sellers are sharing with each other?
Selling on Amazon may soon be untenable.
And as a result,
many of these same
business owners are forecasting something of an extinction event for Amazon
sellers. The general
category of third-party sellers won't vanish-some hardy types and emergent
breeds will always adapt and survive-but for a great many existing sellers, the
view is that the climate on planet Amazon may no longer be able to support life
as they've known it. The only question is which type of seller will be forced
out of business (or at least, off of Amazon) first?
Will it be the unsophisticated seller, struggling to predict how the new
variable costs will affect its business?
If this seller keeps
its prices low, it might not realize the damage caused to its financials until
it's too late.
Or consider the plight of the sophisticated seller, who understands what's
coming but finds itself in a bind. This seller may want to raise prices to
account for Amazon's added fees. But that might not be possible if the seller is
competing against rivals keeping prices low because they're either
A. too inexperienced to
understand the impact of the fees to their bottom lines, or B. based in China,
and therefore utilizing Amazon cross-border supply chain services which may help
them avoid the new fees.
In either scenario,
things could get ugly.
"People are going to tend to underprice and just erode everyone's margins," said
Bernie Thompson, who has been selling on Amazon since 2009 and is the founder of
a top Amazon seller, the USB electronics brand Plugable. "There
are going to be a bunch of bankruptcies."
fortune.com
Another
'Union Busting' Allegation For Amazon
Amazon violated workers' rights at crucial air hub, labor regulators allege
Meanwhile, Amazon rebuts claims that it illegally
interrogated, threatened and disciplined workers
Workers at an Amazon air hub in Kentucky celebrated a victory Thursday after
federal labor regulators found that Amazon violated labor law by
trying to prevent
workers there from unionizing.
The employees have been demanding higher pay, more flexible schedules and safer
working conditions since 2022. After a months-long investigation, the National
Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against Amazon last week, alleging the
e-commerce behemoth illegally attempted to curtail those efforts by
interrogating workers,
threatening to call the police on them and demoting workers
involved in union organizing.
The complaint is a victory for union organizers at
a crucial air cargo hub
in Kentucky who have
been alleging that Amazon has been unfairly interfering with their unionization
efforts there for months.
washingtonpost.com
Ecommerce will soon account for every one in three parcels shipped by air
A 'tsunami of e-commerce growth' on course for air cargo |
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Oakland, CA: Woman arrested after $70K worth of stolen merchandise recovered
from Oakland home
A
woman was arrested Wednesday on charges of retail theft after authorities
recovered approximately $70,000 worth of suspected stolen merchandise at her
Oakland residence, California Highway Patrol said in a Facebook post. CHP
officers served a search warrant for an illegal fencing operation out of the
home. The merchandise was from various retailers, according to CHP. An
additional $2,700 in cash and an unregistered firearm were also recovered. A
photo of the recovered merchandise can be viewed below. Many of the products
pictured are designer sunglasses. Hilda Gabriela Delgadillo, a 35-year-old
Oakland woman, was arrested in connection to the operation. She was booked into
Santa Rita Jail on charges of organized retail theft, possession of stolen
property, grand theft and conspiracy to commit a crime. Delgadillo cannot be
released on bail, according to Alameda County jail records. She was arrested
Wednesday morning around 9:30 a.m.
msn.com
Stuart, FL: Multi-state burglary and credit card fraud ring busted
Two
men are accused of leading a multi-state burglary and credit card fraud ring.
The Stuart Police Department (SPD) said back on May 31, 2023, officers responded
to a car burglary in the parking lot of Crunch Fitness in Stuart. While the car
owner was inside the gym, someone broke into their car and took the car owner's
purse which contained credit and debit cards. Police said the cards were used at
a Walmart in Stuart where multiple gift cards were bought. As the investigation
unfolded, the SPD said it was discovered that the theft was not an isolated
incident and there was more than one person responsible. Police were able to
identify the suspects as Elijah Parker and Tazomi Natta. According to
investigators, the two were involved in a credit card theft and fraud organized
crime ring spanning multiple states. It was determined that Parker and Natta
would burglarize vehicles, use the victims' credit cards to buy varying amounts
of gift cards, and then transfer the funds of the gift cards through numerous
financial platforms, police said.
cbs12.com
Raleigh, NC: 4 people steal from a tobacco shop in Raleigh after crashing a car
into the building
Four people stole from a Raleigh tobacco shop on Sunday after crashing a car
into the building. After 6 a.m., the Raleigh Police Department responded to a
call for burglary at a tobacco shop on 3200 South Wilmington Street. The caller
also told them a gray Kia SUV had crashed into the front of the shop. Four
masked people entered the shop and stole money and other items, according to RPD.
The suspects then fled the scene in a white vehicle. When police arrived, there
was massive damage to the front of the store. But, the building was ruled
structurally sound.
abc11.com
Atlanta, GA: Authorities are looking for suspects who officials say stole
multiple items from a Family Dollar
Atlanta
police said on Saturday, just before 3:30 a.m., officers received reports of a
burglary at the Family Dollar on Joseph E Lowery Boulevard. When officers
arrived, they noted that the business appeared to "be ransacked." According to
the store manager, multiple suspects pulled up in a black SUV to the store after
closing hours broke into the store, and stole several items, including shampoo,
food, tobacco products, and clothing. The store manager confirmed that the
business was locked up when it closed. Police did not specify how many suspects
were seen breaking into the store.
wsbtv.com
Boston, MA: Braintree man arrested for shoplifting over $2,000 in merchandise
from Sephora
Officers from the South End's District D-4 arrested a man Thursday evening for
allegedly shoplifting more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from the Prudential
Mall's Sephora store. At approximately 6:37 p.m., police were patrolling the 800
block of Boylston Street as part of an initiative to curb the recent spike in
shoplifting incidents.
newportdispatch.com
Glendale, WI: Update: Bayshore Kohl's $2,300 theft, police chase; man sentenced
to 2 years in prison
A Milwaukee man convicted in a 2023 Bayshore Kohl's theft that led to a police
chase was sentenced on Thursday, March 14. Robert Hill was sentenced to two
years in prison and three years extended supervision. Court records show Hill
pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 22 to fleeing/eluding police, second-degree
recklessly endangering safety and resisting/obstructing an officer. Charges of
retail theft and hit-and-run involving injury were dismissed as part of the
deal. Hill was one of three people charged in the case. In December, 29-year-old
Lilcherry Gallion was sentenced to one year of probation after she pleaded
guilty to misdemeanor retail theft. The case against the third person was
dismissed in January.
yahoo.com
Whiteland, IN: Update: Woman who stole garbage bags of merchandise valued at
$4,600 from CVS sentenced to 2.5 years in prison
Gonzales, LA: Pair accused of $1000 theft at Nike store in Tanger Outlets
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Shootings & Deaths
Nokomis, IL: Two dead after apparent murder-suicide at rural Illinois Dollar
General
Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide at a Dollar General store
in Nokomis, Illinois. Litchfield-based radio station WSMI first reported of the
incident Saturday morning after communications with Nokomis Police Chief Talon
Burton. According to the report, the situation unfolded around 10 p.m. Friday at
the Nokomis Dollar General store on Spruce Road. Based on preliminary findings,
the investigation revealed that a 47-year-old man fatally shot a 22-year-old
woman. According to WSMI's report, the woman was an employee at the Dollar
General, and the man was her estranged boyfriend.
news.yahoo.com
Brooklyn, NY: 1 dead, 1 injured in stabbing inside Brooklyn deli
Police are searching for suspects after a verbal dispute ended violently with 2
women stabbed, one fatally, inside a Brooklyn deli early Sunday, the NYPD said.
The incident occurred on 77 4th Avenue around 2:20 a.m. 19-year-old Samyia Spain
killed was stabbed in the neck and chest. Sanyia Spain was stabbed in the arm.
The two women were twin sisters. One witness said they were with the sisters at
a party and ended up at the deli. The witness explained that's when a man came
up to the two, and made several advances, but the sisters turned him down, the
conversation turned violent.
abc7ny.com
Brooklyn, NY: 61-year-old man dies after parking dispute at Brooklyn gas station
A 61-year-old man is dead after getting into a parking dispute outside a gas
station in Brooklyn on Saturday evening. Citizen App video shows the scene at
1143 Clarkson Avenue where a tow truck driver got into a parking dispute with
the man. According to the NYPD, the dispute became physical and the 30-year-old
man punched the victim in the face causing him to fall and hit the pavement.
First responders transported the victim to Brookdale Hospital where he was
pronounced dead. The 30-year-old man was taken into custody and the
investigation remains ongoing.
abc7ny.com
Los Angeles, CA: Man Pleads No Contest in 7 Eleven Clerk's Killing 4 years ago
A San Bernardino County man pleaded no contest Friday to murdering a convenience
store clerk in Whittier just over four years ago. Kevin Karnell Hall, 29, was
immediately sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison in connection with his
plea to first-degree murder in the Feb. 22, 2020, killing of Maninder Singh,
according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Hall also
admitted a gun use allegation. Singh, a 31-year-old married father of two young
children, was killed at a 7-Eleven store in the 8400 block of Santa Fe Springs
Road, authorities said. "Surveillance video showed the suspect had entered the
store, demanded money from the clerk and subsequently shot and killed the
clerk," police said at the time. An autopsy determined that he had died from a
gunshot wound to the chest. Hall was arrested by Whittier police less than three
weeks later, and has remained behind bars since then, jail records show. A
special-circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery was
dismissed as a result of Hall's plea, according to the District Attorney's
Office. A half-dozen other charges, including five counts of robbery, were also
dismissed, according to court records.
kfiam640.iheart.com
Payson, UT: Police Officer shoots, injures knife-wielding man at grocery store
Payson police say an officer shot and injured a knife-wielding man at a grocery
store on Saturday evening. Officers responded to the report of a shoplifting at
Payson Market, 586 N. Main St. Two officers saw a man leaving the store, and
when they called out to him, they saw he had a knife, said Payson Police Sgt.
Noemi Sandoval. She did not say what caused police to believe the man was the
alleged shoplifter. The man refused to drop the knife, according to Sandoval.
One officer used a Taser on him, but it was "ineffective." Sandoval said the man
"advanced" on the officer, and the second officer shot the man. She did not say
how many shots were fired, nor where he was wounded. The officers rendered
medical aid on scene, as he was in potentially life-threatening condition,
Sandoval said. She did not disclose his condition as of late Saturday. He was
taken to Mountain View Hospital and then flown via medical helicopter to Utah
Valley Hospital.
Neither of the officers were injured.
ksl.com
Atlanta, GA: Person shot during attempted robbery near popular northwest Atlanta
restaurants
Police said a person was shot during an attempted robbery along a stretch of
popular restaurants in northwest Atlanta early Sunday morning. The Atlanta
Police Department said officers responded to a person shot call around 4 a.m.
which is listed as the Osprey apartment complex, near the restaurants Hattie B's
Hot Chicken and Snooze, among others. Responding officers learned the victim had
been privately transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, according to the
department. Officers then went to Grady to speak with the victim. According to
preliminary information in their investigation, police said the victim "was
approached in the parking lot of the incident location by suspects wearing ski
masks." Police said the
suspects demanded the victim's items in an apparent attempted robbery, but the
victim refused, and instead pulled out a gun and shot at the suspects. The
suspects returned fire, striking the victim, then drove away in what
appeared to be a silver sedan, police said. Police have not identified the
suspects or announced arrests in the case.
atlantanewsfirst.com
Merrillville, IN: Man sentenced 12 years for shooting in AutoZone parking lot
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Long Beach, CA: The Pike Outlets shut down due to massive brawl involving
juveniles
The
Long Beach Police Department coordinated with stores in The Pike Outlets to
close early following a large disturbance and multiple altercations on Saturday.
There were reports that roughly 200 people gathered at the Long Beach shopping
center after a post on social media indicated that two females, one adult, and
one juvenile were going to fight went viral. Long Beach police confirmed the
department got word of the planned fight and had officers stationed near the
property. Video obtained by stringer service OC Hawk shows two young girls
getting into a fistfight. There was a large group of teens surrounding the two
girls as the fight continued, with many seen recording the confrontation on
their phones. Officers eventually intervened and broke up the crowd while
arresting the two girls involved. A handful of police officers stayed at the
scene to patrol the area. Police reportedly brought in a bus to The Pike Outlets
in the event there would be a large number of juveniles to be detained.
ktla.com
Chicago,
IL: Man flees scene after failed crash-and-grab burglary on Near North Side
Police say a business on the Near North Side was damaged early Saturday morning
after an attempted crash-and-grab burglary. The attempted burglary unfolded in
the early morning hours at the Dior store in the 900 block of North Rush Street.
According to Chicago police, just before 4 a.m., a man allegedly crashed a Jeep
into the front doors of the store. Police say he then got out of the vehicle and
tried to get inside the store.
wgntv.com
Toronto, Canada: Man, 40, charged after string of retail robberies
A 40-year-old man is facing multiple charges following a string of robberies
throughout Toronto over a four-month period. Cops allege that in each incident
the accused entered a store while wearing a mask to disguise his identity. He
approached the checkout counter posing as a customer and produced a large stick
or knife and made a demand for cash and cigarettes. He then took a quantity of
cash and cigarettes before fleeing the scene.
torontosun.com
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Adult - San Antonio,
TX - Burglary
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Beauty - Seattle, WA -
Burglary
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Beauty- Boston, MA -
Robbery
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C-Store - Abilene, TX
- Robbery
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Clothing - Gonzales,
LA - Robbery
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Clothing - Chicago, IL
- Burglary
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Clothing - Bethesda,
MD - Robbery
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Dollar - South Bend,
IN - Armed Robbery
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Dollar - Atlanta, GA -
Burglary
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Hardware - Beamont, TX
- Robbery
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Jewelry - Sanford, CA -
Robbery
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Jewelry - Daytona
Beach, FL - Robbery
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Jewelry - Oklahoma
City, OK - Robbery
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Marijuana - Tacoma, WA
- Burglary
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Pet - Lancaster
County, NC - Armed Robbery
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Pharmacy - Washington,
DC - Robbery
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Restaurant - Buffalo,
NY - Robbery/ McDonalds
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Restaurant - Clovis,
NM - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Atlanta,
GA - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Cedar
Lake, IN - Armed Robbery
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Tobacco - Raleigh, NC
- Burglary
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Walmart -
Collinsville, IN - Robbery
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• 6 burglaries
• 0 shootings
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