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Kenneth Peschier named Senior Vice
President, Asset Protection for Burlington Stores
Before joining Burlington Stores, Kenneth spent 12 years with Dollar
General as Vice President, Asset Protection (4 years) and Senior
Director, Store Operations / Asset Protection (8 years). Prior to that,
he spent a year as Divisional Merchandising Director for Walmart.
Earlier in his career, he held roles with Accenture and Shaw's
Supermarkets. Congratulations, Kenneth!
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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
Chicago Wages War on Organized Retail Theft
Robberies, Burglaries & Fencing Ops Flooding
Chicago
Chicago, suburbs work to fight robberies, burglaries, fencing operations
Chicago Police said they plan to
lean into technology like
license plate readers and POD cameras
to catch those behind a big uptick in robberies and burglaries. The announcement
by police officials Friday came just hours
after several early-morning
thefts, including a smash-and-grab robbery at a Lululemon store
at 944 W. North Ave.
 But
the problem isn't just in Chicago.
The Cook County Sheriff's
office is also trying to make a dent.
The sheriff's office shared exclusive video to CNN showing a group of thieves
entering a beauty supply store and filling large trash bags with expensive
products - all within a period of one minute.
It is one of
numerous examples of organized
retail theft - a
large-scale operation in which a group of people steal goods and turn around to
sell them.
The problem is recurring to the point that the sheriff's office has
created a task force to combat it.
Meanwhile back in the city of
Chicago, officers are cracking
down on the same problem
- as well as burglaries to businesses, such as an ATM theft that was caught on
camera earlier this week at a gas station at Ashland and Grand avenues in West
Town.
On Friday, Chicago
Police Supt. Larry Snelling - along with Mayor Brandon Johnson - discussed a
plan to address robberies
and car thefts plaguing the city.
"Our plan is to focus
on prevention, to make
sure others do not have to endure such trauma," said Chicago Police Chief of
Detectives Antoinette Ursitti. "But to be clear, when these crimes do occur, we
will identify and hold
accountable the perpetrators who have caused harm."
"Everyone in every neighborhood deserves to feel safe walking down the street,
commuting to work, and enjoying life in our wonderful city," added Mayor
Johnson. "The plan
focuses on four pillars -
technology, focus missions, public engagement, and accountability."
Chicago Police said their task force has made 80 arrests and recovered 140
vehicles that were stolen or carjacked.
The Chicago anti-crime plan
includes using technology to catch suspects, and working with the community to
solve and prevent crime.
cbsnews.com
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New Flurry of Calif. Theft Legislation Makes More
Headlines
Calif.
lawmaker discusses his reason for leading the charge against ORC
California Assembly Introduces Legislation to Combat Retail Theft
Assemblymember Rick Zbur chairs the Select
Committee on Retail Theft, leading the charge on new comprehensive legislation
Shoplifters beware.
The California Assembly has introduced a
comprehensive package of seven
bills aimed at addressing the rising concerns over retail theft across
the state.
One of the key initiatives is Assembly Bill 2943, jointly authored by
Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D) and Speaker Robert Rivas (D). The bill
targets serial retail
thieves by introducing a new crime with penalties of up to three years behind
bars for possession of stolen property with intent to resell.
It also allows for the
aggregation of similar thefts
from different victims to charge grand theft, under specific criteria.
In an interview with L.A. Magazine,
Assemblymember Zbur
talked about his motivation behind leading the charge on this issue.
"One of the things I was hearing about more and more frequently from
constituents in my district was
concern, frustration and even
in some cases fear
related to what they were seeing happening to the retailers they frequented in
our community," he said.
AB 2943 provides law enforcement with
new tools to arrest
shoplifters based on
sworn statements or video footage while extending the ability to keep repeat
offenders in custody. Recognizing the importance of addressing underlying
factors contributing to theft, AB 2943 also
promotes the use of diversion
and rehabilitative programs,
such as drug courts, to address root causes.
The legislators authoring these bills said they are actively engaged with
stakeholders to refine and strengthen the proposed legislation. They are
anticipating provisions to
protect businesses from
retaliation, prevent the unlawful sale of stolen goods online and enhance data
transparency by
requiring large retailers to report specified theft data while safeguarding
proprietary information.
lamag.com
'All-Hands-on-Deck Mission' to Fight ORC
Monroe County Sheriff's Office exposes illegal marketplaces for retail theft
rings
An all-hands-on-deck
mission spearheaded by
the Monroe County Sheriff's Office is underway
to combat a surge in retail
theft, as organized
crime rings continue to drain thousands of dollars from stores.
MCSO has launched a new
social media initiative to identify retail theft suspects,
exposing where that merchandise ends up and how the illegal marketplace for
stolen goods has changed. A similar surge in large-scale retail theft is
affecting stores across Monroe and Ontario counties, according to authorities.
"When you look at our numbers across the county,
it's really every retail
outlet is being victimized,"
said MCSO Sgt. David Bolton. "The
big box stores, the
mom-and-pop stores, the local gas stations.
I mean, larceny is really rampant across this county."
Bolton says in the past, stolen goods were primarily sold in secondhand dealer
shops. Now, authorities are seeing products being
resold via social media
marketplaces - or even,
in your neighborhood.
Bolton notes that between
60 and 70 percent of suspects
reoffend after being arrested,
and he believes thieves are getting more brazen.
"They just load up that cart right in the store and walk right out," he said.
"And
when loss prevention
encounters them, they completely disregard loss prevention
- knowing that likely they are not going to be stopped - and walk right past."
13wham.com
Deadly Australian Mall Attack
At Least 6 Dead in Mall Stabbing That Horrifies Australians, Attacker Killed
The attack, Australia's deadliest in eight years,
stunned a nation where mass violence is rare. A police officer shot the
attacker, preventing worse carnage.
Six people were killed and several others injured in a
stabbing rampage Saturday
afternoon at a crowded major mall in Sydney, Australia's
deadliest act of mass violence in at least eight years.
The attacker was shot
and killed by a lone police officer
who was directed into the mall by people
fleeing the scene, police said. The officer was following the man with the
knife, trying to catch up to him, when he turned and lunged at her with the
weapon, according to the police.
The officer then opened fire,
saving lives, Anthony
Cooke, assistant commissioner for the New South Wales Police, said.
The
man stabbed people as he moved
through the mall,
the police said. Four
women and one man died at the scene.
Emergency responders said
eight people were transported
to area hospitals, and
the police said that one of them, a woman, later died. A
9-month-old baby was among
those injured and has
been in surgery, Karen Webb, the New South Wales Police commissioner, said.
The police said they have not formally identified the man but believe they know
his identity. They believe he was 40 years old and acted alone.
There is no continuing threat
and the attack was not motivated by terrorism,
Police Commissioner Webb said.
nytimes.com
RELATED: Sydney mall attacker may have targeted
women, police say
Chicago on 'High Alert' Ahead of Potential Summer
of Violence
Anti-gun violence activisits urge Chicago to take action ahead of summer
shooting that left a 9-year-old girl dead and 10 other people injured in
Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood is the
ninth mass shooting in the
area this year.
It's a stark reality that is raising concerns as summer nears.
Statistics show that violence
often surges in the summer months.
This latest mass shooting has
left many on high alert.
According to the online database Gun Violence Archive, in those nine mass
shootings, 21 people were killed and 31 others wounded.
Community advocates pressure the city to roll out more
effective strategies focusing
on youth intervention and mental health.
Some have issued a warning following the tragedy on the city's Southwest Side
Saturday night.
"We are in trouble,
Chicago, and some people need to realize the trouble we're in,"
said street pastor Donovan Price. "Some people need to recognize the trouble
they are in. Otherwise, we're all going to be in a world of trouble. It's going
to be hot tomorrow. It's going to be hot this summer."
cbsnews.com
New York City Police Ramp Up Patrols After Israel
Attack
NYPD on alert after Iran drone attack on Israel
 The
NYPD will be keeping a
close watch on houses of worship across the city
after Iran's drone attack on Israel, officials said Sunday.
In a post on its social media accounts, the NYPD said
no credible threats have been
made against New York City and it will "continues to closely monitor events
in Israel."
"We will continue to deploy resources to houses of worship and
sensitive locations throughout the city,"
the department's statement adds.
The Police Department's statement mirrors
similar public remarks the
NYPD has made after world and national events and terrorist attacks.
The department didn't specify which locations it would ramp up patrols at.
nydailynews.com
City of Brotherly Love needs tough love, not 'safe' drug use
Ventura, California uses new crime-reporting system
Retailers Realizing that Fewer Staff Can Mean
More Problems
In the next decade or so,
the industry is set to lose nearly 77,000 workers, a 2% decline.
Why more tech in stores shouldn't mean fewer workers
Retailers can automate more tasks than ever,
including pricing, inventory management and checkout. But for theft prevention,
customer service and brand engagement, they need humans.
In recent years, for a variety of reasons - operational changes, challenges in
hiring and corporate expense cuts -
some retail stores are
noticeably light on staff.
Since the height of the pandemic, store operations have grown more complex, as
omnichannel services like online fulfillment, pickup and delivery have become
entrenched. Hiring in many areas is tougher, as wages have risen and
unemployment has fallen. And
some retailers, facing threats
to margins and profits, have slashed their expenses, including their workforces,
often replacing humans with tech.
"A lot of stores run on
much thinner staffing than they used to.
Generally, there has been a reduction in headcount and labor hours," GlobalData
Managing Director Neil Saunders said by email. "Macy's
is a good example of this, as there are around 18% fewer staff per store than in
2019."
It's not just Macy's.
Employment across the sector is down and expected to decline further,
according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: As of March, retail
unemployment was 5.1%, compared to 3.8% overall.
In the next decade or so, the
industry is set to lose nearly 77,000 workers, a 2% decline,
compared to an expectation for 3% growth across all industries.
But running a store
with a leaner staff is usually a mistake, and many retailers should beef up
instead, even as they
embrace new technologies for tasks previously done by humans, experts warn. For
example, more than 40% of respondents to a survey by Theatro, which supplies
communication tech for frontline workers, said that
shopping in stores is "less
enjoyable" than before the pandemic, and 60% of them blamed inadequate staffing
levels.
Store staffing "is an easy area to cut as it has a very visible positive impact
on the bottom line - the problem is that it causes a lot of invisible issues
which negatively impact things like staff morale and customer satisfaction,"
Saunders said. "Ultimately,
this can harm the top line."
retaildive.com
Replacing Workers with Kiosks Amid Wage Hikes
Fast-Food Restaurants Replace Workers With Kiosks Due to Min. Wage Rise
The fast-food industry faced a major shift in California at the start of this
month as the
minimum wage rise took effect. As a result of the $4 increase,
some restaurants are adding
more
self-service kiosks to save on costs, potentially replacing employees with
the technology.
According to industry experts, this change is likely to be implemented in
cases where the business doesn't already have the technology in place
to offset the rise in labor
costs.
However, automation services have long been integrated into the sector,
predating the pandemic by several years. Restaurants like
Panera Bread, McDonald's,
Shake Shack, and others have employed these systems for quite some time.
Even in states without the recent wage increase, the industry continues to
embrace automation technologies.
Rob Dongoski, global lead for food and agribusiness at Kearney, a strategy and
management consulting firm, said, "There are two things in play. One,
already in motion for a while
is robotics and automation at the store level."
Examples that you can find in quick-service restaurants include auto-refill
technology and automated frying machines.
retailwire.com
March Retail Sales Numbers Stronger Than Expected
Retail sales jumped 0.7% in March, much higher than expected
Rising inflation in March didn't deter
consumers, who continued
shopping at a more rapid pace
than anticipated, the Commerce Department reported Monday.
Retail sales increased
0.7% for the month, considerably faster
than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for a 0.3% increase, according to
Census Bureau data that is adjusted for seasonality but not for inflation.
The consumer price index increased 0.4% in March, the Labor Department reported
last week in data that also was higher than the Wall Street outlook. That means
consumers more than kept up with the pace of inflation, which ran at a 3.5%
annual rate for the month, below the 4% retail sales increase.
Excluding auto-related receipts, retail sales jumped 1.1%, also well ahead of
the estimate for a 0.5% increase.
cnbc.com
NRF: Sales rise at steady pace in March
Total retail sales
increased in March,
with experts noting increased spending amid easing inflation.
According to the CNBC/National Retail Federation (NRF) Retail Monitor,
total retail sales, excluding
automobiles and gasoline, were up 0.36%
seasonally adjusted month-over-month (MoM) and
up 2.72% unadjusted
year-over-year (YoY) in March.
That compared with increases of 0.4% MoM and 2.7% YoY in February.
For the first quarter,
total retail sales were up 2.65% YoY, while core sales were up 3.12%.
Last month, NRF projected that retail sales will increase between 2.5% and 3.5%
in 2024 to between $5.23 trillion and $5.28 trillion.
chainstoreage.com
Is JCPenney's First New Store in 8 Years a Good Sign?
Survey: Shoppers blame government action, manufacturers for high food prices
Last week's #1 article --
Retailers Rely on Private Investigators & Tech to
Bust ORC Rings
Private investigators & emerging tech helping crack down on retail crime
 California Highway Patrol's Organized Retail Crime Taskforce has
recovered more than $41
million worth of stolen
goods since the program launched in 2019.
The task force is just one of many that have been
launched across the
country in the last few months as part of an aggressive crackdown on organized
retail crime. The issue
has been splashed across social media through videos of flash-mob robberies and
multi-million-dollar raids on stolen goods.
One
recent investigation that allegedly follows this organizational structure
includes a Los Angeles brick-and-mortar cosmetics business called The Makeup
Store. The owner allegedly
paid young women to steal cosmetics from Ulta Beauty, CVS, Sephora, Rite Aid,
Nordstrom and the 99 Cents Only Store.
These items were then allegedly resold in The Makeup Store and to other
retailers through an online wholesale business called Yanez Liquidators.
On December 19, the CHP served
an arrest warrant for
the owner, Brenda Yanez, at The Makeup Store.
More than $1 million
worth of cosmetics and associated products were recovered,
according to the CHP. Certainly flagrant in their dealings, alleged
multi-brand fencing operations such as this beg the question of
who is responsible,
when it comes to forming cases against them.
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'Credential Stuffing' Attack Impacts 576K Users
Roku Hit by Cyberattack: Over Half a Million Accounts Breached
On Friday, Roku disclosed that approximately
576,000 user accounts were
compromised in a recent
cyberattack, marking the second security breach this year. According to a blog
post by Roku, hackers
managed to infiltrate user accounts by utilizing stolen login credentials.
The breach came to light during account monitoring after a cyberattack that
impacted 15,000 accounts earlier in the year.
The method employed by the hackers is known as
credential stuffing, where
they exploit leaked login and password information from one data breach across
multiple accounts. This
underscores the importance of using unique passwords for each online account, as
suggested by experts.
Roku clarified that the
compromised credentials were
likely obtained from a separate data breach
on another platform, absolving Roku's systems of any direct compromise.
While the hackers managed to access fewer than 400 accounts
to make purchases on streaming
services and Roku products,
Roku assured users that sensitive financial information remained secure. The
company is in the process of reversing charges and refunding affected accounts.
As a precautionary measure, Roku has
automatically reset user
passwords and plans to
reach out to affected users directly.
In response to the security breach, Roku announced the
implementation of two-factor
authentication across all accounts.
This additional security step will require users to confirm logins on a
secondary device.
retailwire.com
The Risk of Sharing Credentials Over Email
Federal agencies caught sharing credentials with Microsoft over email
U.S. government agencies are in jeopardy of
Russia-linked cyberattacks, and although CISA isn't aware of any compromised
environments, officials warn the risk is exigent.
The Russia-linked
hackers behind the
attack on Microsoft's internal systems starting in late November stole
credentials for federal
agencies that could be used to compromise government departments, cyber
authorities said Thursday.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued
an emergency directive on
April 2, which it made
public Thursday, requiring federal agencies to
reset credentials and hunt for
potential breaches or malicious activity.
The deadline to report these actions to CISA was April 8.
Microsoft and several federal agencies
exchanged credentials via
email, which created the unacceptable risk and exposure to a malicious group,
according to CISA. Goldstein declined to say why the credentials were shared in
these cases, but noted logins are sometimes shared as part of a troubleshooting
ticket or as part of a code snippet to remediate an issue.
The Russia
state-sponsored threat group which Microsoft identifies as Midnight Blizzard,
also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear, was still using secrets it stole from
Microsoft's systems in late November to gain or attempt to gain further access
to the company's infrastructure last month, the company said in a filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
cybersecuritydive.com
'Malware Next-Gen Analysis Platform'
CISA's Malware Analysis Platform Could Foster Better Threat Intel
But just how the government differentiates its
platform from similar private-sector options remains to be seen.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given
organizations a new resource for analyzing suspicious and potentially malicious
files, URLs, and IP addresses by making its
Malware Next-Gen Analysis
platform available to
everyone earlier this week.
The question now is how organizations and security researchers will use the
platform and what kind of new threat intelligence it will enable beyond what is
available via VirusTotal and other malware analysis services.
The Malware Next-Gen
platform uses dynamic and static analysis tools to analyze submitted samples and
determine if they are malicious.
It gives organizations a way to obtain timely and actionable information on new
malware samples, such as the functionality and actions a string of code can
execute on a victim system, CISA said. Such intelligence can be crucial to
enterprise security teams for threat hunting and incident response purposes, the
agency noted.
"Our new automated system
enables CISA's cybersecurity
threat hunting analysts to better analyze, correlate, enrich data, and share
cyber threat insights with partners,"
said Eric Goldstein, CISA's executive assistant director for cybersecurity, in
a prepared statement. "It facilitates and supports rapid and effective
response to evolving cyber threats, ultimately safeguarding critical systems and
infrastructure."
darkreading.com
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How Much Should Online Marketplaces Be Held
Responsible for Deadly Products?
Amazon sold a chemical that led to 15 deaths. Who is responsible?
All 15 individuals
purchased the chemical
- a substance that can be used as a food preservative or in medical lab settings
in a low purity form -
from Amazon.
It was sold there with 99% purity.
The families of those 15 people have sued Amazon in six separate cases since
2022 - including one filed last month -
alleging the company is
responsible for the deaths of their loved ones.
The families have accused Amazon of mislabeling the product, deleting reviews
that warned others how it could be used and leveraging marketing tactics to
remind shoppers of the chemical they may have left in their cart.
Some of those individuals, according to the lawsuits, learned of the chemical
from a website that promoted suicide and encouraged users to buy the substance
specifically from Amazon because they wouldn't experience any friction to
prevent the purchase.
Amazon changed the way it sold the chemical in 2022, making it only accessible
to customers who had set up a business account, but the
plaintiffs said the company
had knowledge of it being used for suicide as early as 2018.
In the past 10 years,
it sold 11,000 units of the substance,
according to court records.
In each lawsuit, the
families are asking for a permanent ban on the sale of the chemical on Amazon
and for a judge to rule that Amazon is liable for the deaths.
Amazon has argued in court documents that
it can't be held responsible
for how its customers use its products,
particularly if those customers choose to misuse them. A ruling against the
company would have "far-reaching and untenable consequences" for itself and
other retailers, attorneys for Amazon wrote.
The question of how
much responsibility online platforms like Amazon have when something goes wrong
is still unsettled,
according to several experts who study product safety and product liability.
Though these six cases are focused on one chemical, the outcomes could impact
how Amazon monitors the products it sells - and what happens when one is
misused.
seattletimes.com
Will Amazon Lead the Charge on AI?
The future of AI will run on Amazon, company CEO says
After failing to release a consumer-facing generative AI product to compete with
ChatGPT, CEO Andy Jassy says he's still confident Amazon will be a major player
in the next technology race
Less than two weeks after
rolling back one of Amazon's
most ambitious artificial intelligence projects - a cashierless checkout
technology called Just
Walk Out - CEO Andy Jassy expressed confidence that the future of
the company's biggest
breakthroughs for customers will come from generative AI.
While Amazon has widely
been viewed by consumers and the market as falling behind on AI,
Jassy said in an annual shareholder letter published Thursday that he is
"optimistic that much of this world-changing AI will be built on top of AWS," or
Amazon Web Services, the company's cloud computing business that many of the
world's digital businesses already rely on to run.
In the letter, Jassy laid out the company's strategy on generative AI,
describing how it is focused less on building consumer-facing applications to
compete directly with popular tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT than on building the
underlying "foundational"
AI models and selling them to
enterprise customers, which Jassy said already include Delta Air Lines, Siemens
and Pfizer.
washingtonpost.com
Has the Luxury E-Commerce Bubble Burst?
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Wappingers Falls, NY: Gang of 4 Women Wanted for Assault, Robbery at Dollar
General
Wappingers Falls authorities are searching for a group of four female thieves
who targeted a local store and attacked a worker on Saturday. Village of
Wappingers Police say officers were called to the Dollar General on Route 9 just
after 3pm on Saturday afternoon. Dispatchers received a call that two women were
suspected of stealing from the Wappingers Falls store. While en route to the
Dollar General, a 911 dispatcher informed police that the two female suspects
had begun to assault a worker at the store. It's unclear if the employee was
attempting to restrain or stop the women from stealing, but the worker
reportedly sustained injuries. Before police arrived on scene, the two women
reportedly fled with two other females in a white Nissan sedan. The gang of four
were already heading south on Route 9 by the time officers showed up at the
Dollar General.
wpdh.com
New York, NY: Brazen armed robber swipes loads of Nike items from NYC Foot
Locker
A brazen gunman waltzed into a Foot Locker in The Bronx and stole a bunch of
brand-name clothes - then whined on his way out that a worker dared to jostle
him during the crime, cops and staff said Sunday. The unidentified suspect hit
the Third Avenue store about 7:45 p.m. April 9, police said. He gathered a whole
stack of Nike sweatshirts and sweatpants, according to security guard Lawrence
Graham, who was not working that day but heard about the ordeal from the guard
who was there. "The guy came in and went straight to this right here," Graham
said as he gestured toward a rack of gray Nike sweats. "He swiped clothes from
right here, he pulled out a gun," Graham told The Post on Sunday. "He put the
gun back and went to the hats. Walked around here with the hats, got some more
stuff and walked straight out."
nypost.com
Bronx, NY: Update: 2 men arrested, accused in $100,000 Fordham jewelry store
armed robbery
Two suspects wanted for stealing over $100,000 worth of jewelry during an armed
robbery at a Fordham store have been arrested. Police say the duo entered Focus
Jewelry on Fordham Road wearing masks and carrying guns on March 6. One of the
suspects approached a guard with his gun while the other hopped over the counter
to take the jewelry. No shots were fired. However, authorities say the guard was
hit in the head with a pistol. Police say Angel Mendez and Victor Martinez have
been charged with robbery.
bronx.news12.com
Jericho, NY: $12,000 In Items Stolen At Locations Across Nassau County
A man was arrested in connection to a string of Nassau County burglaries since
January 1. Francis Rivera, 36, of the Bronx, was
picked up at Home Depot in
Jericho after he was spotted by a Loss Prevention Officer on Thursday, police
said. Rivera is accused of stealing items valued at more than $12,000 from
multiple locations,
authorities said. He was charged with five counts of third-degree burglary, five
counts of fourth-degree grand larceny and third-degree criminal trespassing.
Rivera was expected to be arraigned on Friday.
patch.com
Oklahoma City, OK: Police search for suspect in $1,000 theft attempt from
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Shootings & Deaths
Miami, FL: Man gunned down workers at a Miami gas station
An argument inside a Liberty City gas station convenience store early Saturday
morning escalated to gunfire, killing two men and injuring another, police say.
A man suspected in the shooting deaths is now jailed. Jason Craig Dyer-Mitchell,
23, was arrested later that day at his apartment - directly across the street
from the Chevron gas station on the 1700 block of Northwest 54th Street. He's
accused of gunning down 51-year-old Shahbaz Hussain and 42-year-old Shamun
Shaukat, both employees at the gas station. Elijah Shorter, 57, was also injured
during the shooting, police say. He's in critical condition at Jackson Memorial
Hospital. Dyer-Mitchell faces two counts of second-degree murder with prejudice
and another count of second-degree murder, according to jail records. As of
Sunday afternoon, he's being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional
Center without a bond set. Records indicate Dyer-Mitchell also faces a charge of
battery by a detainee on a visitor or another detainee.
A witness told investigators
that the shooter was confronted by Shaukat for stealing. Then a brief argument
ensued - and gunshots rang out - before the man ran off, according to an
arrest report. The witness pushed the store's panic button and called 911.
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Gaston, SC: Police investigate exchange of gunfire in grocery store parking lot
Gaston Police are investigating a report of gunfire in a grocery store parking
lot on Saturday afternoon. Police Chief Stephen Watkins said officers responded
to 5204 Hwy. 321, the address of the Food Lion store, just before 4 p.m., where
witnesses said they saw an exchange of gunfire between the people in two
vehicles in the parking lot. Police are still investigating the incident, but
Watkins said that, so far, there is no evidence that the gunfire struck anyone.
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Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Houston, TX: US Marine Arrested After Allegedly Stealing $500,000 In Jewelry
A U.S. Marine was arrested Thursday in Texas after he was identified as a
suspect in two separate heists, according to Fox Houston. Marcelo Hernandez, 18,
was arrested over a series of high-stakes jewelry heists in Harris County.
Hernandez is accused of stealing over half a million dollars in valuables from
several jewelry stores, Fox Houston reported, citing Constable Mark Herman of
Harris County Precinct 4. "This is what we term a 'serial jewelry store
burglar,'" Herman said, the outlet reported. Hernandez's alleged criminal
activities came to light shortly after he returned from Marine Corps boot camp.
He was reportedly recorded on
security footage using a sledgehammer to break into jewelry stores such as David
Yurman and Helzberg Diamonds at the Houston Premium Outlet Mall. He
allegedly carried out the heists clad in black, typically striking after
business hours. "He was being taken into custody and his dog tags fell out. He
did tell us he was in the U.S. military," Herman continued, Fox Houston
reported. "Actually, he just recently finished his boot camp in the Marine Corps
about a week before one of our cases."
dailycaller.com
Washington, DC: 3 men facing charges for armed robbery spree across DC, Maryland
Three men are facing charges for a string of armed robberies and carjackings
across DC and Maryland that lasted over a month. A 14-count indictment was filed
Wednesday against Kanard Bishop, 26, Edward LeRoy "Shiesty" Brown, 24, and
Khalil "Lil Bill" Boyd, 18, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. The men were
charged with conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery;
carjacking; using, carrying, possessing, and brandishing a firearm in
furtherance of a crime of violence; and aiding and abetting. They targeted
fast-food restaurants, convenience stores and package delivery vehicles in their
robberies and would arrange for a car to commit all the robberies, according to
the U.S. Attorney's Office. A McDonald's, a Denny's Restaurant, a 7-Eleven, a
FedEx, a GameStop and more were among their list of targets, according to a U.S.
Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia news release.
dcnewsnow.com
Lewiston, ID: Woman arrested after allegedly biting WinCo Foods employee
A 56-year-old woman is facing multiple charges in an incident where she
allegedly stole from WinCo Foods, bit an employee and had methamphetamine in her
purse. Lewiston police responded at 2:43 p.m. Thursday to WinCo for a report of
a theft with an uncooperative woman in custody. The officer arrived and spoke
with witnesses who reported that Laurissa Jefferies allegedly stole $30.63 worth
of merchandise from the store. She left the store and was confronted by the loss
prevention employee and placed in handcuffs, and she allegedly bit the WinCo
employee on his arm, according to the probable cause affidavit. At the jail it
was also confirmed she had a warrant from Elmore County in southern Idaho for
possession of meth and multiple misdemeanors from 2019, according to the
affidavit.
yahoo.com
Memphis, TN: Fire set inside Walmart causes nearly $2 million in content loss
An intentional fire set inside a Memphis Walmart caused nearly $2 million in
content loss, the Memphis Fire Department said. On Sunday, the MFD responded to
a fire at the Walmart on Austin Peay Highway at 3:11 p.m. Qwanesha Ward of the
MFD said that the fire was intentionally set on Aisle 18 near the electronics
department and was contained by the store's sprinkler system. However, the fire
still led to $1.8 million in content loss and $10,000 in building loss. The
store has smoke and water damage. MFD said that the store will likely be closed
until the end of the week.
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C-Store - Marlborough,
MA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Chicago, IL
- Burglary
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C-Store - San
Bernardino County, CA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Seattle, WA
- Burglary
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C-Store - Wappingers
Falls, NY - Robbery
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C-Store - Champaign
County, IL - Robbery
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C-Store - Wayne
County, TN - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Tishomingo
County MS - Robbery
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Clothing - New York,
NY - Armed Robbery
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Collectables - Castle
Shannon, PA - Burglary
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Collectables - New
York, NY - Armed Robbery
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Dollar - Tishomingo
County MS - Robbery
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Dollar - Wappingers
Falls, NY - Robbery
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Dollar - Columbus, MS
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Dollar - Hopkinsville,
KY - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Lewiston, ID
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Hardware - Nassau
County, NY - Burglary
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City, OK - Robbery
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Park, KS - Robbery
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Francisco, CA - Burglary
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