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Your Team - Your Pride - Our Industry
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 Fabrizio
Valentini named President & CEO for siffron
Fabrizio is a senior executive with extensive experience in global business
transformation, leading highly successful international businesses, implementing
game-changing strategies and managing complex acquisitions and integrations.
Mr. Valentini's history includes, most recently, a position with The Marmon
Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company, where he held many leadership roles,
culminating with President, Marmon Retail Technology. He also spent many years
with ITW (Illinois Tool
 Works),
Inc., eventually holding the position of Group President, ITW Appliance
Components, in Turin, where he had global responsibility for all components
dedicated to OEM customers. Congratulations, Fabrizio!
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Chris
Batson, CFI named Director of Loss Prevention, Institutional Shrink & Analytics
for Gap Inc.
Chris was previously the Sr. Manager of Corporate Reporting, Analytics &
Institutional Shrink for the retailer for over five years. During his 16 years
with Gap Inc., Chris has held other positions including Sr. Manager of
Investigations & LP Intelligence and Manager of Investigations. He was also an
ALPM for Lowe's for over 10 years. Chris earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in
Criminology from Indiana State University and his MBA in Strategic Leadership
from Amberton University. Congratulations, Chris!
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 Art Silva promoted to Retail Director -
Project Management & Strategic Initiatives for Hallmark Cards
Art
has been with Hallmark Cards since 2012, holding various senior level leadership
positions including IT Business Services Director - Retail Support & Mobile
Application Development, IT Business Services Director - Omnichannel & Digital,
and Director of Retail and Field Operations - Hallmark Gold Crown. Art has
extensive operations and loss prevention experience having worked as Director of
Store Operations - Store Technology for J. Crew, VP of Head Operations in North
America for Esprit, Director of Loss Prevention, Corporate Senior Manager Loss
Prevention and Systems Analyst Loss Prevention for Ann Taylor. He earned his BBA
in Management Information Systems from University of Notre Dame - Mendoza
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Apple claims it isn't scanning customers' faces, after teen sues for $1 billion
A detective claims that Apple - or its
security firm - used facial recognition software to have the wrong person
arrested
Apple is being accused of using facial recognition software in its Apple Stores
to arrest the wrong person for theft - a New York student who's now suing Apple
for $1 billion. And while Apple tells The Verge it doesn't use facial
recognition technology in its stores, the case is weird enough, and there's
enough wiggle room, that it's not clear if that's the whole truth.
Ousmane Bah, 18, claims in a lawsuit that he was incorrectly identified as the
robber in several Apple Store thefts across multiple states, but denies that
he's the person in the photo that accompanied the warrant for his arrest. Backed
by surveillance footage and the testimony of a detective, district attorneys in
New York and Boston have already dropped the charges against Bah, the lawsuit
states. (He is still being accused of larceny in New Jersey in a pending case,
according to the document.)
According to the lawsuit, NYPD detective John Reinhold first noticed that Bah
"looked nothing like" the suspect in the surveillance video of a Manhattan Apple
Store that was robbed. According to the lawsuit, the detective then explained
that Apple's security technology identifies suspects of theft using facial
recognition technology.
When we reached Reinhold on the phone for comment, he agreed that Apple
doesn't technically have facial recognition in its stores, but also that his
statements as described in the lawsuit were correct. He declined to answer
further questions, but it's worth noting that the second defendant on the
lawsuit, Security Industry Specialists, might explain the contradiction -
it could have been that company which used facial recognition to analyze
security footage after the fact, and possibly outside of Apple's facilities.
SIS Security doesn't explicitly mention Apple as a client on its public website,
but the third-party firm seems to have
a long working
relationship with Apple, and a
2016
employee handbook hosted at its website specifies Apple as a client.
theverge.com
Read the full lawsuit filing here: Bah v. Apple Inc.
Supreme Court Backs Businesses, Curbs Class Arbitration
5-4 Decision Sides with Retailer in Blocking Class-Action Lawsuits
An ideologically divided U.S. Supreme Court gave businesses more power to
channel disputes into individual arbitration proceedings, siding with
lighting retailer Lamps Plus Inc. who was trying to prevent its employees
from pressing group claims stemming from a phishing attack.
 The 5-4 ruling said courts shouldn't allow class arbitration unless an agreement
clearly authorizes that type of proceeding. It's the latest in a line of Supreme
Court decisions that have backed arbitration and helped companies avoid the
prospect of costly class actions filed by workers and consumers.
The ruling is a victory for Lamps Plus Inc., reversing an appeals court ruling
that interpreted its accord with its workers as allowing class arbitration. The
phishing attack took place in 2016, when a Lamps Plus employee received what
appeared to be an email from a colleague requesting copies of worker W-2 tax
withholding forms. The duped employee responded by sending the forms of 1,300
workers.
The company told the workers about the attack and offered a year of
credit-monitoring services and identity counseling. But one of the workers,
Frank Varela, said a fraudulent 2015 federal income tax return was filed in his
name. Varela sued in federal court in California and sought class action status
on behalf of his fellow workers.
bloomberg.com
LVMH Told VP, Litigator to "Simply Tolerate" Years of Sexual Harassment
LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton is being sued for "doing everything it could
to bury" years of sexual harassment experienced by a female executive at its New
York headquarters. According to the complaint that LVMH's Litigation Counsel
and Vice President of Legal Affairs Andowah Newton filed in a New York state
court on Tuesday, she has been exposed to "sexual harassment at the hands of a
senior level management employee ... that continued for years" and the parent
company for Louis Vuitton, Dior, Celine, and Givenchy, among 70+ other brands,
did very little to remedy it.
On various occasions "between late 2015 and 2018," Newton alerted LVMH's
in-house counsel of the harassment, initially making informal reports because
she is "familiar with the image-obsessed culture at LVMH [and was] worried that
any sort of formal reporting would result in backlash against her, not the
harasser." Newton claims that she hoped that "by informally reporting the sexual
harassment, LVMH would resolve the problem without the potential negative
effects that could follow from a formal report."
However, instead of remedying the problem, LVMH tried to "intimidate Ms. Newton
into not pursuing her claims and [attempted to] convince Ms. Newton that the
harassment was just a byproduct of being an attractive woman who works at a
company with a French culture, and thus, should simply be tolerated."
thefashionlaw.com
CCO Survey Identifies Ethics and Compliance Areas for Enhancement
A new report by KPMG LLP shows a consensus across industries that enterprises
plan to strengthen their ability to detect and prevent ethical misconduct by
enhancing key compliance areas of investigations, monitoring and testing, due
diligence and governance. This comes in light of recent technology advances and
expanding digitization that have accelerated an increasing convergence of
business models and markets across disparate industries - and which have focused
awareness on high-profile events such as data breaches, questionable sales
practices and organizational misconduct.
The report, "KPMG's
2019 CCO Survey: Insights for the future of ethics & compliance," points out
that most organizations, independent of industry, are taking ethics and
compliance risks seriously. Based on a survey of 220 chief ethics and chief
compliance officers (CCOs) representing the largest organizations in various
industries, the report identifies mature ethics and compliance areas and offers
guidance for improvement where necessary.
prnewswire.com
EEOC Announces Flurry Of Discrimination Settlements
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced five settlements
in disability, religion and age bias cases since Thursday, garnering a total of
$415,000 in payouts and wrapping up lawsuits against companies including
retailer Party City and grocery store chain Safeway.
law360.com
Owners of Fas Mart stores agree to settlement in complaint over service animal
A Richmond-based company that owns convenience stores in 22 states, including
Fas Mart stores in Virginia, has agreed to settle a complaint under the
Americans with Disabilities Act over the alleged refusal to serve an
individual with disabilities who was accompanied by a service animal.
Under the settlement, according to the U.S. attorney's office, GPM Investments
LLC has agreed to adopt a service animal nondiscrimination policy for the
1,400 stores it operates. The company also agreed to train its employees
about the policy, display signs in stores indicating that service animals are
welcome and pay $1,000 in damages to the complainant, authorities said.
richmond.com
Birmingham, AL: Crime Stoppers sergeant optimistic about time-delay safes at CVS
stores aimed at preventing robberies
 We spoke with Crime Stoppers to find out whether they think the new time-delay
safes, now installed at all 186 CVS pharmacies in Alabama, will help cut
down on robberies. The goal is to prevent robberies and combat opioid abuse
because of the delayed time it would take for employees to be able to open the
safes.
Sgt. John Pennington with Crime Stoppers said for several months, these
robberies at pharmacies weren't showing any signs of slowing down. "For a
period of time, it was happening every week," he said. "Something had to be
done."
Crooks came in, demanded pills, and got out quickly with potentially thousands
of dollars worth of pills that would then end up on the streets.
"This is obviously a huge issue for the state and nationally, and we are locked
arm and arm to keep working at it and fighting it," said Tom Moriarty,
Executive Vice President, Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer, and General
Counsel for CVS Health.
richmond.com
Georgia Retailers Organized Crime Alliance
Awards Loss Prevention Scholarship
This March the Georgia Retailers Organized Crime Alliance (GROC) was proud to
award its annual scholarship to Ms. Kylie Jo Bell Rudy of Cumming, GA!
This annual $1,000 award goes to select interns in the Kennesaw State University
Criminal Justice program who have exhibited a strong interest in the field of
loss prevention. Ms. Rudy, a senior, who completed the Loss Prevention Qualified
Certification Course this past summer is looking forward to an internship with
TJX Companies.
Thank you Dave Magersupp, Senior Manager - Loss Prevention, Verizon for
this submission
America's Biggest Supermarket Company Struggles With Online Grocery Upheaval
Kroger adjusts operations and invests in
technology to hang on to customers who avoid stores; CEO says 'We've got to get
our butts in gear'
Not since Walmart Inc. first pushed into groceries in the late 1980s have
traditional chains faced so many challenges. E-commerce is transforming the
business, forcing cash-strapped companies to overhaul their operations and
invest heavily in technology and talent to keep customers from straying to
Amazon.com Inc. At the same time, they have to keep food prices as low as
consumers have come to expect.
The transition has proven rough for Kroger, which stayed focused on store sales
long after mass-merchant competitors were investing in online-ordering
technology and delivery services. Executives have debated which investments to
make and how drastically to change the company's business model. Some would-be
technology partners have been turned off by what they see as the grocer's
conservative culture-including members of one group who stormed out of a meeting
in protest.
wsj.com
Walgreens, Rite Aid raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 21
New York moving ahead with statewide ban on plastic bags
Bed Bath & Beyond shakes up its board amid pressure from activist investors
UK: Majestic Wine mulls selling 200 stores amid online shift
France: Amazon to install pickup lockers in 1,000 Casino Group retail locations
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The Chipotle Hack And The Troubling Trend Of Credential Stuffing
Reports have appeared all over social media, particularly via Reddit and
Twitter, about Chipotle user accounts being pirated, with hundreds of
dollars' worth of food ordered to customer cards that those customers never saw.
In many cases, according to reports, the delivery addresses on the fraudulent
orders were to states different from the home addresses on the accounts.
There is a bit of a twist in this often-told tale of breached consumer data:
Chipotle maintains that the company itself has not been breached. Consumers
often repeat passwords across sites, the firm noted, and fraudsters use a
technique known as credential stuffing - wherein they've taken email
addresses and passwords gleaned in other attacks, and used them to brute force
their way into customers' Chipotle accounts.
Chipotle customers, incidentally, beg to differ, with many swearing that their
Chipotle passwords were used solely on that site, and that there was no way they
were snatched in an unrelated hack. When asked directly, Chipotle Chief
Communications Officer Laurie Schalow said the firm is "monitoring any possible
account security issues, of which we're made aware, and continue to have no
indication of a breach of private data of our customers." She further noted that
the firm is pretty sure credential stuffing is the root cause in this case.
pymnts.com
Online Retailer Accused Of Secretly Recording Customer Info
Online retailer Harriet Carter Gifts used NaviStone Inc.'s
software to secretly record and use identifying information customers typed into
forms on the retailer's website, even if that information was never officially
submitted with an order, according to a Pennsylvania woman's $5 million proposed
class action lawsuit moved to federal court Friday.
Originally filed in the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas, Ashley Popa's
lawsuit claimed that Harriet Carter used marketing company NaviStone's software
to match online customers' otherwise-anonymous shopping to personal identifying
information captured from the user's browsing and information they typed into
online forms, even when those forms were never officially submitted with an
order. NaviStone denied the allegations in a statement to Law360 early Tuesday.
law360.com
WannaCry Stopper Pleads Guilty to Writing Banking Malware
Marcus Hutchins, the British computer security expert who helped halt the
massive WannaCry ransomware outbreak in mid-2017, has pleaded guilty to
developing banking malware.
Hutchins, 24, of Devon, England, had previously maintained he would fight U.S.
charges that he developed the Kronos malware, also known as UPAS Kit. But on
Friday, in a statement posted to his website, Hutchins says he has decided to
plead guilty.
bankinfosecurity.com
Google's Drone Delivery Business Becomes First to Get FAA Approval
Routine customer deliveries to begin in
Virginia 'within months'
An offshoot of Alphabet Inc.'s Google has become the first drone operator to
receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the
legal authority to begin dropping products to actual customers.
The subsidiary, Wing Aviation LLC, now has the same certifications that smaller
airlines receive from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the
Department of Transportation. It plans to begin routine deliveries of small
consumer items in two rural communities in Virginia within months, the company
said.
Drone regulations still don't permit most flights over crowds and urban areas,
limiting where Wing can operate. But the approvals signed by the FAA on Friday
and Monday give the company the ability to charge for deliveries of clients'
goods in Virginia and apply for permission to expand to other regions.
bloomberg.com
Carlos Kizzee, Melinda Reinicker to Join Retail &
Hospitality ISAC
The Retail & Hospitality
Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) today announced two new
strategic hires: Carlos Kizzee as vice president of intelligence and Melinda
Reinicker as director of marketing and communications.
rhisac.org
J.C. Penney pulls the plug on contactless payments
Popular 'WiFi Finder' App Leaks 2 Million+ Passwords
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Infamous Ottawa McDonald's cuts hours, hires guards as security concerns rise
Fast food location is one of the top spots in the city for 911 calls
 The
infamous McDonald's at 99 Rideau St. will no longer serve overnight customers
due to security issues, according to the franchise owner. The fast-food
restaurant used to be open 24 hours, but will now be open from 6 a.m. to 10
p.m. seven nights a week.
Adeel Hashmi, the owner of the franchise, said in a statement provided through
McDonald's Canada that he's concerned about safety in the neighbourhood.
"I take the situation in the area very seriously and recognize the impact these
changes will have on my business. Affected crew will be offered the chance to
relocate to other restaurants in the area," he said.
The decision follows years of issues and a letter to McDonald's Canada from
Ottawa's police chief, according to Coun. Mathieu Fleury.
"It's a great first step that they're closing earlier, that they're [hiring]
security guards for the entire operation, but I'm cautious about being
over-optimistic," Fleury said.
Bordeleau said the number of calls for help had steadily risen at the location,
jumping from 647 calls in 2014 to more than 900 in 2017.
cbc.ca
Retail apocalypse sweeping across Canada and U.S.
Canada isn't feeling the pinch quite as badly
The retail apocalypse is less terrible here in the True North than it is for our
American cousins. Malls, for example, which sit empty and even abandoned in
some U.S. cities, still have a vibrant life here. And international
retailers hoping to conquer the world often start out in Canada on a trial run.
According to
retail-insider.com, luxury brands and other international retailers continue
to come here. So what's the big difference between U.S. and Canadian retail?
"The main difference I see is that the pure scale of the population of the USA
and the relative wealth of the population drove the country to get
over-saturated in retail," the Canadian-born, Washington D.C.-based Jardine said
in a recent interview. "Favourable import tariffs with China and India, Vietnam
etc. allowed for the vast availability of cheap goods and the eventual
commoditization of the apparel category, fed by the 'more is more' cultural
orientation."
"The aggressive competition for foot traffic to support the bricks and mortar
overhead as online became more important created a promotional frenzy and
dependency," she said. "That addiction got built into the prior year results and
had to be 'anniversaried' into the sales results every year. I think that makes
the USA unique from any other country in the world."
Canada, on the other hand, "has not had the population to support being
oversaturated in retail space and has a very different import tariff system
which has regulated inexpensive imports from China. And Canadians have
traditionally leaned towards a 'less and better' orientation," Jardine
explained.
The stores that do survive - south of the border - tend to be either high-end
or low-end, with the middle market getting decimated.
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Best Buy Canada's Ron Wilson named RCC's Excellence in Retailing 2019
Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year
Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is honoured to announce that Best Buy
Canada's President, Ron Wilson, has been named the recipient of the
prestigious 2019 Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year. Mr. Wilson
began his career at Best Buy 28 years ago on the front lines of a Future
Shop store in Edmonton, Alberta. Since then, he has worked in numerous
leadership areas of the company, including merchandising, operations,
marketing, and e-commerce. Mr. Wilson is recognized by his peers in the
Canadian retail industry for overseeing a strategic plan that resulted
in the successful consolidation of Future Shop into the Best Buy brand
and is moving the company towards providing a seamless omnichannel
retail experience.
newswire.ca
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Calling Canadian Retailers!
Register for the 3rd Axis Canada Retail Leadership Forum
 The
Retail Landscape is changing and with these changes providing safety and
security for your customers, staff and business is of utmost importance. Join us
for the 3rd Axis Canada Retail Leadership Forum in Toronto, May 22-23.
Full details here: http://bit.ly/2CFNRul
If you would like to attend this event please
register here!
Canada Store Openings & Expansions
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Domino's
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Beyond Meat gets a Canada-wide grocery store rollout
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Saje Natural Wellness Continues with Store Openings After Rapid Expansion
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Despite lineups, Sudbury cannabis store reporting 'fantastic' business since
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Downtown Vancouver's 'Luxury Zone' Expands with New Retailers
Canadian retail sales up 0.8% in February
Shoppers Drug Mart launches second online medical pot portal
Illegal eye drops, acne cream sold in 2 Metro Vancouver stores pose health risks
Beer in corner stores could cost Ontario taxpayers $1 billion
Walmart Canada and WEConnect International Host Supplier Forum in Celebration of
Canadian Women-Owned Businesses
Vancouver Wig Store Hit with Three Heists in Four Years
Quality Wigs are in High Demand for Thieves-Sell For Up to $3,500 Each
Eva & Co. Wigs, a Vancouver specialty wig store, has experienced three break-ins
over four years. Its human-hair wigs sell for between $2,500 and $3,500 each.
With 84 wigs unaccounted for, the investigation into the break-in at Eva & Co.
remains open.
macleans.ca
Guelph, ON: $6K worth of toothbrushes stolen in Guelph, couple suspected
Yellowknife, NT: CMP looking for woman implicated in multiple armed robberies
Penticton vape shop owner issues emotional appeal after alleged smash-and-grab
North York, ON: Second suspect arrested after man attacked with bear spray at
Fairview Mall
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The civil recovery business saw more change in 2018 than in the preceding 30
years combined, says Stuart Levine, CEO of
The Zellman
Group, an LP services and consulting company that offers retailers a suite
of solutions including Civil Recovery, ORC Recovery, Analytics and more. In this
LPNN interview, Stuart talks about the state of civil recovery, where he sees it
going over the next few years, and how Zellman Group's dedication to customer
service, client culture and ethics, together with state-of-the-art technology,
keeps them at the forefront of recovery solutions.
Joe & Amber Discuss Organized Retail Crime
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NRF ORC Study, 92% of retailers report being a victim of Organized Retail
Crime, with 71% saying the problem is getting worse. Joe and Amber discuss the
outlook for a federal ORC law, the progress state laws and ORCA's have made, and
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The Cost Of Counterfeit Merchandise: $323B A Year
Counterfeits caused the loss of $323 billion from the global economy in 2018
alone, and an estimated 2 out of every 5 'brand name' products consumers think
they are purchasing online are counterfeits. It's almost impossible to know the
difference sometimes unless you know what you are looking for - often times
counterfeiters have obtained information about the products through
manufacturers, a key component of our
 current
trade war with China. How can you protect yourself from counterfeit merchandise?
More than one in four consumers has reported discovering a purchase they made
online turned out to be a counterfeit. A terrifying 16% of medications purchased
online turned out to be counterfeit, as well as 22% of supplements. Makeup and
skincare products are also highly likely to be fakes, with 25% of skincare
products and 32% of makeup bought online being fake.
Be wary of mobile apps and advertisements on social media sites - 20% of
advertisements are peddling counterfeit merchandise, as are 22% of mobile apps.
But even well known search engines and marketplaces aren't immune to the scourge
of counterfeits.
valuewalk.com
BOPIS Implementation Could Reduce INR Chargebacks
Items purchased online can often go missing between the warehouse and the
customer's doorstep. Unfortunately, the result for e-commerce merchants is all
too often an item-not-received (INR) chargeback.
According to antifraud technology company Signifyd, though, the 'Buy Online
Pickup In Store' (BOPIS) option has potential to mitigate those INR chargebacks.
In addition to potentially reducing INR chargebacks, offering secure pickup
locations can reduce shipping costs for both merchants and consumers. Martinez
points out that customers don't want to wait for online purchases to be
delivered, which is in part why Amazon Prime had such success. Offering delivery
options and flexibility also creates a more positive customer experience that
could actually increase sales.
cardnotpresent.com
Amazon adds in-garage option to delivery choices
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Retailers and
Dunwoody Police Partner
in 'Operation Spring Cleaning 2019'
24 Arrested, $6,300 in Merchandise Recovered
Last week GROC began a long-term and on-going partnership with the
Dunwoody Police Department by holding its first ever ORC Blitz named
'Operation Spring Cleaning'. With 15 retailers participating
the area around Perimeter Mall in the northern Atlanta Suburb of
Dunwoody was saturated with law enforcement, both in uniform and
plain clothes, as well as plenty of our valuable loss prevention
professionals. To find coverage on the event from the Atlanta
Journal Constitution please
click HERE.
We believe the intended message was heard loud and clear by our
results below: do not shoplift in Dunwoody! GROC looks forward
continuing this partnership with the Dunwoody Police Department, as
well as partnering with other law enforcement entities throughout
the state to stem the tide of retail crime in Georgia. If you are a
law enforcement agency, and you are interested in more information
regarding conducting an ORC Blitz in your jurisdiction, contact us
at info@georgiaroc.org.
Thank you Dave Magersupp, Senior Manager - Loss Prevention, Verizon
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Update: Chamblee, GA: Tips help solve a $100K
Jewelry heist
Police said FOX 5 viewers calling in tips helped Chamblee detectives solve a
jewelry heist worth $100,000. "After FOX 5 news released the video, we were able
to get multiple calls," said Chief Kerry Thomas. "We're very pleased with the
recovery of such high dollar items...[which] is sometimes unheard of," he said,
noting the swift recovery after people called in the information that led to an
arrest. On Good Friday evening, police said 43-year-old Alexander Shanel Brown--
wearing a "Be A Good Human" sweatshirt-- broke into the Ringcrush jewelry
warehouse in Chamblee. Investigators believe he stole 2,600 rings and pieces of
jewelry in the hopes he could sell them to a pawn shop. Brown is in the DeKalb
County Jail on second-degree felony burglary charges.
fox5atlanta.com
Medford, OR: $5,000 Best Buy crime spree ends
with 2 arrested
Bradford Lawrence Andrews, 53, and Cambria Shae Reis, 40, face felony counts of
organized retail theft alleging they stole or attempted to steal more than
$5,000 worth of merchandise in the span of 90 days, according to documents filed
last week in Jackson County Circuit Court. Andrews and Reis were arrested April
11 in Medford on accusations they attempted return fraud on a $1,999 computer in
the Medford store and shoplifted an iRobot Roomba i7 vacuum valued at $799.
Prior to the Medford incident, the couple allegedly stole two high-performance
Alienware gaming laptops valued at $3,298 from the electronics store in Gresham.
A store in Springfield told Medford police that Andrews and Reis made a theft
attempt in Lane County.
mailtribune.com
Helena, MT: Woman charged with felony theft, merchandise
totaling $1,500
Ocala, FL: Thief makes off with $1,200 haul of tools and
electronics from Wal-Mart
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Everett, WA: Suspect arrested in the Stabbing
Death of a Grocery Clerk during an Armed Robbery; Customer wounded
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25-year-old Everett man is behind bars accused of robbing then murdering a
convenience store clerk late Monday night. It all happened at the Broadway
Grocery store in the Pinehurst neighborhood of Everett. Police say the suspect
also attacked a customer who interrupted the crime, and the suspect was arrested
only a few blocks away from the store. Investigators from the Everett Police
Department and the Washington State Patrol spent hours Tuesday scouring the
crime scene after a clerk and customer were robbed and attacked by a man with a
knife. Police say the clerk died from his stab wounds and a female customer who
interrupted the crime was able to escape the assault.
"The suspect also attacked her and tried to stab her," said officer Aaron Snell.
"Fortunately, she was able to fight him off and sustained very minor injuries."
Police dogs were trailing the suspect while officers eventually caught up to him
at only blocks away where he allegedly admitted to his roommate his role in the
crime.
q13fox.com
Update: Richmond, VA: C-store Clerk charged with
gunning down Robbery suspect
Jeremy Simmons is charged with Voluntary Manslaughter for an incident in
February. Simmons chased a Robbery suspect from his C-Store, shooting at the
suspect as he ran off.
wric.com
Ladue, MO: Police investigating officer-involved
shooting at Schnucks
in the Ladue Crossing Shopping Center
 According
to Benjamin Granda, St. Louis County Police said, the call to Schnuck's Grocery
store was for a disturbance following a shoplifting incident, that may be tied
to a possible strong-armed robbery involving 2 suspects. The suspect in
question, a 33-year-old female encountered a female officer from the Ladue
Police Department and told the officer she was injured. What happened next
according to police that the officer attempted to arrest the female suspect who
resisted and struggle ensued resulting in the officer shooting the suspect. She
was transported to the hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to
the torso. The second suspect, a male fled the scene.
fox2now.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Daytona Beach, FL: Police take down Armed Robbery suspect
at Walgreens
The Daytona Beach Police Department has released footage of the arrest of an
armed robbery suspect at the Walgreens near West International Speedway
Boulevard. Police said officers shot the suspect Tuesday afternoon after he
walked into the store and demanded drugs and money. The footage shows the
suspect jump over the counter with a rifle in hand. No Employees or Officers
were injured.
clickorlando.com
Fugitive Wanted Since 2015 On Multi-State Jewelry
Store Robbery Charges Apprehended
 Arthur
Berry Jr. was arrested by the FBI's Phoenix Division on March 18, 2019 and was
returned to Michigan earlier this week to face charges for conspiring to
interfere with commerce by robbery. Berry, 32, from Detroit, Michigan, was found
in Phoenix, Arizona, where he allegedly fled in 2015 after being indicted by a
federal grand jury earlier that year. Berry was a leader of a group that
conducted the following robberies: September 2014: Jared the Galleria of Jewelry
in Toledo, OH; October 2014: Lux Bond & Green Jewelers in West Hartford, CT;
November 2014: Fink's Jewelers in Sterling, VI; November 2014: RF Moeller
Jewelry in St. Paul, MN; February 2015: Jared the Galleria of Jewelry in Erie,
PA; September 2015: Jared the Galleria of Jewelry in Portage, MI.
Berry was the only remaining fugitive out of nearly two dozen subjects that have
been prosecuted since 2014. Berry's co-defendants all pled guilty and received
various sentences, including a fourteen year prison term for one of the group's
leaders, Cedarrius Frost.
justice.gov
Great Fall, MT: Goodwill employee accused of
stealing $4k; refund fraud
Goodwill's Asset Protection and Management advised the officer that they had
already spoken to Jennifer Renee Lee, 46, who admitted she stole money from the
store. In an interview with police, Lee allegedly admitted to stealing cash by
printing duplicate receipts of real transactions, then using the duplicates to
authorize fake returns on her register.
greatfallstribune.com
White Bear Lake, MN: Father and daughter stole thousands
from liquor store where they worked
Counterfeit
Authorities Seize Over $11 Million Worth of Fake
Championship and Team Rings
 Over
$11 million in counterfeit championship and team rings are now in the hands of
authorities as reports claim the United States Customs and Border Protection
seized 177 fake pieces. On Tuesday, the Customs and Border Protection announced
that they were able to track and intercept a shipment carrying $11.7 million
worth of fake team jewelry from China into the United States. Per reports, the
bust took place on March 11 and the inventory included merchandise posing to be
from official MLB, NBA, and NFL teams. Along with replicas of the standard team
rings, it is said officials also confiscated imitations of the Philadelphia
Eagles' and New England Patriots' Super Bowl rings as well as the New York
Yankees' World Series rings.
tmz.com
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AT&T - Fayette County, GA - Armed Robbery
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AT&T - Cleveland, OH - Robbery
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C-Store - Lakeland, FL - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Everett, WA - Armed Robbery /Clerk killed
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C- Store - New Haven, CT - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Stockbridge, GA - Burglary
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C-Store - Goose Creek, SC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Albemarle, NC - Robbery
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Family Dollar - Cleveland, OH - Robbery/ Assault on
employee
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Games/ Electronics - Hinesville, GA - Burglary
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Grocery - Ladue, MO - Armed Robbery/Shooting
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Grocery - Corvallis, OR - Robbery/ Assault on LP
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Restaurant (Subway) - Norwich, CT - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Hamilton Township, NJ - Burglary
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Restaurant (Domino's) Trenton, NJ - Burglary
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T-Mobile - San Diego, CA - Burglary
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Walgreens - Daytona Beach, FL - Armed Robbery
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Welding Supply - Thousand Palms, CA - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Hamilton Township, NJ - Armed Robbery
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