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Your Team - Your Pride - Our Industry
Building Industry Pride -
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Pictured, left to right: Mike Flanagan,
Dave Patel, Steve Mesrey, BJ Day, Steve Mick, Cristina Hanson, Mark Robinson,
Ashley Fernando, Ed Fuentes, and Jay Tubaugh
See more below
in our Moving Up & News columns
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Victra's Re-Branded & Re-Built Asset Protection Team
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About Victra
Victra is the leading exclusive premium retailer
for Verizon, including being honored as Agent of the Year in 2016. We don't just
consider you as a customer - we strive to treat you as our "guest" when you join
us in any of our 1,145 convenient locations. Our knowledgeable and dedicated
store consultants and managers offer a full range of wireless devices including
phones, tablets, mobile broadband, wearable technology, accessories and product
insurance.
Read more about Victra's new
Asset Protection program in the news below.
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Victra Builds New Asset Protection Team
 Incorporated
as ABC Phones of North Carolina, Inc. in 1999. Today,
Victra is independently
owned and operated in Raleigh, North Carolina, employing over 5,500 people with
1,175 locations across 46 states. One of the largest agents for Verizon in the
country.
Rebranded this past September the company made Asset Protection a significant
priority and staffed a Vice Presidents position in October by hiring
Steve Mick, MBA, and formerly the Director of Asset Protection Operations
and Investigations for Toys R Us.
After an exhaustive review of the entire organization and the existing Loss
Prevention program Steve, along with the "incredible support" from his senior
management team, was successful in rebranding the effort and building a new
proactive Asset Protection team that literally just came together this past
Monday for the first time.
 With
seven new executives listed above in the Moving Up column, and the entire
team in today's GLPS, this team now has the opportunity to truly make an
impact on an organization and show how an Asset Protection team can become a
profit center for Victra. The teams true goal. Congratulations to each executive
and good luck in achieving your goals.
In a time when the news is filled with store closures and job cuts it's great to
see a new program and new jobs in the industry. Congrats!
Active Assailant, Unarmed Officer
The level of awareness exhibited by security personnel can have a butterfly
effect on an active assailant's perception of risk. Active shooter attacks often
end when the perpetrator is apprehended or killed by law enforcement, or when
the attacker commits suicide-rarely do assailants run or escape. Having security
guards onsite may mitigate the chances of an attack, but this type of embedded
response is no guarantee that the attacker will be deterred or stopped.
Security officers can also focus on the events that occur before an attack.
People who intend to commit violence often give themselves away by their
physical appearance or behavior. By engaging people with simple hospitality
principles, a security officer is more likely to observe warning signs. This
enhanced awareness allows the guard to implement security methods that may deter
the attacker.
Even when the worst-case scenario occurs, a security officer's situational
awareness is critical. Early detection enables officers to respond more quickly
and help others by providing instructions that can mitigate the attack. By
observing physical and behavioral cues, acting upon concerns, and implementing
effective response methods, unarmed guards can help prevent or mitigate active
assailant attacks.
Preattack Indicators
Because most attacks represent the killer's first and last act of violence, the
assailant often exhibits telltale signs of the incident to come. With little to
no prior criminal record or experience in extreme violence, they may show
behavioral and physical indicators that give their bad intentions away.
Looking out for these early warning signs, or preattack indicators (PAINs), can
alert the security practitioner to potential trouble and possibly thwart
attacks.
asisonline.org
More Than $11 Billion in Fines Fails to Deter Global Corruption
The scale of bribery and corruption has shown no improvement globally since
2012, despite the unprecedented level of enforcement activity and introduction
of new corporate criminal liability laws in that time. This is according to the
15th EY Global Fraud Survey.
This year's survey found that despite regulators and law enforcement agencies
around the world imposing more than $11 billion of financial penalties since
2012, 38% of global executives still believe bribery and corrupt practices
remain prevalent in business.
The difference in levels of corruption between countries remains significant,
with 20% of respondents in developed markets indicating that bribery and
corruption occurs widely in business, compared with more than half (52%) of
those in emerging markets.
Integrity sits high on the board agenda, the survey finds, with 97% recognizing
the importance of their organization being seen to operate with integrity.
Although improved customer perception, staff retention and business performance
were all seen as benefits of demonstrating integrity, there remains a mismatch
between intentions and actual behavior. Thirteen percent of respondents say they
would justify making cash payments to win or retain business. Interestingly,
this rises to 20% among those that are under the age of 35 years old.
Ensuring that ethical conduct is managed effectively is not only an issue that
needs to be dealt with internally, but also with third parties and those acting
on behalf of the organization, according to the report. Yet third-party due
diligence also seems to be a low priority, with only 59% of respondents
indicating they have a tailored risk-based approach to due diligence on third
parties.
securitymagazine.com
New York Employers Must Provide Sexual-Harassment Training
Training requirements are part of sweeping anti-harassment legislation
The training requirement is standard, so employers that are already conducting
comprehensive harassment training are probably covering the main points.
By Oct. 9, New York employers must implement annual sexual-harassment training.
They can use a model program, which will be created by state agencies, or they
can implement their own sexual-harassment training programs that meet or exceed
state standards.
shrm.org
Employers Increasingly Drop Marijuana Testing of Job Applicants
Workers' state-law rights for marijuana use are quickly on the rise
Employers should think twice before drug-testing every job applicant,
according to Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta-advice many companies
already are following in light of the patchwork of state laws affording rights
to medical marijuana users and increased use of pot, experts say. Acosta made
his remark at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing April 17.
Despite Acosta's statement, marijuana use remains illegal under federal law, but
there is a "march toward legality" across the country under state law, a
conflict that is "confusing to employers," Clarkson noted.
Safety First, a drug-testing division of Behavioral Health Systems, has had
clients remove marijuana from their testing panels as a direct result of changes
in state law, said Judi Braswell, vice president of business development with
the parent company, headquartered in Birmingham, Ala. She added that some in
certain industries, such as hotel and hospitality, don't implement
marijuana-testing programs due to concerns that firing those who test positive
would cause significant staffing issues.
Many employers in or near states where marijuana has been legalized increasingly
are dropping marijuana from drug-test panels.
In several states-including Connecticut,
Maine and Massachusetts-courts have ruled that an employee testing positive
for marijuana has a viable claim against an employer for enforcing drug-free
workplace policies, Clarkson said.
Nine states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the use of marijuana use for
any reason, but so far Maine is the only state protecting recreational
marijuana users in the workplace, he added. Utah and Oklahoma are considering
legalizing medical marijuana, and Michigan has a ballot initiative to make
marijuana use legal for any reason, notes
The New York Times.
In 12 states-Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode
Island-medical marijuana users have certain job protections, so pre-employment
screens or random screens could trigger job protections in those states.
shrm.org
Pharmacy Owner of Six Stores Gets 15 Years For Role In $100M Scheme
The owner of a group of Florida pharmacies was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years
in prison and ordered to give up $54.5 million in restitution after he pled
guilty to his role in a $100 million scheme involving bogus insurance
reimbursements for prescription drugs.
"Borgesano and his co-conspirators also paid kickbacks and bribes in exchange
for prescriptions and patient identifying information used to further the
scheme, including to a physician in exchange for the physician signing
prescriptions for patients he never saw," the
U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement about the sentencing on
Thursday.
Prosecutors had placed Borgesano at the center of an alleged scheme in which the
pharmacy owner used his six stores to peddle prescription compound
medications, including pain creams and scar creams, then submit fraudulent
reimbursement claims to Medicare, Tricare and private insurance companies,
according to the government.
law360.com
Talking about the future of retail robots
What's the next major growth area for robotics?
Radio frequency identification. The technology has been around forever, but
retailers are now starting to adopt it in a major way. Macy's recently did a
15-month test. Some 80 percent of its inventory was RFID-tagged. The benefits
are phenomenal. With RFID, you can go from a once-a-year physical count of
inventory to monthly, daily or even hourly. The benefits of inventory accuracy
are huge. That way you're not ordering stuff that isn't selling.
You are ordering stuff that is selling. And you're able to find your merchandise
down to a single item in a single store.
Are robots going to take over retail?
"Take over" is an amorphous term. It's not one I would use. I don't see a
totally robotized store for a while. In retail, I think of it more like car
manufacturing, where people and automation are working side by side,
complementing each other. With robots, there's a labor cost savings,
productivity enhancement and accuracy enhancement. Robots don't make mistakes
like humans.
Will retailers be able to replace all their cashiers with robotics?
Frictionless checkout won't be about robot cashiers. I could see robots roaming
stores and helping to load and pack groceries and assist with checkout, but
that's a while out. But a different form of frictionless checkout is coming
quickly, where the customer simply waves a wand to scan their merchandise.
stores.org
Why We Should Be Optimistic About Retail
Retail has been in a constant state of renewal since the earliest days of
commerce. Artisans were disrupted by merchants, who were disrupted by bazaars
and spice-route traders. Pushcarts disrupted stand-alone stores. The Sears
Roebuck catalog of 1893 disrupted the first era of brick-and-mortar retail.
Malls disrupted the town square; superstores and category-killers disrupted the
local five-and-dime. And now, off-price, dollar stores, fast-fashion and online
players are shaking up the industry. Through it all, retail has survived.
The disrupter du jour is, of course, Amazon - which collected more than 40 cents
of every dollar spent online last year.
Few retailers have figured out yet how to compete effectively with Amazon, but
some perspective is necessary. Just 8.9 percent of retail sales in the United
States last year were made online - including Amazon. Said differently, 91.1
percent of the $5.7 trillion consumers spent at retailers last year still passed
through brick-and-mortar locations. Yes, the share of retail sales taking
place online will continue to increase for some time - but not forever.
Here are three reasons to be confident in the industry's prospects:
nytimes.com
Billionaire mall owner: 'Amazon has been great for retail' - and here's why
At a time when retail stores have been closing due to the "Amazon effect,"
billionaire mall owner Rick Caruso says "Amazon has been great for retail."
"What (Amazon has) shown us is a path to success," the owner of The Grove and
The Americana malls in Los Angeles told CNBC's "Squawk Alley" on Monday.
"Competition just on price doesn't work. You have to compete on knowledge. You
have to compete on knowing your customer. You have to compete on being
convenient."
Caruso said Amazon has shown retailers how to innovate and serve customers more
effectively. Retailers that are evolving in the right ways are thriving and
growing, the billionaire real estate developer said.
The fact that Amazon is opening physical stores "tells us that a hybrid model
where you have digital and you have (brick and mortar) retail is very
important," Caruso said.
cnbc.com
In case you missed it:
GoFundMe Account created for Scott Painter, Home Depot AP Specialist
Bluetooth-enabled cargo security tool
New One For the Watch List
Guitar Center (280 stores) Faces Imminent Bankruptcy After 59 Years In Business
Supervalu to sell Shop 'n Save Banner
The best shopping mall in every state
Quarterly Results
Columbia Sportswear Q1 Retail (DTC) net sales up 23% (130 U.S. stores),
Wholesales net sales up 5%, total net sales up 12%
Carter's Q1 U.S. retail comp's up 5.5%, U.S. wholesale down 4%, Canada retail
comp's up 3.6%, International net sales up 19.3%, total net sales up 3.1%
Tractor Supply Q1 comp's up 3.7%, net sales u0p 7.6%
Starbucks Q2 Global & U.S. comp's up 2%, China comp's up 4%, Net revenues up 14%
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What the CFO's Are Reading
Study Details Alarming Risks to Knowledge Assets
More than four in five IT security practitioners admit that their companies'
knowledge assets likely have been breached.
Eighty-two percent of security practitioners acknowledge it's likely that
high-value assets of their companies have been breached in the
second annual study on the topic by law firm Kilpatrick Townsend and the
Ponemon Institute.
 Further,
the proportion of respondents saying it's likely that company knowledge
assets are in the hands of a competitor rose to 65% from 60%.
Reported costs to recover from a breach rose sharply last year, to an average of
$6.8 million, from $5.4 million in 2016.
According to the study, "knowledge assets" include profiles of high-value
customers; information about product design, development, and pricing;
pre-release financial reports; strategic plans; confidential information about
existing relationships or contemplated transactions; source code; and
research-and-development secrets
Most respondents (84%) said the maximum loss their organizations could
experience resulting from a material breach of knowledge assets exceeded $100
million, compared with 67% who said so in the prior study.
Companies are taking many actions that underscore their growing awareness of
risks to knowledge assets. 73% of respondents are focusing training and
awareness programs on decreasing employee errors in the handling of sensitive
and confidential information.
Further, there is greater recognition that third-party access to a company's
knowledge assets is a significant risk. More companies are requiring proof
that third parties meet generally accepted security requirements (41% in the new
study, compared with 31% a year earlier).
cfo.com
Walmart's technology division goes on a hiring spree
Wants to hire 150 technology workers at its Sunnyvale and San Bruno, California
locations. Walmart wants to onboard software engineers, back-end technologies
experts, data scientists, product managers, mobile developers, systems
engineers, artificial intelligence experts, cloud engineers and data science
experts.
mercurynews.com
How Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet Are Reshaping Security
Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet are stomping into the security market, ready to
shake things up and address the weaknesses they see in today's tools. Analysts
predict the three tech giants will disrupt security the same way they disrupted
industries like computing, advertising, and retail by bringing protections to
where people are moving their work: into the cloud.
darkreading.com
How can the CISO become a business enabler?
Adding Value to Your Organizations Success
For a cybersecurity program to be effective, CISOs must be viewed as business
enablers. Kudelski Security's John Hellickson offers tips on how CISOs can make
the transformation.
In what ways can a CISO become a business enabler?
The first thing that comes to mind is to fully understand the organization's
strategic goals and mission, along with the business responsibilities and
challenges each C-suite and executive leader has on a day-to-day basis.
The CISO should realize that every C-suite member has a different perspective
about top risks for the organization and shouldn't assume that cybersecurity
trumps all other risks. If the CISO understands the key products and business
processes, and how their
security controls enhance or ensure availability of those products and
processes, they could have more rich and meaningful conversations with those
business leaders to pave the way for future support when security initiatives
may have an impact on people or processes of that business leader's
organization.
Another often overlooked element is the transparency of the cybersecurity
program and its multiyear strategy. Providing
C-suite members the opportunity to share their top challenges and concerns,
as well as their thoughts on cybersecurity prior to developing a multiyear
cybersecurity roadmap is crucial, even if their input doesn't have a material
impact on that roadmap. Linking
cybersecurity initiatives to business outcomes that provide value beyond
just protecting the organization, while helping the organization achieve its
goals and objectives, is an easy way to demonstrate business alignment and
value.
computerweekly.com
CSA publishes State of Cloud Security report
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), an organization dedicated to defining and
raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud-computing
environment, recently released its State of Cloud Security 2018.
Key takeaways from the report include:
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Exploration of case studies and potential use cases for blockchain,
application containers, microservices and other technologies will be important
to keep pace with market adoption and the creation of secure industry best
practices.
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With the rapid introduction of new features, safe default configurations and
ensuring the proper use of features by enterprises should be a goal for
providers.
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As adversaries collaborate quickly, the information security community needs
to respond to attacks swiftly with collaborative threat intelligence exchanges
that include both providers and enterprise end users.
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A staged approach on migrating sensitive data and critical applications to
the cloud is recommended.
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When meeting regulatory compliance, it is important for enterprises to
practice strong security fundamentals to demonstrate compliance rather than use
compliance to drive security requirements.
Noting that "innovators and early adopters" have been using cloud for years for
quicker deployment, greater scalability, and cost saving of services, the report
noted that the growth of cloud computing "continues to accelerate offering more
solutions with added features and benefits, including security. In the age of
information digitalization and innovation, enterprise users must keep pace with
consumer demand and new technology solutions ensuring they can meet both
baseline capabilities and security requirements."
securitysystemsnews.com
Police Seize Webstresser.org, Bust 6 Suspected Admins
DDoS Stresser/Booter Service's Servers Seized; Top Users Also Arrested
Police in Europe have announced the seizure of a site widely believed to be the
world's largest provider of on-demand
distributed
denial-of-service attacks.
Called Webstresser.org, the site boasted 136 million registered users and had
launched more than 4 million attacks against websites, says
Europol, the EU's law enforcement intelligence agency.
Six of the site's suspected top administrators were also arrested in the United
Kingdom, Croatia, Canada and Serbia on Tuesday, according to the
U.K.'s National Crime Agency, which says it was assisted by police in those
countries as well as Police Scotland.
govinfosecurity.com
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Networking at Industry Conferences - Part III
 By
Walt Palmer, CFE, CFI
Practice Leader - EPIC Integrated Risk Solutions
What is Networking?
"Networking" is a term that get used, abused, and confused throughout the
business community. Some see it as "being slick" or simply collecting the
business cards at a conference or something as simple as sending a boiler-plate
message on Linkedin to "connect" with another professional. None of those
practices constitute useful, professional networking - at least not in my
experience.
Productive networking occurs when you make a connection that you build on over
the course of time until such point that the "connection" becomes a "relationship." This does not necessarily mean a close personal friendship. But,
relationship suggests that there are shared reference points, a level of trust,
and a willingness to help each other.
I'll be the first to admit that I look forward to industry conferences. At some
of the larger shows, I might know 200+ other attendees by name and have fairly
strong relationships with 50-75 of them. So, for me, going to a show is a great
chance to catch up with my network, find out what new ideas or activities they
have going on in their business, and ask for their input on issues that are on
my plate. But, the reason I know all of these people is because I've been going
to shows for over 25 years and I have cultivated these relationships over a long
period of time.
Read the rest of Part 3 and catch up on Parts 1 &
2 here
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Enterprise Risk Management
Managing Total Risk
ASIS' New Worldwide Mission
 Rosamaria Sostilio, VP of LP,
Barnes & Noble
The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), the largest security
association in the world, recently
broadened its scope worldwide to that of Enterprise Security Risk Management
- a holistic approach to security that goes beyond traditional organizational
structures. Rosamaria Sostilio, Vice President of Loss Prevention for Barnes
& Noble, shares her own experience in overseeing Enterprise Risk Management
for a former retailer. Learn what it's like to manage security-related risks
across an entire enterprise.
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Top 5 E-Commerce Challenges And How to Overcome Them
#1. Listing inventory online
"If you think of when the internet started, how many years did it take
before shops had their opening hours online? Even something as simple as
that took a while. Most shops now have their opening hours online but really
the vast majority of stores still don't have their inventory displayed
online."
#2. Providing bespoke personalization at scale
Panelist Kyle Price, eBay's director of business development, EMEA, said
that it's not that customers are changing, it's that the ways in which
they're being addressed have massively shifted, particularly in terms of
personalization.
#3. International expansion
A DHL report out last year named cross-border e-commerce one of the fastest
growth opportunities in retail, predicting sales would increase at an
average rate of 25 percent a year between 2015 and 2020. That's twice the
pace of domestic e-commerce growth.
#4. Lack of time and focus
"If you're a corner store, a bicycle store, a convenience store, a pharmacy,
e-commerce is a very small channel for you. It might only be a few percent
of your sales," Mark said, adding, "You can't afford to go out and spend a
lot on a solution and even if you can afford the solution, you can't afford
the time to maintain it or even just learn about how it all operates."
#5. Returns
Almost half of retailers have seen an increase in "intentional returns"
(customers who order multiple sizes of a product because returns are free or
cheap) over the past year, according to a recent study by Brightpearl.
Invest in creating an experience that your competitors can't provide and
your e-commerce business will reap the rewards.
business2community.com
Amazon Q1 Revenue up 42.9% Over Q1 2017
42% of ALL U.S. Online Retail Sales in 2017
How Much Came From Mainstream Retail?
Its net income also more than doubled to $1.63 billion from $724 million.
Goods sold in Amazon's marketplace accounted for 52% of units sold, up from
50% in Q1 2017.
Amazon accounted for 30.7% of Top 1000 online sales in 2017, an increase
from 29.8% in 2016, according to the
Internet Retailer 2018 Top 1000 Report. And counting the gross
merchandise value of sales by outside merchants on the e-retailer's
marketplace Amazon.com accounted for nearly 42% of U.S. online retail
sales in 2017.
digitalcommerce360.com
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Tallahassee, FL: UPS worker used labels addressed to himself to steal $20,000 of
electronics
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19-year-old UPS employee is facing felony charges after it was discovered he was
systematically stealing electronics from his job to sell on eBay. Nicholas R.
Ocampo, 19, was arrested on a charge of fraudulently obtaining property worth
less than $20,000 and booked into the Leon County Detention Center on Thursday.
He was released later that day on a $1,000 bond. On April 25, 2018, a UPS loss
prevention officer said he discovered Ocampo had made labels addressed to
himself at his home address and placed the labels on packages at the warehouse,
according to a probable cause affidavit. The packages were to be delivered to
customers. Ocampo was accused of fraudulently putting labels addressed to
himself on nine packages from Feb. 2, through March 6.
wtxl.com
Avon, IN: Avon Police search for suspect in multiple thefts from Target and
other Central Indiana Retailers
Avon Detectives hope someone can identify the man caught on a police car dash
cam after a Target store theft. The suspect got away, but he is suspected of
several thefts involving expensive items at department stores across central
Indiana. The police dash cam also recorded when he decided to make a run for it.
The dash cam in another squad car shows him running to his car. You can also see
his cart roll by, full of stolen merchandise like expensive vacuum cleaners.
wthr.com
South Attleboro, MA: C-Store Burglary suspects may be linked to Organized Ring
The two men arrested in connection with the burglary at a South Attleboro
convenience store last weekend are under investigation for allegedly being part
of an organized commercial burglary ring suspected in two dozen break-ins in
three states. The alleged ring, based in Lawrence, targets commercial businesses
that sell cigarettes and other tobacco products as well as automatic teller
machines.
thesunchronicle.com
Christchurch, New Zealand: 3 of 6 suspects pleads Guilty to 23 charges in
Organized Theft Ring
Alexander James McCormick, 27, burgled properties across Christchurch in June
and July 2017, and was caught by police in a motel unit with a large amount of
the stolen property. The recovered property included laptops, cameras, building
tools, and clothing, and more of it was found at other addresses and in a stolen
car. Bank cards taken were used at service stations and retail outlets. Two
women have already pleaded guilty to being in the criminal group, 3 more men
have pleaded not guilty.
courtnews.co.nz
Barrie, Ontario, CN: Suspect sought in baby formula theft investigation at
Shoppers Drug Mart
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Shootings & Deaths
 Update:
Norridgewock, ME: Suspect in Maine Deputy killing may want to talk
Authorities searching for a third day for a man sought in the fatal shooting of
a Maine deputy sheriff say they've learned he may want to reach out and talk to
them. The shooting of Somerset County Cpl. Eugene Cole early Wednesday morning
in Norridgewock has triggered an intensive search for 29-year-old John Williams
in and around the heavily wooded rural community about 60 miles (96 kilometers)
west of Bangor. He's considered armed and dangerous. Sheriff Dale Lancaster said
Friday authorities understand that Williams may want to communicate with them
but wouldn't elaborate further. Lancaster said they are willing to listen and
encouraged him to reach out.
wcvb.com
Charlotte, NC: Paintball shooters ambush customers, workers in barbershop
A business owner said several masked men stormed into his barbershop Thursday
afternoon and started shooting paintball guns. The owner said he doesn't know
who the men are or why they initiated an attack. Employees and customers at the
barbershop had to dive to the ground for cover and were unsure why the men
stormed in to shoot up the store.
wsoctv.com
Fayetteville, NC: Clerk shoots Armed Robber at BP C-store
A Fayetteville C- store clerk opened fire Wednesday night on 2 masked men who
came into the store carrying a gun. The shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m.
at the Five Star BP gas station. A witness saw two masked men running inside, so
she called 911. Clerk Bassam Albareti, 29, saw on the store's security camera
two suspected robbers coming in and pulled out a gun. Albareti fired several
shots through the glass that enclosed the counter, hitting one man in the leg.
The would-be robbers dropped their gun and fled. The armed Robber later called
911 to get assistance for his wound. The second suspect was later arrested.
wral.com
Robberies, Thefts & Incidents
 Albuquerque,
NM: Costco Burglary suspect charged in $80,000 Diamond Theft
Joseph Romero, 57, s behind bars after police say he hid in the hardware section
of the Costco warehouse store near Interstate 25 and Montaño until past closing
time and made off with more than $80,000 in diamonds and other goods. Romero is
charged with commercial burglary and felony shoplifting in the heist.
However, the accused jewel thief picked up additional charges - of robbery and
attempt escape from the custody of a police officer - when deputies say they
caught him in a stolen car outside a grocery store and he later tried to escape
from the hospital after complaining of chest pains during his arrest.
abqjournal.com
Ewa Beach, Hawaii: Security Guard injured during Long Drug's Robbery
Prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old man in connection with a store robbery in
Ewa Beach where a 61-year-old security guard sustained a fractured wrist when he
reportedly attempted to stop him. Jamal N. Brown was charged Wednesday with 2nd
degree robbery and assault. Police said a suspect later identified as Brown was
observed taking an unspecified item from Longs Drugs and leaving the store
without paying for the item at about 10:40 p.m. Monday. A security guard
responded when Brown allegedly pushed him, causing the man to fall and sustain a
fractured left wrist.
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Dartmouth, MA: Police Arrest Serial Shoplifter
On Sunday, April 22, Police responded to Walmart, officers located 2 males
loading numerous stolen items into a vehicle parked in the rear of the building
near a fire exit. One of the males, Jason Ferreira, 33, was well known to
Dartmouth Police for previous shoplifting incidents. As a result of the
subsequent investigation, Ferreira was arrested and charged with larceny over
$250 and conspiracy to commit a crime. In addition to these charges, Ferreira
also had 3 active arrest warrants, 2 of which were for previous retail theft
related incidents.
wbsm.com
Greenwich, CT: Suspect in Sephora Robbery arrested
In July of last year, three women and a man entered the Sephora cosmetics shop
on Greenwich Avenue, grabbing items off the shelves and stuffing them into a
duffel bag. In addition, a shoplifting suspect grabbed a cell phone from a store
employee's hand after she followed them out of the store and video-recorded
them. Some $1,500 in merchandise was stolen by the thieves.
greenwichtime.com
 Owasso,
OK: Video of man kicked out of Hibbett Sports 'because of my race' goes viral
Robert Robedeaux, who was shopping at Hibbett Sports on Saturday, Feb. 17,
filmed himself being escorted off the property by 3 police officers after store
staff called 911 to report he was making them uncomfortable. Robedeaux, a
member of the Pawnee Nation, posted the video on his Facebook page on Thursday,
April 19, and it has since garnered over 250 shares and hundreds more comments.
In the post, the man claims he was wrongfully removed from the store and the
staff's actions were racially motivated.
tulsaworld.com
Colorado Springs, CO: Police investigating Smash-and-Grab Burglaries; 7 small
businesses and restaurants in past 3 weeks
Los Angeles, CA: LAPD busts package thieves who stole Amazon delivery truck;
suspect eats stolen fruitcake
Creve Coeur, MO: Month after brazen Robbery, Vincent's Jewelers store scene of
attempted Burglary
San Antonio, TX: Police recover $50,000 of stolen goods from Texas Coin Store
Burglary
Sentencings & Arrests
Worcester Business Owner Sentenced for Defrauding Snap and Selling Counterfeit
Merchandise
 The owner of Esther's Fashion Paradise was sentenced yesterday in federal court
in Worcester for defrauding the SNAP benefits program and selling counterfeit
merchandise.
Esther Acquaye, 31, of Worcester, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge
Timothy S. Hillman to eight months in prison, three years of supervised
release, and ordered to pay $285,075 in restitution. She accepted EBT cards
from SNAP recipients wishing to exchange their SNAP benefits for cash and on at
least four occasions, Acquaye accepted an EBT card from an undercover
investigator as payment for counterfeit retail goods (Michael Kors purses, one
counterfeit Gucci purse, one counterfeit The North Face jacket, and one
counterfeit Michael Kors wallet).
justice.gov
Waterbury Man Involved in Multi-State Robbery Spree Pleads Guilty
Allegany County, PA: Man gets up to 40 years for Family Dollar robbery spree
Carol Stream, IL: Man gets 23 years in Prison for Armed Robbery of a 7-Eleven
store
Baltimore, MD: Man sentenced to 20 Years For Killing Jewelry Store Owner; to run
consecutive with a 30-year sentence he's been serving
Omaha, NE: Bail denied for man charged with killing young mother in Walmart
parking lot
Counterfeit
Why Hong Kong is a city of fakes: five recent counterfeit operations busted by
customs officers
Owing to its proximity to China, a nation responsible for more than 86 per cent
of the world's counterfeit goods, according to a 2017 report by law enforcement
agency Europol, Hong Kong is awash with fake merchandise.
scmp.com
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C-Store - Sipsey, AL -
Robbery
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C-Store - Stockton, CA
- Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Jasper, AL -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Iberia, LA -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Saratoga
County, NY - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Fresno, CA -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - San Benito
County, CA - Armed Robbery
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Cellphone store -
Ardmore, OK - Burglary
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CVS - Cullman, AL -
Robbery
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Dollar General -
Effingham County, GA - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station -
Brookfield, WI - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station -Macon,
GA- Armed Robbery / Clerk shot & Wounded
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Gun shop - Wellsville,
NY - Burglary
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Jewelry store - Creve
Coeur, MO - Burglary
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Liquor store -
Providence, RI - Armed Robbery
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Longs Drugs - Ewa
Beach, HI - Robbery
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Nail Salon - Dayton,
OH - Robbery
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Pharmacy - Edwards, CO
- Burglary
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Restaurant - Ormond
Beach, FL - Armed Robbery
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Speedway -
Springfield, OH - Armed Robbery
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Sprint - Cedar Rapids,
IA - Burglary
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Walgreens - Oxnard, CA - Armed Robbery
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5 burglaries
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76 robberies
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30 burglaries
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3 shootings
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1 killing
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