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'Retail Crime Uncovered' Podcast Presented by Sekura Global

"Safety is a core company value" explains
Chris Harris, Director of Asset Protection and Safety at Kroger. In this jam-packed with insights episode, Emmeline talks to one of the industry's leading global experts about how he's managed to implement a theft prevention eco-system across more than 2,800 stores. You can hear more about Kroger's Extreme Stores Program and the Elite Guard Program - a must listen for anyone working in AP/LP!

The fascinating podcast hosted by Emmeline Taylor, Professor of Criminology supported by Sekura Global. Retail theft insights from leading crime and loss experts, shop staff and policing bodies. Hard-hitting interviews with ex-offenders and retail criminals.
 

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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact


Keeping Stores Safe & Reducing Crime Takes a Layered Approach
Retail security threats continue to grow and become more complex

Navigating retail security challenges: A comprehensive approach

Protecting retail spaces requires a thorough security approach to keep employees and guests safe.

In the dynamic landscape of the retail industry, loss prevention professionals continually grapple with a diverse range of challenges that evolve with the times. From internal threats like employee theft and collusion with organized retail criminals to external challenges such as organized retail crime (ORC), flash mobs and smash-and-dash incidents, retailers face a complex security environment. This article investigates these complicated issues, highlighting the necessity for innovative solutions and an initiative-taking, technology-driven approach to enhance security measures.

Employee theft and collusion

Employee theft and collusion with organized criminal elements present significant risks to retailers. The National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2023 National Retail Security Survey disclosed that approximately one third of retail theft losses were attributed to employee theft, including instances of collaboration with organized retail criminals.

Recent findings reported in a 2023 article in Security Magazine emphasize the urgent need for robust pre-employment screening. This article revealed that ORC leaders strategically recruit employees without criminal backgrounds and target disgruntled individuals within the workforce. A promising solution gaining traction in the industry is the use of automated behavior assessment software, exemplified by tools that select out undesirable applicants.

A landscape of challenges

Organized retail crime has witnessed a surge driven by various factors such as social unrest, an increase in felony theft limits and the ancillary fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. ORC groups have become more violent, and political changes in power have added another layer of complexity to the situation.

To combat external threats, retailers are adopting intelligence-gathering methods monitoring social media and implementing physical barriers like nylon mesh, crash-resistant window coverings, bollards and video analytics linked to point of sale with exception-based reporting. Additionally, retailer cooperative groups, such as the Organized Retail Crime Associations and the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retailers, play a crucial role in information sharing and collaboration.

A layered approach: securitymagazine.com
 

UK: 850 Violent & Abusive Attacks on Retail Staff Per Day
Calls for more police action as violence and abuse towards retail staff doubles
Violent and abusive attacks on retail staff have almost doubled since pre-pandemic levels, a new crime survey can reveal. More than 850 incidents have been recorded daily in the UK between 2021 and 2022, which include racial and sexual abuse, physical assault, and threats with weapons.

This is a jump from the 450 attacks per day that happened in the year 2019 to 2020, before Covid hit.

While campaigners secured new protection for workers in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act last year, the latest grim statistics have prompted calls on the Home Office to do more to ensure this is properly enforced, and that there is adequate police resources for protection.

Senior police officers have said they fear the anti-social behaviour is becoming "normalised." The latest figures were released in the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) Crime Survey, published on Thursday.

Some 70 out of the 850 daily incidents are occurring in Scotland, according to Ewan MacDonald-Russell, deputy head of the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).

He said the figures are "utterly unacceptable", and insisted "police and courts make tackling retail crime a priority".

The study also found the total cost of retail crime stood at £1.76 billion in the last year. A total of £953 million was lost to customer theft, with eight million incidents of theft reported from the retail sector over the year.

In the same year, retailers spent £715 million on crime prevention, according to the report.

While some costs are critical in protecting colleagues, the BRC said this meant higher prices for customers because of the retailers' increasing operating costs for safety uk.movies.yahoo.com


Small Towns & Big Cities Alike Fight Theft
Clinton County, IA has new tool to fight retail theft
"It isn't just shoplifting and it is more than professional shoplifting." That was theme of a recent seminar that Clinton County Attorney Mike Wolf, County Attorney Investigator Tom Bohle, and I attended in Des Moines for an Organized Retail Theft Conference. The seminar was hosted by Hy-Vee and featured security teams from Kohl's, Home Depot, WalMart, Caseys, and more.

Every year, Iowans lose an average of $500 per person to organized retail theft. In addition, it results in higher prices for consumers, loss tax revenue, closed businesses, and then unsafe goods on the underground market. Nationwide, grocery stores lose over $100 billion in product to organized retail theft.

In response, the Legislature gave Clinton County's Attorney Office a new tool to address this trend of organized retail theft with a specific law with teeth aimed at organized retail thieves. We want to get the word out among retailers what we may bring to bear to prevent and punish this crime.

This is not just a Clinton issue, but it does impact our local stores. They can be rural locations hit for their lack of staff, dollar stores, pharmacies, box stores, electronics, and more.

Every case filed with the Attorney's office have been prosecuted. One issue is that sometimes it's the low person on the totem pole and/or we haven't been able to link a theft at one of our stores with a wider conspiracy.

There are also prosecution strategies that will be discussed. At the state level, our corporate partners will continue their conferences and create a consortium to tackle the issues.

Knowledge is power, and we ask that you update your mental image of shoplifting. It will help us tackle this issue when the public sees our plan to combat organized retail theft as part of public safety. The result will be savings for you the citizen, through lower prices and more tax revenue.  clintonherald.com


Prosecutors Try to Derail Supermarket Mass Shooter's Insanity Defense
Colorado supermarket shooter was sane at time of attack, state experts say

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who is accused of killing 10 people inside a Boulder King Soopers, had an untreated mental illness at the time of the 2021 attack but was legally sane, lawyers said in court Tuesday

State experts have found the man charged with shooting and killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 had untreated mental illness but was legally sane at the time of the attack, lawyers said Tuesday.

The results of the sanity evaluation of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa done at the state mental hospital are not public but were discussed during a court hearing.

According to the defense, the evaluators found that the attack would not have happened but for Alissa's untreated mental illness, which attorney Sam Dunn said was schizophrenia that included "auditory hallucinations." He also said the evaluators were "less confident" in their sanity conclusion than they would be in other cases but did not elaborate on why.

Prosecutors did not provide any details of their own about what the evaluators found during the hearing. District Attorney Michael Dougherty, who said he is limited to commenting on what has been made public about the evaluation, declined to comment on Dunn's description of the evaluation's findings.

Alissa has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the March 22, 2021, shooting at a King Soopers store in the college town of Boulder. The plea means his lawyers are claiming he did not understand the difference between right from wrong at the time of the shooting and therefore should not be convicted of a crime.

Investigators say he researched how to carry out a mass shooting before he launched his own attack and targeted moving people, killing most of the 10 victims in just over a minute using a gun with a high-capacity magazine. coloradosun.com


More Countries Adopt Facial Recognition to Fight Crime
Police in Germany using live facial recognition
Police in Germany are employing high-definition cameras and live facial recognition to catch suspects, raising legal questions in the wake of the European Union's AI Act.

The system, which is deployed by police in the German eastern State of Saxony and in Berlin, can process facial images "with a time delay of a few seconds," the Berlin public prosecutor's office told German media outlet Netzpolitik.

Details of the surveillance system have been kept under wraps but it is thought to be linked to the Personal Identification System (PerIS) used by the Saxony police. The system, created by Bremen-based Opto Precision, was first introduced as a pilot project in 2019 to combat serious cross-border crime. The pilot ended in August 2023 but the system continued to be used in the city of Görlitz near the border with Poland.

In a statement last year, a spokesperson of the Ministry of the Interior said that automatic biometric data is the exception and not the rule in the use of PerIS and can only be carried out if the legal requirements are met.

Mexican tourist spot introduces facial recognition

The Mexican island of Cozumel is beefing up its security with facial recognition. The popular cruise ship destination received its Command and Control Center (C2) which officially became operational last week.

The Center will help manage the island's 262 surveillance cameras outfitted with facial recognition, video analytics and license plate reading (LPR) capabilities, local news outlet Riviera Maya News reports. biometricupdate.com


America's New Mass Shooting Epicenter
Is Florida the nation's epicenter of mass shooting events?
Florida has emerged as the nation's epicenter of mass shootings - with 13 mass shooting events occurring across the state so far this year. That's more than in any other state, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Defined as any incident in which at least four people are shot or killed with a gun, there already have been 148 mass shooting events across the country in 2024.

Since the beginning of the year, 14 people have died in 13 mass shootings across Florida. According to the Gun Violence Archive, California closely trails the Sunshine State with 12 mass shootings, followed by Texas with 11.

However, in terms of the number of people killed in mass shooting events, so far this year, Illinois leads the nation, with 22 victims killed gulflive.com


Maryland One of the Last Progressive States Without ORC Law
Push for stricter laws on organized retail theft in Maryland
Retail theft is now over a $100 billion problem in the United States. Maryland is one of the last blue states that has yet to pass an organized crime law. Retailers and lawmakers are trying to figure out how to fix the problem. baltimorepostexaminer.com


The 10 Most Dangerous States in America

Gun violence takes its toll in Allen beyond a mass shooting
 




 



Target Backs Away From Pride Month After Last Year's Backlash
Target to cut LGBTQ Pride month products from some stores after backlash, Bloomberg
Target, opens new tab is planning to cut LGBTQ-themed merchandise from some of its stores during Pride Month this June, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, after a backlash hit sales of the retailer last year.

Target plans to offer the full assortment of the merchandise online but is examining store-level data to decide which physical locations will carry the products, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Target is likely to stock the products in about half of its nearly 2,000 stores in the U.S., the report said.

The move comes after Target was forced to remove some items, including certain transgender swimsuits, from its LGBTQ+ themed collection last year after facing customer backlash and confrontations between customers and employees in some stores. Target blamed the backlash in part for a drop in its sales in its second quarter last year. reuters.com


From Unloading Trucks to Leading the World's Largest Retailer
How Doug McMillon went from unloading Walmart trucks as a teen to earning $26.9 million as CEO

McMillon is now in charge of 2.1 million employees, more than 10,000 stores, and annual sales of $648 billion.

40 years ago, McMillon started unloading trucks at a Walmart distribution center as a teen saving money for college, and later rose through the ranks to join the C-suite in 2005.

Since becoming CEO in 2014, McMillon has expanded Walmart's offerings by launching Walmart+ and modernizing the company with new tech, drone delivery services, and by leveraging generative AI.

McMillon is now in charge of the largest company in the world by sales and headcount, with 2.1 million employees, more than 10,000 retail stores, and annual sales of $648 billion. businessinsider.com


Consumer Spending Ticked Up in April
Retail sales inch up in April led by building supply/garden supply stores
Consumer spending grew in April but at a more moderate pace as consumers continued to search for value.

Core retail sales (excluding restaurants, automobiles and gasoline) rose 0.4% month-over-month (MoM) in April and were down 0.05% year-over-year (YoY), according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor released by the National Retail Federation. That compared with increases of 0.23% MoM and 2.92% YoY in March.

The YoY decline appeared to be an anomaly reflecting that Easter fell in April last year but came in March this year, the NRF said. Also, April had two fewer weekend days this year. Despite the drop, total sales were up 1.82% YoY for the first four months of the year and core sales were up 2.31%. chainstoreage.com


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Tally Retail Solutions Launches Redesigned Web Site

Product Information, Testimonials, Product Videos and more!
www.tally.solutions

Longmont, CO -- Tally Retail Solutions launched a redesigned web site featuring the patented "Tally ORC Early Warning System."

With one click you can discover how the "Tally ORC Early Warning System" helps our customers deter theft
while maintaining a safe environment for employees and customers.

Future enhancements will include online ordering, best practice information sharing and the latest offender videos.

"We are pleased to launch our redesigned web site. Our site along with the Tally LinkedIn page provide
prospects and customer with all the information they need to know about Tally and its solutions," said Trey Ryan, Tally's CTO.

Visit the site often to see our latest innovations and offender videos.

About Tally Retail Solutions

Tally Retail Solutions provides solutions for retailers' most pressing issues specializing in innovative sensing and communications technologies that reduce shrink, improve stock availability and seamlessly engage store personnel in crucial operational activities. Tally's founders have more than 50 years of technology development, sales, and marketing experience in the loss prevention and security industries.

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Tying Executive Compensation to Cybersecurity Goals
Microsoft Will Hold Executives Accountable for Cybersecurity

At least a portion of executive compensation going forward will be tied to meeting security goals and metrics.

Microsoft will make organizational changes and hold senior leadership directly accountable for cybersecurity as part of an expanded initiative to bolster security across its products and services.

Microsoft's executive vice president of security, Charlie Bell, announced the plans in a blog post last week that appeared designed to reassure customers and the US government of the company's commitment to advancing cybersecurity in the face of a rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Instilling Accountability

"We will instill accountability by basing part of the compensation of the company's Senior Leadership Team on our progress in meeting our security plans and milestones," Bell said. "We are also taking major steps to elevate security governance, including several organizational changes and additional oversight, controls, and reporting."

The new measures include adding a deputy CISO to each product team, having the company's threat intelligence team report directly to the enterprise CISO, and having engineering teams from across Microsoft Azure, Windows, Microsoft 365, and security groups work together on security.

Bell's comments came roughly a month after the US Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) identified Microsoft as needing to do more at a strategic and cultural level to improve its overall cybersecurity practices. The CSRB found Microsoft could have prevented a high-profile cyber incident last year when Chinese cyber-espionage group Storm-0558 breached the company's Exchange Online environment and accessed user emails from some 25 organizations, including government agencies. A subsequent Microsoft investigation showed the breach had stemmed from a series of avoidable missteps.

In November 2023, Microsoft announced an enterprisewide Secure Future Initiative (SFI) to implement measures for protecting against similar and emerging threats. Under the initiative, Microsoft said it would harness automation, AI, and threat modeling to continuously integrate security during code development, testing, deployment, and in production. Microsoft also promised that it would integrate more secure default settings across its product portfolio so customers would be better protected right out of the box. In addition, Microsoft said it would implement stronger identity protection and improve cloud vulnerability response and mitigation times by half darkreading.com


Stricter Security Needed to Fight Insider Threats?
Spies Among Us: Insider Threats in Open Source Environments

Does the open source ecosystem needs stricter security around contributors?

If you have not yet heard about a critical vulnerability found in XZ Utils, you aren't paying attention to critical security news. After all, the discovery of a backdoor in a widely used Linux tool was serious enough to provoke comparisons to the infamous SolarWinds hack. Even Linux creator Linus Torvalds himself talked about it at Open Source Summit North America in Seattle. The malicious code made its way into beta versions of some Linux tools, which means it came very close to being widely propagated. That would have been a flat-out disaster for the entire open source Linux ecosystem.

A New Kind of Espionage

While we've seen sabotage through protestware, this sort of undercover espionage is new to the open source community. In fact, Anjana Rajan, the assistant national cyber director at the White House Office of the National Cyber Director, has likened it to an open source insider threat to open source, similar to the sort of an internal corporate hack we see from a disgruntled employee. Even worse, this insider had access to other projects and, in retrospect, those submissions look suspicious.

And that's a big deal. How does a community built on trust respond effectively to the reality that there are spies in their midst? Because if there is one, there are probably more.

Most maintainers will likely ignore the entire thing, but it's certainly fair to ask whether the open source ecosystem needs stricter security around who contributes. Should there be some sort of external certification process? And if so, how would you get developers to buy into a (likely) pain-in-the-neck process for work that they often do for free?

And more broadly, it highlights an ongoing flaw of open source - maintainers doing often thankless but important tasks without any credit or compensation. According to the earlier cited Politico article, there are some signs that the attacker focused on XZ because the developer was maintaining the project solo and was overworked. That sounds pretty similar to a disgruntled employee to me.

CISOs Should Consider These Security Steps: darkreading.com


Mitigating AI Risk
Feds: Reducing AI Risks Requires Visibility & Better Planning

While attackers have targeted AI systems, failures in AI design and implementation are far more likely to cause headaches, so companies need to prepare.

When the US Department of Energy (DoE) analyzed the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models in critical infrastructure last month, the agency came up with a top 10 list of potential beneficial applications of the technology, including simulations, predictive maintenance, and malicious-event detection.

Predictably, the DoE also came up with four broad categories of risk: unintentional failure modes, adversarial attacks against AI, hostile applications of AI, and compromise of the AI supply chain.

The DoE is not alone - the Biden administration is driving an extensive government assessment of the benefits and risks of using AI, especially in the critical infrastructure networks. On May 3, for example, the Department of Transportation issued a request for information asking for interested parties to describe both the benefits and dangers of AI to the transportation system. On April 29, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spelled out its own take, describing three broad categories of risk: attacks using AI, attacks targeting AI systems, and failure of design or implementation.

Yet the DHS also gave broad recommendations on how organizations can mitigate the risk of AI, focusing on a four-part strategy: governing by creating policy and a culture of risk management, mapping all the current assets or services using AI, measuring by monitoring the ongoing usage of AI, and managing by implementing a risk management strategy.

It's a good, broad overview of what organizations need to do to mitigate AI risk, but it's just a start, says Malcolm Harkins, chief security and trust officer at HiddenLayer, an AI risk management firm. darkreading.com


68 tech, security vendors commit to secure-by-design practices
CISA said companies ranging from Microsoft to Palo Alto Networks signed the voluntary pledge in an effort to boost resiliency and increase transparency around CVEs and cyberattacks.

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Online Fakes A Global Safety Risk
Hong Kong customs shuts down 2 online stores selling fake luxury goods worth $118K; 2 arrested

Customs warns fake cosmetic products and perfumes could pose health and safety risks

Seized counterfeits include well-known luxury brands such as Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Tiffany & Co and Louis Vuitton


Hong Kong customs has shut down two online stores selling fake brand-name perfume and cosmetic products, arresting a pair of suspects and seizing US$117,600 worth of counterfeit goods.

Inspector Liu Man-chun of the Customs and Excise Department's intellectual property technology crime investigation bureau said on Thursday that officers posing as consumers made purchases from the stores before raiding an industrial unit in Cheung Sha Wan and a flat in Yuen Long two days ago.

Officers arrested a man, 23, and a woman, 25, during the raids and seized about 1,900 counterfeit items.

he fakes consisted of cosmetic products and perfumes labelled with well-known luxury brands such as Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Tiffany & Co and Louis Vuitton, with an estimated street value of HK$920,000 (US$117,600).

The inspector said the two online stores claimed the goods were parallel-import products - legal imports of genuine goods - and limited-edition products offered at lower prices to attract online shoppers.

Liu warned that since the seized products were intended for direct use on the skin, their lack of quality assurance raised health and safety concerns. He added that samples would be taken to a government laboratory for testing.

The inspector reminded consumers to purchase goods at reputable shops or online stores and to avoid making purchases from suspicious outlets. scmp.com


Robot-Powered Amazon Warehouse
UK: Amazon to open £500m robot-powered East Midlands warehouse
Amazon is planning to build a new £500m robot-powered "next-generation" warehouse in Northampton, East Midlands. The new fulfilment centre will create 2,000 new jobs and will be fully operational in 2026.

The warehouse will feature three floors of robotics technology, where products will be stowed and customer orders picked.

The new warehouse will create 1,400 new jobs at its launch, with roles including engineers, HR and IT, finance specialists, as well as workers to pick, pack and ship customer orders. Amazon said the number of new jobs is expected to rise to more than 2,000 within three years of operation. retailgazette.co.uk


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DOJ: Virginia: Seven Members and Associates of Large-Scale Gas Pump Skimming Device Organization Charged with Racketeering and Money Laundering Conspiracies
The organization was led by Eduardo Rodriguez, also known as Ogbe Bara, 40, of Fort Myers, Florida. During their time in operation, the men "installed skimming devices on gas pumps throughout the United States to fraudulently collect credit and debit card information from customers," court documents state. The gang also allegedly engaged in device fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, interstate transportation of stolen goods, and the sale and receipt of stolen goods. "The defendants are charged with one count of RICO conspiracy and one count of money laundering conspiracy. If convicted, the defendants each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each count," the Office of Public Affairs said.  justice.gov


DOJ: Oakland, CA: Four street gang members charged for violent robberies of San Pablo jewelry store, other Bay Area businesses

Oakland-based Ghost Town gang co-conspirators stole bags of jewelry valued at $300,000 to $500,000

A federal grand jury has handed down a superseding indictment alleging Jakari Jenkins, Demarco Barnett, Garland Devonte Rabon, and Keanna Alloise Smith-Stewart conspired with each other, and other members of an Oakland-based street gang, to rob several San Francisco Bay Area businesses, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") Special Agent in Charge Robert K Tripp. The superseding indictment, filed April 18, 2024, was unsealed last Friday at an initial appearance by defendant Rabon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore. The final defendant to appear in court, Ms. Smith-Stewart, made her initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Westmore on April 30.  contracostaherald.com


New York, NY: Update: New York City beauty and cosmetics store accused of selling stolen products
A beauty store in Manhattan was shut down Wednesday for allegedly selling stolen goods. Rehana's Cosmetics, located near Macy's in Herald Square, allegedly sold stolen goods from Macy's, Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Duane Reade and other retailers. Investigators say the establishment possessed over $1 million in stolen products and the store was a well-known destination to bring stolen goods.

More than $200,000 of the goods were stolen from Macy's alone, officials said. When police executed a search warrant at the store and two of its storage units in January, investigators found cosmetics, beauty supplies, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, electronic grooming devices, clothing, designer handbags, backpacks, toys, kitchenware and household appliances, Lego sets, coffee machines and vacuums. It was enough stolen property to fill 450 cardboard boxes, officials say.

Bibi Rehana Khan, 54, and Aaron Khan, 40, are charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of stolen property. "Retail theft is a scourge that impacts our local businesses and jeopardizes the safety of employees and customers alike. We must use every tool in our toolbox to address the root causes of retail theft, and a critical piece of that is upstream, proactive investigations into those who stand to profit. In addition to disrupting fencing networks, we will continue to target the small number of recidivists who are driving a significant amount of retail theft and ensure appropriate accountability," said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Elected officials have been trying to get a handle on an epidemic of retail thefts that started during the pandemic in 2020. Retailers have been trying to deter shoplifters by keeping merchandise locked up.  abc7ny.com


San Francisco, CA: Woman uses self-checkout to steal more than $60,000 of items from same Target store over span of a year
A woman in California has been convicted of stealing over $60,000 worth of merchandise over a span of more than 100 visits to the same Target store in San Francisco, officials said. Aziza Graves, a 43-year-old woman from San Francisco, allegedly entered the Target location at the Stonestown Galleria on dozens of occasions over the span of more than a year between Oct. 3, 2020 and Nov. 16, 2021, and managed to steal merchandise with a total value in excess of $60,000, according to a statement from the San Francisco District Attorney's Office last Friday. "Ms. Graves would enter Target, and then immediately proceed to select merchandise from the shelves," officials said regarding the case against Graves. "She would then proceed to the self-checkout counter where she would scan each item, insert a nominal amount, such as a single coin or bill, and then exit the store." During their investigation, authorities followed and surveilled Graves leaving Target with the unpaid merchandise and was subsequently observed selling her stolen goods at UN Plaza to sellers of stolen property before beginning to sell the stolen goods she obtained to anyone passing by.  abcnews.go.com


Frederick, MD: Frederick County Sheriff's Office Says It's Making Progress In Stopping Retail Theft
 



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Shootings & Deaths


Ocala, FL: Update: Trial for suspected Paddock Mall shooter won't happen soon
Attorney waived client's right to speedy trial. Jury selection for the trial of the Paddock Mall shooting suspect was supposed to start in less than two weeks. Instead, it's likely to start closer to two years after the deadly event that sent hundreds of holiday shoppers scrambling for safety. On Thursday at a pretrial hearing, the attorney for Albert J. Shell Jr. waived his client's right to a speedy trial. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Shell for the alleged shooting and killing of 40-year-old David Nathaniel Barron. The shooting that took place just two days before Christmas last year also injured an innocent bystander in the mall's common area. Authorities arrested Shell in January after a 2-week manhunt. The State of Florida has charged Shell with: premediated first-degree murder with a firearm, two counts of attempted murder with a firearm, two counts of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.  Shell's defense attorney, Daniel Hernandez, told the judge that he has never defended a client in a death penalty case and needed time to set up a defense team for Shell. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 19.  937kcountry.com


Miami, FL: Man dies after being shot several times near Midtown mall, cops say
Shooter at large. A man died in the hospital after he was shot several times early Thursday morning near a Midtown Miami mall and the shooter is still at large, police said. At 4:08 a.m., officers rushed to the area near The Shops at Midtown Miami, 3401 N. Miami Ave., after two ShotSpotter alerts notified them that shots had been fired, said Miami police spokesman Officer Mike Vega.  aol.com


Louisville, KY: Update: Man charged with murder after shooting inside Park Hill convenience store
A grand jury indicted a man with charges from a fatal shooting in March at a convenience store in Louisville's Park Hill neighborhood. A Jefferson County Grand Jury returned an indictment for Marcus McGinnis, 33, with charges of murder, convicted felon possession of a handgun and wanton endangerment (first degree). The indictment is a result of Louisville Metro Police Department's investigation into a homicide at Farm Boy Convenience Store on March 30, 2024. Dominique Dudley, 29, was shot and killed inside the store. McGinnis is currently in federal custody on charges unrelated to this incident.  whas11.com


Scranton, PA: Update: Former cellmate testifies Schuback admitted killing Old Forge pizzeria owner
A former cellmate of defendant Justin Schuback testified Thursday that Schuback admitted killing Old Forge pizzeria owner Robert Baron during a robbery at the restaurant in 2017. Testifying for the prosecution, Carlos Perez said he and Schuback shared a cell at the Lackawanna County Prison, where Schuback divulged details of the killing of Baron and that Schuback had done it alone. Lackawanna County Assistant District Attorney Sara Varela asked Perez if he asked Schuback how he killed Baron. Perez testified Schuback said he used a metal object and stabbing was involved. On cross-examination by defense attorney Bernie Brown, Perez acknowledged he is a thief and his cooperation with the prosecution led to his plea agreement last week to a misdemeanor instead of an original felony charge on attempted burglary in Scranton. "You've cooperated before to win your freedom" in other prior criminal matters, Brown asked. "Correct," Perez replied. "This information helps you get out of prison, correct?" Brown asked, and Perez replied yes. Brown asked if Perez was doing that again now, cooperating to gain favorable treatment, but Perez replied no. He said he cooperated in the Schuback trial because Baron was "an innocent person killed." Varela asked if Perez had been given immunity from the prosecution, and Perez said no.  thetimes-tribune.com


Lubbock, TX: Verbal altercation at Lubbock gas station leads to shooting, victim identified

Philadelphia, PA: Teen arrested in Cheltenham for armed robbery of DoorDash driver, shots fired by both parties, police seeking witnesses

Philadelphia, PA: Teen arrested in Cheltenham for armed robbery of DoorDash driver, shots fired by both parties, police seeking witnesses
 



Robberies, Incidents & Thefts


Boston, MA: 3 men charged with stealing $436,000 in cash from marijuana shops in Swansea holdup
Three Massachusetts men were arrested on Wednesday and charged with the February armed robbery at the Bay Coast Bank in Swansea that netted thousands of dollars in marijuana dispensary proceeds, including $373,000 from the Cosmopolitan marijuana shop, co-owned by former Fall River mayor Will Flanagan. Steven Madison, 38, of Bridgewater, Christopher White, 37, of Raynham and Quentin McDonald, 35, of Brockton, were taken into custody on charges of affecting commerce by robbery, conspiracy and malicious destruction of property. Madison and White each also face a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to federal court documents, the complaints were filed after an extensive investigation by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. According to federal court record, the three men appeared in U.S. District Court in Boston on Wednesday, where they were ordered held pending a detention and preliminary hearing set for May 13. According to a complaint prepared by ATF agent Eric Mercer, the trio made off with $436,200 after robbing a courier who was depositing the money for Cosmopolitan and other dispensaries from the Cape Cod area.  heraldnews.com


Denver, CO: Man paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado sues officer
A man who said he was paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against one of the officers, seeking $100 million in damages. Lawyers for Jacob Root, who was suspected of stealing a car, allege Officer Robert Comstock fired a Taser at his back without warning which incapacitated him and prevented him from using his hands or arms to break his fall to the ground. Root fell face first and broke his neck after falling off a sidewalk and into the street in the May 16, 2022 incident, according to the suit. Root can be heard asking officers "I can't move. Is that normal?" soon after the fall which was recorded on police body camera footage released by Root's lawyers.  newsday.com


Chicago, IL: Armed robbers target restaurants, liquor stores on North, NW sides
Armed robbers targeted several fast food restaurants and liquor stores on the North Side Thursday night and shots were exchanged in one of the incidents, Chicago police said. Police are investigating at least six armed robberies happened within an hour and a half of each other on the city's North and Northwest sides late Thursday night.  abc7chicago.com


Beverly Hills, CA: Westfield Century City Surrounded As Police Search For Armed Robbers
Police shut down the area around the Westfield Century City mall Thursday evening as they searched for two armed robbers. Police swarmed the area, closing off traffic around the mall entrances The Los Angeles Police Department assisted the Beverly Hills Police Department in setting up a perimeter around the mall at about 6:30 p.m., said LAPD Officer David Cuellar. Beverly Hills police responded to a report of an armed robbery on the street in Beverly Hills. Authorities believe the suspects may have fled to the mall. It wasn't immediately clear where the armed robbery took place nor what weapon was used in the robbery. Police did not immediately release a suspect description.  patch.com


Fall River, RI: Rhode Island man sentenced to prison after reported armed robbery of Bristol County store, assault on clerk
A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to prison in Fall River Superior Court after allegedly robbing a store and assaulting a clerk. According to court records, 32-year-old Gary Tallo of Johnston, RI, pled guilty to Armed Robbery and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and will serve not less than 4 years and not more than 5 Years, 6 Months. Seekonk Police stated that on December 13th, just after 10:15 p.m., multiple police units were dispatched to Winn's Liquors at 21 Brook Street, Seekonk, for the report of an armed robbery in progress. Police were informed that a white male, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, was threatening the clerk with a knife.  fallriverreporter.com


Midland, MI: Extension cord on roof of Michigan store gives away 34-year-old woman living inside rooftop sign
Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: A 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said. "She was homeless," Officer Brennon Warren of the Midland Police Department said Thursday. "It's a story that makes you scratch your head, just somebody living up in a sign." The woman, whose name was not released, told police she had a job elsewhere but had been living inside the Family Fare sign for roughly a year, Warren said. She was found April 23. Midland, best known as the global home of Dow Inc., is 130 miles (209 kilometers) north of Detroit. The Family Fare store is in a retail strip with a triangle-shaped sign at the top of the building. The sign structure, probably 5 feet (1.5 meter) wide and 8 feet (2.4 meters) high, has a door and is accessible from the roof, Warren said. "There was some flooring that was laid down. A mini desk," he said. "Her clothing. A Keurig coffee maker. A printer and a computer - things you'd have in your home." The woman was able to get electricity through a power cord plugged into an outlet on the roof, Warren said. There was no sign of a ladder. Warren said it's possible the woman made her way to the roof by climbing up elsewhere behind the store or other retail businesses. "I honestly don't know how she was getting up there. She didn't indicate, either," he said. A spokesperson for SpartanNash, the parent company of Family Fare, said store employees responded "with the utmost compassion and professionalism." Warren said the woman was cooperative and quickly agreed to leave. No charges were pursued.  whas11.com


St. Louis, MO: Man found guilty of robbing four restaurants at gun point

Tyler, TX: Cellphone Store Owner locks alleged teen thieves inside store, waits for cops

 

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