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Technology: Redefining Loss Prevention
The Future
of LP/AP
Mike Lamb, VP of AP, Kroger
Mark Stinde, SVP of AP, JC Penney
Kevin Colman, Group VP of AP, Macy's
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With retail rolling out a multitude of new technologies faster than ever before,
how are the core LP/AP executives in the store and at corporate being impacted?
How involved are we in these rollouts on the front end? And on the back end,
does it change the essence of LP's training, awareness, and investigative
abilities?
With e-commerce fraud growing and a number of LP/AP executives now managing
those processes, we now have a slight, invisible merging of IT Security and Loss
Prevention that is being talked about. How far will this evolve?
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Vector Security® and ADS Security® Unite
to Leverage Synergies and Fuel Growth
 Vector Security® announces the acquisition of ADS Security® headquartered in
Nashville, Tennessee. The transaction officially closed on Monday, June 3, 2019.
ADS Security's strength in the Southeast combined with the current Vector
Security footprint will establish a broader, deeper presence in the U.S.
Collectively both companies will have close to $20MM in recurring monthly
revenue and a customer base of nearly 400k subscribers.
The combination of these two companies
adds new branch operations for Vector Security in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia,
South Carolina and Tennessee. The
acquisition also
expands market presence for both companies in North Carolina, Kentucky and
Florida.
vectorsecurity.com
Sensormatic Solutions powers seamless unified commerce
with commercial availability of TrueVUE Inventory Intelligence
Software as a Service (SaaS) for retailers globally
Johnson
Controls today announced the commercial availability of its
Sensormatic Solutions
TrueVUE SaaS built on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), providing retailers with
a real-time view into accurate inventory availability for unified commerce
fulfillment.
This next generation of inventory intelligence delivers actionable insights and
predictive analytics to drive operational excellence and help create unique
shopper experiences.
Read more in today's Vendor Spotlight column below.
America's PTSD
A Must Read for All LP Executives & Retailers
"Mass shootings transform how America talks, prays, prepares"
The Impact on Society & PTSD & Even The Stores
The unending litany of mass shootings in recent years - the latest, on Friday,
leaving 12 dead in Virginia Beach, Virginia - has built an unacknowledged
community of heartbreak, touching and warping the lives of untold thousands.
All the survivors, none of them unscathed. The loved ones of the living and
dead. Their neighbors, relatives and colleagues. The first responders, the
health care workers, the elected officials.
 The attacks have changed how America talks, prays and prepares for trouble.
Today, the phrases "active shooter" and "shelter in place" need no explanation.
A house of worship will have a priest, a rabbi or an imam - and maybe, an armed
guard. And more schools are holding "lockdown drills" to prepare students for
the possibility of a shooter.
Post-traumatic stress disorder was once largely associated with
combat-weary veterans; now some police and firefighters tormented by the
memories of the carnage they've witnessed are seeking professional help. Healing
centers have opened to offer survivors therapy and a place to gather. Support
groups of survivors of mass shootings have formed.
"There is an element of mass shooting fatigue where we've gone from ONE
MORE," she says, her voice rising with exasperation, "to add another one to the
list. Everybody immediately goes for the gun argument ... and maybe throw a
little mental health in there, but we really don't have a consistent, prolonged
conversation about these events and how to prevent them."
Studies have offered some hints of their emotional wallop. The National Center
for PTSD estimates 28 percent of people who have witnessed a mass shooting
develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and about a third develop acute
stress disorder.
Domestic Terrorism?
Mall of America Assailant Was 'Looking For Someone to Kill'
Man Gets 19 Yrs - Threw 5-yr-old From 3rd Floor
The parents of a 5-year-old Minnesota boy who survived being thrown from a
third-floor balcony at the Mall of America decried the assailant's actions
as "evil" while saying they forgive him at a hearing Monday where a judge handed
down a 19-year prison sentence.
 When
the Hennepin County District Judge asked whether Emmanuel Aranda wanted to say
anything on his own behalf, the 24-year-old Minneapolis man responded with a
simple, "No." Reding then sentenced him to the term he agreed to when he pleaded
guilty
last month to attempted premeditated first-degree murder in the April 12
attack.
Aranda
told investigators he went to the mall "looking for someone to kill."
According to the complaint, he had tried unsuccessfully to talk to women in the
mall but their rejection "caused him to lash out and be aggressive." He said he
had planned to kill an adult before choosing the child instead.
Landen, plunged almost 40 feet (12 meters) and needed multiple surgeries for
head trauma and broken bones. No update on his recovery was provided in court
Monday, though his parents described it as miraculous.
edmdigest.com
What Retailers Can Learn From Sephora's Decision to Shut Stores for Diversity
Training -- Following High-Profile LP Stop of Singer SZA
Wednesday's
closures will allow the company's staff to participate in "inclusion
workshops," which
Sephora
says have been in the planning stages for several months. The move echoes
Starbucks'
decision last year to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for a day of diversity
training, which came in the wake of an incident in which an employee called the
police on two black men who sat down at a table without ordering anything.
Videos shared on social media showed the men - who were waiting for a business
meeting to start - being handcuffed and escorted out of the location, prompting
widespread outcry.
Fashion retailers have a long history of similar problems.
Barneys New York
was famously forced to pay out more than $500,000 in response to a 2013 lawsuit
accusing the chain of racial profiling after a black customer was apprehended
and detained in a holding cell after buying a $349 Salvatore Ferragamo belt. In
November, Lord & Taylor
agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve an investigation into racial profiling by the
Massachusetts Attorney General's office after a complaint accused the retailer
of "[perpetuating] a climate of racial and ethnic bias resulting in, among other
things, the disproportionate targeting of black and Hispanic customers for
surveillance and apprehension." Nordstrom
Rack, Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Old Navy and Zara
have also all had alleged incidents of racial targeting in the past, the
consequences of which have ranged from denial to six-figure fines.
The high-profile action on the part of Sephora and Starbucks, though, shows that
consumers today are demanding more than a simple apology or a payout on the part
of retailers.
footwearnews.com
Houston, TX: Subway manager fired after denying black teen a job
Social Media Impact - Manager's Text Messages Go Viral
 In just a day, remarks made about high school student Katelyn Simmons in a text
written by a Subway manager had taken social media by storm.
It was shared 18,000 times and got over 8000 likes and 900 comments.
In a response, Subway said, "the manager of this location was immediately
terminated for her actions. The franchise owner has reached out to the young
woman who applied for the position to apologize and encourage her to consider
re-applying."
But Katelyn's mother Tamika Simmons says that didn't happen and the franchise owner voiced her
concerns of violence due to the fired managers text.
"She just assumed again because we were African American that there was going to
be some type of violent response to that," she said.
fox5dc.com
 LPF
Announces May's LPC and LPQ Professionals
The Loss
Prevention Foundation would like to recognize and congratulate the following
individuals who successfully completed all of the requirements set forth by the
board of directors to be LPQualified (LPQ) and/or LPCertified (LPC):
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● Christopher Dyess, LPC - Claires Stores, Inc.
● Michael Giblin, LPC - Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC)
● Jason Johnstone, LPC - Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
● Conrad Nelson, LPC - Lowe's Companies, Inc.
● Miguel Castaneda, LPQ - The TJX Companies, Inc.
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● Michael Crissman, LPQ - The D&D Daily
● Thomas Foster, LPQ - Walmart Stores, Inc.
● Lauren Granville, LPQ - University of Indianapolis
● Charles Houghton, LPQ - CKE Restaurants, Inc.
● Ethan Oppenheim, LPQ LPC - Hollywood Casino Columbus
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Issues, Inspirations and Ideas at NRF PROTECT
By Susan
Reda, Editor of STORES Media
Disruptive behaviors, workplace violence and vicious crimes are the situations
retail loss prevention and risk management executives face daily. At
NRF PROTECT, set to
take place June 11-13 in Anaheim, Calif., content is designed to help retail
companies develop robust plans for dealing with these issues and others,
including crisis management, active shooter and facial recognition.
 Main Stage sessions include a panel discussion that will tackle various aspects
of workplace violence and another that will explore how to "turn down the
volume" when disruptive and aggressive behaviors come into play.
Carla Harris, vice chairman at Morgan Stanley,
will encourage attendees to explore unconscious bias, revealing how it can
undermine a business's recruiting efforts and have a degenerative effect across
an organization.
We're also welcoming back James Mullan, a retail
trends consultant from U.K.-based GDR, to share his unique perspective on
securing retail - physically and digitally. With the industry changing so
rapidly, Mullan will call on LP executives to think bigger and wider, including
everything from crooked delivery drivers and sneaky warehouse staff to
cybercriminals and porch thieves.
Plans also call for turning the spotlight on cybersecurity. With cyber threats,
breaches and malware among the pressures facing retailers, we've invited noted
ethical hacker and cyber expert Sherri Davidoff
to provide attendees with advice from the trenches on how to protect yourself,
your organization and your community.
stores.org
P&G Ready For Disaster:
Supply Chain Tech Eliminates Guesswork From Weather Emergency Responses
Three years ago, P&G set out to augment that decision-making clearinghouse with
technology that could help the team make decisions faster and sooner when supply
chain disruptions were on the way - not after they arrived.
The answer came from Canadian tech provider Kinaxis, maker of a product called
Rapid Response. The cloud-based software maintains a digital map of P&G's supply
chain, along with the bill of materials (recipe) for every product. Bringing in
data from the company's ERP system, Herzog's team can run scenarios to find out
the best possible adjustment when a link in the supply chain has to be changed
for any reason.
Rapid Response alerts Herzog's planners to all manner of anomaly whether it's a
weather forecast or a string of trucks behind schedule. P&G sets what Kinaxis
calls "guard rails" for what constitutes an anomaly or "exception" in the normal
course of business and then the software assigns a level of priority to those
exceptions based on how important the supplier, route, facility or product in
question is to the business.
retaildive.com
Square Sends Millions of Digital Receipts,
Sometimes to the Wrong Person
From surprise gifts to pending divorces, misdirected notifications result in
spilled secrets.
 Square has forwarded receipts documenting transactions as mundane as a cup of
coffee and as sensitive as an obstetrician's visit to people who were uninvolved
in the purchases, according to emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. In
some cases, neither the purchaser nor the recipient could say why Square sent
receipts to the people it did.
At issue are the methods that tech companies employ to make money off of the
financial data of their users, as well as the degree to which those companies
disclose or get consent from their users about those efforts. Data on
individuals' credit-card transactions can be particularly delicate and more
revealing than their social-media posts or web-browsing activity.
wsj.com
Walmart Must Pay $102M For Illegal Pay Stubs
Walmart must pay nearly $102 million for giving workers illegal pay statements,
a California federal judge has ruled, while also largely clearing the retail
giant of allegations it didn't properly pay hourly employees for missed or
shortened meal breaks. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh found that Walmart Inc.
violated the California Labor Code by doling out noncompliant wage statements,
but that the workers' meal break claims mostly failed to pass legal muster.
law360.com
Investors Urge Initial OK Of $5.7M Fraud Settlement With QVC
A proposed class of QVC investors asked a Colorado federal judge for preliminary
approval of a $5.7 million settlement to claims the shopping network made its
Easy Pay installment plan more shopper-accessible to improperly disguise
lackluster sales figures in time for 2015 performance bonus targets.
law360.com
The Home Depot Foundation Commits $250,000 in Response to Tornadoes and Flooding
CVS to expand health hubs to 1,500 stores by end of 2021
Report: Judge vetoes Shopko plan to settle bankruptcy
Forever 21 Is Exploring Restructuring Options
Quarterly
Results
Lands End Q1 comp's up 12%, net revenue down 12.5%
Famous Footwear Q1 comp's down 1%, total sales down 3.1%
Tiffany Q1 Americas comp's down 5%, net sales down 4%
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Sensormatic Solutions powers seamless unified commerce with commercial
availability of TrueVUE Inventory Intelligence Software as a Service (SaaS) for
retailers globally
Cloud deployment ranks as top impact driver for
retailers' e-commerce opportunities
 NEUHAUSEN,
Switzerland - (June 4, 2019) - Johnson Controls today announced the
commercial availability of its
Sensormatic Solutions
TrueVUE SaaS built on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), providing retailers with
a real-time view into accurate inventory availability for unified commerce
fulfillment. This next generation of inventory intelligence delivers actionable
insights and predictive analytics to drive operational excellence and help
create unique shopper experiences.
In the fast-paced, agile retail environment, cloud computing is a real attempt
for retailers to move at the speed of consumers' evolving wants and needs.
Cloud-based technologies are rapidly shifting the retail industry, with cloud
deployment ranking as the key driver for e-commerce opportunities.
Sensormatic
Solutions' TrueVUE Inventory Intelligence solution suite provides a secure
global infrastructure capable of supporting massive scale and high performance
standards. It's designed to optimize customer engagement by capturing real-time
inventory information across all touchpoints and events along the customer
purchase journey. TrueVUE Cloud is available in several packages that are easy
to step up or add on as business needs evolve.
Built as an extensible API-first design, TrueVUE helps simplify integration with
an easy to use interface and intuitive user experience. Retailers gain improved
visibility into real-time inventory information, which is the foundation of
today's world of unified commerce. RFID-enabled cycle counting, interactive
restocking and inventory analytics help retailers know exactly what merchandise
is available on the sales floor, stock room and other zones for efficient
unified commerce execution and a frictionless shopper experience.
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The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) Joins
Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) Champion Network
The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) today
was named a Cyber Readiness Champion, enabling retailers, restaurants, hotels,
gaming casinos, consumer product manufacturers and other customer-facing
companies to access
free resources and tools from the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI).
 As
a Cyber Readiness Champion, RH-ISAC members will be able to access and implement
cybersecurity best practices from senior executives at global companies as well
as integrate cyber readiness programs into their corporate cultures to make
their organizations safer, more secure and resilient in the face of cyber
threats.
The RH-ISAC connects information security teams at the strategic, operational
and tactical levels to work together on issues and challenges, to share best
practices and insights, and to benchmark among each other - all with the goal of
building better security for the retail and hospitality industries through
collaboration.
"Our members are entrusted by their customers to protect and secure critical
their data," said Suzie Squier, president of the RH-ISAC. "Partnering
with the Cyber Readiness Institute will provide our members with free,
easy-to-use and impactful tools that will educate employees and foster cultures
that value the importance of cybersecurity to both business success and
integrity."
rhisac.org
SEC Sues Alleged Head of Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme
Man bilked investors out of $26.5 million,
selling lessons on e-commerce
The SEC has filed a civil injunctive action against a California man for
allegedly heading a pyramid scheme that raised more than $26 million from
investors by selling instructional packages that provided lessons on e- commerce.
The SEC's complaint alleges that Daniel Pacheco conducted a fraudulent,
unregistered offering of securities through two California-based companies he
controls, IPro Solutions LLC and IPro Network LLC.
"Pacheco hid an old fraud under the guise of cutting-edge technology," Michele
Wein Layne, director of the SEC's Los Angeles regional office, said in a
release. "He enticed investors by offering them the opportunity to speculate in
cryptocurrency, when in fact he was simply operating a pyramid scheme."
ai-cio.com
U.S. moving toward major antitrust probe of tech giants
The U.S. government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple,
Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power, sources told Reuters
on Monday, setting up what could be an unprecedented, wide-ranging probe of some
of the world's largest companies.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, which enforce
antitrust laws in the United States, have divided oversight over the four
companies, two sources said, with Amazon and Facebook under the watch of the
FTC, and Apple and Google under the Justice Department.
With jurisdiction established, the next step is for the two federal agencies to
decide if they want to open formal investigations. Results are not likely to be
quick. A previous FTC probe of Google took more than two years.
reuters.com
Sr. Director, Cyber Security Engineering & Operations for Staples
- Based in Framingham, MA
Staples is in the midst of a digital transformation and the Digital Solutions
team is the engine driving this exciting period in our evolution. Cyber Security
sits within the Staples Digital Solutions organization which includes the IT and
eCommerce Center of Excellence supporting both the Digital and Retail
businesses. As a leader in the Cyber Security organization, this role will play
a critical role in ensuring the security of critical assets of both Staples and
our customers.
careers.staples.com
Walmart Appoints New Senior VP of its Startup Incubator 'Store No. 8'
Lab Testing Giant Quest Diagnostics Says Data Breach May Have Hit Nearly 12
Million Patients
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How Ecommerce Platforms are Becoming Attractive
Scam Hotspots
The ease of shopping for the customers and a large, ready-to-tap customer base
for the sellers is driving the prolific growth of ecommerce, which is estimated
to grow to $4.48 trillion by 2021. Low barriers to entry, significantly lower
investments and ability to reach out to a global customer base are some of the
reasons more and more sellers are choosing ecommerce platforms to grow their
business.
Fake Sellers
However, these same reasons give a chance to the bad actors to exploit these
platforms. Scammers create fake seller profiles which they use to sell fake
and/or counterfeit items. They also post details of expensive items-that do not
actually exist-and offer large discounts to make the offer hard-to-put down.
When a buyer makes the payment, these scammers escape with the money while the
buyer keeps waiting endlessly for the items that never arrive.
Fake Websites
Scammers often copy posts and pictures from genuine sellers and post them on
other platforms or social media. When a prospective buyer clicks the post, she
is directed to a fake lookalike website, which is used to phish out customer
credentials. Usually these fake websites are up for a short duration and by the
time a buyer realizes she may have been duped, the website vanishes. To make
matters worse, tech-savvy scammers keep changing the IP addresses, which makes
it difficult for law enforcement agencies to catch them. Bad actors also use
advanced evasion techniques to avoid detection and escape.
dqindia.com
Amazon continues to shrink retail operations
Sellers feel pressure to sell directly on Marketplace, not as Wholesalers
Vendors that to varying degrees depend on Amazon for their wholesale revenue
were once again shaken last week by indications that the e-commerce giant might
be culling its supplier base within its first-party - aka retail - operations.
Rumors and questions swirled after a
Bloomberg report of a "purge" of smaller wholesalers. According to the
report, vendors with annual sales of less than $10 million are being shunted to
the Amazon Marketplace, "although that will vary by category," Bloomberg
reported, citing its discussions with "three people familiar with the plan."
Amazon denied that characterization, both to Bloomberg and to Retail Dive. In
an interview with Retail Dive, an Amazon spokesperson said that moving to the
Marketplace, which
now accounts for over half of goods sold, is often a choice made by the
brands themselves.
"We informed Bloomberg prior to publication of their article that their sources
and story are wrong," the Amazon spokesperson told Retail Dive in an email. "We
review our selling partner relationships on an individual basis as part of our
normal course of business, and any speculation of a large-scale reduction of
vendors is incorrect."
According to firms that work with Amazon sellers, however, pressure on
sellers to move from operating as wholesalers to selling directly through
Amazon's third-party marketplace is indeed happening. While the press
coverage suggests that vendors might drop off a cliff, any shift will likely
be gradual and could come through indirect action, according to experts who
work with sellers.
retaildive.com
The Next Era of Digital Commerce: The PayPal
Commerce Platform
The platform will provide companies protection against risk and fraud, and give
greater access to payment services, among other things.
The PayPal Commerce
Platform is designed to meet the specific needs of marketplaces, e-commerce
solution providers, crowdfunding platforms and more by bringing together the
most comprehensive set of technologies, tools, services, and financing for
businesses of all sizes around the globe. The PayPal Commerce Platform gives
nearly any business access to a flexible, customizable platform that:
● Enables Global Growth
● Simplifies Compliance
● Provides Protection
● Powers End-to-End Payment Offerings
paypal.com
Costco's ecommerce sales rise 22%
Amazon Touts 10M Items Available For One-Day Delivery
Uber And Lyft Drivers Could Gain Access To Digital Ad
Revenue
Infographic: Over Half of Consumers Start Their Online
Shopping on Amazon
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Royal Oak, MI: Masked men steal $25K worth of
drugs from pharmacy
Two men broke into a pharmacy while it was closed and stole $25,000 worth of
drugs. Police said the break-in and theft took only three minutes and happened
about 5 a.m. May 25 at the Singh Rx Pharmacy at 3412 W. 13 Mile Road. The men
wore masks and one of them used a crowbar to pry open the front door of the
business. Once inside, police said, the intruders broke through doors to an
office area and the pharmacy. They stole tranquilizing, opioid and amphetamine
pills from the pharmacy.
dailytribune.com
Shippensburg, PA: 2 Arrested for $700 theft of
baby formula,
dragging Walmart employee across parking lot
Jesus Vazquez, 45, and Mikesha Thomas, 22, both of Shippensburg, are facing
retail theft and shoplifting charges for their roles in the incident. On May 22
around 2:30 p.m., police responded to Walmart in Shippensburg Township for a
report of shoplifting. Upon arrival, police found that Vazquez and Thomas had
stolen 35 cans of baby formula and a floor lamp from the store. In total, police
say the duo stole nearly $700 in merchandise. According to police, Thomas was
confronted by a store employee in the parking lot at her vehicle. When the
employee attempted to prevent Thomas from leaving, she fled the scene in her
vehicle, dragging the employee across the parking lot with her vehicle.
fox43.com
Allen Park, MI: Shoplifter who may have struck at
multiple Meijer stores
nabbed in Allen Park
At the store, a loss prevention employee told police that the arrested man is
known to have shoplifted at several Meijer locations in recent weeks. The
employee said the man was observed filling a shopping cart with meat and Tide
products. He then pushed the cart past all points of purchase and exited near
the grocery section doors. According to the store, the total value of the stolen
merchandise was over $736.
thenewsherald.com
Hattiesburg, MS: Police looking for 3 suspects in a $1,600
Walmart theft
Fort Myers, FL: Suspect sought in $600 theft at Family
Dollar
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Torrance, CA: Gunman Opens Fire At Del Amo
Fashion Center
 A
gunman opened fire at the Del Amo Fashion Center Monday afternoon, wounding one
man and triggering a massive evacuation effort. The shooter remained at large
Monday. Authorities are advising the community to avoid the Del Amo Fashion
Center. The shooting, at Del Amo Fashion Center mall occurred shortly before 3
p.m. inside the mall near the Finish Line athletic apparel store and the
Build-A-Bear Workshop. The shops are near the mall's food court, and the sound
of gunfire prompted many to run from the area. One mall employee told KTLA, the
shooting happened in front of the Skechers shoe store. The employee said a man
and woman were seen arguing when a man walked up shooter and shot the man, and
the woman began screaming.
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Indianapolis, IN: 1 year later, IMPD
releases sketch of Dollar General killer
It was on Race Day 2018 when a man wearing a hiking backpack walked
into a Dollar General store on Emerson Way, announced a stick up and
fatally wounded Brian Eure, the clerk on duty. Surveillance video
captured the killer walking through the store in the minutes before
the attempted robbery and then apparently becoming irate when Eure
reached for the panic button to alert police of a robbery in
progress.
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Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Atlanta, GA: Police believe Armed Robberies at
Cellphone stores across metro
are connected
 Surveillance
video shows a suspect robbing a metro Atlanta AT&T store in January. A man is
seen forcing an employee into a backroom, demanding phones. Investigators
believe the same suspect was caught on camera robbing a T-Mobile store in Cobb
County on May 18. On May 25, a T-Mobile store in East Point was robbed and
police believe it's highly likely all three cases are connected because the
getaway car in the East Point robbery looks like the same car used in the Cobb
County robbery. "We don't want anyone to get hurt. I'm not saying that's going
to happen but just to keep everyone safe, we want to go ahead and find out who
these people are and get them off the street," East Point police Sgt. Ebony
Bullock said.
wsbtv.com
Scottsdale, AZ: Crew of Chilean commercial jewel
burglars caught in Peoria
 A
crew of Chilean commercial jewel thieves tied to crimes in several states was
caught in the Valley. Scottsdale police report that last week three men, Abraham
Montecino, 28, Cristian Sepulveda, 36 and Juan Cruz, 24, were arrested in Peoria
for burglary. The department had received a call from police in Santa Barbara
about a crew of Chilean nationals who have stolen over a $100,000 in jewelry
from stores in California, Colorado, and Utah. Santa Barbara detectives tracked
the crew to six cities in the Valley and believed they would hit stores over the
Memorial Day weekend. California detectives reportedly told Scottsdale police
that the team would target stores before a long weekend. The group would cut
power to the stores and wait for the police to show up. They would wait nearby
for the officers to determine there was no active crime in progress, leave, and
for the backup batteries to drain.
abc15.com
 Greenbelt,
MD: Crash that caused delays in Prince George's County could be linked to string
of ATM robberies
Police say the crash happened around 4 a.m. along the outer loop of
Interstate-495 at Kenilworth Avenue. Authorities were pursuing the pickup truck
involved in the crash after undercover officers in Montgomery County intervened
in what appeared to be a robbery attempt at a 7-Eleven in the Silver Spring
area. Law enforcement officers across the D.C. region have been investigating a
string of smash-and-grab robberies in which thieves use vehicles to crash into
7-Eleven storefronts and steal the ATM machine inside.
fox5dc.com
Erie, PA: Former Dairy Queen Manager pleads guilty to
$97,000 theft
Springfield, MA: Man to spend over 5 years in
prison for role in ATM skimming crew that stole $428K in N.J.
A Romanian national who was part of a widespread ATM skimming ring that stole
more than $868,000 from banks accounts in New Jersey and two other states has
been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison. Bogdan Viorel Rusu,
38, who lived in Queens, New York, received a 65-month sentence Monday from a
judge in Springfield, MA, the U.S. Attorney's Office in that state said. Rusu
will have 60 months of supervised release after finishing his prison stint.
Judge Mark Mastroianni also ordered Rusu to pay $440,130 in restitution and
forfeit the same amount.
nj.com
Greenville County, SC: Man who threatened Walmart
officer with box cutter, carjacked vehicle to escape police, sentenced to 16
years
Benjamin Harris Pressley, 39, pleaded guilty to armed robbery, possession of a
weapon during the commission of a violent crime and carjacking, sentenced to 16
years.
wyff4.com
Houston, TX: Man gets 11 years in pharmacy burglary case
Angola, IN: Fort Wayne couple sentenced for $5,000 thefts
from Meijer and Walmart
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C-Store - Sedgwick County, KS - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Fort Wayne, IN - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Columbus, OH - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Plantersville, TX - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Fort Myers, FL - Robbery
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Gas Station - Charlotte, NC - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Charlotte, NC - Armed Robbery
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Liquor store - Warwick, RI - Burglary
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McDonald's - Hampden, MD - Robbery
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Pharmacy - Detroit, MI - Burglary
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Pharmacy - Royal Oak, MI - Burglary
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Starbucks - Atlanta, GA - Burglary
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Verizon - Mt Pleasant, IA - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Silver Springs, MD - Robbery
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12 robberies
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5 burglaries
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0 shootings
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0
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Tony Duenez named
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Bradley Nichols named
Market Investigator for Family Dollar |
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Brian Connors named
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