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 Event will support more than 50 LPQ & LPC scholarships and raises money for
industry charities
There are many things to love about golf; the quiet time, exercise, and
fellowship. Golf is something that allows anyone to participate regardless of
our experience - and still have a blast. The game reveals character and forces
us to see our own humility when we need a mulligan. The game also gives a great
opportunity to bring folks together for more important reasons - like a good
cause.
Last week in Dallas, Texas, the
Loss Prevention Foundation hosted its first ever
Swing for Certification golf tournament at the Bear Creek golf course on the eve
of NRF PROTECT 2018. More than 120 volunteers and golfers of every skill level,
from across the loss prevention community, gathered to have some fun and raise
some money for a good cause. All proceeds benefit the Bob MacLea Scholarships
for LPQ & LPC Certifications as well as the Loss Prevention Benevolent Fund and
the USS Foundation.
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Inside the Former Walmart That Is Now a Shelter
for Almost 1,500 Migrant Children
In the loading docks, children sat in a darkened auditorium watching the
animated movie "Moana."
Where there were once racks of clothes and aisles of appliances, there were now
spotless dorm-style bedrooms with neatly made beds and Pokemon posters on the
walls. The back parking lots were now makeshift soccer fields and volleyball
courts. The McDonald's was now the cafeteria. All this made it difficult to
visualize what the sprawling facility used to be - a former Walmart Supercenter.
The converted retail store at the southern tip of Texas has become the
largest licensed migrant children's shelter in the country - a warehouse for
nearly 1,500 boys aged 10 to 17 who were caught illegally crossing the border.
The teeming, 250,000-square-foot facility is a model of border life in Trump-era
America, part of a growing industry of detention centers and shelters as federal
authorities scramble to comply with the president's order to end "catch and
release" of migrants illegally entering the country. Now that children are often
being separated from their parents, this facility has had to obtain a waiver
from the state to expand its capacity.
nytimes.com
Theft Lockers
Some Walmart locations make customers lock bags, purses before shopping
Some Walmart stores in Kansas have a new policy requiring customers to lock up
your larger bags in lockers before you're allowed to shop.
 Walmart's
corporate office confirms it's a new policy at the Pawnee and Broadway Walmart,
and it left customer Cherie Powell-Shields shocked when an employee approached
her.
"I walked in, and an employee came up to me and said ma'am for you to shop here,
you have to put your purse in a locker, and I told her no, I wasn't going to
shop here then," said Powell-Shields. She left, and she says she won't be back.
"It's a trust issue, and two I didn't stop to see if anybody else was being
asked to put their bags in lockers, and is it profiling? I don't know,"
said Powell-Shields.
Her bag was a large purse, and she says she's concerned if she left it in the
locker someone would see her locker code and steal it.
"Your purse is away from you," said Powell-Shields. "Who knows like I said, you
don't even know if an employee will get there into that locker and steal stuff
out of your purse."
Walmart's coporate office confirmed the Pawnee location put the lockers in
Monday as a way to prevent theft. Corporate said store managers decide
whether they want lockers at their locations.
All the other Walmart locations in Wichita said they didn't have lockers, but a
manager at the North Rock Road location said they're on order and that store
will start a policy soon.
kwch.com
Amazon Go Part 2: Retail Strikes
Back
Walmart preps to take on Amazon Go
Walmart has a new Sam's Club concept store in the works, and it could give
Amazon's cashierless convenience stores a run for their money.
Keeping a focus on an "easier shopping experience," the discount giant is
developing a technology-driven store focused on fresh foods and digital
technology. Running under the Sam's Club banner, the Dallas-based store will be
a 32,000-sq.-ft. location - smaller than a traditional Sam's Club warehouses -
and it will be exclusive to Sam's Club members.
For example, the location will feature a digital experience, including the
company's Scan & Go mobile self-checkout system, and digital signage will be
found throughout the club. It will also feature fast membership sign-up process,
along with self-serve returns, and same-day pickup and delivery options.
chainstoreage.com
Microsoft exploring checkout-less technologies
Microsoft is working on autonomous-checkout technologies that could help
retailers compete with Amazon's cashierless stores.
Sources told
Reuters that Microsoft is testing attaching cameras to shopping carts in
order to track purchases as customers walk stores. Amazon Go's system
requires hundreds of cameras installed in the ceiling and Microsoft's
cart-camera set-up could prove to be more cost-effective.
Microsoft is also reportedly exploring options around smartphone checkout.
A computer vision specialist from Amazon Go has been hired for the project. The
technology has been shown to retailers and discussions have taken place with
Walmart about a potential collaboration, according to the Reuters.
The
Seattle Times wrote, "Amazon could sell that technology to other retailers.
But a competing technology from Microsoft could be an attractive option because
retailers might see Microsoft as less of a competitive threat than Amazon."
Microsoft ranks second behind Amazon in cloud services that help support
e-commerce sites and the clerk-less checkout is being supported by Microsoft's
cloud. In the past, the tech giant has also showcased how its Kinect motion
sensor can track the location of shoppers in stores as well as what they're
looking at and picking up.
Retail and supply chain consultant Brittain Ladd told
USA Today, "Microsoft especially has an opportunity to leverage their
technology prowess to not copy Amazon Go but instead go after the big prize -
duplicate the Amazon Go experience in much larger retail formats such as
supermarkets."
Kroger, Meijer and Sam's Club are among the chains using scan & go technologies
to avoid cashier-checkouts while JD.Com in China is using facial-recognition
technology as a checkout-free solution. Walmart recently discontinued its second
test of the technology as consumers chose to stick with the traditional shopping
and checkout process rather than making the switch.
retailwire.com
Facial Recognition Backlash
Amazon shareholders call for halt of facial recognition sales to police
Nearly 20 groups of Amazon shareholders are pressuring the tech company to stop
selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement.
In a letter delivered to CEO Jeff Bezos late Friday, the shareholders, many of
whom are advocates of socially responsible investing, say they're concerned
about the privacy threat of government surveillance from the tool.
Amazon's technology, called Rekognition and introduced in 2016, detects
objects and faces in images and videos. Customers, which include law enforcement
in Orlando, Florida and Washington County, Oregon, can upload face databases to
automatically identify individuals.
In one case, the Washington County sheriff's office identified persons of
interest, including a shoplifter caught on a hardware store's cameras. The store
camera's image was automatically compared with thousands of photos of
individuals processed while entering jail. This speeds up a process that used to
rely on manual labor and the memory of police officers to identify people.
fox5sandiego.com
Police Use of Facial Recognition With License Databases Spur Privacy Concerns
1 in 2 American adults are now in facial recognition networks
This digital-age crime-solving technique is at the center of a debate between
privacy advocates and law-enforcement officials: Should police be able to use
facial recognition software to search troves of driver's license photos, many of
which are images of people who have never been convicted of a crime?
An increasing number of police departments across the country are running images
through driver's license databases in their investigations.
Thirty-one states now allow police to access driver's license photos in
facial-recognition searches in addition to mug shots, according to the
Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Roughly one in every two American adults - 117 million people - are in the
facial-recognition networks used by law enforcement, according to a 2016
report by the center.
wsj.com
UK: Police could face legal action over 'inaccurate and authoritarian' facial
recognition cameras that have marked thousands of innocent people as potential
criminals
 Learn More About Offender Interviews
With The Latest LPRC CrimeScience Podcast Episode
The
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Le Center, MN: Coffee Crime Suspected in Albert
Lea, Shorted Bags May Be Grounds for Fraud Charges
The Minnesota Department of Commerce is investigating an Albert Lea coffee
business suspected of defrauding its retail customers for years. Authorities
believe that 4 Seasons Coffee Company has been selling what are supposed to be 5
pound bags of coffee, but only weigh 4 1/2 pounds. Search warrants were executed
this month at the offices of 4 Seasons in Albert Lea and also at European
Roasterie in Le Center, which packaged the bags for Four Seasons.
southernminnesotatoday.com
Seattle, WA: Convicted ORC Felon Sworn in as
Lawyer in Washington State
Seattle University Law School graduate Tarra Simmons was sworn in as a lawyer
Saturday, seven months after the state Supreme Court ruled that she could take
the bar exam despite her past. Simmons was convicted of assault in 2001 and of
Organized Retail Theft, unlawful possession of a firearm and drug possession in
2011, following a battle with addiction. In all she has served more than three
years in prison, went through two bankruptcies and the foreclosure of her home.
"I hope that this sends a message to people that you are never defined by your
worst mistakes," she said at her swearing-in.
usnews.com
Retailers and Manufacturers Look to Cut Supply Chain Costs
Retailers and manufacturers are taking stock of their transportation costs and
exploring alternatives as a capacity crunch in freight is driving up prices and
causing shipping delays.
A variety of companies, including food producer Hormel Foods Corp. and retailer
Dollar General Corp., have reconfigured their supply chains, including building
out their own truck fleets, reducing the frequency of pickups and deliveries,
and shopping around for better rates.
wsj.com
Global drugstore juggernaut A.S. Watson to open 1,300 stores in 2018
The Finish Line, Inc. and JD Sports Fashion Plc Announce Completion of Merger
Rent-A-Center to sell itself, go private
Walgreens to move 1,800 positions to new Chicago office
UK: Debit card payments overtake cash for first
time after Britons use plastic for 13.2billion transactions in a year
R-CISC Insights: Internal Collaboration as a Tool for Gift Card Fraud Mitigation
Last week's #1 article --
Home Depot employee attacked by Monkey
The pet monkey escaped from its owner's truck and went ape on a store
employee in Okeechobee, Florida. Authorities said the domesticated
spider monkey, was waiting in a car when its owner, Tina Ballard, went
into the store to shop. Employee Marilyn Howard, 50, was on break when
she heard co-workers yelling there was a monkey on the loose. The
employee grabbed onto the leash and the monkey climbed on her back, but
when the front sliding glass door of the store opened, the monkey got
scared and bit Howard.
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2018 Midwest Cargo Security
Council Cargo
Theft Summit
June 20
 The Midwest Cargo Security Council 1- Day Cargo Theft Summit provides an
opportunity for law enforcement and private industry to network and discuss
local and national cargo theft issues. Experienced private sector and law
enforcement speakers who work cargo crimes on a daily basis will be providing
information on the multi-billion dollar cargo theft problem disrupting commerce
and security. This informative seminar is free to council members and
law enforcement.
For information on membership and seminar registration log onto:
www.midwestcarosecuritcouncil.com/
View the event flyer and register here
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The D&D Daily respects your time & doesn't filter retail's reality
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eBay seller found guilty on charges of selling counterfeit
helmets
fter a four-day trial, Matthew S. Stepp of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, was found
guilty Friday of eight counts of mail fraud and three counts of trafficking in
counterfeit goods for selling counterfeit high-end bike helmets on eBay.
U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman of the Western District of Kentucky announced
the conviction. Sentencing is scheduled for September.
"What might appear on its face to be an esoteric white collar prosecution is, in
fact, an all-out effort to keep kids and families safe," said Coleman "This
office will continue to work with our federal law enforcement partners to
protect Americans from counterfeit personal safety equipment and companies from
theft of their intellectual property."
Read more
For further information on PROACT, email inquiries to
PROACT@eBay.com.
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FaceFirst Launches Sentinel-IQ, an Advanced Facial Recognition Platform
to Combat Shoplifting and Retail Violence
LOS ANGELES -
FaceFirst, the leading provider of face recognition solutions
for retail, today announced the release of Sentinel-IQ, a
next-generation face recognition surveillance platform designed with
retail customers in mind. Sentinel-IQ utilizes a new proprietary
algorithm that offers exponential increases in speed and accuracy to
identify shoplifters and violent criminals. The new cloud-based platform
features 20x more scalability than previous packages, eliminating the
need for in-store servers and making deployment far faster and more cost
effective.
Inventory shrink in the U.S. is a $48.9 billion problem, according to
the National Retail Federation. FaceFirst technology, which alerts
retailers the moment known dishonest customers enter the premises, has
prevented hundreds of millions of dollars in inventory loss to date.
Sentinel-IQ adds a variety of powerful performance improvements,
including the ability to offer real-time alerting against databases that
are 25 times larger than before, making it easier than ever for
retailers to create a shared threat intelligence network across
thousands of stores worldwide.
 "About one in five shoplifters hit three or more retail stores within a
single month," said FaceFirst CEO Peter Trepp, citing FaceFirst analytics, "and
it's not uncommon for shoplifters to strike two retail locations within minutes
of each other. Sentinel-IQ is powerful enough to deliver real time results to
brands that are truly global."
Sentinel-IQ is also more efficient than its predecessor, creating 50
percent less network traffic and reducing infrastructure cost by 80
percent. FaceFirst now offers a variety of deployment options tailored
to stores of different sizes, including a 100 percent SaaS-based
deployment, capable of enabling virtually any HD camera with a qualified
CPU.
"The speed and accuracy that Sentinel-IQ brings is a game changer," said Trepp.
"And while the system was designed with the world's largest retail chains in
mind, the all-in-one camera support will offer a flexible SaaS solution for
retailers with less square footage."
About FaceFirst
FaceFirst is the global market leader in highly effective face
recognition systems for retail stores,
including superstores, grocery, pharmacies and other retail
environments. The patented platform is
designed to be scalable, fast and accurate while maintaining the highest
levels of security and privacy.
FaceFirst provides surveillance, access control, mobile face
recognition, biometric data and an
underlying software platform that leverages artificial intelligence to
fight theft, organized retail crime
and in-store violence. FaceFirst is proudly designed, engineered and
supported in the USA.
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Compromised Point-of-Sale Data Remains a Staple Among Fraudsters
Fraud is a persistent problem for brick-and-mortar and e-commerce retailers
alike. Retailers' intelligence teams often focus their attention on loss
prevention to combat direct forms of fraud, such as the use of fake receipts,
but this is not the only way fraud can threaten retailers. Indeed, intelligence
teams must also be cognizant of cybercriminals targeting their point-of-sale (PoS)
systems to obtain credit card data, typically with the intention of selling it
on illicit card shops on the Deep & Dark Web (DDW).
Underground card shops endure because they are the epitome of a centralized
criminal economy targeting retailers. As with other DDW marketplaces, many
prominent card shops bear striking structural similarities to legitimate
organizations, complete with established infrastructure, a team accountable for
the product, and a vested interest in fostering a strong reputation with
clients.
Despite significant gains made by law enforcement and private-sector research
communities, card shops figure to remain a primary means of obtaining stolen
payment card data in the form of dumps or cards, often obtained from compromised
retailers.
r-cisc.org
Four Faces of Fraud: Identity, 'Fake' Identity, Ransomware & Digital
Business executives and their teams of systems/security operations pros running
any critical network of devices and people - from banks and government to tech
companies, insurers, and retailers - are realizing just how pervasive fraud is.
The biggest development is that fraudulent activity is coming from a multitude
of sources, both human and machine. While ransomware and phishing attacks show
up in the headlines, fraud is often an inside job, conducted by unhappy
employees looking to make some quick money and get revenge on their company.
But the main goal of most thieves is financial gain; they can achieve it by
obtaining personally identifiable information, manipulating identities, and
making transactions. Or they can work from inside of a company, obtaining common
business practices and policies so that they know how to avoid them; this could
mean working closely with a compromised employee who also stands to gain. Here
are four major types of fraud:
 1) Identity theft: Criminals steal an existing identity to commit fraud
and rob an institution; they often get one chance at this crime before their
activities show up on a person's credit card statement, and thus damages are
limited. Much identity theft today is carried out via email and text-message
phishing schemes, either targeting large groups (such as all employees at a
company) or a single person, based on his or her worth.
2) Synthetic fraud: Some criminals have used various forms of synthetic
fraud, meaning the creation of a fake identity. This can, for example, be used
to steal new cars from dealers or receive tax refunds and other undeserved
payments. Instead of using a real name, criminals choose a new "synthetic"
identity and then pick up the car they ordered and drive away.
3) Ransomware: Ransomware has exploded in the past few years. Hospitals
have been entangled with ransomware that encrypts their information and demands
a Bitcoin ransom since 2016.
4) Digital fraud: Cyberattacks have a different feel - but despite the
high-tech gloss, the result is the same. The motivations for such attacks can be
blackmail, embarrassment, or both. Think about the 2015 Sony Entertainment hack,
competitive spying (such as how Uber spied on Lyft), and even political
objectives.
darkreading.com
Email, Social Media Still Security Nightmares
Phishing & banking trojans continue to be major threats for companies
Users are going to click on sketchy links, download iffy files, and go to
dangerous web sites. And there's not a whole lot you can do about it. Those are
just some of the conclusions in a threat report released on June 14.
The "Q1
2018 Quarterly Threat Report" published by ProofPoint shows that the old
favorites are returning, as banking trojans replaced ransomware as the most
common type of email-borne malware seen on user desktops. The shift appears,
according to the report, to be due to a combination of a disruption to the
Necurs botnet and the rise of other, more profitable, malware payloads.
In addition, social media support fraud, dubbed "angler phishing" saw a
massive increase in the first quarter of 2018, appearing 200% more frequently
than in the previous quarter. Looking for good news? Find it in exploit kits,
which are rapidly and consistently declining in popularity as malware authors
find other attacks to be easier and more profitable.
darkreading.com
Cloud Security Market Poised to Expand at a Robust Pace Over 2025
Does cyber insurance make us more (or less) secure?
Zara betting on AI, big data to outflank competitors
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International LP
The challenges of doing
business in Mexico
Jim Carr,
Sr Dir-Global AP, Rent-A-Center
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Over the last six years, Jim Carr, Senior Director,
Global Asset Protection, Rent-A-Center Inc., has managed the roll-out of 190
locations in Mexico for Rent-A-Center, leading their international and U.S. LP
efforts. With this background, he has had the entire retail life cycle of
experience in Mexico, from market entry to managing successful locations to
closing stores down. Jim shares some of his invaluable international experience
and the challenges of doing business in Mexico. |
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Quick Take #4
Hedgie Bartol, Retail Business Development Manager for
Axis Communications, explains why people and relationship skills are
still extremely important in this digital age, and the value of walking a mile
in your business partner's shoes.
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The Big E-Commerce Shoplift
How fraudulent
users are taking advantage of return policies
Last week, a
couple in Indiana, US, was sentenced to nearly six years in jail for
stealing more than $1.2 million in merchandise from Amazon. Back in
India, Flipkart, India's largest ecommerce firm, was cheated of Rs 1.56
crore by a group of proxy customers between January 1, 2016, and
November 3, 2017. The similarity in both the cases is the modus operandi,
wherein the accused took advantage of easy return policies of ecommerce
firms.
These accused would falsely claim that the electronics and
other merchandise they ordered were damaged or not working and get it
replaced - a menace ecommerce firms call fake orders. Recently, Flipkart
even filed a complaint with the cyber crime police against these fraud
customers, and the matter is currently under investigation. Questions mailed
to both Flipkart and Amazon were not answered till the time of publishing
this story.
So how did these fake shoppers go about? Once the orders
were delivered, they put stones and soil in the package and complained they
were cheated by the company and demanded a refund or else threatened to
approach a court and defame the ecommerce firm on social media.
In an
attempt to lure more customers to buy online, e-tailers have consistently
adopted easy return policies. But these policies have come to be a
double-edged sword, with some buyers taking undue advantage of them.
The more the returns, the more the scope of these kinds of frauds.
While there are fraudsters who pose as buyers and dupe sellers, fake orders
are also initiated by courier companies and rival marketplaces to bleed
their competitors.
yourstory.com
Real or Fake? The School for Catching
Counterfeit Goods
Distinguishing quality bags from
copies requires an eagle eye and years of experience - or a
government-backed certificate.
Authorities believe that protégés
like Peng will prove to be useful tools in the battle against fakes. Hailing
from the southern tech hub of Shenzhen, Peng works full-time in the finance
industry, but for the past few years, she's been selling secondhand bags in
her spare time on Taobao, China's biggest e-commerce platform, and on social
networking app WeChat. But when her Taobao shop started to take off two
years ago, she buckled down and began expanding her business by sourcing her
bags from strangers.
"When I deal with small-time vendors, half the
time I receive defective bags," Peng tells Sixth Tone. Her concern about
being duped led her to attend the five-day course organized by the
government-backed Luxury Appraisal Center, which is affiliated with
China's online shopping regulator, the China Electronic Commerce
Association.
The pilot class only accepted a small number of
students, but there's a huge demand for certified luxury appraisers, says
Wang Jianjun, vice chief of a government body which identifies talent gaps
in the market and accredits protégés at the end of the course. He estimates
that there's a need for over 10,000 certified luxury appraisers -
mainly in more developed cities, where the average citizen can afford to buy
more luxury goods.
In addition to the course, the government is
working to form an appraisal association that would set uniform standards
for appraisers, says the Luxury Appraisal Center's secretary-general,
Peng Lei - no relation to Peng Jingjing. He hopes that the class can help
the government with its appraisal encyclopedia - due to be released in
December - which will include details to look for when appraising luxury
goods. Like Wang, Peng Lei expects enrollment in the course to grow, and
explains that the overall spike in China's luxury market will boost
secondhand trading and e-commerce platforms in general, where consumers may
then turn to appraisers to ensure that they don't squander money on
counterfeit items.
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Yuma, AZ: Walmart Shopper Abuses Return Policy To
The Tune Of $1.3 Million, Now Faces Six Felony Charges
A 23-year-old man has been arrested and charged with six counts of felony theft
after processing over 1,000 fraudulent returns at Walmart stores across the
country. Thomas Frudaker was apprehended by authorities on Wednesday and taken
into custody. Frudaker reportedly defrauded the big box retailer of over $1
million in monetary losses. According to FOX 13 News, employees at a Walmart in
Yuma, Arizona, became suspicious when Frudaker attempted to return a computer
that appeared to have parts missing. The Yuma Police Department launched an
investigation and discovered that he had made similar fake returns over the
country in the last 18 months.
inquisitr.com
Golden,
CO: Bike shop targeted by smash-and-grab thieves; nearly $50K in high-end bikes
stolen
A bike shop in Golden was the target of at least two smash-and-grab thieves who
took nearly $50,000 in high-end bikes early Saturday morning. The Golden Bike
Shop, posted on its Facebook page Saturday surveillance video showing two men
break into the shop around 3 a.m. The video shows the men used large rocks or
concrete blocks to break the shop's front glass doors. Once they made entry,
they are seen walking out of the store with several bikes in hand.
thedenverchannel.com
Blount County, TN: Trio arrested in $3,000 Belk
shoplifting, public intoxication incidents
A Madisonville man whose two female companions were arrested Tuesday in the
alleged theft of nearly $3,000 in merchandise from a Maryville store ended up in
jail himself after reportedly trying to break into the vehicle they arrived in.
thedailytimes.com
Peoria, IL: $500 in cologne stolen from
Northwoods Mall store
J.C. Penney reported $500 worth of cologne stolen in Northwoods Mall on Friday
morning, Peoria police said. At about 11 a.m., employees noticed someone
shoplifting. A loss prevention manager reviewed security footage, which showed a
man place approximately seven bottles of cologne in an oversized black shoulder
bag and leave the store.
pjstar.com
Greece, NY: Thief steals $220 worth of condoms from
Walgreens
Bayonne, NJ: Man sends Walgreens employee to hospital
while stealing $500 worth of oral hygiene products
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Shootings & Deaths
Tumwater, WA: Walmart shooting - Carjacking
suspect dead after armed citizens take action
 Two
people were shot and the suspect killed at a Walmart Supercenter in Tumwater,
Washington state, police said Sunday. Police responded to a shooting just after
5 p.m. PDT. Officers originally responded to a report of a car driving in the
wrong direction, but as the officers were in route they were dispatched to
reports of a carjacking nearby with shots fired. Officers arrived and found a
16-year-old female victim who suffered non-life threatening injuries. Around
5:30 p.m. County Dispatch began receiving calls of shots fired "in or around the
Tumwater Walmart and parking lot."
The suspect from the earlier carjacking entered the Walmart store and fired
shots at a display case, police said. No customers or employees inside the store
were injured. Police say the suspect then exited the store and attempted to
carjack another car in the parking lot, shooting an adult male occupant of the
car in the process. The adult male victim was treated for gunshot wounds. His
condition is not known at this time. Police say the suspect then attempted
another carjacking in the Walmart parking lot, and was approached by two armed
civilians. One of the armed civilians shot the suspect, and the suspect died at
the scene.
mypalmbeachpost.com
Chicago, IL: Man dies after beating from liquor
store Security Guard on South Side
Herbert Lemon, 33, died Thursday from injuries he got at the "Wine and Spirits"
liquor store. About 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, a security guard recognized Lemon as a
someone who shoplifted from the store a day before. Security noticed that
Lemon's acquaintance was carrying a gun, so he called police and tried to detain
them.
A fight broke out between Lemon and the guard. It ended with Lemon handcuffed
and suffering from a deep laceration to his eyelid. When officers showed up, the
security guard couldn't provide evidence that Lemon had stolen from the store,
so he was let go. Lemon left and declined medical attention for his injury.
Lemon's acquaintance, who had the weapon, presented a concealed-carry license
and was let go too, police said. In the course of questioning, security told
police that they had attacked the Lemon first.
About a day later, Lemon was admitted to the University of Chicago Medical
Center for injuries he received to his head. Doctors said Lemon suffered from a
brain hemorrhage. He was pronounced dead at 1:38 p.m. Thursday. An autopsy
Sunday found Lemon died from closed head injuries from an assault. His death was
ruled a homicide.
suntimes.com
 Albuquerque,
NM: Armed Robbery at Verizon, chase ends with Police shooting suspect at Smith's
Grocery
It was a very public scene that unfolded in the parking lot of a busy grocery
store in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. That's when an officer-involved
shooting left one armed robbery suspect dead and another in federal custody. APD
says it started as an armed robbery at a Verizon store in northeast Albuquerque
which devolved into a pursuit, including a car crash, and ended at the Smith's
in southeast Albuquerque at Coal and Yale.
kob.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
 Frisco,
TX: 2 Arrested For Fight At Frisco Mall That Injured Teen
Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault after a
fight broke out at Stonebriar Centre in Frisco Friday evening. A 17-year-old boy
was badly injured in the incident. Police arrested 18-year-old Sincere Wheat and
18-year-old Jonathan Ekeocha-Ivy. Both are from The Colony. They were
transported to Frisco Jail and then to the Collin County detention facility
where they are currently being held on aggravated assault charges.
cbslocal.com
Kerikeri, New Zealand: Brazen Kerikeri
shoplifters undone by CCTV, Social Media
 One
woman has been arrested and police are looking for another after a brazen - but
not particularly well executed - heist at Hunting and Fishing in Kerikeri. Two
women entered the store on Saturday, grabbed armfuls of clothing and fled. Staff
tried to follow as the women jumped into their vehicle but they got away. The
value of clothing taken was believed to be around $3000. Unfortunately for the
two women involved, the store has high-quality CCTV cameras which clearly
captured their faces and vehicle. To make matters worse for the light-fingered
duo, a Facebook post by shop staff went viral on Sunday, so the photos were
shared nationwide 1168 times in less than 24 hours.
nzherald.co
France: Members of a criminal group controlled by
thieves in law are jailed for the period from 18 months to 10 years in France
The gang consisted of thirty men and four women aged from 25 to 61 years. Most
of them are natives of Georgia, but there are also Azerbaijanis, Armenians, and
Russians. All of them are charged with theft, organized concealment of stolen
goods, participation in criminal association and money laundering with
aggravating circumstances. As deputy prosecutor Jean Richert stated, their daily
income varied from $500 to $800. And the annual one reached $41 million.
crimerussia.com
UK: Birmingham: Two arrested for Operating
Shoplifting eBay Ring in Birmingham city centre
Partners Nicola Wilcox and David Carroll took a huge bounty of stock from a
six-strong group of thieves who preyed on retailers in the city centre. They
sold the items through their eBay account - under the username Seller 21-21 -
and are estimated to have made more than $52,000 in the space of two years.
Wilcox and Carroll, were both jailed for three and nine months at Birmingham
Crown Court this week. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to handle stolen goods
and drugs supply. The court heard how the couple had tasked their thieves' forum
with targeting best-selling items on their auction account, including high-end
lingerie and perfumes.
birminghammail.co.uk
Kay Jewelers in the Katy Mills, Katy, TX reported a
Grab & Run on 6/14, item valued at $9,399
Kay Jewelers in the Market Square, Houston, TX reported a Grab & Run on 6/14,
item valued at $13,899
Kay Jewelers in the Temple Mall, Temple TX reported a Grab & Run on 6/15. Item
valued at $22,298
Zales Outlet in the Chapel Hills, Ft Worth, TX reported a Burglary on 6/14,
items valued at $20,900
Robbins Brothers in San Diego, CA reported an Armed
Robbery on 6/16 (stole customer's box, pistol-whipped victim)
Winchester, VA: Lowe's Armed Robber indicted; pulled gun
on Loss Prevention
Jerusalem, Israel: Police Bust 26 Members of Major Arab
Shoplifting Gang at Malcha Mall
Skimming Theft
Cleveland, OH: Florida man arrested in multi-state skimming operation
$120K in theft at one store alone
A former Orlando-area mobile phone store owner is accused of running
multi-state credit card scam that the FBI began investigating after an
employee of a Mentor gas station found a skimming device at one of
their pumps. Mentor police took the device and found it stored about
1,000 people's credit card information and names. All of the fake
charges were made at Sam's Clubs stores.
FBI agents found that the person who used that particular Sam's Club
Membership card, later identified as Leon, had made more than
$120,000 in purchases at the Mentor store alone.
Agents then went to the Aloft hotel where the men stayed and found the
room filled with recently bought items from Walmarts, Sam's Clubs and
TJ Maxx. In a previous case, Leon admitted to stealing some $327,000
in the credit-card skimming scheme in 2011. He then bought different
items at Target, Best Buy and other stores and re-sold the
merchandise at the cellphone store that owned at the time of his
arrest in 2011.
cleveland.com
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Bike Shop - Golden, CO - Burglary
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Boost Mobile - Dayton, OH - Burglary
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C-Store - Methuen, MA - Robbery
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C-Store - Jersey City, NJ - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Greensboro, NC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Lake Charles, LA - Armed Robbery
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Circle K - Port St Lucie, FL - Armed Robbery
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Dog Shop - Charlestown, MA - Robbery
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Dollar General - Gainesville, FL - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - New Orleans, LA - Armed Robbery
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Dollar Tree - Chesterfield County, VA - Armed Robbery
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Equipment Supply Rental - Provo Canyon, UT - Burglary
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Gas Station - San Bernardino, CA - Armed Robbery/ Cashier
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Grocery - Guilford County, NC - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Fort Worth, TX - Armed Robbery
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Jewelry - San Diego, CA - Armed Robbery
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McDonald's - Metairie, LA - Armed Robbery
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Smashburger - Saratoga Springs, NY - Burglary
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Stripes - Pharr, TX - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Colorado Springs, CO - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Lubbock, TX - Robbery
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