6/29/21

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VP of Corporate Security job posted for NFI Industries in Camden, NJ
The Vice President, Corporate Security will report to the EVP, Chief Risk Officer. He/she will be responsible for leading NFI Global Security operations and culture. He/she will be a strategic partner with Executive and Operational leadership and will understand their businesses, challenges and opportunities. He/she will collaboratively develop and own all activities to manage and improve Corporate and Operational security. The VP will lead a team of security professionals who provide both front-line and regional support. careers.nfiindustries.com

LPRC Anti-Sweep Offender Feedback Survey: Tally Smart Shelf

Tally's smart-sensing pad perceived by offenders as 'difficult to defeat'
and a 'highly effective crime prevention technology'

The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) conducted a series of in-person survey interviews in the Gainesville, Florida Innovation Lab in order to better understand the impact of an anti-sweep technology on retail offenders: The Tally Smart Shelf. This research was conducted with several high-loss and ORC (organized retail crime) vulnerable items: Tide detergent, Similac infant formula, and Red Bull energy drinks. The LPRC collected data from 10 active shoplifting offenders. This report details the results of these surveys.

Summary of Key Findings - 'See It, Get It, Fear It'

While only 20% of offenders (2 people) were aware of the Smart Shelf before being prompted, 100% were deterred by it to some degree, with 50% reporting that they'd steal fewer items, and 50% reporting that they'd avoid theft from the device altogether (see Table 1).

The Tally Smart Shelf

The Tally Smart Shelf is a smart-sensing pad that communicates with the Tally platform to give instant alerts as product is removed from the shelves. There are three main benefits as advertised by Tally Retail Solutions:

• The Smart Shelf is designed to act as a deterrent to offenders without restricting access to honest customers. If too much product is taken at one time, a series of customizable alerts can triggered, such as audible store pages, emails, and text messages. The Smart Shelf also takes live video of the incident for review.

• The Smart Shelf can also help track inventory and give alerts when products are running low, out-of-stock, or when items need to be shifted forward on the shelves.

• Since there are no additional tags or fixtures on the products themselves, the Smart Shelf does not add additional work to store employees. Once installed, the Tally software detects the presence of an item and gives automatic, real-time alerts.

For a full copy of the LPRC report, email Sean Ryan at sean.ryan@tally.solutions

Cyber insurance isn't helping with cybersecurity, and it might be making the ransomware crisis worse, say researchers
Ransomware is one of the biggest cybersecurity issues facing organisations today but as claims mount and cyber insurers look at the coverage they are offering, changes may be coming.

Some critics argue that insurance encourages ransomware victims to simply pay the ransom demand which will then be covered by the insurers, rather than have adequate security to deter hackers in the first place. Insurers argue that it's the customer that makes any decision to pay the ransom, not the insurer.

According to a research paper examining cyber insurance and the cybersecurity challenge by defence think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), this practice isn't just encouraging cyber criminals, it's also not sustainable for the cyber insurance industry, which warns ransomware has become an existential threat for some insurers.

"Cyber insurers may be unintentionally facilitating the behaviour of cybercriminals by contributing to the growth of targeted ransomware operations."

"There are widespread concerns that insurers are fuelling ransomware attacks by paying ransom demands. Paying ransoms is not currently illegal, and it is often cheaper to pay off extortionists than it is to rebuild IT infrastructure or cover losses from business interruption," says the paper.

Refusing to pay the ransom can lead to months of downtime and the huge costs for organisations that attempt to restore their network from scratch - and according to RUSI, some ransomware victims and their insurers will pay the ransom because they see it as the lowest cost option for restoring networks. zdnet.com

Four states propose laws to ban ransomware payments
Some state legislatures are debating bills that could limit or ban ransom payments. A better option, experts say, is mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks.

So far, four states have five pending pieces of legislation that would either ban paying a ransom or substantially restrict paying it. In New York, Senate Bill S6806A "prohibits governmental entities, business entities, and health care entities from paying a ransom in the event of a cyber incident or a cyber ransom or ransomware attack."

New York stands alone in terms of barring private sector businesses from paying a ransom. Legislatures in North Carolina (House Bill 813), Pennsylvania (Senate Bill 726), and Texas (House Bill 3892) are all considering bills that would prohibit the use of state and local taxpayer money or other public money to pay a ransom payment. This public money prohibition would likely hamstring local governments from paying off ransomware attackers.

Banning ransom payments could hurt more than help

These bills are understandable reactions to the frightening shut-down of both Colonial Pipeline and JBS in the wake of their high-profile infections. But legislation banning ransom payments would likely cause more harm than good, industry experts say, particularly given the short response windows and complexity of most ransomware attacks.

The harm from banning ransom payments is particularly true given the growing sophistication of ransomware attackers, who often lurk in networks for weeks, mapping out the organization, stealing data to hold hostage in a second ransom demand, and possibly wiping out system backups. "If attackers are successful and they are able to remove backups, then sometimes the only way to get that data back is to pay the ransom," Hudak says.

An outright ban on ransom payments "would mean that many businesses tempted to pay the ransom may be less likely to disclose a breach, which would impact both our understanding of the latest ransomware threats and leave customers of impacted businesses in the dark," Kujawa says.

Mandatory ransomware attack reporting a better alternative

A better alternative to banning ransom payments is requiring companies to report ransomware attacks to a central authority, as most of the state bills also do. "We've clearly seen that a more effective strategy against ransomware is for everyone to share their attack data and use that information to empower our investigative services to go after the criminals, not the victims," Malwarebytes Kujawa says.

Coveware's Siegel says that "the United States should do something at the federal level to require reporting and to require some subset of information to be collected. It is a very good idea because there could be a centralized repository for mandatory notification and coordination of what to do with the active attacks, whether it be law enforcement investigation, aggregation of data, to put out notices, whatever." csoonline.com

Putin Agrees, Cybersecurity is 1 of the most important issues
6/13/21: Putin: Russia open to hacker exchange with US
Moscow could hand over wanted hackers to Washington if the United States extradites its own cybercriminals to Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.

He made the comments ahead of an expected extradition request by US President Joe Biden when the pair meet in Geneva on Wednesday.

In an interview on state TV, Putin stressed that cybersecurity was one of the most important issues at present, because "turning all kinds of systems off can lead to really difficult consequences."

"If we agree to extradite criminals, then, of course, Russia will go for it. But only if the other side, in this case, the United States, agrees to the same thing,″ Putin said.

Cybercrime is one of the main threats to the business community leading to losses of $1 trillion in 2020, according to a report by leading antivirus company McAfee. dw.com

Editor's Note: We haven't heard a word since Biden met with Putin. Not a word. Strange - but no follow up.

Washington Post 6/12/21: The Red Line - Blaming the West For Russia's Woes
Ransomware's suspected Russian roots point to a long detente between the Kremlin & Hackers
MOSCOW - The ransomware hackers suspected of targeting Colonial Pipeline and other businesses around the world have a strict set of rules.

First and foremost: Don't target Russia or friendly states. It's even hard-wired into the malware, including coding to prevent hacks on Moscow's ally Syria, according to cybersecurity experts who have analyzed the malware's digital fingerprints.

"In the West you say, 'Don't ... where you eat,' " said Dmitry Smilyanets, a former Russia-based hacker who is now an intelligence analyst at Recorded Future, a cybersecurity company with offices in Washington and other cities around the world. "It's a red line."

Here's the Proof:

In a 2016 interview with NBC, when asked why Russia was not arresting hackers believed to have interfered in the U.S. election, Putin hinted at the hands-off approach: "If they did not break Russian law, there is nothing to prosecute them for in Russia."

Andrei Soldatov, a Russian Internet analyst and author of "The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries," said an entire generation of Russia's skilled hackers grew up in the '90s and blamed the West for Russia's hardships after the Soviet Union unraveled.

For cybercriminals, the country is like a greenhouse, he said. Ransomware is the region's specialty, analysts said. With ransomware-as-a-service outfits, DarkSide and REvil, flourishing.

In an interview with the Russian OSINT blog posted June 4 on the Telegram messaging app, REvil said "Even if they pass a law prohibiting the ransom payments in the United States or put us on a terrorist list, this will not affect our work in any way." washingtonpost.com

Antony Blinken Warns Russia 'We Will Respond' If Cyber Attacks Continue
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has vowed a U.S. response would follow if Moscow targeted the U.S. with a cyber attack, as he reiterated his administration's concern about hacker threats as a major issue of national security.

Blinken told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that cyber hacking had been discussed during this month's summit between the U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

The interview was published Tuesday after he visited Rome for talks about the global Islamist threat. In it, the Secretary of State referred to the attack on the Colonial Pipeline on the U.S. East Coast, which the FBI has linked to DarkSide, a ransomware gang believed to be based in Russia, although not thought to be state-sponsored.

"We expect Russia to take action to prevent these cyber attacks from happening again," Blinken told the paper, according to a translation.

Blinken said that there were areas of national infrastructures of strategic interest that should be off limits, such as water, electricity and public transport, and these "must be protected from cyber attacks. We have made this clear to Putin."

He said that as Biden had previously told Putin, the U.S. hopes to have a "more stable and profitable relationship" with Russia which includes co-operation on strategic issues such as arms control, cyber security, and regional crises.

"If Russia continues to attack us, or to act as it did with the SolarWinds attacks, the intrusions into our elections, and the aggression against Navalny, then we will respond," he said, according to Reuters.

In a lengthy article for the newspaper Kommersant, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said the Biden-Putin summit had been "generally constructive" and said an "understanding" had been reached on issues including "consultations on cybersecurity."  newsweek.com

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Director, Global Physical Security & Safety job posted for Cloudflare in Austin, TX
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Amazon Employs Over 23,000 in Canada & Adding Another 2,800
Amazon to open new warehouse that will use robotics in Alberta next year
Despite the warehouse's use of robots, Amazon said it will hire more than 1,000 full- and part-time staff to work at the facility, which is expected to open next year.

The Seattle-based e-commerce company said Monday that it will use robotics to put together small orders of books, electronics and toys at a new warehouse in Parkland County, Alta., west of Edmonton.

Earlier this month, Amazon said it employed more than 23,000 full- and part-time people at fulfilment centres, corporate offices and other facilities in British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec.

It planned to hire 1,800 workers in corporate and technical roles, including many in Vancouver and Toronto. The new hires, it said, will support team working on Amazon Web Services, Alexa, advertising and retail and operations technology. bnnbloomberg.ca

'Another sucker ordering stuff on Amazon'
A video of a UPS driver railing against Amazon deliveries showed the tech giant's impact on the entire courier system

A TikTok showed a UPS driver unhappy with the number of Amazon packages a customer had ordered.

A TikTok showing a UPS delivery driver unhappy with the number of Amazon packages he had to deliver to a customer went viral on Wednesday before it was deleted.

"This is absolutely ridiculous. Another sucker ordering stuff on Amazon," the driver could be heard saying to himself as he carried a large Amazon box to the front door. "'I got this great deal here on Amazon. I need to buy 16 million things because Amazon told me to.'"

"We appreciate our employees' hard work," a UPS spokesperson told Insider in a statement. "But these comments do not reflect our commitment to exceptional customer service."

Lorelai Mentzer, who captured the moment on her Ring doorbell, usually makes TikToks about her dog to send to friends and family. She said she had no idea how viral the video - which had 219,200 views in just one day - would become.

"My initial reaction was that my feelings were hurt," Mentzer told Insider. "I was a little embarrassed by the number of packages I had and thought to myself, did I really need all those? Am I a bad person for ordering this many packages?"  businessinsider.com

FedEx posts profit as online shopping boom continues

Victoria's Secret Conn./Mass. ORC Gang
Originally Indicted on Oct 22,2020

Indictment Charges 7 Hartford Women for Participating in Victoria's Secret Theft Scheme
Federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging DEBRAN MOORE, also known as Debran Chanel, 21; SHAMONIQUE MACKEY, 21; DAIJAH FAGAN, 20; TAMIJAH HUNTER, 21; SHARNICE JACKSON, 19; LEONNA JONES, 21; and IMANI AITCHESON, 21, all of Hartford, with conspiracy and fraud offenses related to a scheme to defraud Victoria's Secret stores in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Beginning at least as early as February 2019 and continuing through at least October 2019, the co-conspirators devised a scheme through which they stole thousands of dollars from L Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret stores. As part of the scheme, the co-conspirators shoplifted merchandise from Victoria's Secret stores in Connecticut and Massachusetts. They then returned the shoplifted Victoria's Secret merchandise through a "No Original Receipt" return, which allowed them to obtain gift cards for Victoria's Secret in the value of the stolen merchandise (the "Return Step").

It is alleged that the loss to L Brands from this scheme exceeds $100,000. The indictment charges each defendant with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and one count of wire fraud. Both charges carry a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years each. justice.gov

Update 6/22/21: Sixth Individual Admits Participation in Multi-State Victoria's Secret ORC Theft Scheme
SHARNICE JACKSON, 20, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy offense related to a scheme to defraud Victoria's Secret stores in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Jackson and others were involved in a scheme through which they stole thousands of dollars from L Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret stores. As part of the scheme, the co-conspirators shoplifted merchandise from Victoria's Secret stores in Connecticut and Massachusetts. They then returned the shoplifted Victoria's Secret merchandise through a "No Original Receipt" return, which allowed them to obtain gift cards for Victoria's Secret in the value of the stolen merchandise (the "Return Step"). The co-conspirators then redeemed the gift cards at Victoria's Secret stores for merchandise that slightly exceeded the value of the gift card, so that the excess amount was charged to a debit card connected to a co-conspirator (the "Redeem Step"). They then returned the merchandise purchased in the Redeem Step, with the refund for the entire amount credited to the co-conspirator's debit card (the "Refund Step").

Jackson is the sixth defendant involved in this scheme to plead guilty. SHAMONIQUE MACKEY, 22; DAIJAH FAGAN, 21; TAMIJAH HUNTER, 21; LEONNA JONES, 22; and IMANI AITCHESON, 21, all of Hartford, previously pleaded guilty to the same charge and await sentencing. A seventh defendant charged in this conspiracy is awaiting trial.

Jackson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years. Judge Hall scheduled sentencing for September 17, 2021. justice.gov
 

Williamsport, PA: Two charged with stealing electronic devices from Pa. Walmarts and reselling them worldwide
Two individuals have been accused in a plot that involved stealing electronic devices worth thousands of dollars from Walmart stores and selling them in the United States and overseas. Maurice Lavelle Whyte and Jasmyn Latreece Robinson are charged in an indictment unsealed Monday in U.S. Middle District Court with conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property. They are accused of traveling to Pennsylvania to steal Apple iPhones, iPads, Airpods, other brands of smartphones, tablets, electronic devices and watches from Walmarts in Centre and Clearfield counties.

The indictment, which covers the period between September 2019 and March 2020, provides this account of how the thefts took place and what happened to the stolen merchandise: While conspirators served as lookouts for store employees and customers, others would use pry bars to break into storage drawers, cages and other storage locations to steal the merchandise. Shopping carts, backpacks, duffel bags and boxes were used to conceal and carry merchandise from the stores. Merchandise stolen from Walmarts in College Twp., Centre County, and Sandy Twp., Clearfield Twp., was transported to Ohio and other locations. Social media was used to communicate with prospective purchasers and to arrange the transfer of the stolen merchandise to buyers in Columbus, Ohio, Oklahoma City, and Tel Aviv, Israel.

According to the indictment, $11,221 worth of electronic devices was stolen from Walmart in Sandy Twp. about 11:25 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2019, and about 2:20 a.m. the following day $13,585 similar merchandise was taken from the Walmart near State College. Before leaving the College Twp. store Whyte used a debit card to purchase an item for $7.54 at the self-checkout, the charges state. The same credit card was on Nov. 6 and 7 in Selinsgrove and Danville, and in Columbus and Dublin, Ohio, records showed.

Whyte is alleged on Nov. 8 and 11, 2019, to have posted on the Internet photographs of himself and Robinson along with substantial amounts of cash. The two are accused of transferring and causing to be transferred on Feb. 15 and March 4, 2020, iClouds stolen from the State College area Walmart to individuals in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Oklahoma City. The indictment also charges Whyte and Robinson with stealing $6,700 worth of phones and electronic devices from a Walmart in Cambridge, Ohio, and similar items valued at $27,000 from a Walmart in Bloomington, Ill. The Ohio theft occurred about three weeks before and the one in Illinois about a month after the two in Pennsylvania, the document states. pennlive.com

Two Men From Illinois Were Sentenced To Over 19 Years in Prison for Gun Store & T-Mobile store Robberies
On December 5, 2018, Quran Waterford and Gary McCaleb entered B&H Firearms in Fort Wayne while armed with a firearm, tied the owner's hands behind his back and stole over $8,000 worth of firearms. Eight days later, on December 13, 2018, Waterford, McCaleb, and an unknown individual, entered a T-Mobile cellular telephone store in Fort Wayne while armed with a firearm, restrained two employees and two customers by zip tying their hands behind their backs, before fleeing with numerous cellular telephones. Waterford and McCaleb were apprehended by the Fort Wayne Police Department after a short pursuit.

Waterford was sentenced to 239 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.

McCaleb was sentenced to 245 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. justice.gov

Jefferson City, MO: Man has been charged with illegally using credit cards to purchase thousands of dollars in merchandise
Bam Bam Crockett, 30, is charged with felony counts of stealing, fraudulent use of a credit device and resisting arrest. An employee of Vaughn Pools noticed fraudulent charges on a credit card for the business that was reported missing June 4, according to Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statements. Crockett was employed by the business at that time and reportedly had access to the card. Fraudulent transactions totaling nearly $6,000 were made June 7, 8 and 19 at 14 locations, authorities said. Four of those transactions occurred at Hibbett Sports at Capital Mall, and store video reportedly showed Crockett conducting the transactions. newstribune.com

Savannah, GA: 2 suspects wanted for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of sunglasses
Savannah Police are searching for two women accused of shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of sunglasses. Detectives say the two have been seen on video surveillance entering Bass Pro Shop and taking multiple pairs of Rayban sunglasses. The value of the glasses totals more than $3,500, according to the Savannah Police Department (SPD). wsav.com

South Nyack, NY: Man strikes police cars during pursuit in NY; over $3,000 of items recovered from Petco and Petsmart
Authorities arrested a man who crashed into several police cars as he led authorities on a pursuit in New York Thursday afternoon. It happened around 4 p.m. New York State Police assisted South Nyack Police Department and New Jersey's Mahwah Police Department with a pursuit that entered New York on the I-287 and continued south on I-87. During the pursuit, the fleeing vehicle intentionally caused damage to two troop vehicles, a South Nyack patrol car and a Mahwah patrol car. The driver, 51-year-old Henry Cofrancesco of Connecticut, was eventually stopped, police said. During investigation, Troopers found Cofrancesco was in possession of over $3,000 worth of stolen merchandise from a Petco store in Reardon, New Jersey and a PetSmart store in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. He faces charges of criminal possession of stolen property, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle. pix11.com

Menomonee Falls, WI: Retail theft, $900+ worth of merchandise stolen
Menomonee Falls police are investigating a retail theft that happened Sunday, June 6 at Ross Dress for Less. Police say two unknown males took approximately $950.00 worth of merchandise without attempting payment. There is no known vehicle at this time. fox6now.com

Plainville, KS: Police Shoot, Kill Woman who pulled gun on an Officer inside a C-Store
State authorities are investigating after a police officer shot and killed a woman with a gun in a small Kansas town. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the shooting happened around 1 o'clock Sunday morning at a convenience store in Plainville. The shooting happened after an officer tried to arrest 29-year-old Nicole Dechant of Hays on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. The KBI said that when the officer told Dechant that she would be arrested on the warrant, she pulled a gun out of her bag. After Dechant ignored commands to drop the gun, the officer fired several times at her. Paramedics came to the store and tried to help Dechant, but she died at the scene. The officer was not hurt. The KBI will conduct an investigation into the shooting. wibwnewsnow.com

Chicago, IL: Woman Killed, 5 Others Wounded In Mass Shooting In South Shore
A woman was killed and five others were wounded in a mass shooting in South Shore Sunday night. The shooting happened on 71st Street near Clyde Avenue. Police said at 8:44 p.m., six people were all standing outside a store when four people came around the corner of 71st and Clyde and shot them all. Police earlier said the shooting was a drive-by, but later clarified that the shooters were on foot. The woman was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and was later pronounced dead there after being shot six times. chicago.cbslocal.com

Newark, DE: Philadelphia woman arrested in connection with woman's shooting death outside Christiana Mall
A woman has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a woman at the Christiana Mall on Monday. The shooting happened around 4 p.m. when officials say a 27-year-old woman was found unresponsive in the driver's seat of a black Ford Fusion with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. She was taken to Christiana Hospital where she was later pronounced dead. Delaware State Police have arrested 24-year-old Shaidiah McNeair of Philadelphia, PA, in connection with the homicide. After further investigation, authorities determined a second subject was inside of the vehicle and exited prior to police arrival.  fox29.com

Granite City, IL: Man fatally shoots tire store employee, kills self after police chase
A man was killed Friday afternoon while working at a tire shop in Granite City. According to Fox2, a suspect walked into the Cheapies Tire store in the 1500 block of Madison Avenue and shot the victim and employee multiple times at around 1 p.m. Dozens of shell casings lined the scene of the crime when Granite City police and Illinois State Police officers arrived at the business. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he later died. After the shooting, the suspect fled the scene in a car, driving toward Madison. Police engaged in a high-speed chase with the suspect, who crashed the vehicle he was driving on the McKinley Bridge. The suspect later committed suicide in the vehicle. No motive for the killing is known and no further details are being released. advantagenews.com

Update: Columbia, MO: Woman accused of shooting a man during domestic incident Friday at Columbia Place Mall
The Richland County Sheriff's Department says a woman has been accused of shooting a man during a domestic dispute. On Friday around 6 p.m., deputies say they responded to the Columbia Place Mall for reports of a shooting. Once on the scene, authorities say they found a man with a gunshot wound to the lower body, and he was taken by EMS for treatment. Investigators with RCSD say 40-year-old Jamie Roberson shot the victim and has been charged with domestic violence, first degree. abccolumbia.com

Indianapolis, IN: Gas station clerk shot after confronting customer thought to be stealing
A gas station clerk was shot after a confrontation early Tuesday morning on the near northeast side. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, a person was reported shot around 1:30 a.m. in the 2900 block of E. 38th Street. Police say the victim was a gas station clerk who had confronted someone trying to steal merchandise from the store. The suspected shoplifter shot the clerk and then took off. The clerk was taken to the hospital and was last said to be stable. fox59.com
 

Robberies, Incidents & Thefts

San Gabriel, CA: Video shows robbery of 2 women in San Gabriel store,
suspects sought
Video of three men stealing purses from two women at a supermarket was released Monday by the San Gabriel Police Department. The video depicted one of the men approaching a woman, described as "an Asian female victim in her 40's," from behind as she stood in a checkout line at the 99 Ranch Market in San Gabriel Square at about 8:40 p.m. Saturday. The man grabbed the woman's purse, which was slung around her body, and ran to the exit, causing the woman to fall to the floor. He was followed out of the store by two other men. heysocal.com

Miami Metro, FL Identity Theft Rates and Maps
The B grade means the rate of identity theft is slightly lower than the average US metro area. Miami Metro is in the 67th percentile for safety, meaning 33% of metro areas are safer and 67% of metro areas are more dangerous. The rate of identity theft in the Miami metro area is 0.85 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in the Miami metro area generally consider the southwest part of the metro area to be the safest for this type of crime. Your chance of being a victim of identity theft in the Miami metro area may be as high as 1 in 974 in the southeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 1,241 in the southwest part of the metro area. See the section on interpreting the identity theft map, however, because comparing rates for identity theft or any other crime is not as intuitive as it may seem. crimegrade.org

St. George, UT: Police suspect same individuals involved in string of jewelry
store thefts
More than a dozen police units responded to the Red Cliffs Mall on Telegraph Street on a report of a jewelry theft involving two suspects who allegedly grabbed several pieces of jewelry and ran from the store - the first of two thefts reported Thursday afternoon. On Thursday, officers were dispatched to Kay Jewelers located in the Red Cliffs Mall after a store employee called 911 reporting the theft of several pieces of high-end jewelry shortly after 3 p.m. According to initial reports, the suspects grabbed the items and then fled from the store on foot, St. George Police Officer Tiffany Mitchell told St. George News.

Multiple police units responded to the mall and obtained a description of the two men She also said that while officers were still processing the scene at the mall, a second theft was reported at a jewelry store nearby. During that incident, two men matching the description of the earlier theft entered the store and then fled with several pieces of jewelry. Witnesses also reported seeing both men exit the store and then drive off in a dark-colored Subaru sedan.

Officers obtained surveillance footage from the businesses that captured images of the men inside of the store. The suspects were not located following Thursday's incident and no arrests have been made at this point, but Mitchell said that investigators have determined that both suspects have been involved in similar crimes in other areas that are still under investigation. stgeorgeutah.com

Henderson County, TN: Man armed with shotgun robs several fast food restaurants in multi-county crime spree off I-40
Henderson County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a report of a robbery Sunday at the McDonald's restaurant at Exit 108 in Parkers Crossroads. Investigators say 20-year-old Antonio Pitts is accused of going through the drive-thru lane, ordering two drinks, and then when he got to the window, reaching for the cash register. "The teller runs and screamed, 'Gun!' to tell everybody what was going on, and the subject reached in the window, removed the cash register drawer with all the content, put it in his car and left the scene," said Capt. Tracey Grisham, with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office. Grisham says while investigating the incident, deputies discovered Pitts had been involved in two other armed robberies in Middle Tennessee on Sunday. Law enforcement say one was at a gas station in Fairview, and another further west at a McDonald's in Hurricane Mills. wkrn.com

Frankfort, KY: These 22 new laws go into effect in Kentucky on June 29
HB 126: Increases the threshold of felony theft from $500 to $1,000. Also allows law enforcement to charge members of organized shoplifting rings with a felony if a member reaches a certain threshold. whas11.com

Santa Clarita Valley, CA: 2 arrested on suspicion of committing a robbery while ramming security guards with shopping cart

Erie Convenience Store Owner Pleads Guilty to Food Stamp Fraud

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