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IAI West Coast Chapter Announcement
After a successful meeting in July, the IAI West Coast Chapter sets their sights
on their next upcoming meeting in the San Francisco area in October (Details to
be announced).
The first IAI West Coast Chapter meeting since relaunching the chapter took
place Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 from 12pm - 4pm at the Office Depot Distribution
Center in Garden Grove, CA. Guest speakers included Wayne Hoover, CFI, Senior
Partner at Wicklander-Zulawski and Executive Director of IAI, the Garden Grove
Police Department, and George Torres, CFI, LPQ
IAI West Coast Chapter Leaders Pictured from left to right: Matt Dawson,
CFI, Hector Erazo, LPC, CFI, Max Alonso V, LPC, Wayne Hoover, CFI, Andrea
Jensen, CFI, and Heather Kasdan, CFI, PHR, SHRM-CP
Thank you Hector Erazo, AP District Leader - Rite Aid for submitting this
story!
Update:
Politicians upset after Amazon's face-recog AI fingers dozens of them as
suspected crooks
Amazon's online facial recognition system incorrectly matched pictures of US
Congress members to mugshots of suspected criminals in a study by the American
Civil Liberties Union.
 As
a result, the ACLU, a nonprofit headquartered in New York, has called for
Congress to ban cops and Feds from using any sort of computer-powered facial
recognition technology due to the fact that, well, it sucks.
The results from the ACLU's latest probing showed that Rekognition mistook
images of 28 innocent members of Congress for mugshots of cuffed people
suspected of crimes. The incorrect matches were skewed towards people of color
and, including six members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Specifically,
nearly 40 per cent of the wrong matches were of people of color despite them
making up 20 per cent of Congress.
The ACLU has called Congress to "enact a moratorium" to prohibit law enforcement
from using the technology. "I think Congress is taking this issue seriously,"
said Snow.
He told us that Jimmy Gomez and John Lewis, both Democratic House
representatives in California and Georgia respectively, have sent a letter to
Amazon demanding a meeting to discuss Rekognition. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has
also written a letter to ask for a formal meeting to learn more about how
Rekognition really works.
theregister.co.uk
A spokesperson from Amazon Web Services said in a statement the test results
could have been improved by increasing the confidence threshold. While 80
percent is an acceptable threshold for photos of everyday items and objects,
it's not appropriate for identifying individuals with a "reasonable level of
certainty."
Other news coverage:
wired.com - Lawmakers Can't Ignore Facial Recognition's Bias Anymore
usatoday.com - Amazon's facial recognition tool misidentified 28 members of
Congress in ACLU test
engadget.com - Congress seeks more info on Amazon's facial-recognition tech
US Intel Community: Supply Chain Cyberattack
Imminent
U.S. intelligence experts are warning of the risks of major cyberattacks on
the technology operating throughout businesses' supply chains,
according
to BBC reports Thursday (July 26), raising alarms for enterprises that
increasingly rely on software to function and interact with their business
partners.
A report by the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC),
titled "The Foreign Economic Espionage Report," warns that cyber attackers could
infiltrate the software supply chain, and pointed to China, Russia and Iran as
the most capable of such an event. Indeed, cyberattacks have already "threatened
critical infrastructure," the BBC reported. The NCSC described last year as a "watershed" with seven significant cyberattacks on the software supply chain -
there were only four such events between 2014 and 2016, analysts noted.
"Software supply chain infiltration is one of the key threats that
corporations need to pay attention to, particularly how software
vulnerabilities are exploited," said NCSC Director William Evanina, who is also
the nation's top counterintelligence official. "To get around increasingly
hardened corporate perimeters, cyber-actors are targeting supply chains. The
impacts to proprietary data, trade secrets and national security are profound."
The report pointed to several events that have already occurred, including a
version of computer cleaning program CCleaner. Reports emerged last September
that a "booby-trapped"
version of the solution was spreading, allowing attackers to take advantage of
access gained by the program. In another scenario, analysts pointed to the
NotPetya attack, in which attackers used accounting and tax software to
target Ukraine.
Unsurprisingly, the report also mentioned
Kaspersky Lab and the risks of foreign enterprise technology companies
that work closely with corporates and governments in the U.S. pymnts.com
The End of 'De Minimis' Rule in CA
Calif. High Court: Starbucks Must Pay Workers to Close Store
More Security Procedures May Require Compensation
The California Supreme Court ruled that Starbucks and other employers must
pay workers for routine off-the-clock activities, such as setting the alarm and
closing the store at the end of the day-even if the amount of time is
minimal.
Under the federal "de minimis" rule, businesses can require employees to work a
trivial amount of time (up to 10 minutes) each day without compensation if the
time is administratively difficult to track. But this is not necessarily the
case in California.
 In
a unanimous opinion on July 26, the state high court said that the de
minimis rule has not been adopted under California wage and hour statutes and
regulations. And, at least in the case before the court, the rule doesn't
otherwise apply under state law.
"We hold that the relevant wage order and statutes do not permit application of
the de minimis rule on the facts given to us ... where the employer required the
employee to work 'off the clock' several minutes per shift," wrote Justice
Goodwin Liu for the court.
Employers in California need to be prepared for the end of the de minimis
rule as a defense to wage and hour class actions, said Grant Alexander, an
attorney with Alston & Bird in Los Angeles. Employers will need to determine how
to compensate employees for the time that has previously been treated as
off-the-clock work, either by adjusting shifts to avoid such work or by
identifying and compensating those individuals who routinely open and close
retail locations, he added.
Employers should conduct an analysis of what workers are actually doing at
the start and end of their shifts, said Bryan Lazarski, an attorney with
Lazarski Law in Los Angeles. He said employers should look for patterns. Is the
work capturable? Perhaps employees have to start their computers each morning
before logging in. If that activity regularly takes up to five minutes,
employers may want to add five minutes to workers' timesheets each day.
"Employers also need to update their handbooks and make sure that they say in as
many places as possible that no off-the-clock work is permissible,"
Wagner added.
Editor's Note: We could see security bag-checks and bank deposit drops
lawsuits pop back up.
shrm.org
Secret Papa John's 'Coup'?
John Schnatter sues Papa John's for access to company records
Calls racial slur allegation 'false and mistaken reporting'
 The
founder of the Papa John's pizza chain filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking
access to the company's books and records following his resignation as
chairman earlier this month amid reports that he used a racial slur
during a media training session.
In a complaint filed in Delaware's Court of Chancery, John Schnatter
accused Papa John's International Inc. of treating him in an
"unexplained and heavy-handed way" after Forbes published a July 11
article that he says falsely accused him.
In the complaint, Schnatter says company directors either acted in a
hasty and uninformed manner, thus breaching their duty of care to the
corporation, or had secretly planned a "coup" in advance to oust him.
nbcnews.com
Crate & Barrel's Finger Scans Flout Ill. Privacy
Law, Suit Says
A former Crate & Barrel worker has hit the company with a proposed class action
in Illinois state court, claiming the houseware and furniture chain uses
biometric fingerprint scanners to track employees in violation of Illinois'
Biometric Information Privacy Act.
law360.com
CA Prop 47 Impact
Shoplifting sprees around Bakersfield, CA. are happening in broad daylight
From jewelry store heists to pilfering at a
Panama Lane gas station, thieves are targeting Bakersfield businesses small
and large, often in broad daylight.
The consequences are less severe these days for shoplifting, which may be a
factor as to why thieves are so brazen. Two years ago, Proposition 47 changed
store theft from a felony to a mere misdemeanor, if the losses were less than
$950. bakersfieldnow.com
St Louis, MO: Protests, vandalism at BP station
following viral video of employees attacking woman outside store
 Calling
for a BP store shutdown, protesters marched outside a West St. Louis gas station
again on Thursday. The protests stemmed from a video showing a woman being
kicked at the gas station. Two men, Ahmed Qandeel, 19, and Jehad Motan, 32, were
charged with assault. Both were taken into custody shortly after the incident
was recorded by a bystander. Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, vandals reportedly
ransacked the store and set a nearby car on fire. No injuries were reported and
no arrests were made.
Kelli Adams said it all started when she gave another customer $20 to go inside
the gas station to buy lottery tickets. She said the employees turned the
customer away. Adams said she wanted to go inside the BP to find out why the
customer was turned away but she was stopped just inside the door. "I kind of
lashed out and pushed the bread over, which was wrong," Adams said. As she
walked away, Adams said she was attacked. "He shoves the trash can, drop kicks
me, body kicks me and everything," she said. Soon after the struggle began, a
customer outside started recording. "That's when the bigger guy came out to drop
kick me and caused me to fall to the ground and flip over," said Adams. Adams
believes she was kicked six times by two employees.
kmov.com
What Employee Speech Is Protected in the
Workplace?
Employees don't have a constitutional right to free speech at work, but
employers still need to be aware of federal and state laws that do protect
workers' speech in certain situations.
But that doesn't mean that businesses can curb all employee speech. For
instance, private-sector employees have the right to engage in concerted
activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This applies to workers
in both union and nonunion settings.
Employees also have the right to talk about possible unlawful conduct in the
workplace. Under various federal laws, employees may complain about harassment,
discrimination, workplace safety violations and other issues. "However,
employees don't have the freedom or right to express racist, sexist or other
discriminatory comments where such comments constitute violations of these
laws," Olmsted noted.
Social Media
Employers should be mindful of how social media and policies affecting the use
of social media interact with employee rights, Alexander said. In certain
states, employees have the right to engage in lawful conduct when they are off
the clock, and that may impact how social media policies are crafted and
implemented, he added.
An employee's posts on social media platforms might be considered protected
concerted activity if the employee is discussing working conditions and other
labor relations matters. In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) and courts have found that social media posts might be protected
even if they contain profanities or sound disloyal to the business.
shrm.org
Food Lion Director of Loss Prevention - a
division of Delhaize America
in Salisbury, NC
The primary purpose of this position is to provide protection of company assets
by organizing the investigation and distribution of information. The AP Director
is responsible to ensure Brand needs are met through staffing and development of
their respective AP team.
delhaize.com
Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., since 1957, operates more than 1,100
grocery stores in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. Our company proudly
employs more than 63,000 associates and serves approximately 10 million
customers a week.
foodlion.com
RadioShack to open 100 RadioShack
Express store-within-a-store in Hobby Town Stores
San Antonio retailer A'Gaci's bankruptcy plan
OK'd
Quarterly Results
Del Taco Restaurants Q2 system-wide comp's up 3.3%, total revenue up 8.5%
Starbucks Q3 global comp's up 1%, U.S. comp's up 1%, sales up 11%
Carter's Q2 retail comp's up 0.9%, U.S. retail sales up 2.7%, wholesale net
sales down 3.8%, total net sales up 0.6%
Canada's Loblaw Cos Q2 food retail comp's up 0.8%, drug retail comp's up 1.7%,
revenue down 1.4%
Supervalu Q1 retail comp's up 0.4%, consolidated net sales up 35%
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New York Man Sentenced for scheme
involving stolen car parts on eBay
John Labarbera, a Poughquag resident, was arrested in August 2016 and accused of
selling $231,317 worth of car parts that he stole from the dealership at 685
Central Park Ave. The 50-year-old has already paid back half of that amount,
officials said.
Labarbera pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny, a felony, in February.
He was accused of running his scheme from May 5, 2011, through March 5, 2015.
Labarbera convinced management at Curry Acura to sell car parts online through
eBay, and he set up an account to sell parts on the dealership's behalf,
officials said.
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STANLEY Security Announces Partnership
with Shooter Detection Systems
 INDIANAPOLIS
- STANLEY Security, a leading global manufacturer and
integrator of comprehensive security solutions for a wide range of industries,
announces a partnership with Shooter Detection Systems LLC (SDS), the industry's
leading gunshot detection solutions provider. As an authorized dealer,
STANLEY
Security is now certified to sell, install and service SDS products and
services.
The SDS Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System combines acoustic
gunshot identification software with infrared gunfire flash detection for a
fully automated gunshot detection and alerting solution. The Guardian System
immediately detects gunshots and simultaneously alerts building occupants and
first responders within one second and with zero false alerts.
"We understand the importance of having a fully comprehensive security system,
including
gunshot detection, and we are committed to this technology and all the
individuals, campuses and businesses it can help to keep safe," said Brad
McMullen, Vice President Marketing and Product Solutions, STANLEY Security.
"Being able to activate an alert and notify emergency personnel in near
real-time during a crisis situation is critical. Additionally, integrating this
technology with video management and access control systems can provide our
customers with more
robust incident response plans."
The Guardian System processes all gunshot data within the sensor, removing the
need for human interpretation or intervention and saving time when seconds
matter most. When a shot is detected, the Guardian System instantly alerts users
to location of shots on a mapping interface and simultaneously sends this
information by SMS text message, email and via other third-party alert systems.
The Guardian System has been installed throughout schools, businesses, airports
and other public and private buildings and has over 20 million hours of
operational time with zero false alerts. With the Guardian System, critical
information is immediately relayed to building occupants and emergency personnel
so that proper steps can be taken to control the situation as quickly as
possible.
To learn more about
STANLEY Security's broad range of products and solutions or request a demo of
indoor active shooter detection, please visit
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(GDPR) marks a new era in data privacy and
protection - and retailers are in the hot seat to comply
Companies that improperly handle data will have consequences, such as legal
actions and fines of up to 4% of their worldwide annual turnover, according to
Russell Marsh, managing director, Accenture Digital.
What do companies need to be aware of to become complaint?
Retailers need to know where all customer data has come from, show how all data
was processed, and where automated processing (algorithms) were applied. They
also must be able to prove they have the customer's consent to use each piece of
their data for each specific purpose. If they don't have this consent, they need
to stop using a specific piece of their data for a specific profiling purpose.
How will GDPR impact U.S.-based companies that operate globally?
GDPR provides protection to European citizens no matter where their data
travels. This means that any company, anywhere, that has a database that
includes EU citizens is bound by its rules. Businesses of all sizes are affected
- no one is exempt.
chainstoreage.com
The Double-Edged Sword of Artificial Intelligence
in Security
The advancements in AI and its ability to make automated decisions about cyber
threats is revolutionizing the cybersecurity landscape as we know it, from both
a defensive and an offensive perspective.
AI in Cyber Defense
As a subdivision of AI, machine learning is already easing the burden of threat
detection for many cyber defense teams. Its ability to analyze network traffic
and establish a baseline for normal activity within a system can be used to flag
suspicious activity, drawing from vast amounts of security data collected by
businesses. Anomalies are then fed back to security teams, which make the final
decision on how to react.
 AI
and Cybercriminals
Even though implementing machine learning technologies is an asset for defense
teams, hackers are armed with the very same ammunition and capabilities,
creating a seemingly never-ending arms race.
At the beginning of 2018, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's "The
Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence" report warned that AI can be
exploited by hackers for malicious purposes, including the ability to target
entire states and alter society as we know it. The authors of the report contend
that globally we are at "a critical moment in the co-evolution of AI and
cybersecurity and should proactively prepare for the next wave of attacks."
Guarding Against the "Weaponization" of AI
To protect against AI-launched attacks, security teams should be mindful of
three key steps to cement a strong defense:
Step 1: Understand what AI is protecting.
Step 2: Have clearly defined processes in place.
Step 3: Know exactly what is normal for the security environment.
darkreading.com
Australia: Frightening video shows how easy it is to steal
money from tap-and-go cards
A viral video is raising concern over the safety of our tap-and-go cards,
showing us just how easily it is to be scammed without noticing. It shows an
Australian man approaching an unsuspecting person looking at magazines on a
shelf in a store. The man explains that he is about to scam his victim, for the
purposes of the video.
kidspot.com.au
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National Retail Federation Leadership
How We Got Here &
Where We're Going
Joe LaRocca,
VP & Senior Advisor, Loss Prevention, RetaiLPartners
Rich Mellor, Former VP of Loss Prevention
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For over 25 years, the NRF LP Council has been focused on elevating, developing,
and inspiring our industry. In this LPNN interview, hear from two industry
pioneers who helped lead the NRF's LP efforts. Joe LaRocca and Rich
Mellor talk about the greatest challenges and successes from their tenure as
Vice Presidents of Loss Prevention for the NRF - including driving ORC efforts
and awareness, developing the NRF Protect Conference, testifying before
Congress, and more.
Read our series of articles on the NRF LP Council leadership - in their
own words -
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This is an Eye Opener For Every U.S. Citizen
Facebook Chief Security Officer's Leaked Internal
Memo
Great Read - Take a Look Deep Inside Facebook's Culture - Struggling With Growth
at Any Cost
Departing Facebook Security Officer's Memo: "We Need To Be Willing To Pick
Sides"
In a brutally honest note about his departure, Facebook's Chief Security Officer
Alex Stamos calls on his colleagues "to intentionally not collect data where
possible" and listen to people when they say a feature is "creepy."
In March, days after confirming his plans to leave the company, Facebook's
highest-ranking security official implored his colleagues to take responsibility
for the social network's failings amid the fallout of the most notable privacy
scandal in the company's 14-year history.
 Advocating
for dramatic shifts in Facebook's culture, Alex Stamos, the company's outgoing
chief security officer, sent a reflective, brutally honest note to employees on
March 23 attributing the social network's problems to "tens of thousands of
small decisions made over the last decade." The memo, which has not previously
been circulated outside Facebook, is a rare look at some of the internal debate
currently taking place over the company's future direction and the
growth-at-any-cost attitude that has driven it for years.
"We need to build a user experience that conveys honesty and respect, not one
optimized to get people to click yes to giving us more access," Stamos wrote.
"We need to intentionally not collect data where possible, and to keep it only
as long as we are using it to serve people."
"We need to listen to people (including internally) when they tell us a feature
is creepy or point out a negative impact we are having in the world," the note
continued. "We need to deprioritize short-term growth and revenue and to explain
to Wall Street why that is ok. We need to be willing to pick sides when there
are clear moral or humanitarian issues. And we need to be open, honest and
transparent about our challenges and what we are doing to fix them."
The note, titled "A Difficult Week," came six days after stories in the New York
Times and the Observer revealed how political consulting firm Cambridge
Analytica had obtained and exploited the data of millions of Facebook users for
political advertising purposes. After those revelations, Stamos, who had
reportedly previously clashed with other executives over Facebook's handling of
Russian state-sponsored misinformation and election interference on the
platform, confirmed his plans to leave by August. According to the post, his
departure had long been in the works following an internal reorganization that
left him with fewer responsibilities, and it was not directly related to the
Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Facebook, which reports earnings tomorrow, declined to comment on Stamos's note.
Stamos did not respond to requests for comment.
buzzfeednews.com
Amazon Q2 net sales up 39%
Amazon.com Inc. turned the dial up on profit in Q2, booking $2.53 billion in net
income in the quarter, up from $197 million in profit a year earlier. The profit
sprang from a 39% increase in net sales, including 49% sales growth in AWS
(Amazon's computing business), 57% growth in subscription services revenue
(Prime membership fees and content fees) and 39% growth in seller services
revenue, which includes commissions paid on marketplace sales and Fulfillment By
Amazon fees.
Amazon saw the least growth in revenue in selling physical goods online to
consumers, at 14.4%. Revenue from Amazon's online stores business in Q2 was
$27.17 billion versus $23.75 billion a year earlier. Amazon's online store
revenue accounted for 51.4% of net sales versus 62.6% in Q2 2017.
digitalcommerce360.com
Socure launches Aida bot for a trusted online
transactions environment
UK shoppers prefer to shop online, research
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San Antonio, TX: Woman accused of using a Booster
Bag to steal
at North Shore Mall
 According
to court papers, four women caught the attention of undercover police officers
because they carried empty shopping bags as they walked into a store at North
Star Mall on July 18. One of the officers noticed the empty bags were lined with
material that can block the signal of an anti-theft device. As a result, the
system won't set off an alarm as the items are stolen, explains the arrest
affidavit. When a security guard noticed the women, they ran out of the mall and
drove away. Court papers state they were followed by San Antonio police officers
who later pulled them over and recovered the stolen merchandise inside the bags.
One of the defendants, identified in court papers as Karena Renee Jones Brown,
31, is charged with engaging in organized criminal activity.
news4sanantonio.com
Verona, VA: Augusta County Sheriffs Investigating Theft of
$10,000 in Gold Coins
On July 19th, 2018, at approximately 1200 PM, three females entered B&J Coins in
Verona, VA. The females looked at and expressed interest in purchasing several
items, including jewelry and gold coins but didn't have enough money to complete
the purchase. It is believed that the three worked together to confuse the
staff, through deceit and trickery, which resulted in them leaving the store
with over $10,000 worth of merchandise.
whsv.com
Caseyville, IL: Police need help finding man
suspected of stealing 30 cases
of Red Bull
John A. Finley, 35, has been charged with three counts of retail theft, however,
he is still at large. Police say Finley stole approximately 11 four-packs of Red
Bull on the afternoon of July 11. Later that same day, police say Finley stole
eight more four-packs of Red Bull. The next day, Finley returned to the store
and took approximately 11 more packs of Red Bull, according to police.
kmov.com
St Johns County, FL: Surveillance video posted to Facebook
snags St. Johns County shoplifting suspect
Deputies in St. Johns County arrested a woman they said stole hundreds of
dollars' worth of merchandise from a boutique. On Tuesday, 52-year-old Debra
Riggs was arrested and charged with grand theft. Action News Jax spoke with
Riggs over the phone who said it was a poor mistake and admitted that she was at
fault.
actionnewsjax.com
Westport, CT: CVS employee charged with stealing
prescription meds
On June 25, officers were dispatched to CVS on report of an employee theft of
prescription medication. Police learned Samantha Jordan, 39, stole prescriptions
from the pharmacy over the course of three to four weeks, police said. Police
submitted a warrant for Jordan's arrest and, on July 22, Jordan turned herself
in at police headquarters. She was charged with fifth-degree larceny.
westport-news.com
Canastota, NY: Kinney Drugs' Pharmacy Technician
arrested for drug theft
Sandy Snyder, 32, was arrested by Cazenovia police on July 13 for allegedly
stealing controlled substances from the Kinney Drugs on Albany Street, where she
worked as a pharmacy technician. According to Cazenovia Police Chief Michael
Hayes, a Kinney Drugs Loss Prevention official approached the police about
investigating the alleged crimes. Cazenovia investigators worked with Kinney and
with investigators from the state department of health on the case. Snyder was
charged by the Cazenovia police with four counts of criminal possession of a
controlled substance in the seventh degree, falsifying business records in the
first degree and six counts of petit larceny.
eaglenewsonline.com
East Brunswick, NJ: 4 charged with theft of
$1,200 in merchandise from Walmart
A 21-year-old Perth Amboy man and three others, all from New York, were arrested
early Thursday for allegedly shoplifting more than $1,200 worth of merchandise
from a 24-hour Walmart. The merchandise, which totaled $1,261.22, consisted of
clothing, baby formula, cosmetics and a bicycle.
mycentraljersey.com
New Jersey Man Gets 5 Months for $109K Counterfeit CC
Scheme Hitting Stores For Gift Cards & Merch.
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Shootings & Deaths
Shreveport, LA: Gunfire erupts outside busy
Walmart; 2 men in Arrested
The two had agreed to meet there because one was trying to sell a cell phone to
the other, police Cpl. Marcus Hines said. The would-be buyer was sitting in the
other man's vehicle while examining the phone when he got out of the passenger
side and ran. The seller then reportedly pulled out a gun and started shooting
several rounds as he chased the alleged thief across the parking lot, police
said. No one was wounded.
ksla.com
Houston, TX: Officer shoots robbery suspect who
terrorized Family Dollar worker and mom with her 3 boys
 Houston
police were in the right place at the right time when they say they spotted two
suspected robbers preparing for their alleged crime before they even committed
it. One of the suspects was shot by police outside a Family Dollar store during
a robbery in northeast Houston Thursday night. Two officers were on routine
patrol near the store on Hirsch Road near Tidwell around 9 p.m. when they saw
the men putting on masks and arming themselves before running inside the store.
The officers say they parked in front of the store and saw one of the men
holding the manager at gunpoint. Meanwhile, the officers called for back up. The
suspects allegedly tried to get the manager to open the safe, but it was on a
timer, so it wouldn't open. A mother and her three boys were also inside the
store shopping at the time. The two suspects ran outside to get away. One robber
ran out of the front of the store. Authorities say they ordered him to show his
hands, but he didn't listen and started running toward them instead. That's when
police shot him. The second suspect ran out of the back of the store. He
surrendered when he saw a police dog.
abc13.com
New Orleans, LA: Man accused in Murder of a
Subway restaurant Owner arrested in California
A man accused in a December fatal shooting in a Gentilly Subway restaurant was
recently arrested in California, according to the Orleans Parish District
Attorney's office. A grand jury indicted Lavar Butler for the murder Thursday
(July 26). Butler has been considered wanted by New Orleans police since
December 8, 2017 -- two days after Adnan Alasar was shot to death in the 2100
block of Caton Street. Investigators believed Butler, 21, fled to Houston after
the murder, but was recently arrested in Los Angeles, where he is currently
being detained.
theadvocate.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Henderson, NV: McDonald's employee body-slams
woman who allegedly tried to steal soda
 A
McDonald's employee and a customer were caught on camera in a brutal fight that
allegedly started over a free soda. The fight, which was filmed by Nevada
resident Marie Dayag, supposedly broke out when the customer asked for a water
cup and then allegedly tried to fill it with soda. In the footage, the customer
can be seen provoking the McDonald's employee by yelling "fight me," and
throwing a french fry before the fight happened. Eventually, the fast food
worker leaves the counter and the customer throws a milkshake at her, before
hitting her in the face with a tray. The staff member is seen grabbing the woman
and punching her in the face numerous times before another employee tries to
break them up - before also being pulled into the fight.
*Warning - graphic video
foxnews.com
Indianapolis, IN: Ex-wrestler pins knife-wielding man
outside Indianapolis Walmart
A former high school wrestler subdued a man who attacked him with a steak knife
outside of a Warren Township Walmart last week. Indianapolis police were called
to the Walmart around 3:43 p.m. Thursday on a report of a disturbance with a
knife. They arrived to find a younger man who had pinned to the ground an older
man. The man being held to the ground, later identified as 60-year-old Harold
Bush, had an approximately 9-inch steak knife in his hand.
10news.com
Violin pawned for $50 turns out to be worth $500,000...and
stolen
An honest Pawn Broker did his due diligence conducting a background check on the
customer for a $50 violin. The customer was clean, but the violin turned out to
be stolen and worth $500,000. The Pawnbroker worked with Police to get the
violin back to its rightful owner. He is not looking for a reward, just his $50
back.
msn.com
Lewisburg, PA: Former C-store employee robbed cashier at
gunpoint
Blair County, PA: Subway employee accused of stealing
deposit of $3,100
Jared's in the Uptown Altamonte, Altamonte Springs, FL
reported a Grab & Run on 7/25, items valued at $8,929
Kay Jewelers in the Dadeland Mall, Miami, FL reported a Grab & Run on 7/26, item
valued at $13,899
Zales Outlet in the Central Texas Marketplace, Waco, TX reported a Burglary,
items valued at $5,600
Credit Card Fraud
New York: Joe Biden's niece sentenced in $110,000 credit
card case
A niece of former Vice President Joe Biden was sentenced Thursday to two years
of probation for committing more than $100,000 worth of credit card fraud at a
New York City store. For nearly a year, Caroline Biden, 31, used an unidentified
victim's Chase credit card at Bigelow's pharmacy, the New York Post reported.
foxnews.com
Arson & Fire
Bartonsville, PA: Police Lowe's Arson suspect;
semi-trailer destroyed
Sentencings & Charges
Fort Worth Molotov Cocktail Thrower in Hulen Mall
Sears & Dillard's Pleads Guilty
in Fed Court
Craig Michael Tezeno, 46, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton to one count of arson, announced U.S.
Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
According to court documents filed in the case, on May 11, 2018, Tezeno entered
the Dillard's Department store in the Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas with a
glass bottle filled with gasoline and a rag. This device is commonly known as a
Molotov Cocktail. While in the store, Tezeno lit the rag and placed the Molotov
Cocktail on the floor. Shortly thereafter, Tezeno entered the Sears Department
store and lit a second Molotov Cocktail. Tezeno placed both of these devices in
the stores hoping to start a fire and cause damage to the store and its
property.
On May 18, 2018, Tezeno returned to the Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas and
re-entered the Sears store. While in the store, Tezeno lit a third Molotov
Cocktail and placed it on the floor.
Tezeno faces up to twenty years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine, and
will remain in custody pending sentencing. justice.gov |
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Adult Store - Bethlehem, PA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Coeur D'Alene, ID - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Lewisburg, PA - Armed Robbery
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Coin Store - Palo Alto, CA - Burglary
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CDC Shop - Oklahoma City, OK - Burglary/ 3rd this week
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Dollar store - Chester, SC - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Houston, TX - Armed Robbery/Suspect shot
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Gas Station - Homer Glen, IL - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Harrison Township, OH - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - San Diego, CA - Robbery/ Assault
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Grocery - Kansas City, MO - Burglary
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Grocery - Bellingham, WA - Robbery/ Assault on LP
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Grocery - Mesa, AZ - Robbery
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Hotel - Madison, WI - Armed Robbery
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Jewelry Store - Spirit Lake, IA - Burglary
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Liquor store - Anaheim, CA - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Greenacres, FL - Armed Robbery
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TJ Maxx - Dentsville, SC - Robbery/ Assault
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Vape Store - Fitzgerald, GA - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Roselle Park, NJ - Armed Robbery
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Daily Totals:
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15 robberies
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5 burglaries
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1 shooting
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0 killings
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Weekly Totals:
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69 robberies
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24 burglaries
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5 shootings
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1 killing
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