Auror's Crime Platform Launches in New Mexico
New Mexico Retail Crime platform catches criminals in real time
"These individuals, not only are stealing from stores, but they're four times more likely to be violent," said Auror's vice president of retail partnerships, Bobby Haskins.

A new retail crime intelligence platform to help catch criminals in New Mexico is finally here. The New Mexico Chamber of Commerce and Auror teamed up to implement the system to help catch criminals in real time. With retail crime on the rise, New Mexico Chamber of Commerce officials believe it's a step in the right direction.

So far, the platform has been used in surrounding states, such as Texas, Colorado, Arizona and California to name a few.

"We're a tool to help retailers and law enforcement know who those individuals are, be able to build investigations on those individuals and hopefully stop them and prevent them from increasing crime," said Auror's vice president of retail partnerships, Bobby Haskins. "If you look at what's happening in New Mexico, if you look at what's happening nationally, retail crime continues to increase. New Mexico, locally, what we're seeing is a billion-dollar problem for local businesses."

"These individuals, not only are they stealing from stores, but they're four times more likely to be violent and that impacts customers' experience and customer sales," Haskins said. Auror officials said the platform caters to business owners both nationally and locally.

"Log into the platform. It should take you about 4 minutes, 4.5 minutes to share video, to share images of who that individual was, describe the event that happened and that gets submitted into the Orca platform. It will then alert law enforcement officials immediately," Haskins said. "They start working that case, identifying who that person is, where they're at and working with local prosecutors to actually, hopefully, prevent them and charge them on the crimes they're responsible for. It's a national program. We're sharing intelligence from coast to coast. As soon as the business owner hits the submit button on Auror, it's real time. It's pushed to their cellphones, it's pushed to their e-mails. It's whatever notification set up that they want."

Auror officials said the new retail crime platform for New Mexico launches Friday.  koat.com

Chicago's Crime Debate Heats Up Between Mayor & Businesses
How accurate is the McDonald's CEO on Chicago crime?
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is firing back at comments the CEO of McDonald's made last week about crime in the city causing businesses to leave. On Sept. 14, the chief executive of the world's largest fast-food chain claimed crime had gotten so bad that employees were scared to return to the office at the company's headquarters.

Lightfoot, however, said the CEO should have "educated himself" before making those comments. She cited a letter from Michael Fassnacht, whom she picked to head World Business Chicago. Fassnacht wrote in the letter that while the departures of companies such as Citadel and Boeing are disappointing, there have been 112 other companies who have moved to or opened their doors in Chicago over the last 18 months.

Looking at crime statistics, there is reason to question some of Kempczinski's claims. Some crime is actually down this year compared to when McDonald's decided to come to the city. McDonald's announced it was moving its headquarters from the suburb of Oak Brook to downtown Chicago in 2016. The move actually happened in 2018.

Back in 2016, there were 762 homicides in Chicago, The Associated Press reported - a two-decade high. Comparatively, police data shows Chicago can expect to see more than 600 homicides in 2022, according to WTTW-TV. That's still down more than 10% compared to each of the last two years, WTTW said.

Robberies are also down. In 2018, there were 9,684 robberies, police data shows. Meanwhile, in 2021, there were 7,925 robberies - an almost 20% decrease from when McDonald's headquarters opened in the West Loop.

Statistics aside, many Chicagoans - like folks in most parts of the country - remain concerned about crime. Throughout Mayor Lori Lightfoot's time in office, polls show crime has ranked as the No. 1 issue for Chicago voters, NewsNation previously reported. Lightfoot, meanwhile, has said the city is addressing these concerns.  ktla.com

Chicago PD Has Shut Down 58 Businesses Due to Shootings & Violence
Since 2015, police department records show, at least 57 Chicago businesses - liquor stores and bars as well as gas stations, restaurants and other establishments - have been shut down as a result of shootings under the city's summary closure ordinance, enacted that year. The ordinance gives the police department the little-known but immense power to immediately close businesses associated with violence.

Most of those shuttered businesses have been in low-income neighborhoods on the South Side and the West Side, only one of the businesses the police have shut down was downtown. wbez.org

Convenience Store Robberies: Time to Update Safety Training?
Understanding the dynamics of workplace violence can improve employee health and safety
Workplace violence is a pervasive problem with tremendous costs for individuals, organizations, and society. A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) focuses on convenience-store robberies, one of the most common forms of workplace violence, and finds that robbers are significantly more likely to injure employees who are present on the sales floor rather than behind the cash register when a robbery begins. But industry standard safety training practices encourage employees to get out from behind the register for their safety.

Prof. DeCelles and her colleagues first examined 196 surveillance videos and archival data of convenience store robberies collected over a four-year period. The results showed a significant correlation between employee location at the beginning of the robbery and injury, with lower risk of injury if employees were behind the register when the robbery began than if they were on the sales floor.

Follow-up studies involving 648 people, including both formerly incarcerated individuals and retail clerks, found that when presented with robbery onset scenarios, more than 81% of participants expected employees to be behind the register and anticipated significantly more violence during the robbery if the employee was on the sales floor rather than behind the register.

Finally, the authors conducted a three-year longitudinal field study with revised safety protocols that provided a behavioral script to follow in case of a robbery while employees are on the sales floor. The authors found, in an additional 368 robberies, a significantly lower risk of injury when employees were on the sales floor as the robbery began following the protocol change, relative to before the intervention.

"This understanding of the dynamics of workplace violence and how to mitigate it is relevant for any retail organization and for developing effective policies which promote employee health and safety," says Prof. DeCelles. phys.org

Courtroom Across U.S. Facing Backlogs
In San Francisco, criminal trials face long delays
San Francisco's backlog of criminal trials continues to persist, in contrast to progress in some neighboring counties.

The reasons for the backlog are murky. One challenge is a staffing crisis plaguing multiple San Francisco public departments that is preventing courtrooms from being open on a given day. Some Bay Area counties have made progress in reducing the backlog of trials.

Backlog could increase. The trial backlog has been a thorny issue for months in San Francisco, but recent demands from the Public Defender's Office to speed up cases come as San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has pledged to charge violent crimes and drug-related crimes more aggressively than her predecessor, Chesa Boudin.

Peter Calloway, deputy public defender, said, "I have more cases than I ever have in the three years that I've been in this role in my office. That's true of most of my colleagues I talk to."

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused courtrooms across the country to shut down and backlogs of trials to build up. Four of San Francisco's courtrooms opened in June 2020, and all 11 courtrooms opened up in early 2021. sfexamier.com

'A Microcosm of Citywide Trends' - Crime Surge in Minneapolis
Embattled north Minneapolis corner has long been epicenter for violence
A half-mile radius surrounding the North Side intersection, home to the embattled Merwin Liquors and a Winner Gas station known as the "murder station," is where nearly one out of every 10 killings citywide has taken place since 2010.

Yet, as the reports of violence have gone up, the data show proactive policing measures have all but vanished at these two businesses - a microcosm of citywide trends as Minneapolis police have adopted a more reactive strategy since summer 2020, tracking with a surge in crime and mass resignation of officers, leaving the department severely shorthanded. Some north Minneapolis community members also blame city officials and the businesses' owners for failing to disrupt a thriving open market for Fentanyl pills and other drugs. startribune.com

No More Using Radio Traffic to Avoid Police After Committing a Crime
Or Posting on Social Media The Cops Are Coming, or Not

Chicago police joining national wave of encrypting radio communication, raising transparency concerns
The Chicago Police Department is moving all of its radios to digitally encrypted channels by the end of this year. The end to citizens around the country having full access to know what police are doing as they work.

Still be available for the public to listen on a 30-minute delay on Broadcastify, dispatchers will have the ability to pause the transmissions when personal identifiable information is being discussed.

Response to 'rogue radio' In response to harmful "rogue radio" calls that put officers in danger. It's just related to officer safety. We don't want any nefarious (radio traffic) to lead to officers being injured or hurt,"
Brown pointed to this year's increase in the number of officers being shot as an example of why police need an extra layer of protection.

Illicit use of police radio - Some people have used radio traffic to avoid police after a crime or to avoid DUI checkpoints, Wandt said. As technology increased, it became common for some to broadcast such information over the internet and smartphone apps.

States including New York have passed specific vehicle and traffic laws that prohibit the monitoring of police radio frequencies from a motor vehicle.

Other major cities have already moved to fully encrypted digital radio channels, including Denver; San Francisco; San Jose, California; Louisville, Kentucky; and others. chicagotribune.com

National Youth Trend Continues as Crime Surges in Philly
Watch rampaging youths ransack Philadelphia Wawa, twerk on counter
Dozens of rampaging youths trashed a Wawa convenience store in northeast Philadelphia Saturday night - video of the chaos shows.

The rowdy group of about 100 young people were captured on video - shot inside the chain location at 7001 Roosevelt Blvd. - as they ransacked the shop at about 8:20 p.m. and recorded the pandemonium on their phones.

An employee filming the wild scene from behind a sandwich counter in the store can be heard scolding the vandals. "You're all stupid," he said in the video. "For real. You're all stupid, ugly, broke."

A video of the aftermath shows the store completely torn apart.

The youths unleashed anarchy inside the convenience store as crime surges across the City of Brotherly Love. nypost.com

Baltimore is in chaos due to rampant crime, drug cartels
The city's gaping wound is bleeding out with more than 230 homicides and hundreds of additional nonfatal shootings. With a police force that is admittedly hundreds of officers short, the task ahead provides an uphill battle to control the explosion of violence.

A portion of the DOJ report claimed "Drug dealing practiced on the scale by the Sinaloa Cartel members in Baltimore fuels the violence that plagues the city. The continuing war in our streets is the result." . Their goal, here in Baltimore and elsewhere, is to create a much larger group of users. baltimoresun.com

CA. Attorney General Bonta Launches Nation's First Office of Gun Violence Prevention
Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Losses add up as Clark County businesses deal with surge in shoplifting

DOJ Holding Individuals Accountable For Corp. Wrongdoing
Compliance Program Certifications - The DOJ's Stick

DOJ Pushing Ahead With Corporate Settlement Policy That Could Make Execs Liable, Official Says

The U.S. Justice Department is charging ahead with a new policy that makes top executives certify the effectiveness of their compliance program as part of corporate resolutions

The U.S. Justice Department isn't backing away from a policy, criticized by some in the corporate sector, of having compliance officers sign off on the effectiveness of their programs as part of settlements.

The certifications serve as a tool for the Justice Department as it tries to hold individuals accountable for their role in corporate wrongdoing, said Alixandra Smith, the deputy chief of the criminal division at the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office.

"That's something you're going to see more of," Ms. Smith said at a compliance conference in New York on Thursday, referring to the certifications.

The DOJ's move was in part aimed at raising the stature of compliance officers within companies to help ensure they can run effective compliance programs, but some of those officers have expressed concerns. wsj.com

DOJ's New Corp. Crime Crackdown in Action

Wholesaler of Arsenic Tainted Juice to Retailers Sells Company 2 Months Before Fed's File Suit
Langer, Safeway, Jamba Juice, and Kroger juice products clientele

Former President of Washington State Manufacturer-Wholesaler Charged with Selling Tainted Fruit Juice
Mary Ann Bliesner, 80, of Sunnyside, Washington, and her company, Valley Processing Inc. (VPI), conspired with others to distribute tainted and potentially unsafe apple and grape juice concentrate to customers in the United States and abroad. The indictment alleges that between October 2012 and June 2019, Bliesner's juice products were made under insanitary conditions and contained potentially harmful levels of contaminants, such as arsenic.

The indictment further alleges that Bliesner (the former president and primary owner of VPI) and VPI lied to customers about the age and quality of their products. The indictment alleges that in some instances, the defendants sold juice products after storing them for years outside and exposed to the elements. According to the indictment, at least some of those products later were sold to customers who supplied the National School Lunch Program.

In November 2020, the United States filed a civil complaint in federal court seeking to enjoin Bliesner and VPI from producing, storing or selling juice or juice products.

The criminal indictment returned today charges Bliesner with 12 felony counts of fraud, conspiracy, false statements, and violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. justice.gov

Sep 16, 2020: Valley Processing, Inc. terminates contract with Port

SUNNYSIDE - After 40 years operating as Valley Processing, Inc., the juice company is being sold to Milne Fruit Products of Prosser, "So I can retire," Valley Processing Company President Mary Ann Bliesner recently announced in a letter to the Port of Sunnyside Commission.

Its clientele included such popular brands at Langer, Safeway, Jamba Juice, and Kroger juice products, which all begin at the Sunnyside plant. sunnysidesun.com

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Retail Employment Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Levels
2022 Final Seasonal Retail Hiring Outlook:
Labor Shortage an Issue for Seasonal Hiring, But Recession Fears May Limit Need
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. predicts Retailers will add 680,000 workers during the 2022 holiday season, down from the 700,000 the firm predicted last year.

The 2021 holiday hiring season saw Retailers add 701,400 jobs, revised up from 684,100, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That is down 5% from the 736,300 jobs added during the holiday season in 2020. Related: See the Final 2020 Seasonal Hiring Report here.

Walmart has announced hiring plans for just 40,000 seasonal workers, down significantly from the 150,000 the company announced last year. Target plans 100,000.

Retail employment has surpassed pre-pandemic levels. August employment in the sector is 15,772,900, according to preliminary non-seasonally adjusted data from the BLS, the highest for the month since 2017 when the sector employed 15,810,200 in August. It is up 419,000 jobs from February 2020 and up 136,500 jobs from January 2022.

Transportation and Warehousing, which has seen employment explode since 2014 as consumers increasingly went online to shop, added 552,300 jobs last holiday season, highest on record. It is up 12% from the 493,800 added during the holidays in 2021. Preliminary employment in this sector is 6,407,400, the highest in August since at least 1972. challengergray.com

Be On Alert: Hurricane Ian is Coming
Florida bracing for potential hurricane
Tropical Storm Ian was forecast to rapidly strengthen and become a hurricane by Monday as it continues a path through the Gulf of Mexico and towards Florida.

As the storm intensifies, residents are rushing to gas stations and grocery stores to stock up on supplies. Governor DeSantis has already declared a state of emergency for the entire state and activated 2,500 national guardsmen. The storm expected to reach at least a Category 3 status in the Gulf. wesh.com

   Florida officials urge evacuations as Hurricane Ian barrels toward gulf coast
 
Macy's to Hire 41,000 - Last Year 76,000

Dick's Sporting Goods to hire 9,000 - 1,000 Fewer Than LY

1.5M Americans Could Lose Work Over Fed's Self-Induced Recession


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Former Employee Sues Kroger Over Mass Shooting
Kroger employee sues company for $10M following Collierville mass shooting
A Kroger employee who was shot the day a gunman opened fire inside of a Collierville grocery store is suing the company for a total of $10 million. According to a lawsuit, Mariko Jenkins worked at the Collierville Kroger when a recently fired employee of a contracted sushi company inside of the store began shooting, injuring 15 people and killing Olivia King. Authorities said the shooter then shot and killed himself.

The lawsuit claims that Kroger and Snowfox, the contracted sushi company inside of Kroger, "knew or should have known that (the shooter) presented a danger" after he was fired. The court documents claim that the shooter had a history of being confrontational towards employees and shoppers, one such incident resulting in his firing that fateful day on September 23, 2021. fox13memphis.com
 

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Uber Ex-CSO's Trial: Who's Responsible for Breach Reporting?

While Joe Sullivan Is Accused of Perpetrating Cover-Up, Where Should the Buck Stop?

Should the CSO of Uber have reported a security incident to authorities after discovering signs of unusual behavior?

That's one of the big questions now being asked in the trial of Joe Sullivan, a Silicon Valley stalwart who in 2020 was charged with four years earlier hiding a big breach at the ride-hailing service Uber. He's also been accused of obstructing a government investigation and charged with wire fraud.

His trial began Sept. 7 in San Francisco and is being closely watched by the cybersecurity community. It's the first time a CSO or CISO has ever faced charges over a data breach. Typically they just get fired (see: Implications for CSOs of Charges Against Joe Sullivan).

How the Government Can Cry Cover-Up

The government's charges against Sullivan involve him having been designated as the officer who would provide sworn responses to the government's questions as it probed a previous data breach at Uber.

Sullivan was hired in the spring of 2015. Prosecutors say that the 2016 breach came to light only days after Sullivan had provided sworn responses to the FTC about Uber's security program. They allege that he should have immediately updated regulators about the security incident and that by not doing so, he perpetrated misprision - knowingly covering up a felony.

Sullivan indicates he believes the Uber legal department was responsible for determining what, if anything, got communicated externally and how.

Where Does the Buck Stop?

The trial highlights questions about where the buck stops in a company's breach response and what the legal team's responsibilities are

The case highlights the issues of who manages whom and who makes the decision to report a data breach. "The question of who is responsible and accountable looms large."

One takeaway for cybersecurity professionals from the case already is "to make sure you have D&O coverage," which is insurance that reimburses executives for defense costs incurred when defending claims filed by shareholders or third parties,

"IMHO, Sullivan made a difficult call in gray territory ... dozens of CISOs have told me they would have made the same call he did," says cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth. "It was highly nuanced and it's worth reading the exchanges between Sullivan's team and the hackers and deciding yourself." govinfosecurity.com

Taking a New Approach: Trust No One
Weakest link in security, as it's been since the Trojan War, is humans.
The philosophy, known as zero-trust architecture, assumes that no matter how robust a company's external defenses are, hackers can get in. So companies need to make sure that even users inside a network can't do serious damage.

What many of these recent hacks have in common is that they succeeded by tricking a person in or close to the target company into giving up network-access credentials or other critical information, a technique known as social engineering.

The hacks at the two companies, which declined to discuss their approach to security, are increasing the push for zero-trust within their peer group. Zero-trust is a broad concept, but at base it means that no part of a company's IT systems should assume that any other part-human or software-is who or what it claims to be. All systems are assumed to be compromised by hackers already.

As big and well-resourced companies have gotten better at protecting against purely technical exploits of their systems, these social-engineering attacks have become more popular, say cybersecurity experts and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is, after all, easier to upgrade a computer than the human mind.

Every component of a system should be skeptical that you are who you say you are and are doing what you should be doing.

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The Growing Insider Threat Risk
Researchers say insider threats play a larger role in security incidents
Insider threats are becoming an increasingly common part of the attack chain, with malicious insiders and unwitting assets playing critical roles in incidents over the past year, according to Cisco Talos research released Thursday.

In a blog post, Cisco Talos researchers said organizations can mitigate these types of risks via education, user-access control, and ensuring proper processes and procedures are in place when and if employees leave the organization.

"There are a variety of reasons a user may choose to become a malicious insider, and unfortunately many of them are occurring today," said the researchers. "Let's start with the most obvious: financial distress. When a user has a lot of debt, selling the ability to infect their employer can be a tempting avenue. We've seen examples of users trying to sell access into employer networks for more than a decade, having spotted them on dark web forums. The current climate, [with the economy tilting toward recession] is ripe for this type of abuse."

Michael DeBolt, chief intelligence officer at Intel 471, said the cybercrime underground remains a hot spot for insider threat recruitment efforts because of the relative anonymity, accessibility, and low barrier of entry it affords. DeBolt said malicious actors use forums and instant messaging platforms to advertise their insider services or, vice versa, to recruit accomplices for specific schemes that require insider access or knowledge.

"By far, the most popular motivation for insider threats is financial gain," DeBolt said. "We have seen examples of financially-motivated threat actors seeking employees at companies to provide data and access to sell in the underground or leverage against the organization or its customers. We also have noted instances where individuals turn to underground forums and instant messaging platforms claiming to be employees at notable organizations to sell company information."

Dave Gerry, chief operating officer at Bugcrowd, added that while security technology has gotten more sophisticated at attempting to foil attacks, attackers have continued to find the weak link in the security stack. Gerry said this weak link can often be the employees who operate business critical software as they are increasingly under pressure to do more, faster, with fewer resources. scmagazine.com

What Constitutes an AI Audit?
New York's Landmark AI Bias Law Prompts Uncertainty

Companies that use AI in hiring are trying to determine how to comply with a New York law that mandates they test their systems for potential biases

Businesses and their service providers are grappling with how to comply with New York City's mandate for audits of artificial intelligence systems used in hiring.

A New York City law that comes into effect in January will require companies to conduct audits to assess biases, including along race and gender lines, in the AI systems they use in hiring. Under New York's law, the hiring company is ultimately liable-and can face fines-for violations.

But the requirement has posed some compliance challenges. As the AI audit process is new and without clearly established guidelines. wsj.com

Two computer scientists explain how to spot deepfake audio
Audio deepfakes potentially pose an even greater threat, because people often communicate verbally without video-for example, via phone calls, radio, and voice recordings. These voice-only communications greatly expand the possibilities for attackers to use deepfakes.

To detect audio deepfakes, we and our research colleagues at the University of Florida have developed a technique that measures the acoustic and fluid dynamic differences between voice samples created organically by human speakers and those generated synthetically by computers.

Even in their infancy, deepfake video and audio undermine the confidence people have in these exchanges, effectively limiting their usefulness. fastcompany.com

Microsoft Brings Zero Trust to Hardware in Windows 11

App Developers Increasingly Targeted via Slack, DevOps Tools

Santa Monica, CA: High-End Handbag business ransacked in $10,000 burglary
A Santa Monica business owner is picking up the pieces after her designer handbag store in Santa Monica was ransacked early Saturday morning. Security cameras from neighboring businesses showed a man pulling a trash bin in front of the store around 3:15 a.m. and swinging it towards the glass door. After breaking it, the man stole more than 30 of the most expensive bags business owner Susu Zheng designed. Zheng, who brought her business to Los Angeles from China in 2012, is devastated after the burglar stole thousands of dollars worth of handbags from her store. "It's very difficult to build a business to this point. It's a lot of sacrifice," she told CBSLA Reporter Kandiss Crone. cbsnews.com

Burlington, NC: $4K worth of goods stolen from Prime Tobacco and Vape shop
Police are looking for a man who burglarized a Burlington business early Sunday morning. Burlington police said they got a call about an alarm going off at Prime Tobacco and Vape shop on South Church Street. When officers arrived, they found a damaged front door and did a security sweep. No one was found inside. The owner said approximately $4,000 worth of goods were stolen from the store.  wfmynews2.com

Anaheim, CA: Two Suspects Arrested in Anaheim Hills Big Lots Armed Robbery
Anaheim police arrested a man and a woman Saturday who allegedly took a shopping cart full of merchandise from an Anaheim Hills Big Lots store and flashed a handgun at an employee. The robbery occurred around 10 a.m. Saturday at 6336 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road, Sgt. Shane Carringer of the Anaheim Police Department told City News Service. The suspects, who are both 18 years old, walked past the register with a cart full of merchandise and made no attempt to pay, Carringer said. "When the employee confronted them, the male suspect flashed a handgun from his waistband," he said. " The employee backed away and called the police." An officer located the suspects a few minutes later at a church across the street from the store but they ran when the officer tried to approach them, leaving the stolen property behind, Carringer said. Officers established a perimeter and used a K9 team to search for the suspects, he said.  ocregister.com

West Chester, PA: Police Investigating $2400 CVS Pharmacy Robbery in Chester County
The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department is currently investigating a robbery that took place at the CVS Pharmacy located at 1501 Paoli Pike in East Goshen Township, Chester County.Authorities stated that officers responded and discovered that two suspects, a black male (20-30 years old) and a black female (both of whom were wearing a black shirt and dark jeans), entered the store and placed $2,400 worth of merchandise into backpacks. An employee who witnessed the theft taking place was standing by the door. The male suspect approached the employee and shoved her out of the way with his forearm while fleeing. mychesco.com

Oshkosh, WI: Two men arrested for stealing over $1,000 in merchandise from Oshkosh business
Two men were arrested, accused of stealing over $1,000 in merchandise from a store in Oshkosh. Oshkosh Police arrested a 30 year old man and a 22 year old man. They are both accused of stealing from a business in the 1500 block of S. Koehler Street. The theft took place at 1:53 p.m. on Thursday. The suspects took off in a vehicle. An Oshkosh Police officer located the vehicle and pulled it over. Officers found the stolen merchandise inside the vehicle. The 30 year old man taken into custody was also believed to be involved in retail thefts across the United States. He may have been involved in thefts in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Those thefts had estimated losses of $81,000. The 30 year old was taken into custody for an outstanding warrant and felony retail theft. The 22 year old was taken into custody for felony retail theft. wbay.com

Bakersfield, CA: Theft suspects responsible for thousands in stolen Ross merchandise
Bakersfield police are searching for two men suspected in multiple thefts at a Ross, stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. The Bakersfield Police Department said the thefts happened at the Ross at 3761 Ming Ave. On Thursday, police released images of two men suspected in the string of thefts. According to police, the two suspects entered the Ming Avenue store on Aug. 24, selected items and fled without paying. kget.com

Honolulu, HI: Woman caught stealing over 60 items at an Ala Moana area store
A 20-year-old woman is in police custody after stealing dozens of items from an Ala Moana store. Honolulu Police say the suspect took over 60 items totaling $814.10 and left the store without paying. The incident happened late Saturday night. Officers arrested the woman for second-degree theft. kitv.com

Evansville, IN: Man steals hundreds of dollars worth of meat from Aldi
A man stole hundreds of dollars worth of meat from a grocery store. With 34 previous arrests, Adrian Carter went to Aldi on Tuesday. As he was there, Carter filled a shopping cart to try to steal $416 dollars worth of meat. He tried walking right out of the front door, but other shoppers and employees of the grocery store tried to stop him. They called 911, but police say as the theft was happening, a woman was trying to interfere with them and cause a distraction. Evansville Police caught Carter laying down to surrender, but before he was in cuffs he ran away. Carter fled for 30 minutes when police found him disheveled and drinking booze. Tuesday he was arrested for his 35th time and sent to the Vanderburgh County Jail. 953mnc.com