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In Case You
Missed It
September's Moving Ups
22 New Senior LP's - 17 Promotions -
5 Appointments
Amazon named Sean Donnelly Director, AMER Fulfillment
Center Loss Prevention
Amazon promoted Brendan Saritschniy to Head
of Global Programs & Services (Corporate Security)
CKE Restaurants promoted Christopher Perry,
CFI Legacy to Director of Asset Protection & Safety
The Container Store promoted Aaron Wilder to
Loss Prevention Director
Dick's Sporting Goods promoted Jih-Hao Jim
Cheng, Esq. to Director of Loss Prevention Operations
Dick's Sporting Goods promoted Jessica
Pierce, CFI to Regional Director of Loss Prevention
Five Below promoted Ryan Torres to Manager,
Data, Systems, & Investigations
Gap Inc. promoted Robert Mirakaj to Sr.
Director Global Security & Business Resiliency
Kohl's promoted Andrew Leonard, CORCI to
Manager, Remote Operations & Investigations
lululemon promoted Tristen Shields to Sr.
Director Global Asset Protection + Corp. Security
lululemon promoted Stephen McIntosh, MBA CPP
CFI to Senior Manager, Field Asset Protection USA
Macy's promoted Chase Seitz to Director,
Field Investigations
Nike promoted Corey May, CBCI to Director,
Global Readiness & Business Continuity
PetSmart promoted Bryan Hillman to Director
of Field, LP & Safety
PetSmart promoted Rigoberto Hernandez, CFI
to Senior Loss Prevention & Safety Business Partner
Protos Security Promotes Kris Vece, LPQ to
Vice President, Strategic Account Management
Rite Aid named Tina Sellers Vice President
of Asset Protection
Target named Jennifer Kajzer Sr. Assets
Protection Director
Total Wine & More promoted Catherine
Stasiowski to Sr. Director, Loss Prevention & Safety
Urbn Leaf named Anthony Vanderhorst Director
of Loss Prevention & Security
Variety Wholesalers promoted Nicholas
Cranfill to Director of Loss Prevention
Vector Security Networks named Sharon
Costanza Jackson National Account Manager
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John Matas CFE, CFCI named Director of Global Fraud, Risk, & Compliance
Operations for Etsy
Before joining Etsy as Director of Global Fraud, Risk, & Compliance
Operations, John spent more than two decades with Macy's. He started
with the retailer in 2000, serving as Corporate Principal - Fraud and
Profit Protection for two years and Vice President Profit Protection,
Investigations, Fraud & ORC for more than 20 years. Congratulations,
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Swing 2020 Has Gone Virtual!
The LPF Announces Bob MacLea Scholarship Opportunities
 Although
2020 has been a challenging year and many of our industry's conferences have
been cancelled, the Loss Prevention Foundation and our valued solution provider
partners feel like there hasn't been a time where we needed to offer educational
scholarships more. As such, and in the spirit of supporting our industry and its
professionals, the Loss Prevention Foundation is proud to announce we will still
be giving away Bob MacLea LPQ and LPC Course Scholarships in 2020. Thanks to the
Swing for Certification sponsors, we will be accepting Bob MacLea Scholarship
Applications now through the end of October. We will make the announcement
for the winners the first week of November.
Apply
Now
Johnson Controls strengthens its Tyco Illustra Essentials camera range
 Johnson
Controls, the global leader for smart and sustainable buildings, has added
four new models to its Tyco Illustra Essentials IP camera range. The new fourth
generation Essentials mini-dome, varifocal mini-dome, bullet, and varifocal
bullet cameras, which supersede their respective older models, are all equipped
with built-in adaptive IR illumination which enables them to capture up to two
megapixel HD resolution images of objects in total darkness up to a distance of
30m (98ft).
The NDAA compliant, IP67 rated cameras provide protection against everyday
elements such as dust
and water and offer enhanced H.265 video compression. To aid ease of setup all
Essentials Gen4 models support one-touch auto-focus and the varifocal models
provide motorized zoom.
securityinfowatch.com
Protests & Police Reform
'Self-Proclaimed Security Team' Keeping
Louisville Demonstrations in Check
The Armed Women at the Center of the Louisville Protests
"This is a war zone, basically"
 In
Louisville, as in many of the demonstrations across the country,
there is no single person or group in charge. The protests are
decentralized and sprawling, and the mood on any night can shift depending on
who shows up and who holds the megaphone. But
small groups have sprung up
and developed loose organizational structures to bring a semblance of order to
the nightly marches.
It's vital, they believe, to sustaining momentum, and why they've been able to
keep the demonstrations going since May.
Along with security teams, volunteer medics wear helmets and treat everything
from rubber bullet wounds to asthma attacks. Demonstrators have their own
news correspondents traveling the city on foot and bicycle. The reporters call
themselves "502 Livestreamers," named after the city's area code, and broadcast
live on Facebook. "We've had our own independent media from day one," Mitchell
said, because other media "always depict us as the villains."
The presence of the armed
security teams are a reminder of how far the nationwide protests, now
entering their fifth month, have come from the mostly spontaneous demonstrations
that erupted in the days after George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis. Now, a
state of tense permanence has taken hold in cities across the country where
almost nightly marches proceed with clockwork regularity through shuttered
downtowns. But the routine is spiked with an air of unpredictability.
With weapons in the hands of people on all sides-the protesters, the
police and the right-wing militias who periodically appear-any
night is a cat-and-mouse test of constitutional limits in which the guardrails
against deadly violence are fragile at best.
"This is a war zone, basically,"
Mitchell said. "The very moment I decided to come here the first day to protest,
I knew that I was prepared to die for this. I am prepared to sacrifice my life
for the betterment of my people."
politico.com
After marches and more, Louisville protesters say 'phase two' will focus on
voting, reforms
$2.5M in Rioting Damages
Downtown Portland jewelry store intends to sue city for handling of protests
A downtown Portland jewelry store owner intends to sue the City of Portland for
its handling of protests in late May.
Noha Kassab, CEO of Kassab Jewelers, said her family-owned store was was
broken into and looted
early in the morning on May 30. This was during the beginning stages of
what would lead to more than 100 days of protest in Portland.
The store owner said they are still calculating the costs, but estimates $2.5
million in damages.
"I'm not someone who came to this country with money. I came with an American
dream. To see my American dream destroyed and it could have been preventable, is
disheartening," said Kassab.
katu.com
Newsom signs police reform bills that ban chokeholds, will allow DOJ
to probe police shootings
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a number of police reform bills
that
ban chokeholds and allow the Justice Department (DOJ) to probe police shootings,
among other things, before the end of the 2020 legislative season. A complete
list of bills Newsom signed Wednesday is
available on his website.
foxnews.com
Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings officially released. Here's what we know
'You can't just flip a switch' Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto says of police reform
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COVID Update
US: Over 7.5M Cases - 212K Dead - 4.7M Recovered
Worldwide:
Over 34.5M Cases - Over 1M Dead - 25.7M Recovered
Private Industry Security Guard Deaths:
190
Law
Enforcement Officer Deaths: 117
*Red indicates change in total
deaths
CDC puts shopping at crowded stores on Black Friday in high-risk category
Higher risk
activities
Avoid these higher risk
activities to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19:
- Going shopping in
crowded stores just before, on, or after Thanksgiving
- Participating or being a spectator at a crowded race
- Attending crowded parades
- Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgement and increase risky behaviors
- Attending large indoor gatherings with people from outside of your household
cdc.gov
Fauci Fears 'Problematic Winter'
With the US making no progress on average daily Covid-19 cases last month,
officials fear a coming crisis
The US made
no progress in lowering its baseline of Covid-19 cases in the past month
despite experts' urgent admonitions to reduce the daily count of new cases
before the challenging fall and winter seasons.
Hours before President Trump announced Friday that he and his wife tested
positive for the virus, the
average of daily new cases nationwide stood around 42,785. That's about 500 more
than on September 1,
data from Johns Hopkins University shows, and more than double what the US saw
in June, when lockdown restrictions began to ease.
"No matter how you
slice it, that's not good,"
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said last week.
"We're looking at
40,000 new cases per day.
That's unacceptable and that is what we've got to get down before we go into the
more problematic winter."
cnn.com
'Uncharted Territory'
The President Contracting COVID-19 Is A Major National Security Crisis
While Presidents have been incapacitated in the past, the highly infectious and
wily nature of this disease means that incapacitation is further complicated by
isolation and
the possibility that the same deadly virus spreads throughout the highest rungs
of power in Washington.
At the very heart of the matter is
continuity of government,
and in particular, the command and control of America's nuclear deterrent. The
President is followed 24/7 by a U.S. military official carrying the nuclear
'football,' a Haliburton briefcase containing a remote command interface used to
order the release of nuclear weapons and connect the President to the National
Command Authority.
thedrive.com
Dress For Success in the COVID Era
The Science Behind WFH Dressing for Zoom
How your clothing choices at home can affect productivity and
performance
 Researchers studying links between clothes, brain activity and productivity have
long found that dressing up for work can improve your performance. Some are now
turning their attention to how these factors play out in dressing for remote
work and Zoom meetings - including the unexpected rise of the nice tops/schlubby
bottoms combo.
The rise of video calls has added complexity to an area of research known as
"enclothed cognition," or what signals clothes send to the brain, says Dr. Adam Galinsky, co-author of the pre-pandemic research that coined the term.
"In some
ways, the clothes that you wear might have an even bigger impact because we can
often see ourselves and what we're wearing and that sort of draws that symbolic
value [attached] to it even closer to our consciousness," he says.
wsj.com
Houston Had an All-American Pandemic Response: Ignore Until It's Too Late
Three Nevada businesses - a liquor store, a bar & a restaurant - cited for
health, safety violations
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
eBay Clarifying Update on Federal Charges
eBay's Two Efforts - Separate & Independent
Asset Protection & Global Security
 In
light of the recent
New York Times expose' about the eBay cyberstalking scandal, the D&D Daily
felt obligated to republish this follow-up article clarifying that the conduct
of eBay's Global Security team is separate and independent from that of the
company's Asset Protection team.
Given
the
recent events and regretful actions on the part of the Global Security team
it's important to note that Asset Protection is a separate team and function at
eBay.
With their Asset Protection team reporting into the legal arm and absolutely
committed to the professional standards and ethics that we associate with any
other well grounded and focused function and team.
Having worked with the team directly now for a number of years we at the Daily
can attest to their professionalism, as can a number of colleagues who attend
the Asset Protection's team annual collaborative conferences.
Read more about the eBay case
here
Using AI to Put Out Fires
California Firefighters Tap AI for an Edge in Battling Wildfires
 Agencies
battling wildfires in California are turning to artificial intelligence and
other technologies to predict the spread of blazes and help guide the
response of firefighting crews.
The AI-based tools are helping officials monitor fires, evacuate
threatened areas and send often-stretched resources to places they will do most
good.
Fire prediction tools are helping officials in the area and across the state
gain greater visibility into how big a fire might get and where it might be
headed, said Geoff Marshall, a division chief in Cal Fire's Predictive Services
program. Predictive Services does modeling for seasonal trends and
outlooks for firefighters and fire managers.
Cal Fire has started rolling out a tool called Wildfire Analyst Enterprise
from Technosylva Inc., a 50-person company in La Jolla, Calif.
Besides Wildfire Analyst Enterprise, the company offers other products, such as
FiResponse, a fire incident management, dispatching and resource-tracking
system. Other state firefighting agencies are also using its products,
Technosylva says.
wsj.com
U.S. corporate board diversity lags as few minority execs get top jobs: study
Publicly traded U.S. companies have been slow to add minority directors over the
past five years even as women grabbed a greater share of board seats during that
period, a comprehensive study shows.
Across the Russell 3000, a broad index of U.S. companies,
29% now have two or more ethnically diverse directors,
7 percentage points more than in 2016, according to the new data from ISS ESG,
an arm of Institutional Shareholder Services. By contrast
66% of those boards now have 2 or more women,
27 percentage points more than in 2016, ISS found.
Brett Miller, head of data solutions for ISS ESG, said companies have helped
limit the pool of obvious director candidates by their slow overall promotion of
minorities. He found
84.2% of Russell 3000 companies have no ethnically or racially diverse top
executives among their top five executives,
down only 1.4 percentage points from 2016.
reuters.com
New California law will require more diversity in corporate boardrooms
Sephora conducting national study on racial bias in retail
Cassi Pittman Claytor is an assistant professor of sociology at Case Western
University whose research focuses on how racism plays out in many different
aspects of Blacks' lives, including when they visit retail stores. She is
working with Sephora to inform a national study the retailer is conducting about
racial bias in store environments, pertaining to both customers and employees.
The goal is for the research to be applied to all kinds of retailers.
businessinsider.com
NRF Launches "New Holiday Traditions" Campaign
 By any measure, this holiday season will be unlike any other, and the National
Retail Federation is launching a nationwide consumer education campaign
called "New Holiday Traditions" to encourage consumers to shop safe and shop
early amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
"This is going to be a historic holiday season and while some memorable
traditions may change, the tradition of retailers supporting their customers and
their communities is stronger than ever. That is why we encourage consumers to
adopt two new traditions this year - shop safe and shop early - so we can all
celebrate a happy and healthy holiday," NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said.
nrf.com
Halloween shops seeing little demand for costumes: 'I've never been this
worried'
"I've never been this worried before," said Caltagirone, who opened his Virginia
store in 2007, just before the last recession and says his store is barely
hanging on. "After all these years of business, this Halloween could actually
be the one that puts me out."
Costume shops, party stores and seasonal pop-ups that rely on Halloween for the
bulk of their profits say they're bracing for a steep drop-off in sales that
could tip them into insolvency. Halloween spending is expected to fall 8
percent, to $8.05 billion, with costume sales accounting for much of the
decline, according to the National Retail Federation.
washingtonpost.com
142K Retail Jobs Added
Unemployment rate slips to 7.9% in September jobs report
as overall job growth slows
Employers added 661,000 jobs
in September, pushing the unemployment rate down to 7.9% from 8.4%, the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its latest employment report. Notable
job gains in September occurred in leisure and hospitality (an uptick of
318,000), retail trade (a rise
of 142,000 jobs)
and health care and social assistance (a spike of 108,000 jobs). A majority of
the leisure and hospitality job gains occurred in
food and drinking service
places, a sector hit especially hard by the pandemic earlier this year.
abcnews.go.com
Coresight Research
Weekly Store Tracker: Week 40
8,016 2020 YTD Closures
3,356 2020 YTD Openings
Black Friday is over: Here's why retailers are touting weeks of deals this year
Walmart in $8.8 billion deal to sell Asda
Nordstrom will stop selling real fur, exotic animal skins in 'natural next step'
Shoppers want stores to be closed on Thanksgiving to give workers the day off,
survey says
Massive cuts in airline industry unless Congress and White House make a deal
Home Depot taps 20-year veteran as COO; announces other promotions
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COMING NEXT WEEK
2020 RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit
Tue, October 06 | 08:00 AM EST
The RH-ISAC
is proud to present the fully virtual 2020 RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit on
October 6-8, 2020.
Join us for a virtual, three-day event that brings together top cybersecurity
leaders and teams representing the most prominent organizations in retailers,
restaurants, hotels, gaming casinos, food retailers, consumer products, and
other consumer-facing companies.
The RH-ISAC Summit features an RH-ISAC member-driven agenda including sessions
delivered by prominent thought leaders, experts from the provider community,
collaborative workshops, cybersecurity exercises, and exceptional networking
opportunities. This is the "can't miss" event for cybersecurity professionals
from the retail and hospitality industries. We look forward to seeing you on
webcam in October!
Find out more on the
RH-ISAC Summit Website
Fines for Paying Ransom?
Treasury Warns Against Keeping Ransomware Payments Quiet
Victims of ransomware schemes and financial institutions could violate
sanctions or anti-money-laundering rules-and face stiff penalties-if they
facilitate or make payments to attackers, the U.S. Treasury Department said
in a pair of advisories Thursday.
The notices, issued by units of Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial
Intelligence, warned victims and businesses that assist them to be
particularly wary of making ransomware payments to blacklisted individuals and
entities, including hacker groups in countries such as Iran, North Korea and
Russia.
The advisories come on the heels of
high-profile ransomware attacks that have disrupted schools, hospitals and
global shipping in recent days.
wsj.com
A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
With cybersecurity threats growing exponentially, it has never been more
important to put together an efficient cyber-risk management policy, and NIST's
framework can help.
One of the main ways in which businesses measure their preparedness in managing
cyber-related security risks is to benchmark themselves against the
Cybersecurity Framework developed by the NIST (National Institute of Standards
and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce).
The Cybersecurity Framework
Created and ratified by the US Congress in 2014, the Cybersecurity Framework is
used by over 30% of US organizations and was projected to reach 50% this year.
The aim of the framework is to:
● integrate industry
standards and best practices to help organizations and businesses manage their
cybersecurity risks;
● provide a common
language that allows staff to develop a shared understanding of their
cybersecurity risks;
● give guidance on how
to reduce these risks;
● give advice on how to
respond and recover from cybersecurity attacks and learn from those incidents.
darkreading.com
Since Remote Work Isn't Going Away, Security Should Be the Focus
These three steps will help organizations reduce long-term work-from-home
security risks.
Some studies have shown that remote
employees are less likely to follow security best practices
- for example, a
report by Malwarebytes
showcasing security in today's work from home environment found 18% of
respondents said cybersecurity was not a priority. And in a
report
commissioned by (ISC)², nearly one fourth (23%) of infosec professionals said
that cybersecurity incidents experienced by their organization have increased
since transitioning to remote work.
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To address this concern,
security needs to be a priority. Here are the security strategies to keep in
mind when transitioning from pandemic to permanent remote infrastructure and how
to ensure your team is set up for success.
Adopt a Zero-Trust Approach
Zero trust is a well known security concept centered on the belief that
organizations should plan their defenses by
not trusting anything or anyone, both inside and outside of the network
perimeter.
Expand Beyond VPN Security
The abrupt shift to remote work led to a massive spike in employees using
virtual private networks (VPN) to remotely connect to company networks. However,
traditional VPN is not granular enough to meet the needs of today's workplace.
If a device falls into the wrong hands, all bets are off.
Organizations should adopt a
Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA) model,
which takes into account context, such as the user's role, device and location
when assigning access privileges, to enforce stronger security protocols. Many
companies are already seeing the value of ZTNA compared to VPN.
Gartner predicts that by 2023,
60% of enterprises will phase out traditional VPNs and use a ZTNA model.
Invest in 'Security Operations'
Just like an annual physical at the doctor's office can help address severe
issues before they become worse, regular monitoring of the security health of an
organization's resources (from apps to networks and data) will help identify
issues and strengthen the overall security posture long-term.
darkreading.com
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Amazon said nearly 20,000 of its workers got coronavirus
 Amazon
said Thursday that
19,816 of its front-line US
employees at Amazon and Whole Foods
have tested positive or been presumed positive for the coronavirus, shedding
light for the first time on how its workforce has been impacted by Covid-19.
Amazon had repeatedly resisted sharing comprehensive data with the public and
with its own workers about the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases at
its warehouses, which have become crucial hubs for household supplies during the
pandemic. Despite numerous confirmed cases at Amazon warehouses across the
country, and around the world,
the e-commerce giant has
downplayed the significance of releasing site or aggregate data,
making it difficult to get a clear picture of overall infections at its sites.
In a blog post, the company said it did a "thorough analysis of data on all
1,372,000 Amazon and Whole
Foods Market front-line employees
across the US employed at any time from March 1 to September 19, 2020."
Amazon said it then compared its case rates to the general population during the
same period, using reporting from Johns Hopkins University. It claimed that the
number of its employees that tested, or were presumed to be, positive was
42% lower than expected based
by that comparison.
cnn.com
Why Walmart thinks TikTok is the future of its business
 For
the past five years, nearly every one of Walmart's big moves has seemingly had
one goal: to narrow Amazon's embarrassingly huge lead in e-commerce.
Whether the partnership with TokTok turns out to be a brilliant chess move for
Walmart or a disastrous distraction, it still shows the traditional retailer is
trying to invent a digital
future where it will be a leader of Amazon rather than a follower.
If successful, Walmart could become a leader in online video commerce - an area
of retail that has been a hit in Asia, but is still nascent in the US.
vox.com
Ahold Delhaize USA readies six facilities for self-distribution in 2021
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Dallas: Woman, 63, Gets 54 Months for 19-year $3.8M eBay Stolen
Merchandise Scheme
 63-year-old
resident of Dallas, Kim Richardson, has been ordered to federal prison for her
role in a multi-million dollar interstate theft ring involving merchandise sold
on eBay.
Judge ordered her to serve a total of 54 months in federal prison to be
immediately followed by three years of supervised release. She has also agreed
to pay $3.8 million in restitution.
Richardson admitted she participated in a conspiracy that
spanned from August 2000
through April 2019.
During that time, she
shoplifted items as she traveled throughout the United States.
She would then sell the stolen merchandise to buyers on eBay and via direct
internet sales and sent it to them via the U.S. mail, Federal Express and United
Parcel Service.
Richardson stole items from
numerous retail stores.
She used shoplifting
tools to disable security devices
and would exit the store by
placing the stolen merchandise
in a large black bag
she carried.
Buyers sent approximately $3.8 million throughout the scheme into four PayPal
accounts linked to Richardson.
justice.gov
Hartford, CT: FBI searching for 4 members of Connecticut theft ring behind
$65,000 burglaries at upscale clothing retailers
Eight Hartford-area residents have been indicted on charges that they ran a
brazen "grab-and-go" theft ring that snatched tens of thousands of dollars worth
of merchandise from stores across the Northeast late last year. The group has
been charged with stealing almost $65,000 worth of clothes and accessories
during at least 11 robberies of retail stores from Balenciaga to T.J. Maxx,
court records show. Four of the accused have been arrested but four remain at
large and wanted by the FBI, including 26-year-old Hartford resident Andres
"Coolie" Barclett, who should be considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said
Thursday.
A grand jury returned a
six-count indictment against the accused crew in September following a
months-long investigation named "Operation American Steal" that began last fall
after authorities linked a series of robberies across Connecticut, New York,
Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire.
The scheme was simple and effective: One or more members of the crew would enter
a store as if they were normal customers but would instead grab as much
merchandise as they could carry and sprint outside to a waiting getaway car,
prosecutors said. The group hit multiple
Ralph Lauren, Balenciaga,
Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger, Macy's, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and Dick's Sporting Goods
locations across all five states,
sometimes stealing from the same store more than once. They would then drive the
merchandise back to Connecticut to store in their cars, homes or storage units
to either keep for themselves or sell online.
courant.com
Wichita, KS: 5 arrested after stealing $16K in items from Wichita stores
 Wichita
Police have recovered thousands of dollars in merchandise and arrested five
people in a theft ring. Police said they identified a crime trend of people
stealing a large number of items from multiple businesses. Officers collaborated
with others from around the city. Through the efforts, the department arrested
21-year-old Chaquala Mathis, 21-year-old Semaj Muldrow, 21-year-old Khaezia
Presley, and a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of felony theft at a home on North
Spruce. They allegedly stole over $3,000 in merchandise from Dick's Sporting
Goods at Towne West Square. Through further investigation, officers recovered
other previously stolen merchandise totaling approximately $13,000.
Additionally, two stolen handguns were recovered. Officers also arrested
19-year-old Denita Jones on suspicion of felony theft from previous encounters.
ksn.com
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Shootings & Deaths
Suffolk County, NY: 7-Eleven Employee Charged in Death of Man Who Shoplifted
A store employee was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the death of
a man outside the store, Suffolk County Police said. Police said the employee,
Conroy Jaman, 29, of Hempstead, pursued Raquan Jackson for shoplifting items
from the 7-Eleven store at 24-28 Broadhollow Road, Melville, and stabbed him in
the chest with a box cutter. The confrontation occurred in a nearby parking lot.
Jackson, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the
Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Jarman, 29, was charged with
manslaughter 2nd degree. He will be arraigned at First District Court in Central
Islip on Friday.
huntingtonnow.com
Update: Charles County, MD: 7- Eleven Clerk shot and killed in Armed Robbery
 The
Charles County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide that occurred inside
a 7-Eleven store in Waldorf early Thursday morning. Shortly before 1 a.m.,
officers responded to the 7-Eleven located on Middletown Road for the report of
a shooting. A preliminary investigation showed that a male entered the store and
approached the clerk, then demanded money and produced a firearm. After
obtaining the money from the clerk, the suspect shot the victim and fled the
store. The victim has been identified as Lynn Marie Maher, 49, Maher died from
her injuries on the scene.
fox5dc.com
New Castle, DE: 1 killed, 1 injured in parking lot shooting at local restaurant
The shooting happened outside the Casablanca Restaurant on North Dupont Highway
around 1 a.m. Friday. When first responders arrived, they found the one victim
dead. Another shooting victim arrived at the hospital a short time later. The
person's condition has not been released. No other injuries were reported.
6abc.com
Update: Nashville, TN: Mall Shooting: 911 calls reveal terrifying moments inside
Opry Mills mall after Wednesday evening shooting
 The
terrifying moments after a shooting at Opry Mills are heard in the panic of
people's voices on 911 calls. From those inside the mall, there was a lot of
confusion, fear and the feeling that they needed to run for their lives. "My
manager heard gunshots and everyone was running and screaming," said one of the
911 callers from Wednesday night at Opry Mills. "How many shots have you heard?
A lot, a lot," was heard on one call between a caller and 911 dispatchers. These
911 calls take us inside the moments patrons believed the worst was happening.
Nashville Metro Police responded to the call of a shooting at the mall shortly
after 6 p.m. Wednesday.
wbir.com
Chicago, IL: Restaurant Employee accidently shoots fellow crew member
UK: Leeds, England: 'Designed to cause maximum terror': Armed Robbers fired
pistol and discharged smoke bomb during $90,000 professional gang raid on Post
Office
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Port St. Lucie, FL: Domestic Violence: Man charged with Attempted Murder of his
girlfriend/ Walmart employee while she was on break
A 26-year-old man was arrested on attempted murder and other charges after
allegations he stabbed his ex-girlfriend Wednesday outside a Walmart on
Southwest Gatlin Boulevard, according to Port St. Lucie police.
Investigators learned Strong's
ex-girlfriend was on her break, sitting in her vehicle in the Walmart parking
lot. Strong parked next
to her and got in the passenger side of her vehicle. "Once inside her vehicle,
he began stabbing her multiples times," police stated. "The victim fled into the
Walmart liquor store, where a customer and Walmart employee provided her first
aid and called police."
tcpalm.com
East Garden City, NY: Man threatened a Loss Prevention with a knife after he and
a woman allegedly robbed a Long Island Macy's
 Investigators
are attempting to identify and locate a man and woman who allegedly walked into
the store in the Roosevelt Field Mall in East Garden City at 4:50 pm. on
Tuesday, Sept. 29 and placed merchandise into a bag and attempted to leave the
store without attempting to pay, Nassau County Police said. Police said the pair
attempted to leave Macy's, at which point they were approached by store
security. When confronted, the man allegedly took out a knife and began swinging
it at the guards before fleeing on foot. No injuries were reported.
dailyvoice.com
Hoover, AL: Burger King Manager Steals Thousands, Sets Fire To Restaurant To
Conceal Theft
Roderickus Lamar Singleton, 32, was arrested on suspicion of first degree theft
of property and second degree arson after the Hoover Police Department was
notified on September 11 of a possible embezzlement case at the Burger King
located at 1555 Montgomery Highway.
Accounting records revealed
that nearly $3000 in cash was missing from the restaurant between September 5
and September 7, police
said in a statement. After the restaurant closed on the night of September 7, a
small fire broke out in the dining area. A joint investigation by the Hoover
Police detectives and the Hoover Fire Marshal's Office found that the fire was
intentionally set.
newsweek.com
 Fresno,
CA: Suspect arrested for robbing Best Buy store in River Park
A thief who robbed the Best Buy in the River Park Shopping Center in northeast
Fresno didn't get far. Fresno police say a man was talking to a cashier at the
store on Thursday afternoon when they pulled out a gun and demanded cash. The
employee handed over the money, and then the man took off, driving away as
employees triggered the robbery alarm. The driver of the suspect vehicle was
taken into custody. It's unclear how much money was stolen from the business.
abc30.com
Mechanicsville, MD: Vehicle Rams Into Gun Store; numerous Guns stolen
Brookville, PA: Burger King Employee charged with theft of over $3,000; 313
deleted transactions
College Station, TX: Man pleads guilty to $2,000 Victoria's Secret Theft;
sentenced to 4 years for theft and drug charges
Lewisburg, PA: Two Walmart employees in Union County charged for allegedly
stealing merchandise valued at over $500
Tucson, AZ: Man faces 22 charges for robberies, assaults
Cargo Theft & Counterfeit
UK Tops Supply Chain thefts in 2020
 Half
of all thefts from EMEA supply chains took place in the UK in the first half of
2020, with more than $99,500,000 of products were stolen from air, road, sea and
rail freight supply chains. According to data from the Transported Asset
Protection Association (TAPA) five of the 46 countries recording cargo theft
incidents in the first half of 2020 accounted for 87% of losses reported to TAPA
and first was the United Kingdom with 1,670 incidents or 50.9% of the half-year
total. Second was
Germany with 827 thefts (25.2%); third was the Netherlands with 170 (5.1%) and
fourth was Spain with 129 thefts (3.9%). Russia ranked fifth.
The UK also recorded the highest number of major cargo losses, according to TAPA,
with 56 or 63.6% of all crimes with a value of 100,000 euros or more during the
six month period. These produced a total loss of.$33 million or an average of
$578,000.
logisticsmanager.com
Indianapolis, IN: 307 phony NCAA & pro championship rings intercepted by
Indianapolis CBP
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Best Buy - Fresno, CA
- Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Toledo, OH -
Robbery
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C-Store - Willits, CA
- Burglary
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C-Store - Norfolk, VA
- Burglary
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Dollar General -
Florence, SC - Robbery
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Guns - Mechanicsville,
MD - Burglary
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Macy's - Long Island,
NY - Armed Robbery
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Nail Salon - Houston,
TX - Burglary
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Restaurant - Staten
Island, NY - Burglary
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Restaurant - Lawton,
OK - Burglary
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Restaurant - Lawton,
OK - Burglary
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Restaurant - Gaffney,
SC - Burglary
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Restaurant - Canyon,
TX - Burglary
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Restaurant - Buffalo,
NY - Burglary
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Restaurant - Du Quoin,
IL - Burglary
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Walgreens - Maryville,
IL - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Honolulu,
HI - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Suffolk
County, NY - Armed Robbery / Clerk shot and killed
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7-Eleven - Charles
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• 7 robberies
• 12 burglaries
• 1 shooting
• 2 killed |
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• 65 robberies
• 32 burglaries
• 3 shootings
• 3 killed |
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