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Harry Freed promoted to Director of
Operations-Asset Protection for JCPenney
Harry has been with JCPenney since January 2017, when he joined the company as
Sr. Manager of Corporate Operations Asset Protection. Prior to that, he held
positions as District Manager for PetSmart, VP of Merchandising and Marketing
for CompUSA and TigerDirect Retail Stores, and Sr. Director and Regional Sales
Mgr Central US for CompUSA. He attended Sam Houston State University.
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Jake Harris, CFI promoted to Senior Leader of
Investigations for Rite Aid
Jake joined Rite Aid in February 2019 as Asset Protection District Leader for
the San Bernardino/Los Angeles area. His new investigations position covers
Central/Southern California. Jake's previous roles include District Loss
Prevention Manager for Big Lots, and Sr. Investigator-ORC for Target. He holds a
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration degree from San Bernardino
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Happy Trails:
David Sexton, Longtime VP of LP & Consulting for Jewelers
Mutual Group, Retires
Sexton began his association with Jewelers Mutual in 1980 as an Underwriting
Assistant and enhanced his career through roles in commercial lines customer
service, CL underwriting, and specialty account management, becoming vice
president of Loss Prevention and Consulting in 2004. In this critical loss
prevention leadership role, Sexton was responsible for the development,
recommendation and implementation of Jewelers Mutual's loss prevention policy.
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#1 Most Watched
'Making a Murderer': From the
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The Netflix true-crime documentary series "Making a Murderer" highlighted the
case of Brendan Dassey and the interrogation that led to a highly controversial
"confession" and guilty verdict resulting in Dassey's incarceration.
Worldwide leaders in non-confrontational interviewing techniques,
Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates
(WZ), took a stand by highlighting the issues and errors made in these
interrogations leading to coerced confessions - and have continued to use this
case as an example in their training programs.
Dave Thompson, CFI, discusses the impact "Making a Murderer" has had on the
interrogation community and how it's helped push the evolution of this essential
skill for practitioners ranging from law enforcement to loss prevention.
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ADT Acquires I-View Now to Help Revolutionize Professional Monitoring
 ADT,
a smart-home security provider serving residential and business customers, has
taken another step to reduce false alarms and improve emergency response by
acquiring I-View Now, a leading video alarm verification service.
"ADT is a purpose-driven company," Jim DeVries, president and CEO, ADT, said in
the announcement. "We believe everyone deserves to feel safe, which means we are
always looking for opportunities to invest in new technologies that keep us at
the forefront of security innovation."
With the use of I-View Now technology, public safety answering points (PSAPs),
like 911 dispatchers, will be able to better confirm whether an alarm is a true
emergency. Video, location, sound, sensor, user and activity data can now be
combined with predictive analytics to provide a comprehensive dashboard of
information about what is taking place during an alarm. This critical
information allows customers, ADT and first responders to make better decisions
quickly, helping protect lives and property.
For more information about ADT and I-View Now, please visit
www.adt.com and
www.i-viewnow.com.
Chicago's Retailers - Feeling the
Theft Impact
State Attorney Rejecting 69% Of Felony
Retail Theft Cases
CWB Chicago Reporter Takes Cook Co. State Atty to Task for Retail Theft Spiking
Shoplifting soars as prosecutors back off in Chicago
A CWBChicago examination of Chicago Police Department data found that
retail theft cases are up sharply
in recent years across the city and in its busiest shopping corridors.
The increase comes as Cook County State's
Attorney Kim Foxx makes a public effort to back away from retail theft
prosecutions. Attorneys in Foxx's office
are instructed to not pursue felony charges against shoplifting suspects unless
the value of the pilfered merchandise exceeds $1,000. That's three times the
$300 felony threshold set by state law.
 Since
Foxx was elected in November 2016,
retail theft reports are up 20% across the city.
Along the posh Rush Street shopping district, reported incidents have more than
doubled. And on State Street,
famed in movie and song for its shopping opportunities,
retail theft cases are up 32%.
But the North Avenue retail strip between
Halsted Street and the Chicago River may be the hardest hit.
Retailers there filed 100 shoplifting reports with police through the end of
September. That's more than all of last
year.
In a meeting with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle this summer,
suburban mayors spoke about the frustration their police officers and retailers
have had with Foxx's policies. From
the Chicago Tribune:
"People are
not being prosecuted for
stealing," Justice Mayor Kris Wasowicz
told Preckwinkle during the event at the Oak Forest Village Hall hosted by 6th
District Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller.
"My police officers are frustrated,
my merchants are up in arms," Wasowicz said.
Thieves have shoplifted up to $1,000 worth of goods at a time from independent
retail stores and prosecutors did doing nothing about it, he said.
"A thousand dollars in merchandise - for a small business that could be the
profit margin for a month," Wasowicz said.
Foxx's office issued a statement after the meeting:
"The state's attorney's office continues to prosecute
both misdemeanor retail theft cases when charged by law enforcement and felony
retail theft cases to the full extent of the law," the office said.
Yet, Foxx's own policy of not pursuing felonies for thefts of less than $1,000
is a direct conflict with her claim to be
pursuing cases "to the fullest extent of
the law."
Read the full report here:
cwbchicago.com
Update: Rejection of felony shoplifting cases skyrockets under Foxx
According to data on the state's attorney site, prosecutors under Foxx are
rejecting felony shoplifting cases more often than they pursue them. The ratio?
About 2-to-1. By comparison, in the year before Foxx was sworn in, prosecutors
approved felony retail theft charges by a ratio of roughly 3-to-1.
Police officers who believe an arrestee qualifies for a felony charge must
present their case to an ASA for "felony review." Generally speaking, the ASA
will either approve the felony or reject it in favor of a misdemeanor charge.
In 2016, ASAs rejected 26%
of Chicago Police Department requests for felony retail theft approval,
according to the state's attorney's data. The next year, Foxx's first in office,
ASAs rejected 65% of such requests. The
rejection rate so far this year is 69%.
The data also shows that Chicago police, understanding Foxx's policies, are
asking for felony retail theft approval far less often than before Foxx took
office. CPD requests for felony approval fell 34% during Foxx's first year.
cwbchicago.com
Academy Sports broke law selling rifle to Sutherland Springs church killer, feds
allege
A Texas sporting goods store broke the law when it sold an AR-15-style rifle and
large-capacity magazine to a man who later committed a mass murder at a San
Antonio-area church, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing.
Devin Patrick Kelley, who fatally shot himself as authorities chased him
following the bloody massacre at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs in
2017, was ineligible to make the purchase because he used a Colorado driver's
license as identification, prosecutor Paul David Stern wrote.
"Sale of that rifle would have been illegal in Colorado," Stern wrote, referring
to a Model 8500 Ruger AR-556 that authorities say Kelley bought from Academy
Sports + Outdoors.
In 2017, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state had denied Kelley a gun permit
and he should not have been legally allowed to own a firearm, the BBC reported.
Now federal authorities are looking to add the Texas retailer as a possible
third party in a lawsuit that relatives of those killed or wounded in the
massacre have filed against the federal government. The plaintiffs argue that
the
U.S. Air Force neglected to add Kelley's
criminal data to a national database
that might have blocked his weapons
purchase, despite six opportunities to add the information.
foxnews.com
Employee Steals Trade Secrets
Corporate Espionage - Or Just Trying to Get a Better Job
'Anheuser-Busch accuses MillerCoors of stealing its beer recipes'
 In
a court filing from Thursday, Anheuser-Busch now claims that a
MillerCoors employee obtained its secret
recipes immediately before and after the Super Bowl ad aired.
In the latest escalation of the legal battle between Anheuser-Busch InBev and
MillerCoors, the Bud Light brewer is accusing its rival of stealing secret
recipes for its beers, including Michelob Ultra and Bud Light.
In September, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against
Anheuser-Busch, preventing the beer giant from using Bud Light packaging that
says "no corn syrup." Anheuser-Busch is appealing the decision.
In a redacted counterclaim filed Thursday, the Bud Light brewer alleges that a
former employee who now works at a MillerCoors brewery in Colorado was obtaining
information from current Anheuser-Busch employees who were violating
confidentiality agreements in the days before and after the Super Bowl. Some of
his questions involved the use of corn syrup in the brewing process,
Anheuser-Busch claims in the filing.
Senior executives from MillerCoors were asking for the information, and
CEO Gavin Hattersley was included on email
chains about the findings, the filing
alleges.
"We will enforce our right to uncover how high up this may reach in the
MillerCoors organization," Anheuser-Busch said in a statement.
"We take our trade secrets seriously
and will protect them to the fullest extent of the law."
cnbc.com
Study reveals the changing face of online fraud
Cybercriminals
are adapting to retailer success in detecting payment fraud
 According
to the seventh edition of the
Fraud Attack Index from e-commerce fraud prevention platform Forter,
online fraud is evolving rapidly beyond the point of the transaction to accounts
such as loyalty programs and abuse of return policies.
Loyalty fraud has increased by 89%
year-over-year, while the
total dollar amount in online fraud has
increased by 12% year over year.
The Fraud Attack Index also shows that fraudsters are having significantly
more success in account takeover (ATO)
attacks, with 1.5 million consumers whose
accounts had already been compromised had additional accounts opened in their
name. Fraudsters transfer funds to these accounts from their victims' legitimate
accounts. This represents a factor of two increase from the previous high.
The study also reveals that both
buy-online-return-in-store (BORIS) fraud
and buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) fraud increased by 23%. Coupon abuse saw
an increase of 10%.
In the face of shifting online fraud patterns, Forter advises retailers to
implement a continuous and automated fraud prevention and detection approach
that assesses events throughout the entirety of the customer journey. In
addition to focusing on chargebacks and credit card fraud at the point of
transaction, retailers need to address fraud in a holistic and accurate manner
across the entire customer journey.
chainstoreage.com
Europol's Operation SECTIO:
International hit against Belarusian organized crime gang
involved in international cargo thefts
 The
German Police Department Heidekreis, in cooperation with the French Gendarmerie
and Czech authorities, the German State Criminal Police Office of Saxony-Anhalt,
EMPACT OPC, and Europol dismantled a Belarusian organised crime group involved
in international cargo thefts.
The group was targeting trucks on motorway rest areas and parking lots to steal
the cargo. The group is suspected of having been involved in almost 60 offenses
in the German state of Lower Saxony alone. The total damage committed sums-up to
over (Euro)500,000 - $547,000 U.S.. The main geographical focus of the group was
along the German motorway number 7, near the capital city of the Federal State
of Lower Saxony, Hannover. Since December 2018, the Police Department Heidekreis
(Federal State of Lower Saxony) had been investigating the organised crime group
of at least six Belarusian offenders.
On 10 October 2019, four members of the organised crime group, including its
ringleader, were caught red-handed in Germany. In the course of this arrest, a
truck with stolen TVs was seized. Further investigations are ongoing.
europa.eu
Have Giant Food and Stop & Shop nailed 'frictionless' checkouts?
 Retail
Business Services, the technology services arm of Ahold Delhaize USA, has
announced that its proprietary
ScanIt Mobile frictionless checkout
technology is being rolled out to nearly 30 of the grocer's stores
by the end of the year. The tech is being deployed at all of the new Giant
Heirloom Markets and select Stop & Shop stores.
Customers using the ScanIt mobile app walk shop the store scanning products they
wish to purchase as they go. When finished, customers go through a designated
checkout lane where they see a "payment approved" message before exiting the
store. Payments are processed through customers' mobile wallets. The service
accepts Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal and Venmo. retailwire.com
Consumers demand retailers partner to provide Click & Collect services
The appetite for click-and-collect services has grown, with new research
suggesting consumers want more retailers to team up in order to offer it in more
convenient locations. According to Barclaycard, a third of retailers who offer
click-and-collect have seen store sales increase as
68 per cent of shoppers are now choosing
to pick up online orders in-store.
Convenience appears to be a leading factor of the trend, with 42 per cent of
consumers saying that they rely on click-and-collect services because they are
out during the day, and 15 per cent choose the option because they can't send
their deliveries to work.
retailgazette.co.uk
"CBD isn't just a fad - It's the start of a Revolution"
"I don't think we anticipated so much of a boom in the space so quickly," in the
beauty business.
Because it isn't regulated by the FDA, the CBD category swings wildly between
carefully crafted, seriously researched skincare consumers can feel good about
(i.e., Superflower, Lord Jones) and private label garbage containing very little
- if any - actual cannabidiol. Per an article in JAMA (Journal of the American
Medical Association), a 2016 study on 84 CBD products from 31 companies found
that only 31 percent contained the percentage of the active ingredient claimed
on the label.
For sure, the beauty industry is welcoming the new category with open arms.
Alongside face masks, unisex fragrance, sexual wellness products and hair
accessories, CBD products will become eligible for a CEW Beauty Award for the
first time beginning in 2020.
therobinreport.com
Keeping Your CA Cannabis License: Get a Compliance System
Cannabis businesses must demonstrate they have the capability to be legally
compliant as a condition to issuance of their state and local licenses. That
compliant moment is only a glimpse of the business's life, but it cannot be a
fleeting thing, as periodic inspections can make or break your business.
Depending on the license type, the cannabis business can be inspected at any
time by the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), the California Department of Food
and Agriculture (CDFA) or the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 16, § 5800. Inspections by one or more of those licensing
agencies can occur unexpectedly and often, which means the business must strive
to maintain compliance at all times to avoid any operational stoppages, expenses
associated with resolving notices to comply and other citations, and ultimately
failure. cannabisbusinessexecutive.com
Four Northeastern Governors Team Up on Vaping and Marijuana Standards
The governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania met to
discuss vaping and the legalization of recreational marijuana in hopes of
reaching a consensus on regional standards.
wsj.com
"Alexa, help me find a job at McDonald's"
McDonald's Claims First 'Voice Apply' Process
That's how interested job seekers can start an application with the global
fast-food company, McDonald's recently announced. Claiming it to be the world's
first voice-initiated job application process, the company has launched
McDonald's Apply Thru, which works on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
shrm.org
The Zellman Group Increases Partnership Level with the LPF
 The
Loss Prevention Foundation
(LPF) announced that The
Zellman Group has advanced its partnership to become the
newest Doctorate level scholarship partner.
Zellman has been a long-time bachelor level partner and supporter of the LPF and
with their commitment to becoming a Doctorate level partner they are continuing
to set an example to the industry regarding the importance of continued
education. The Doctorate level partnership secures numerous certification course
scholarships for distribution to retailers, universities and internal
associates. It also enables Zellman to provide complimentary LPF memberships to
loss prevention practitioners.
yourlpf.org
Mgr Asset Protection Sr posted for Save-a-Lot Food Stores in St. Ann, MO.
Lead team of Regional Asset Protection Managers in the prevention and detection
of retail losses. Oversee process to communicate findings to Compliance,
Operations and Executive staff as appropriate and offer suggestions for process
improvement to mitigate losses.
kronostm.com
SnapPay Launches Facial Recognition Payment Technology in North America
Exclusive: Lampert helps bankroll Sears as woes persist after bankruptcy
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They've Got Hackers Scattering
Police Boost Collaboration to Root Out Europe's Dark-Web Markets
Specialized team at Europol is working to coordinate with more countries
 Police authorities across Europe are stepping up coordination to
investigate dark-web marketplaces after taking down four major online forums in
the past two years.
A dark-web team created last year at Europol, the European Union's
law-enforcement agency, is working to involve more countries in investigations,
said Steven Wilson, head of Europol's European Cybercrime Center. The group
collaborated with police in four European countries and the U.S. to take down
two major dark web marketplaces this year, the Wall Street Market and Valhalla,
which sold illegal drugs and firearms, among other things.
In 2017, a global operation led by Dutch and U.S. authorities resulted in the
dismantling of two other marketplaces, AlphaBay and Hansa, some of the world's
largest online forums for illegal goods. The collaboration involved pushed Europol to set up its dark-web team, Mr. Wilson said.
"That really proved the
case to say that if we can coordinate this, we can maximize the effects," he
said.
"We see now large proportions of the dark net being destabilized," Mr. Wilson
added.
 Europol's dark-web team includes cybercrime experts who work with specialists in
drugs, weapons and other areas from the agency's cybercrime center. Officials
declined to say how many experts are part of the team.
European efforts to root out such marketplaces are important because much of the
infrastructure underpinning dark-web activity is based there, cybercrime
researchers say. "Europe is actually contributing a lot to the dark net
infrastructure."
High-profile dark-web marketplaces have run on hosting services in the
Netherlands, cybercrime experts said, due to a confluence of factors. Some Dutch
providers offer so-called bulletproof hosting services that promise to refuse
police access to data centers even if they have subpoenas.
After the dismantling of the Wall Street Market and Valhalla this year, Europol
said criminals have moved to smaller dark-web forums that can be more difficult
for police to investigate, WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reported last week. "This
environment is volatile," Mr. Ruiz said.
wsj.com
Open Cybersecurity Alliance: In Pursuit of Interoperability
With 18 Vendors on Board, Experts Assess New
Group's Chances for Success
Eighteen technology companies have formed the Open Cybersecurity Alliance to
foster the development of open source tools to improve interoperability and data
sharing between cybersecurity applications.
But some observers say getting all the players to agree on a common platform
will be challenging.
The initial open source content and code will come from IBM and McAfee, which
has been spearheading the project.
The new alliance was formed under the auspices of OASIS, a consortium driving
the development, convergence and adoption of open standards. It was launched as
an OASIS Open Project on Oct. 8.
In addition to IBM and McAfee, initial members of the alliance include: Advanced
Cyber Security Corp., Corsa, CrowdStrike, CyberArk, Cybereason, DFLabs,
EclecticIQ, Electric Power Research Institute, Fortinet, Indegy, New Context,
ReversingLabs, SafeBreach, Syncurity, ThreatQuotient and Tufin. The group says
it will continue to welcome new members.
govinfosecurity.com
When Using Cloud, Paranoia Can Pay Off
Workers worried about their employers, government agencies, or the service
provider themselves, should think hard about the information they store in cloud
services, Martin Shelton, a principal researcher with the Freedom of the Press
Foundation, stated in an Oct. 9 column.
"If you can see it, the administrator can likely see it," he wrote. "If the
administrator can see it, Google can likely see it. And if Google can see it,
it's likely subject to requests from government agencies."
 With 81% of companies using cloud productivity applications, both
businesses and
workers should understand the risks of using a cloud service, experts say.
"The short version is that, theoretically, Google can see anything that you can
see in G Suite," says Jeremy Gillula, technology projects director with the
Electronic Frontier Foundation. "Whether or not they actually do, is a totally
different story."
Users of any cloud productivity software generally have three threats to worry
about: hackers, providers, and governments.
Because both Microsoft and Google encrypt data at rest in their cloud, the
information is protected against direct online attack. Steal the data, and it is
still unreadable. However, online attackers have increasingly focused on
stealing credentials and accessing the cloud by impersonating the authorized
user. To foil such attacks, companies and individuals need to add multi-factor
authentication, experts say.
darkreading.com
Cybercrime Tool Prices Continue to Rise on Darknet Sites
Payment Card and Passport Data Are Most
Sought-After Commodities, Report Finds
Over the last two years, prices for various cybercriminal and hacking tools have
continued to rise on so-called darknet sites as attacks, such as ransomware,
have grown more sophisticated, according to research published this week by
security firm Flashpoint.
In one example, the researchers noticed that the price of a distributed denial
of service botnet ranged from $1 to $100 across various forums. This is an
increase from two years ago, when the high-end prices for these botnets stood at
about $27, depending on the bandwidth and duration of the attack, the report
shows.
At the same time, payment card and passport data remain a sought-after commodity
for criminals on these various underground forums, the research shows.
govinfosecurity.com
Phishing Campaign Targets Stripe Credentials, Financial Data
Attackers make use of an old trick and evade detection by blocking users from
viewing an embedded link when hovering over the URL.
Researchers have spotted a new phishing campaign targeting credentials and
financial data of people using the Stripe payments platform. Emails are
disguised as alerts from Stripe support.
Stripe enables e-commerce, facilitates payments, and helps run businesses with
its software-as-a-service platform. Online companies use Stripe to receive
payments, manage workflows, and update payment card data, among other things.
Its millions of global customers include major brands, among them Amazon,
Google, Salesforce, Microsoft, Shopify, Spotify, Nasdaq, and National
Geographic.
Now attackers are trying to gain access to credentials for Stripe's platform and
the billions of dollars it handles each year. This access could enable the
adversaries to steal payment card data and defraud customers, report researchers
with the Cofense Phishing Defense Center today.
darkreading.com
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Free Webinar: How to Leverage RFID Source Tagging
for Loss Prevention | Asset Protection
Join us for a free 1-hour webinar November 7, 2019 at 11:00am EST to
learn how retailers can use products that are source tagged with RFID to assist
your organization in managing inventory, preventing loss and improving
profitability.
During this free webinar offered by The Loss Prevention Foundation, in
partnership with Nedap; Asset Protection and Loss Prevention professionals will
learn how RFID technology is becoming the differentiator for retailers in the
evolution of retail and customer expectations and how to use these labels when
they begin showing up at your door.
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Amazon's Staten Island workers get hurt at 3 times national rate: report
Workers at Amazon's new Staten Island warehouse are getting hurt at three times
the rate of other warehouse workers nationwide, according to a report titled
Time Off Task: Pressure, Pain, and Productivity at Amazon.
Employees at the year-old, four-story facility, where merchandise is sorted into
yellow bins on conveyor belts, feel pressure to work "harder and faster,"
resulting in a higher-than-average injury rate, according to the New York
Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, a workers' rights group.
About 18% of the 2,500 workers there
reported sustaining an injury on the job compared with just 5.2% of overall
warehouse workers who are injured on the job,
NYCOSH reports, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Amazon decried the report as "self-serving" because it was produced by a
union-led organization. The same labor groups were largely responsible for
derailing Amazon's plan to open a second headquarters in the Big Apple this
year.
nypost.com
Edible Barcodes Turn Sights On Counterfeit Goods
A company called TruTag Technologies makes barcodes that are edible and
microscopic. Specifically, they are made from nano-porous silica - which can be
used to ensure the authentication of a host of products ranging from medicines
to food to vaping pods to cannabis.
"TruTags are used with hyperspectral imaging technology, which is able to
process much more wavelengths than other imaging methods, so it can collect more
precise and detailed data from an image. When scanned, the barcodes provide
information about where a product was manufactured, lot numbers, authorized
distributors and safe use."
pymnts.com
Top 5 Threats to Ecommerce Businesses to Address Before the Holiday Season
Webinar on Tuesday, Oct 29 at 2:00 pm ET
Cyberattacks on e-commerce businesses continue to outsmart existing defenses.
Bad actors are cashing in by leveraging automated bots and compromised
third-party code. In this webinar presented by PerimeterX, you'll learn about
the top five threats e-commerce companies face this holiday season. Tune in to
learn about:
● Different types of attacks including ATO, carding, digital skimming, and
formjacking
● How to stay ahead of the attackers and proactively address the client-side
vulnerabilities
● Practical strategies for protecting your customers, brand name and online
revenue at scale
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King County, CA: Food Plant Employees arrested after $50,000 worth of cheese
stolen
Two California men were arrested for their roles in a long-running cheese theft
ring that spanned multiple counties and went on for at least two years,
investigators said. Officials with Leprino Foods started an investigation Aug.
22 after noticing $50,000 worth of cheese missing. Leprino Foods is the world's
largest producer of mozzarella, with annual sales of more than $3 billion,
according to Forbes. Company officials estimated that their cheese had been
targeted by thieves since 2017, but they didn't know who could be behind it.
Police detectives determined the stolen product was being sold throughout
Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Riverside counties via social media, door-to-door
salesmen, on the street and various flea markets. After identifying multiple
people involved in the sales operation, authorities served search warrants in
Tulare and Kings counties.
ktla.com
 Update: Northbrook, IL: Group of 10 teens hit Louis Vuitton for $4000 in
handbags
Police
said a group of about a dozen young people stole a pair of expensive handbags
and robbed a shopper at Northbrook Court Wednesday. Up to 10 people entered the
mall together around 8 p.m. before about half of them headed to the Louis Vuitton store, according to Northbrook police. Several young men waited by the
door while a young woman grabbed two purses from the shelf, which together were
valued at about $4,000, Deputy Chief Dan Strickland said. The group then took
off running. As they fled, one member of the group snatched the purse of a woman
who was entering the doors to the mall. No members of the group brandished any
weapons and the woman was uninjured from the robbery, according to police.
patch.com
 O'Fallon,
IL: Police looking for women who stole from Academy Sports, pepper-sprayed
employee
Employees said three women walked into the store, grabbed armfuls of clothing
and headed for the exit without paying. An employee said they needed to leave
the clothes, but one of the women pulled out pepper spray and used it on the
employee. All three women, which police said were likely in their late teens or
early 20s, jumped into a car and got away.
ksdk.com
Florence, AL: Suspect wore Walmart uniform to walk out of store with stolen
items, three times
Police are looking for a woman they said dressed as a Walmart employee in order
to walk out the door with merchandise. Shoals Area Crime Stoppers and WHNT
shared the story of the woman, who police said has used the disguise three times
at the Walmart on Hough Road in Florence. Surveillance photos show a woman
wearing a blue Walmart vest and name tag as she leaves the store with a full
cart. Police said the woman took everything from electronics to household
cleaning supplies.
whnt.com
Homer Glen, IL: Will County Sheriff's office investigating $6K burglary at
Verizon
Lowville, NY: New York State Police investigating a couple who stole over $1,000
of electronics from Walmart in multiple thefts
Carlsbad, CA: Female
arrested in $1,200 fragrance theft from Victoria's Secret in the Shoppes at
Carlsbad, male suspect on the run
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Shootings & Deaths
McKeesport, PA: Police investigating shooting death inside Family Dollar
 A man shot and killed Thursday morning inside the Family Dollar on Versailles
Avenue in McKeesport has been identified.
Dwayne Fuller, 24, of Homestead was pronounced dead shortly after noon,
according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. Allegheny County
Police Sgt. Venerando Costa said police are trying to identify two men involved
in the killing. It was a "targeted shooting," Costa said. Police are reviewing
the store's surveillance video to identify the suspects. The victim encountered
two men at 11:05 a.m. inside the store, and some sort of a struggle took place,
police said. The victim was shot multiple times in the torso. He died at an area
hospital. The two men fled the store on foot, police said. None of the employees
were hurt.
triblive.com
Los Angeles, CA: Murder and Robbery Suspect Killed in Van Nuys Police Shooting
Identified
Coroner's officials on Thursday released the identity of a
21-year-old murder suspect who was killed in a police shooting Wednesday. Lazzeri James Frazier Jr. of Sherman Oaks died at the scene of the shooting,
which took place about 10:20 a.m. as undercover investigators were carrying out
a surveillance of Frazier, according to LAPD and LA County Medical
Examiner-Coroner officials. A handgun was recovered at the scene, police said,
but details regarding what led officers to open fire had not been released.
Police had been following Frazier after identifying him as a suspect in the
fatal shooting of a man in Sherman Oaks, as well as the robbery of a Van Nuys
liquor store, which both took place Monday, according to LAPD Sgt. Barry
Montgomery. Frazier was believed to be responsible for gunning down Antonio
Centeno Rodriguez, 52, of Panorama City as the victim was on his lunch break
from work. The killing reportedly stemmed from a robbery, but police have not
released details regarding the killing.
ktla.com
Norfolk, VA: Man dies in stabbing at Norfolk convenience store, suspect in
custody
The Norfolk Police responded to a stabbing that left a man dead at the
Shop N' Go convenience store on Church Street Thursday. According to police, the
call came in at 1:40 p.m. for the stabbing. When police arrived, they found a
man suffering from a stab wound. The man later died at Sentara Norfolk General
Hospital. A witness nearby said she saw a fight in the parking lot next door and
a victim was stabbed in what looked to be the neck area. She said he then ran to
the Shop N' Go while yelling. Police said a man was arrested for the homicide.
His identity has not yet been released.
wtkr.com
Alpharetta, GA: Shoplifter threatened to shoot up Macy's at North Point Mall
A
man suspected of swiping several Tommy Hilfiger sweaters from a north Fulton
department store was released by security guards after allegedly telling them he
had a gun and threatening to shoot up the place. The shoplifting suspect made
the threats Tuesday night at North Point Mall in Alpharetta, Channel 2 Action
News reported. The incident started when the store's loss prevention officer
said he spotted the man stuff about six sweatshirts into a backpack and then try
to leave, Alpharetta police spokesman Sgt. Howard Miller said. "During the
interaction with loss prevention, the guy said that he had a gun and if they
didn't let him leave, that he would pull it out and start shooting everybody,"
Miller said. The security guard told police the man never actually brandished a
weapon, but that they allowed him to leave just in case. Police said the man,
who is wanted on robbery by intimidation charges, left his jacket behind.
Investigators hope to identify the suspect through DNA evidence.
ajc.com
St Louis, MO: Man accused in Catholic Supply store killing cited as possible
suspect in 1985 murder in Tennessee
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Friendswood, TX: Sound of Jewelry Smash & Grab at Baybrook Mall triggers scared
shoppers running
Shoppers at Baybrook Mall ran for their lives Thursday night
after a scare involving three jewelry store robbers. Police were called to
Baybrook Mall after reports of loud noises inside the mall. Investigators said
no shots were fired. Instead, three suspects attempted to smash their way into
some jewelry cases, startling shoppers inside.
abc13.com
Cleveland, OH: Citizen helps police by jumping into chase after Family Dollar
Armed Robbery
It happened after a man robbed a Family Dollar store on
Cleveland's west side. Video shows police scrambling there, and a clerk said,
"He said give us everything. Then he pointed a gun at me." She added, "I was
already freaked out telling him, 'Please don't shoot me. I got kids.'" Meantime,
a witness called 911 saying, "They tried to rob the Family Dollar store. Yeah,
he had a gun." And that witness didn't stop there. He kept watch on the getaway
car. That citizen followed the getaway car for 7 minutes. Then police roll up
behind the suspect's car.
fox8.com
Tulsa, OK: SUV driver loses control, crashes into Goodwill distribution center
building
San Diego, CA: 3 Medical Offices Broken Into Overnight
Spokane, WA: Police arrest 5-time Felon for stealing a car from a dealership
days after being released for stealing car from same dealership
Green Brook, NJ: Couple sues Taco Bell for deceptive advertising after being
overcharged $2.18; case moved to Federal Court
Sentencings
Brooklyn, NY: 25 years for Brooklyn man who fatally shot elderly deli clerk in
racist tirade sparked by price of a beer
Saginaw Township, MI: Detroit teen apologizes for mall jewelry store robbery,
gets 3 years in prison
McAllen, TX: La Plaza Mall armed jewelry heist suspect going to prison for 22
years
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C-Store - Bossier County, LA
- Burglary
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C-Store - Lubbock, TX
- Burglary
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Clothing - Evanston, IL
- Burglary
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CVS - Brunswick, OH - Robbery
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CVS - Collier County, FL
- Robbery
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Dollar General - Anderson, IN
- Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Cleveland, OH
- Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Madison, WI
- Burglary
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Guns - Shreveport, LA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Wichita, KS - Robbery
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Jewelry - Woodbridge, VA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Taylor, MI - Robbery
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Speedway - Elkhart, IN
- Armed Robbery
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Verizon - Homer Glen, IL - Burglary
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7-Eleven - San Bernardino, CA
- Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Hesperia,
CA - Robbery
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7-Eleven - Chicago, IL
- Armed Robbery
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• 5 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
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• 33 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
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Timothy Rout, LPC
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