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Ryan Merkel named Corporate Asset
Protection Coordinator
for Five Below
Prior to being named Corporate Asset Protection Coordinator for Five
Below, Ryan served as Loss Prevention Manager for UNIQLO for more than
two years. Before that, he spent over two years with Kohl's as a
Multi-Unit Loss Prevention Supervisor. Earlier in his career, he served
as Sr. Loss Prevention Manager for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Company for over a year and Loss Prevention Manager for JCPenney for a
year. Congratulations, Ryan! |
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'Too Scared to Work in this Industry'
UK Retail Security Staff Threatened by 'Fearless' Thieves
Calls to the Police Sometimes Go Unanswered
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group of Ipswich retail security staff have spoken out about their daily battle
with 'fearless' thieves - and the growing threat of being harmed for doing
their jobs. One of the four, a store detective at out-of-town retail parks,
handed in his notice this month, saying: "I'm not afraid to admit I'm too
scared to work in this industry. I've been forced to quit because of
personal safety."
With shoplifting up 12% across Suffolk in five years, the guards claim to
be filling a public sector vacuum, with one saying: "Everywhere has problems,
but from our point of view, Ipswich has never been as bad. I'm always expecting
trouble." Another said safety was becoming "more and more a factor", with
some offenders equipped with knives and needles.
"If we need help, we can call each other on linked radios, but if we call
police, we get no answer. We've even had them turn the call off on us," he
added. Another said punishments did little to deter thieves, adding: "Consider
someone who commits 20 offences before being caught; presents to court over and
over again, gets two weeks in prison, and then goes straight back to it."
"The other problem is organised groups working together to smash the town.
They're hitting stores daily. They've intimidated staff and refused to leave
stores. "They'll steal anything they can get their hands on. They find a way
around anything we do to try to protect our stock." One security worker claimed
he was asked by police to do more deterrent work and less reporting, while
another said: "Retailers report a reduction in inventory as 'shrinkage'. I'd
estimate at least half of it walks out of the door. With Christmas coming,
it's going to get twice as bad."
ipswichstar.co.uk
Nearly Half of Young Retail Workers Report Being Sexually Harassed, On Average,
Seven Times a Year: Australian Human Rights Commission
A survey of more than 3,000 union members by the Australian Human Rights
Commission, released today, shows young workers in the retail and fast food
industries are more likely to be sexually harassed than those in other sectors.
The largest group of harassers was customers, at 36 per cent.
Female retail workers under 30 years old were most likely to be harassed, making
up 46 per cent of all victims. Of everyone in that age bracket who reported
being sexually harassed, they revealed it happened, on average, seven times in
the past year.
The survey found three-quarters of incidents took place at an employee's work
station, such as a cash register or food preparation area.
abc.net.au
FCC Targets China's Huawei & ZTE, Designating Them 'National Security Threats'
Considering Requiring Companies to Remove Current Huawei & ZTE Equipment
The Federal Communications Commission is moving to place another restraint on
the U.S. business of Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. by banning U.S.
companies receiving federal subsidies from purchasing the Chinese firms'
equipment.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai set the proposal for vote at the agency's meeting on Nov.
19. It would designate Huawei and ZTE as national security threats and tell
U.S. firms not to buy their equipment using money from an $8.5 billion
federal fund designed to expand telecommunications service in rural areas. That
ban could take effect within 30 days, though it could take as long as 120 days
if Huawei or ZTE contests it, an FCC official said.
The FCC is also studying whether to mandate that U.S companies replace Huawei
and ZTE equipment they have already installed. In a commentary for the Wall
Street Journal Monday, Mr. Pai called this existing equipment an "unacceptable
risk" and said he was beginning a regulatory process aimed at removing it.
wsj.com
Onfido's Global Fraud Index 2019
Criminals Professionalizing,
Working Typical Workweeks
Fraud Likely to Get Worse - 18% of Russian
Drivers Licenses Fraudulent - #1 Globally
Today Onfido published a report authored by its team of document specialists,
outlining insights about fraud gained from the millions of identity documents it
analyzes every year, across 4,500 document types and 195 countries. It is
estimated that remote online identity fraud costs the economy
$5 trillion a year, of which only 1% is recovered by the authorities. The
Fraud Index shares
insights Onfido has gained on the state of remote identity fraud over the past
year.
One of the key findings from the report is that fraudsters carry out the
majority of their crimes during the working week, much like a regular 9-5
profession. A dip in activity over the weekend suggests they like to take
the weekend off. The implication is that fraudsters are working with a
professional approach.
There are many reasons why some ID documents are more frequent targets for
fraud. It's partly influenced by the lack of security in older versions of
some documents still in circulation. Of the top 20 countries highlighted in
Onfido's survey of most fraudulent documents, 18% of all Russian driving
licenses analysed were suspected fraudulent. Vietnamese national ID cards came
in second (12%) followed by Ukranian driving licenses (7.6%). Russian passports
saw the least fraud (4%), while the United States passport came in the middle of
the list at (6.1%).
"UK and US passports contain over 30 security features in their physical form,
but fall to just 10 when digitized or moved online, making it easier for
fraudsters to spoof IDV systems and scale their attacks," said
Michael Van Gestel, Head of Global Document Fraud, at Onfido.
onfido.com
H&M CEO Sees 'Terrible' Fallout as Consumer Shaming Spreads
Garment Industry Push Towards Climate Positive Impact
The chief executive officer of fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz AB says a growing
movement that shames consumers represents a very real social threat.
Karl-Johan Persson, the 44-year-old H&M CEO and son of its billionaire chairman,
is speaking out as a pattern of shaming that initially targeted air travelers
spreads into more industries, including his. The movement has gained traction as
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen activist, inspires millions of people across
the globe to take to the streets and voice their anger over what she says is a
climate crisis.
Persson, who has been running H&M for a decade, says his concern is that the
movement seeks to prohibit behaviors. Many of the protests are "about 'stop
doing things, stop consuming, stop flying'," Persson said in an interview in
Stockholm. "Yes, that may lead to a small environmental impact, but it will have
terrible social consequences."
The H&M CEO is a key figure in the $2.5 trillion fashion industry that has come
under increasing scrutiny amid concerns about pollution and workers' rights in
the developing economies that have tended to do the bulk of the manufacturing.
H&M estimates that about 70% of a garment's impact on the climate happens during
the manufacturing process. By 2040, H&M intends to be climate positive, which it
says means reducing more greenhouse gas emissions than its value chain emits.
bloomberg.com
Hong Kong to enter recession after protests destroyed retailers and brought the
city's tourist industry to its knees
 Hong
Kong is set to enter a recession this week after protests destroyed retailers
and brought the city's booming tourist industry to its knees. Demonstrations in
the semi-autonomous Chinese city erupted in June over a proposed extradition
bill, but have since evolved to include demands for greater democratic freedoms.
Retailers and local businesses have taken a huge hit as a result of the
increasingly violent protests, and the number of tourists into the city has
fallen dramatically. Third-quarter growth numbers, due to be released on
Thursday, are expected to show a second consecutive quarter of negative growth
for the city's economy.
The city's tourism and retail industries have taken a particularly bad hit, he
added in a Sunday blog post, noting that the number of visitors into Hong Kong
plunged in the first half of October 2019, average hotel occupancy rates have
also fallen in the same period and the total sales volume among retailers
decreased by 25.3% in August, compared to last year, becoming the
steepest year-on-year decline for a single month on record.
businessinsider.com
Trump ordered Defense chief to 'screw Amazon' out of $10B contract, book
reportedly says
President Donald Trump ordered former Defense Secretary James Mattis to "screw
Amazon" out of the chance to bid on a $10 billion Pentagon contract, a new
biography of Mattis says, according to a report this week by military-focused
website Task & Purpose.
The cloud computing services contract, for the Defense Department's Joint
Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI), was
awarded to Microsoft on Friday. Trump issued his directive to Mattis during
a phone call last year, the biography said,
according to Task & Purpose, which received an advance copy. CNET hasn't
reviewed the biography,
Holding the Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon With Secretary Mattis, by Guy
Snodgrass, a former speechwriter for Mattis.
cnet.com
NRF Podcast: How tariffs are impacting retailers
 As
the trade war continues, U.S. businesses and consumers are paying the price,
but how did we get here and what is the end game? Scott McCandless, Trade Policy
Leader for PwC US, joins the Retail Gets Real podcast along with NRF Chief
Lobbyist David French to shed light on how tariffs are impacting the
industry.
While trade policy may change overnight, the complex global supply chains that
transport the goods U.S. retailers rely on take longer to adjust. Tariffs are
paid by the American businesses that receive the goods as they are imported, and
the cost is often passed down the supply chain. As the price of tariffs continue
to rise, some retailers are unable to absorb the costs and must pass them on to
the consumer by way of raising prices.
nrf.com
Retail Warehouses Renting 'Cobots' to Help During Holiday Push
By 2025 27.6% of warehouses globally will deploy commercial robots
Some businesses are ordering up extra fleets of collaborative robots, or "cobots,"
that use cameras, lasers and sensors to navigate warehouse aisles and lead
workers to the right shelves or to shuttle bins full of products between
workstations. Many are available for lease.
Scarcity of labor, the push for faster delivery and the aging workforce are
accelerating automation at warehouses.
wsj.com
CEO defends Beyond Meat as shares tank:
'My focus is entirely on growing this business'
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown says the alternative meat producer is concentrating
on disrupting the food industry rather than partnering with industry
giants. "People have asked me, 'Do you want to do a partnership with a larger
company?' I have no interest in that. I want to be that larger company," he
says. Shares of Beyond Meat were plunging, with insiders free for the
first time Tuesday to sell stock after the May initial public offering. Despite
Tuesday's weakness and other bouts of recent selling, the stock was still up
more than 230% since its IPO was priced at $25 per share.
cnbc.com
Nordstrom family ends latest effort to take control
Nordstrom on Monday stated that its board of directors and co-Presidents Pete
and Erik Nordstrom said that they had "terminated by ... mutual agreement" a
proposal that "certain members of the Nordstrom family" would boost their share
of common stock from about 31% to slightly more than 50%, according to a filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The notice puts to rest any
notion that the family would retake firm control of the business.
retaildive.com
Newly-opened American Dream mall appears to have everything but customers
I took the New Jersey express bus line to American Dream on opening day and
found it almost entirely empty. When I got to the mall, it was devoid
of the large crowds that characterized Mall of America when it first opened
in 1992.
businessinsider.com
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Senior Loss Prevention Manager job posted for for Gap Inc. in San Francisco,
Calif.
 Responsible
for applying his/her Loss Prevention expertise and devise a Loss Prevention
strategy and hold accountability within assigned stores (20 + stores). Takes a
proactive approach to resolving losses within assigned stores through training
and awareness. Responsible for all investigations, operations, training, and LP
budget in assigned stores. Create and deliver Loss Prevention training to head
of stores, merchandise managers and district management. Responsible for
recruiting, hiring, training, developing and supervising of 10+ members of Loss
Prevention personnel which includes LPM's, ALPM's, LPS's, LPA's and LPSR's.
corporate.gapinc.com
Sr. LP Program Manager, Amazon Books & Amazon Go in
Seattle, WA removed from website
Walgreens lays off HQ employees, scraps bonuses and boosts cost-cutting goal to
$1.8 billion
Juul to cut 500 jobs in coming months
Alliance Retail Group Tops 1,000 Partner Stores In 30 States
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As a savvy LP professional, you probably already have best practices in place.
But did you know that there are other security solutions you can leverage?
To help you explore additional options, we want to share an informative
whitepaper, "Three Essential Trends in Loss Prevention." This piece highlights
advanced security measures that can reduce or eliminate the significant causes
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Ransomware Incidents Jump 37% in Q3 2019
Ransoms Over $1 Million Are Now Commonplace, Insurers Say
Claims managers are now regularly dealing with ransoms that are over $1 million,
said executives at an insurance-industry conference hosted by Advisen Ltd. last
week. Even two or three years ago, the amounts were so small as to be
"completely irrelevant," said Jeremy Gittler, practice leader and head of cyber
claims Americas in the company's AXA XL division. Adding to the pressure,
criminals often demand that the sums be paid within 24 hours.
Mr. MacDonald said a manufacturing client became infected with ransomware on a
Thursday evening and hackers asked for $1.25 million to unlock more than
4,000 systems. He spent the evening discussing the situation with the client
and had to seek permission from his head office in London the next morning to
bypass the usual forms and meetings typically necessary to release such a
significant sum.
This kind of scramble isn't sustainable, he said, due to the financial pressure
and procedural issues this creates for insurers-particularly if such
claims become more frequent. Many might change the way they work as a result.
Beazley has seen ransomware incidents jump 37% in the third quarter of 2019
from the second quarter, the company said in a report last week. Small
businesses reported just over two-thirds of the cases. Around a quarter of
incidents were the result of a breach at a third party, such as a service
provider or vendor.
wsj.com
Artificial Intelligence Bolsters Physical Security
AI Tech Will Expand in Retail & Other Sectors
Machine learning enhances cameras, access
control; but robots will not take over anytime soon
There is a growing cadre of software offerings that use artificial intelligence
to power through reams of data and notice certain predetermined visual
information - whether it's someone's face, or a certain license plate, or
simply human movement in a place and time where there shouldn't be any. Talk
about AI sometimes gets carried away, with some observers exaggerating both its
current abilities and its likelihood of being misused, industry experts say. But
it seems likely that AI will continue to gain converts in the security space as
the technology develops.
Facial Recognition
The "wow factor" for Robins and his staff at Santa Fe ISD is when their system
began recognizing people based on 20-year-old photos, or when they were wearing
hoodies or glasses - although the accuracy dropped somewhat with the latter, he
says. And the potential hit especially close to home when the system was asked
to search for one of Robins' twin sons-and picked the young man out of a crowded
hallway before Robins himself did.
AI for License Plate Recognition
Artificial intelligence-enabled cameras and access control systems can be set up
to handle license plate recognition as cars go in and out of parking lots and
other facilities.
Other Use Cases
Vendors of other AI-enabled physical security products see a range of possible
use cases, in sectors including retail, banking, healthcare and public
housing.
securitymagazine.com
Equifax lawsuit offers more evidence against passwords
 Equifax's
internal security policies were a mess and directly led to one of the
largest recorded data breaches in history, according to a lawsuit, demonstrating
fundamental insecurities inherent in the use of passwords.
"Grossly inadequate" data protection measures that "failed to meet even the
most basic industry standards", and the use of the username and password 'admin' to protect a portal used to manage credit disputes are just a few of the
accusations levelled at troubled credit services provider Equifax.
The subsequent repercussions have included fines of
up to $700m levied in the US, and
£500,000 in the UK, the highest possible fine pre-GDPR, as well as the
trashing of Equifax's reputation among its users.
Besides the use of laughably insecure usernames and passwords, these include
failure to implement patching protocols, with one ill-informed individual tasked
with managing patching across its entire network; failure to encrypt sensitive
data, instead storing it in plain text on public-accessible servers; inadequate
network monitoring and threat alerting practice; inadequate authentication
measures; and use of obsolete software.
computerweekly.com
Rethinking Cyber Insurance to Cover Privacy Mishaps
Insurance industry says most companies aren't compliant with major privacy
laws. Supersize costs for breaching privacy laws are challenging insurance
companies, which say that many clients aren't prepared to deal with the changes
these rules bring.
Insurers worry that rules defining individuals' ownership of their data, and how
that data is handled or retained, represent a fundamental challenge to how
companies have typically handled customer information.
 The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation has been in effect since
2018 and the California Consumer Privacy Act is set to go live Jan. 1.
Despite these laws, companies aren't fully up-to-date with their data-management
policies, Gamelah Palagonia, a senior vice president at insurance broker Willis
Towers Watson PLC, said at an insurance-industry conference here last week. Many
companies haven't designated specific employees as having responsibility for
data as required by GDPR, she said, adding, "I think it would be difficult for
anyone to say they're 100% compliant."
New rules mean individuals can demand that their personal information be deleted
or returned to them, or transferred to another business. That forces companies
to be able to track and retrieve this data on request. Fines could be levied
against firms for breaches of privacy that aren't strictly the result of a
cybersecurity incident.
wsj.com
FTC Provides Tips for Warding Off Hackers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released an article with tips on how
protect your personal information from being stolen by hackers. In support of
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), FTC provides recommendations on
how to safeguard phones, computers, accounts, and personally identifiable
information.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages consumers
to review the FTC article and the following additional resources for more
information:
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NCSAM 2019 webpage
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Protecting Your Privacy
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Good Security Habits
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Preventing and Responding to Identity Theft
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How to
Convert An Image to Text
Have you ever been at a meeting or conference and wanted to
transcribe a slide or document? If you are like most folks nowadays, you snap a
picture with your smartphone. But did you know that there are now apps that can
convert your picture to text? Yes, actual text! Optical character recognition
(OCR) has gotten very advanced in the last few years. Search the Google Play or
App store for OCR apps. My favorite one is Prizmo, and there are a lot of other
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Innovators in
EAS, Video & RFID
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WG Security
has made its mark in the industry as being the solution provider for chronic
shortage problems for many retailers who look to them for answers. Ed Wolfe,
Vice President of Business Development for WG, gives us a few examples of the
chronic problems they've helped their customers solve, and tells us about the
development of the Ninja Tag, their remote monitoring capabilities, and the new
5-alarm tag program WG developed.
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The most common scams in the U.S. are online purchases
Online purchase scams up 124% in 2018
Online scams buried in social media platforms and websites that you may trust
are on the rise. These are scams where you see an ad, try to buy something and
then it never shows up - or if it does, it's a cheap knockoff.
The Better Business Bureau received 10,450 reports of online purchase scams
in 2018 (it's certain that many more went unreported.) That was an
increase of 124% over the year before. Online purchase scams are both the
most common scam and the most likely to get people - 47% of those exposed to
them ended up losing money, according to the Better Business Bureau.
Clothing and jewelry are common items found on scam websites, but just as
common: pets - puppies, kittens and birds. The Better Business Bureau reports
that 80% of the sponsored advertising links that appear in an internet search
for pets may be fraudulent.
In many cases, people trust the platform that a fake advertiser has used. Just
because you see an ad on Instagram or your favorite gaming app doesn't mean it's
legit.
marketplace.org
Online spending this holiday season is set to hit a record $143.7 billion
Digital spending during November and December is expected to reach $143.7
billion, up 14.1% from a year ago, according to a study by Adobe
Analytics, which tracks transactions for 80 of the top 100 U.S. internet
retailers including Walmart and Amazon. Cyber Monday sales are expected to
hit $9.4 billion, up nearly 19% from last year, Adobe said. Black Friday
sales online are expected to be $7.5 billion, up 20.3%. Thanksgiving Day
sales on the internet are forecast to surge 19.5%, to $4.4 billion, it said.
But the catch this season is retailers are going to have to fight harder for
those dollars. There are six fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas
this year - making for the shortest possible holiday season. The six lost
days from the 2018 holiday season will leave nearly $1 billion in sales on the
table, according to Adobe.
cnbc.com
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North Long Beach, CA: Police surround Target, but burglars escape with
electronics
SWAT officers were called to a burglary at a North Long Beach Target store
overnight, but it turned out the suspects had fled before police arrived,
according to authorities. Police said an alarm company called them around 2:50
a.m. Monday to report three people were inside the store on Cherry Avenue, just
north of the 91 Freeway. Officers surrounded the store and called in help from
SWAT, but, "It was later determined the suspects fled the scene on foot prior to
officer arrival," Long Beach police spokeswoman Shaunna Dandoy said. The
burglars took "an unknown amount of electronics," police said.
lbpost.com
Nutley, NJ: Woman steals $28K Costco diamond ring after swap
Authorities say a woman stole a $28,000 diamond ring from a New Jersey Costco
store by replacing it with a much cheaper ring she had stolen from a different
Costco. Izaebela Kolano is facing a theft charge. Authorities say the
49-year-old Nutley woman stole a $2,000 diamond ring Sunday from a store in
Wayne. She then traveled to the other store in Clifton and asked to see the
other ring. Kolano allegedly gave employees there the cheaper ring in return and
left the store with the more expensive one before workers realized what had
happened. Kolano has been arrested.
caspercourier.com
Buffalo, NY: Four women charged with shoplifting at Children's Place in Orchard
Park
Four Buffalo women were arrested Friday, accused of stealing items from a
children's store in Orchard Park, according to Orchard Park Police. Police
responding to a report of four women shoplifting at the Children's Place in a
plaza on Amelia Drive observed the women getting into a vehicle. Police said the
driver resisted an attempt by police to stop the vehicle inside the plaza.
Patrol officers chased the vehicle down Milestrip Road to Transit Road in the
Village of Orchard Park, where the individuals were boxed in by police.
buffalonews.com
Bloomfield, NJ: Police Arrest Suspected $2,600 Shoe Burglar; 2 Still At Large
Bloomfield police arrested one of three teens suspected of stealing about $2,600
worth of sneakers from the Civilized Nation store. On Sunday, Bloomfield police
announced that they have charged a 15-year-old juvenile from East Orange with
burglary in connection with an Oct. 21 incident at the Civilized Nation store at
549 Bloomfield Avenue. According to the Bloomfield Police Department, officers
responded to the store at 10:55 p.m. after receiving a report about a tripped
burglar alarm. They found a glass door in the rear of the store smashed; about
$2,600 worth of sneakers were missing, the owner said.
patch.com
Beaumont, TX: Police seek 2 women in $1,200 Boot Barn theft
Muncy, IN Woman accused of stealing over $1,000 from Weis Markets
New Orleans, LA: NOPD seek Shoplifting suspect for the theft of 2 garbage bags
full of baby cloths
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Shootings & Deaths
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Santa Clara, CA: Robbery At Great America Confused As An Active Shooter
A strong-arm robbery occurred at California's Great America theme park in Santa
Clara on the night of Saturday, Oct. 26 around 10:45 p.m. In the confusion, it
was believed shots had been fired and that there was an active shooter,
according to the Santa Clara Police Department. However, at 11:30 p.m. the
police confirmed that no shots were fired and that it was, in fact, a strong-arm
robbery. The suspect(s) remain at large.
svvoice.com
Roswell, GA: Police arrest employee for felony shoplifting
Police arrested a man Oct. 15 for allegedly stealing merchandise from the Big
Lots on Holcomb Bridge Road.
The loss prevention officer said she had seen the man void purchases, ring items
as refunds that were not refunds and fail to ring up several purchases since
March. Multiple instances of this activity had been caught on security camera,
store officials said. The total value of the missing items is valued at just
under $1,000. Police said the employee, identified as 28-year-old Shawnton
Johnson of Roswell, admitted to the theft. He was arrested without incident for
felony shoplifting.
northfulton.com
Boaz, AL: Walmart Shoplifting suspect pulls knife on Boaz Police Officer
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approximately 4:15 p.m., Bert Alonzo Saylor, 45, of Boaz, was suspected of
stealing from the store's garden center, and loss prevention officers quickly
notified Boaz police, Boaz Assistant Police Chief Walter Colbert said. When an
investigator arrived, Saylor was instructed to come back inside the store for
questioning but would not, Colbert said. As he refused, Colbert said Saylor
pulled a knife from his pocket in an attempt to resist arrest. The investigator
then drew his gun and instructed Saylor to drop the knife. After a "short
struggle" with the investigator, Saylor finally dropped the knife, but then he
tried to run, Colbert said. After a quick pursuit, Saylor was arrested and
charged with fourth degree theft of property, resisting arrest, attempting to
elude and first degree robbery.
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New York, NY: Burglars haul away ATM from store in New York City
burglary spree
Shop owners across New York City are on edge after three
burglars, police say, broke into at least nine different stores across
Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Police say the burglars seem to be
targeting ATMs - and in one incident, they completely removed one of
them from a store. They put it into the back of an SUV and drove off.
Police say they have stolen thousands in cash.
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Sacramento County, CA: Grocery store employee injured trying to stop alleged
shoplifter
A suspect was detained Monday afternoon after allegedly trying to steal from an
Arden Arcade grocery story and injuring an employee in the process, the
Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies were called to the Bel-Air
grocery store on Arden Way at 12:25 p.m. when an employee was injured while
trying to stop the alleged shoplifter, said Sgt. Tess Deterding, spokeswoman for
the sheriff's office. The employee was transported to a local hospital with
minor injures, she said.
sacbee.com
Chicago, IL: Suspect in violent Knifepoint Robberies makes appearance in federal
court; Allied Cash, Family Dollar, Boost Mobile and others
The brother of a local, former police chief was arraigned Monday in U.S.
District Court and entered a plea of not guilty to a string of violent armed
robberies. Ryan Smith's appearance in federal custody comes a month after the
FBI blasted his mugshot on social media, saying he was wanted by the agency in a
series of violent armed robberies in the Region. Smith, arrested earlier this
month, has been charged with six counts of Hobbs Act Robbery. The federal Hobbs
Act prohibits a robbery or attempted robbery from affecting interstate or
foreign commerce. He remains in U.S. Marshal custody.
nwitimes.com
Waukesha, WI: Security Guard Caught Picking Lock To Own Store; 2nd Security
Guard-related police call in the area this month
 Waukesha
police had to figure out why a security guard would need to pick the lock of a
store where he was stationed - making it the second security guard-related
police call in the area this month. According to Waukesha Police call logs,
officers were called out to the Rue 21 at just before midnight on Oct. 16 on a
report of a burglary. Reports indicated a man wearing a security uniform picked
the lock in front of the store in order to get inside. When the witness
questioned why the security guard had to pick the store's lock, he reportedly
told the witness he needed to because the store did not provide him with a key.
When police arrived, they questioned the man and confirmed he was a security
guard who worked on the property.
Earlier this month, Waukesha Police were called to the Bath and Body Works on
West Sunset Drive because a bored security guard found a way to pass the time -
and got into some trouble. According to police call logs, offers were called to
the store at just after 2 a.m. after the security guard called police. When
police arrived, they learned the security guard handcuffed himself and couldn't
get free because he left his keys at home.
patch.com
Durham, NC: Shoplifter threatens to give New Balance store employee HIV with
syringe
Decatur, IL: Intoxicated Steak 'n Shake employee arrested after attempting to
fight Police Officers
Booneville, MS: Mail theft investigation lands two in jail
Credit Card
Greenwich, CT: 2 Men Accused of Being in Possession of Checks from Over 200
People in Conn., N.Y.
Greenwich police have arrested two men who are accused of being in possession of
checks from over 200 people in Connecticut and New York. On Thursday morning, a
Greenwich resident told police that she had watched two people remove mail
containing checks from her mailbox around 11 a.m. When police arrived to the
scene, they said they discovered a vehicle matching the resident's description.
After conducting a motor vehicle stop, the two people inside of the vehicle,
later identified as 23-year-old Mark Anthony Claudio, of New York, and
27-year-old Dondre Waugh, of New York, were arrested for a variety of charges.
Investigators said they found 368 personal checks from over 200 people spread
out over 25 jurisdictions in Fairfield County, Westchester County and New York
City. Officers also said they found marijuana, illegal prescription drugs,
fraudulent identifications and fraudulent credit card.
nbcconnecticut.com
Sentencings
Sioux Falls, SD: South Dakota asks court to let execution proceed; 22 year old
donut shop employee killed in 1992
Denver, CO: Felon to spend 96 years in prison after multi-state crime spree;
pleaded guilty to six of the 29 counts against him
Memphis, TN: Gang members receive federal sentences for pharmacy robberies; 11
to 40 years
Los Angeles, CA: Ex-Postal Worker Sentenced for Mail Truck Robberies totaling
over $240,000
Port Richey, FL: Man faces Federal Prison for Sintrust Pharmacy Burglary;
$36,000 in restitution
Roanoke County, VA: Man sentenced to time served (1 year) for stealing $3,200 of
shoes from Lamplighter Mall store
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C-Store - Aiken, SC -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Crockett, TX
- Burglary
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C-Store - Roseville,
CA -Robbery / Assault
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C-Store - Omaha, NE -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Atlantic
City, NJ - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Las Vegas,
NV - Robbery/ Assault
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C-Store - Waco, TX -
Robbery
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Dollar General -
Greensboro, NC - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Omaha,
NE - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar -
Warren, OH - Armed Robbery
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GameStop - Atlantic
City, NJ - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Sacramento
County, CA - Robbery/ Assault
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Restaurant - Owing
Mills, MD - Armed Robbery (Burger King)
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Restaurant -
Shreveport, LA - Burglary (Taco Bueno)
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Restaurant - Wallkill,
NY - Armed Robbery (Wendy's)
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Shoe - Bloomfield, NJ
- Burglary
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Shoe - Durham, NC -
Robbery
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Sprint - Omaha, NE -
Robbery
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Target - Long Beach,
CA - Burglary
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Thrift - Dothan, AL -
Burglary
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Tobacco - Omaha, NE -
Armed Robbery
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Walmart -Boaz, AL -
Robbery
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7-Eleven - Cape Coral,
FL - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Fairfax
County, VA - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Suffolk
County, VA - Armed Robbery
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• 20 robberies
• 5 burglaries
• 0 shootings
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