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Security Systems News Welcomes "40 Under 40" Class of 2019 Winners
Security Systems News is excited to bring you this year's inaugural
"40
under 40" class of 2019, made up of a diverse and talented mix of young
professionals representing the next generation of leaders in security.
Opening the award up to consultants for the first time added new depth and
perspective to this year's class, bringing all winners - consultants,
integrators, monitoring professionals and end users - together into one "40
under 40" class. Prior to this year, the award was called "20 under 40" and
included two classes, comprising 20 end users and 20 integrators. This year's
"40 under 40" class includes 14 end users, 11 integrators, 10 consultants and
6 monitoring professionals.
Below are some of the winning security executives.
Click each picture to read more about them.
For a full list of all the winners, click here:
securitysystemsnews.com
Randy
Guarneri, 39, Vice President of Loss Prevention, Fresh Value Supermarket
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Joseph
Biffar, 38, Director of Loss Prevention, Security & Digital Fraud Mitigation,
Chico's FAS
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JT
Mendoza, 40, Deputy Director, Air Force Insider Threat Hub
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Trenton
Pinson, 27, Physical Security Support Engineer 11, Security Integration Group,
Amazon
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Deric
Morrow, 37, Commercial Account Executive, Johnson Controls
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Michael Castillo, 32, Enterprise Security Risk Group (eSRG) Manager,
Aronson Security Group (ASG)/ADT Commercial
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Video Recap: Profitect P.A.C.T. User Group 2019
Amber Bradley, owner of the Calibration Group, went on-location to cover
Profitect's
P.A.C.T. User Conference in Orlando, Florida. This was Profitect's sixth
annual Prescriptive Analytics Collaborative Training event.
Check out why retailers attend this event and see what it's all about!
The Security Industry Is Ripe for Disruption & Drones Might Be What Does It
The security industry's use of drones has exploded in the past 12 months,
making adoption lightning-fast for an industry known as a bit of a dinosaur.
In April 2018, SDM published an article exploring to what extent unmanned
systems would be used in the security industry. "If you were to poll security
systems integrators across the country, you would probably find few if any that
are selling or promoting drones and robots as a solution or a means of profit,"
Tim Scally writes in the article, "Is
It Time for Security Drones and Robots?"
Oh how things have changed in just 19 months.
Today, if you haven't explored offering drones as a security service, you're
already late to the party. The technology has taken off like a rocket, with new
security drone start-ups popping up every day. Most large systems integrators
are already involved with drones in some capacity. ISC West has hosted an
Unmanned Security Expo within the larger conference for three years now. And to
make adoption of this new technology easier, the regulations the government
places on drones have become more lenient.
sdmmag.com
Opioids in the Workplace: Impairment, Illicit Substances, and Insider Threat
Opioid dependencies are affecting the workplace. A 2019 survey from the National
Safety Council found that 75 percent of U.S. employers have been directly
affected by opioids, but only 17 percent feel extremely well prepared to
deal with the issue. Thirty-one percent reported an overdose, an arrest, a
near-miss, or an injury because of employees' opioid use.
Opioids were not the only substance at work in these incidents, but the level of
opioid use across the United States is a cause for concern for security and
workplace safety professionals alike. The National Survey of Drug Use and Health
found that 4.3 percent of respondents older than 18 reported illicit opioid use
within the past year, and two-thirds of these self-reported users were employed
full- or part-time.
 Safety,
Security & Crime
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, between 21 and 29 percent of
patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, and between 8 and 12
percent develop an opioid use disorder. As prices for opioids climb, however,
opioid-dependent people may turn to cheaper choices for pain management, such as
heroin or fentanyl.
Highly addictive drugs such as opioids drive users into a cycle of addiction,
where the clock is ticking between doses. Addicts will do almost anything to
find and pay for the next dose before they become sick from withdrawal symptoms,
Giuffre adds. When someone's tolerance to opioids drives them to need $300
worth a day, he says, the person begins to turn to criminal methods to fund his
or her addiction, including theft or fraud.
Security professionals should also be wary of the insider threat element of
the opioid crisis. The workplace is a safe environment with trust between
employees, and everyone knows when payday is and the approximate pay scale,
making it an ideal place to sell drugs.
Mark Giuffre, CPP, director at security consultant firm Hillard Heintze and a
former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent cites a DEA operation in
which an individual - a member of a Mexican cartel - was storing drugs in his
locker at work. Security and law enforcement personnel confiscated a stash of
pure fentanyl which, if employees had been exposed to it through the ventilation
system, could have proven deadly to thousands of people.
Compromised individuals can be targeted by transnational crime groups that
take advantage of their addiction to pressure inside information or assets out
of them or coerce them to carry drugs with them on business travel or to the
workplace.
"It's easy for employees who are in positions of trust to be compromised because
of dependency," Giuffre says.
asisonline.org
Three Strategies To Counter Negative Employee Reviews
Your organiation's good name is a critical asset for recruiting new talent, so
you can't ignore negative online reviews by former employees. Here are some
strategies for protecting your organization's reputation as an employer.
.png) In the social media age, a single negative message can do a lot of harm. And
with the emergence of employer reviews on sites like Glassdoor and LinkedIn, or
even in unstructured formats like Twitter, a few bad reviews can have an outsize
effect on your organization's reputation as a good place to work.
How seriously should you take negative reviews by past employees? Very.
According to a report from the HR technology firm CareerArc [registration],
55 percent of job seekers said they decided against working for a company based
on negative reviews. In fact, those negative reviews can be so bad that they
dissuade people from using that company's services entirely.
What can you do if your organization receives bad reviews as an employer?
A few ideas:
Pay attention to employer-review sites. The first step is awareness.
Employers ignore sites like Glassdoor at their peril, and those that actively
keep an eye out for negative reviews can deploy a response strategy. "If you're
a company just waking up to Glassdoor, you can definitely move the needle," "Talent acquisition leaders are understanding that this is not a nice-to-have.
It's the new norm."
Ditch the defensive posture. An employers' defensive response to a bad
review can undermine a dozen good ones. The better strategy is to treat each
review as an opportunity for action,
writes Inc. contributor Adam Robinson. "When employees share negative
or constructive feedback, outline steps you can take toward improvement at your
organization," he says. "For example, if an employee says they don't see growth
opportunities on your team, outline a plan to develop more defined career
paths."
Create a workplace where others want to speak for you. When an employer
with a few bad reviews tries to counter them by asking current employees to post
rosier ones, the approach can come off as transparently superficial.
ZipRecruiter columnist Matt Krumrie notes that it's better to foster an
environment where employees are motivated to defend the organization on their
own. "In some cases ... employees of companies take the lead and respond to
negative reviews before a social media team or reputation management plan is put
in place," Krumrie writes. "That is, of course, with the employer's blessing."
associationsnow.com
National Restaurant Association: Restaurant Industry 2030 Report
Restaurant industry sales expected to reach $1.2 trillion by 2030
 The
report, "Restaurant
Industry 2030: Actionable Insights for the Future," examines the key
indicators shaping the future of the industry, identifies the most and least
likely developments over the upcoming decade, and considers possible disrupters
outside the industry that could transform it. The findings are based on input
from a variety of restaurant sector experts, futurists, and government
statistics.
FOOD SAFETY & SECURITY: Food safety will continue to be a mission-critical
area for restaurants.
The growing interest in on-demand food is likely to up the game, to ensure no
reputational risks as delivery and takeout foods increase. Technology will be a
game-changer in food safety, the Delphi panel says. As consumers increasingly
expect transparency, restaurant inspection reports are likely to be publicly
available. Food-safety certification and comprehensive food safety management
systems will be critical components of enhancing food safety. Supply-chain
technologies such as bar coding and blockchain will help create digital records
of a product's journey from farm to table. The dramatic increase in data from
across the supply chain will quickly identify the source of foodborne-illness
outbreaks and remove potentially contaminated foods.
More automation, robotics and AI should improve food safety and security.
Download the full Restaurant Industry 2030 report at
Restaurant.org/Restaurants2030.
California hits Philly-area Amazon seller with $1.6 million sales-tax bill
Brian Freifelder, who sells clothing, shoes, and groceries on Amazon.com out of
a small warehouse in Bensalem, is caught in what his tax lawyer called "an
interstate commerce speed trap."
The 36-year-old Bucks County resident recently received a jaw-dropping notice
from California that he could owe as much as $1.6 million for sales tax that he
didn't collect from consumers who bought his goods through Amazon. That's just
for the first six months of this year. "It's absurd. I haven't sold enough
inventory over time to warrant a tax bill like that. You could take every sale
I've ever done. You could take the biggest sellers on Amazon, and I don't think
they would have a bill like that. They're trying to scare people," Freifelder
said last week.
inquirer.com
The POS Shift
Touchpoints: The New Point of Sale
 "Traditionally,
the cash register has been the most important part of the store tech stack. It
should be the least important," Ed Dzadovsky, Circle K's vice president of North
America IT, told NACS Show attendees. "We need to be focused on data and a
transaction engine that enables customers ... wherever they are."
To his point, POS touchpoints provide lots of data, and retailers are finding
value in consolidating data from multiple touchpoints in one place. The
traditional back-office solutions they use are often being supplemented by
new-to-industry data management and analytics solution providers. Difficulty in
extracting historical data from back-office systems and software as a service (SaaS)
opportunities to help smaller independent operators manage cigarette rebates are
some of the drivers leading to implementation of these new and extended
back-office solutions.
cstoredecisions.com
Why one stormy weekend could make an already tough holiday season worse
Mastercard expects the busiest days for holiday spending will be Black Friday,
followed by Dec. 21, Dec. 14, Dec. 20, Dec. 7 and Dec. 13.
Mastercard SpendingPulse expects U.S. retail sales excluding automobiles to grow
3.1% from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24. Compared to 5.1% in 2018.
It looks like holiday spending might not be as robust this year as last year,
and one snowy December weekend could make matters much worse for retailers.
Growth of 3.1% - or a 3.8% increase excluding gasoline in addition to automotive
sales - is "in line with the solid performance" thus far in 2019, Mastercard
said.
To top that off, there's a shift in the calendar year, putting six fewer days
between Thanksgiving and Christmas compared with a year ago. That's actually the
shortest holiday calendar possible.
"I think what you're going to get is a little more pressure on those weekends in
between Thanksgiving and Christmas," Steve Sadove, senior advisor for Mastercard
and former CEO and chairman of Saks, said in an interview with CNBC. "If you get
a [bad] weather event of some kind, that's even more risk."
cnbc.com
 How
Toys 'R' Us Went Bankrupt:
The real story from the beginning
For decades, Toys "R" Us was not only one of the top toy retailers in the United
States, it was one of the top retailers period. Until it suddenly wasn't. Toys
"R" filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and liquidated six months later. This is the
story of how Toys "R" Us went bankrupt.
Watch the 12-minute deep-dive video from Wall Street Journal here:
wsj.com
CVS will shutter 75 stores next year
Fort Myers-based Chico's lays off 49 corp. employees in latest round of
restructuring
UPS Teams With CVS For Drone Delivery Of Prescriptions
Zebra Technologies Completes Acquisition of Cortexica Vision Systems
Allied Universal Acquires Advent Systems
Quarterly Results
CVS Q3 comp's up 3.6%, revenue up 2.9%
Red Robin Q3 comp's up 1.7%, sales down 0.2%
Tapestry Q1 global net sales down 2%
Coach comp's up 1%, sales up 1%
Kate Spade comp's down 16%, sales down 6%
Stuart Weitzman sales down 9%
Office Depot Q3 comp's down 3%, total sales down 4%
Fiesta Restaurant Group Q3 comp's down 3.8% at Pollo, down 4.8% at Taco
Cabana, total sales down 6%
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The State of Email Security and Protection
Phishing and ransomware top the list of
security risks
that organizations are not fully prepared to deal with
Email security continues to be top of mind for organizations as attackers become
more devious in how they conduct their attacks. Companies face evolving threats,
which are often extremely personalized and mimic common real-world emails they
receive. To better understand the climate of email security, Barracuda surveyed
660 IT professionals across various industries and locations on the impact of
phishing.
An Increased Sense of Confidence
Sixty-three percent of professionals report that their organization's data and
systems are more secure than they were one year prior. Among the three regions
surveyed - America; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and the
Asia-Pacific region (APAC) - APAC reported the highest sense of security (70%),
while EMEA reported the lowest (52%). Although this rise is likely caused by an
increased security presence and education practices, if an organization lacks
the tools to detect these threats, it may be superficial.
Despite an overall positive outlook, phishing and ransomware top the list of
security risks that organizations are not fully prepared to deal with, along
with spearphishing, malware, viruses, data loss, spam, smishing (that is,
phishing via text message), email account takeover, and vishing (phishing via
phone).
 Only 7% of organizations are not worried about any of these risks. In fact,
email threats continue to proliferate and have a major impact. On average, 82%
of organizations claim to have faced an attempted email-based security threat in
the past year, although the figures differ slightly by global region.
Loss from a Breach Is More Than Financial
In addition to 74% of organizations reporting that email security attacks have
had a direct business impact, they are also affecting the personal lives of IT
security professionals, with nearly three-quarters experiencing higher stress
levels, worrying outside the office, and being forced to work nights and
weekends.
In addition, an overwhelming 78% of organizations say the cost of email breaches
is increasing, with one-fifth saying they are increasing dramatically.
Identifying and remediating threats, communicating with those affected, business
interruptions, and IT productivity losses are all factors, as well as potential
data loss, regulatory fines, and brand damage.
As a result, 66% of respondents claim that attacks have had a direct monetary
cost on their organization in the last year. Nearly a quarter (23%) say attacks
have cost their organization $100,000 or more.
darkreading.com
Phishing campaign delivers data-stealing malware via fake court summons emails
But the cyber criminals forgot to do their
homework...
A newly uncovered hacking campaign is targeting employees in the insurance
and retail industries with phishing emails, claiming to be from the Ministry
of Justice, that infect the victim with information-stealing malware. Uncovered
by researchers at cybersecurity company Cofense, the phishing emails have the
subject 'Court' and feature UK Ministry of Justice logos. They claim to provide
information about 'Your Subpoena', and ask the victim to click a link because
they've been ordered to attend a law court and have 14 days to comply. There's
no information about what the court case supposedly relates to.
Shock tactics like telling a potential victim they have a court date is a
regular trick used by cyber criminals, designed to scare people into clicking
phishing links and downloading malware. However, there's a prominent clue
that all is not right with this message -- and it's not just the strange
email address.
The message refers to a subpoena. The term is regularly used in the United
States, but the UK court system hasn't used 'subpoena' since 1999, when the
relevant term was changed to 'witness summons'. The email's phrasing therefore
suggests that while the cyber criminals are using UK imagery in an attempt to
dupe victims, they're not familiar with the details of the local system.
zdnet.com
CISOs Search for Startup Gold in Mountain of Cybersecurity Pitches
Chief information security officers are inundated by pitches from small
cybersecurity companies, but they increasingly find they can't ignore them
because they need the niche services that high-quality startups offer. The trend
is driven by a shortage of in-house cybersecurity experts and startups' use of
artificial intelligence to address specific problems.
When considering pitches from startups, corporate cybersecurity professionals
should ask for details about security practices, including how long it takes the
company to patch security problems after receiving alerts from software and
hardware providers.
wsj.com
 Cyber
Security Evaluation Tool 9.2 released
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released version
9.2 of its Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET). CSET is a desktop software
tool that guides asset owners and operators through a consistent process for
evaluating control system networks as part of a comprehensive cybersecurity
assessment that uses recognized government and industry standards and
recommendations.
us-cert.gov
Chinese police arrest operators of 200,000-strong DDoS botnet
Japanese media company Nikkei hit by BEC scammers, loses $29 million
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Number of Data Breach Reports Skyrocket in Canada Since Privacy Law Came Into
Effect
Since November 1st, 2018, The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has
received 680 security breach reports, which is six times the volume received
during the same period one year earlier.
According to the
The Office of
the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's report, the Personal Information
Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) went into effect Nov.
1st, 2018. Organizations subject to PIPEDA are required to report any
breaches of security safeguards involving personal information that pose a
real risk of significant harm to individuals. They also need to notify affected
individuals about those breaches, and keep records of all data breaches within
the organization. Previously, data breach reporting was done on a voluntarily
basis.
"Since reporting became mandatory, we've seen the number of data breach
reports skyrocket. Some of those reports have involved well-known corporate
names, but we have also seen significant volumes coming from small- and
medium-sized businesses," says a blog post.
securitymagazine.com
Desjardins revises data theft impact numbers, says 4.2 million affected
'Nothing Has Been Able to Stop It'
Liquor stores in Manitoba trying to stem increase in shoplifting
Manitoba's government-owned liquor stores are experiencing an increase in
shoplifting - sometimes by groups brazenly loading large quantities of booze
into bags and scurrying out - and there appears to be no quick solution. Social
media posts in recent weeks have shown photos and videos of people grabbing
bottles of alcohol, filling backpacks or bags, and walking out of stores
without being stopped.
The Crown corporation that oversees alcohol sales announced new security
measures in March such as lockable displays for high-value products and extra
security guards, but things haven't really changed. "We have tried a number of
different things and nothing has been able to stop it," Andrea Kowal,
spokeswoman for Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, said Wednesday.
Other retailers face similar problems and also have a hands-off policy when it
comes to shoplifters to avoid violence, Kowal said.
theprovince.com
Retailers face 'darkest time in Winnipeg history' as theft rates surge, security
firm CEO says
Toronto-Based 6 Store Grocery Chain Foodymart to Use Facial Recognition SnapPay
for Customer Payments
 Technology
is a way to attract new customers, and also cut down on checkout times.
He also notes that between 50 and 60 percent of the chain's customers have lived
in China, and speculates that most have previously used facial recognition for
payments.
Facial recognition payment systems have signed up more than 100 million users
in China, and reached more than 1,000 convenience stores. Roughly 10 percent of
customers of Seven-Eleven stores in the business districts of Guangzhou
currently use the biometric payment method.
Despite concern with the technology elsewhere, including in Hong Kong, there is
no strong criticism of facial recognition in China, where ease of use is the top
priority, according to the report.
biometricupdate.com
'I was shocked': Complaints mount after Amazon sends food that's expired or past
its best-before date
CBC News examined customer reviews for various grocery items posted on Amazon.ca
in 2018-19, and discovered numerous complaints about old food. Several customers
reported that they had received expired infant formula and dozens more
complained that the online retailer had sent food - including mayonnaise, baby
food and coconut milk - that was past its best-before date.
Almost all the items were shipped directly from Amazon's warehouses.
The company said the problems have been addressed and were the result of
isolated technical issues but did not elaborate. Customers can't check
best-before dates before they buy food online. Food safety experts say Amazon
needs to do better.
cbc.ca
Canadian Apparel Retailer E-commerce Behind that of US Competitors: Expert
 Levi's Sees Success in Canadian Concept Store Expansion
Prince George's top cop says city needs help from province to address social
issues downtown
Ontario police warn of online shopping fraud
Old Navy Marks Successful Canadian Store Expansion with 100th Location
Giant Tiger continues Ontario expansion
GardaWorld announces completion of $5.2B recapitalization
Winnipeg, AB: Man arrested in fatal stabbing of three-year-old linked to liquor
theft
Toronto, ON: Man dead after
'targeted' daylight shooting across from Sherway
Gardens Mall
Ottawa police lay more than 100 charges in liquor store, Shoppers thefts
Barrie, ON: Man wanted for assaulting officer during attempted retail store
theft
Peterborough, ON: 'Irate' man charged with assaulting store employee, damaging
property
Edmonton, AB: Police arrest man wanted in several liquor store thefts
Toronto, ON: Women arrested in Tanger Outlet Mall theft
Sudbury, ON: Woman faces drugs, theft charges after complaint at Northgate
Shopping Centre
Edmonton, AB: Man sought in a series of jewelry store robberies
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The NRF LP Effort & Value
- Protect 2018 Update
Bob Moraca,
VP LP , NRF
Dan Faketty, VP AP, Southeastern Grocers
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Bob Moraca, Vice President of Loss Prevention, NRF, tells us about the
evolution of the NRF
Protect conference over the years and what's new this year, the role and
value of the
NRF LP Council and its Committees, and the new research studies and
preparedness guides the NRF publishes.
Dan Faketty, Vice President of Asset
Protection, Southeastern Grocers, talks about the importance of continuing
education, networking, and why LP/AP executives should get involved and engaged
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So why are our Amazon accounts so easy to hack?
Security experts raise concerns as customers are targeted by new scam
Security experts have raised serious concerns about how easy it is for
fraudsters to hack into Amazon accounts. The warnings come as customers are
mercilessly targeted by a new telephone scam where crooks posing as Amazon
customer service staff try to trick customers into handing over their bank
details.
Last week we exposed how
Amazon fraud victims are being routinely fobbed off and refused refunds.
Since then we have been inundated with more letters and emails from shoppers who
also feel let down after being charged for items they didn't order. Now we are
calling on the retail giant to tighten its security processes.
Shoppers can set up an Amazon account with just an email address and a password.
If you forget the password, you can reset it using a special code sent to your
email account. But it means that if crooks gain access to your emails they can
also take control of your Amazon account. As most people store their debit or
credit card details in their account, the criminals can then go on a spending
spree.
They are also able to change the delivery address so they receive any orders and
will have access to personal details such as your telephone number, which they
can sell on. Experts say email addresses and passwords are routinely traded on
the dark web following data breaches.
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How Retailers Can Register Healthy Holiday Sales With a Successful Shipping
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James City County, VA: Two women charged with embezzling as much as $110,000
from Belk
Jessica Bartlett, 41 and Tamniqua Fields, 36, were charged with felony
embezzlement and conspiring to commit larceny. On Nov. 1, both women were
interviewed by James City County investigators and admitted in separate
interviews they had worked together to steal merchandise from the Belk store at
the WindsorMeade Marketplace. Fields told police she had stolen about $30,000
worth of merchandise and Bartlett said she had worked with Fields to take about
$80,000 worth of merchandise since Nov. 1, 2018. Both women told police they
had worked out a scheme where Fields would buy items Bartlett wanted, Bartlett
would give Fields money, and then Bartlett would not ring up all the items. The
department store's loss prevention team was able to track $4,406.23 worth of
transactions, according to the court filings. If convicted, each woman faces as
much as 40 years in jail and $2,500 in fines, according to Virginia Code.
dailypress.com
Omaha, NE: Police arrest 7 people in multiple shoplifting cases across the city;
5 businesses in the span of over 3 hours
 Detectives
said several suspects targeted the same stores at different times, in separate
cases. Lt. Charles Casey with OPD's burglary unit said he credits quick thinking
by store employees and better communication in helping catch the suspects
quickly. "[The stores] do have good teams of personnel. They know what to look
for. They, again, are stores that routinely communicate with us. They do a good
job, so it's not surprising that they're identifying what's going on," Casey
said. Casey said Omaha organized dedicated operations to catch shoplifters in
the act this past year. He said his unit plans to keep the pressure on potential
criminals, especially as the holiday season approaches.
ketv.com
St. Louis County, MO: Police looking for smash-and-grab suspects who
struck Affton Target
Police said the men entered the story Saturday morning. They walked back to the
Apple display in the electronics section. Police said the pair then smashed the
glass case open and made off with thousands of dollars worth of electronics.
ksdk.com
Department of Justice: Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Fraud and
Identity Theft Offenses; $48K in Fraudulent purchases
Cambridge, OH: Shoplifters arrested for stealing baby formula from Walmart;
banned from store 5 times
Hartselle, AL: Burglars steal thousand in Lawn Care Equipment from locally owned
store
Beachwood, OH: Two men charged in $550 merchandise theft from H&M
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Shootings & Deaths
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Graphic: Pittsburgh, PA: Police charge McDonald's
worker in recorded assault that paralyzed man
 A
man was paralyzed Monday night during an altercation with employees at a
Downtown Pittsburgh McDonald's that was captured on video and widely circulated
on social media. One employee, Roneese Davis, 25, of Perry North, was charged
Tuesday with aggravated assault in connection with the incident, which happened
around 10:15 pm. Monday at the McDonald's in the 600 block of Wood Street.
The incident began inside the restaurant when Mark Conn, 62, of the South Hills,
and his girlfriend, Billie Jo Goldsworthy, got into an argument with a man
inside the restaurant, according to a criminal complaint. Two McDonald's
employees - Ms. Davis and Kaniya Martin - got in between the couple and the man,
according to the complaint, which says the incident was captured on surveillance
video. The confrontation moved to the sidewalk outside the McDonald's, where a
witness recorded a video about two minutes long that was later posted to
Facebook. The video had been viewed nearly 25,000 times by Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Conn, who was hospitalized in serious condition, suffered a spinal injury in
the attack and had to undergo surgery. He may eventually regain feeling in his
extremities.
post-gazette.com
Tempe, AZ: FBI: Tempe Armored Car thief who stole $1.2 million in cash is in
custody
 The
FBI says a man suspected of stealing $1.2 million out of an armored car in Tempe
in October has been taken into custody. Court records now show that 23-year-old
Edwin "Johnny" Jobany Villa was a Brink's security employee. Investigators say
that around noon on October 27, a Brinks car was parked outside a Costco store
in Tempe. As one employee went into the store, Villa stayed with the armored
truck and allegedly disabled the video camera inside the truck. When the
employee came out of the store, Villa and the truck were gone. The armored
vehicle was later found behind a nearby store with over $1.2 million in cash
missing, investigators say. Only a bag of coins remained. Court records show the
cash belonged to Costco and various Valley casinos.
abc15.com
Charlotte, NC: Thieves crash stolen backhoe into Boost Mobile, fleeing with
nearly $50,000 in merchandise
 Detectives
were investigating a bizarre break-in early Tuesday after thieves apparently
stole a construction vehicle from a nearby work site and crashed it into a Boost
Mobile store in northwest Charlotte. Police were called around 3:15 a.m. to the
store on West Trade Street, near Fifth Street, just outside uptown. When they
arrived, officers found the front of the building smashed, including the door
and windows, as well as concrete barriers outside. The person driving the
equipment can be seen hitting the store three times before the door opens and
two people race in, grabbing laptops and several cellphones out of a showcase.
The owner told Channel 9 the thieves got away with more than $49,000 in
merchandise.
wsoctv.com
 Mill
Park, Australia: Teens arrested after $20K daytime JB Hi-Fi Raid
Allen Park, MI: TJ Maxx Shoplifting suspect has second thoughts after ink sensor
destroys clothing
Houston, TX: Two men in court in foiled Nov. 1 Armored Truck Robbery at
Walgreens
NYPD bust crew of teens who robbed Brooklyn cabbie, threw chemicals in his eyes
Livingston, NJ: Man arrested, tied to a dozen "smash-and-grab" burglaries and
three motor vehicle thefts occurring in seven municipalities
Los Angeles, CA: Additional victims of Chilean 'tourist' burglary ring come
forward after FOX 11 investigation
Arvada, CO: Police release surveillance video of Sept. 30th Gen X Clothing armed
robbery
UK: Bournemouth, England: Beales Loss Prevention used CCTV to track bungling
burglar through store as he raided $15,000 worth of make-up
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Albertsons -
Pocatello, ID - Burglary
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Beauty - San Rafael,
CA - Burglary
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Boost Mobile -
Charlotte, NC - Burglary
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C-Store - Davie, FL -
Armed Robbery
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CBD - Archdale, NC -
Burglary
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CVS - Cleveland, OH -
Armed Robbery
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Dry Cleaner -
Clarksville, TN - Armed Robbery/ Assault
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Hardware - Hartselle,
AL - Burglary
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Jewelry - Elkhart, IN - Robbery
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Jewelry - Columbia, SC - Robbery
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Jewelry - Asheboro, NC - Robbery
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Jewelry - Honolulu, HI
- Burglary
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Marijuana - Everett,
WA - Burglary
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Metro PCS - Elkhart,
IN - Burglary
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Restaurant - Laurel,
MT - Armed Robbery (Taco Bell)
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Target - Saint Louis,
MO - Robbery
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Verizon - Normal, IL -
Armed Robbery
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Walgreens - New
Castle, DE - Armed Robbery
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• 10 robberies
• 8 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
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Anthony Clark is named District Manager of Investigations for
Macy's
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Randy Vickers,
LPC named District Asset Protection Manager for Lowe's
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Davion
Mitchell named Loss Prevention Manager for NAPA Auto Parts |
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Jordon Peters
promoted to Asset Protection Manager of Central Investigations for
Bloomingdale's |
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Damon Ferguson
named ORC Investigator-South Atlantic Region for The Home Depot |
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Martella Moore Jr. named Risk & Compliance Leader for IKEA
Group
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