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Moving Up
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 Jason
Jones named Global Security Manager - Security Operations Center
for Facebook
Previously, Jason was the Senior Manager - Global Safety, Distribution Asset
Protection, Corporate Security/Investigations for Cabela's for over three
years before taking this new role. He's held a variety of security and asset
protection roles for Target including Executive Team Leader of AP, AP Group
Leader - Regional Distribution Center, Global Crisis Management - Corporate
Command Center Operations, Global Security Manager, Regional DC Manager -
Global Supply Chain Security and Global Supply Chain Security - Operations
Manager. He was also an Area LP Manager for Nash Finch. Jason earned his
Bachelors of Arts degree in Business Administration from Hastings College
and his Masters in Organizational Leadership from Augsburg College.
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No, Grocery Stores Aren't Locking Up Tide Pods Because of Teens
Bizarre 'Tide Pod Challenge' Raises Awareness about Highly Targeted ORC
Item
A
rash of reports from overly credulous news outlets would have you believe
that retailers are locking up their detergent in response to the “Tide pod”
meme. As proof, the articles show photos pulled from social media of soap
products bearing security devices. These products really are behind safety glass
in some stores, but it’s not because teens are inclined to poison themselves.
Like most memes, it’s difficult to pin down where the Tide pod phenomenon
beloved by teens first propagated, but the joke is this: Tide’s laundry pods
look like candy, and the idea of eating detergent on purpose is funny. The trend
has exploded. YouTubers with huge followings have bitten into the pods for
views. A Florida confectioner started selling actual candy (called
“forbidden treat”) resembling the pods. Tide even issued a PSA with football man
Rob Gronkowski urging kids not to eat the real ones. Gosh, it’s really dumb.
Speaking to Gizmodo, Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) spokesperson Joe
Martyak said that while there has been an alarming uptick in poisoning
reports related to detergents pods in 2018, they have not advised retailers to
lock them up. “That’s not a way we would recommend dealing with this,” he
said. In total, the CPSC says that 10 people have died after eating the pods in
the last few years, all unintentionally: eight seniors believed to have
cognitive illnesses and two children.
So what would cause big box retailers to secure their laundry products? As a
slew of reports from
New York magazine,
Priceonomics, the
Associated Press, and
Business Insider dating back to 2012 note, detergents are high-theft
items. They retain their value well on the black market, making them an
attractive target. As a result, many stores have had these items under lock
and key for years. It seems that social media users are only just noticing.
Here’s a
WCPO Cincinnati report detailing the increased security measures in 2013,
not long after
ABC did a similar segment.
“The theft of Tide products is an ongoing challenge for retailers. Some
merchants are combating the problem by locking up certain products and others
have repositioned goods in a prominent location to improve visibility,”
Joseph LaRocca, the former vice president of loss prevention for the National
Retail Federation (NRF), told Gizmodo via email. He noted, however, that
“product accessibility improves the retail experience, so locking items up is
not a go-to solution.” According to the NRF’s most recent statistics, laundry
detergent remains one of the 10 most-stolen items along with more predictable
goods like designer clothing and high-end liquor. (Also, teeth whitening strips?
The more you know.)
gizmodo.com
The rising cost of retail returns fraud
New
benchmark data released by ACI Worldwide shows a "consistent, alarming
uptick in fraudulent activity on key dates". While online transactions among
top U.S. retailers increased by 19% during the recent holiday season, fraud
increased by 22%.
Peak fraudulent days were Thanksgiving Day (1.94%, up from 1.26% in 2016),
Christmas Eve (1.78%, up from 1.48%) and December 21 - the cutoff date for
express shipments - (1.67%, up from 1.49%).
According to Erika Dietrich, Director of Risk Management at ACI Worldwide,
"merchants must be proactive in their efforts to identify weak points across the
omni-channel payment process and define the short- and long-term strategies
necessary to improve security and enhance customer experience".
One channel via which fraud is increasing is returns.
Recent figures from Appriss Retail puts fraudulent returns at an
estimated 10.6% of all returns costing retailers around $22.8 billion each year.
Their survey of retailers found that more than two-thirds (68.3%) suffered
returns of stolen (shoplifted) merchandise while 65.1% encountered return fraud
by employees or employees collaborating with thieves. Other retail fraud
scenarios include fraudulent or stolen payments (57.1%), organized retail crime
(54%) and 'renting' or 'wardrobing' (using / wearing purchases before returning
them) (39.7%).
The loss of profit caused by returns fraud is prompting retailers to offset the
negative business impact by raising prices and reducing costs. Last year
alone, return fraud cost U.S. retailers and workers between 596,000 and 775,000
jobs and retail revenue losses are costing states a total of $1.1 billion to
$1.4 billion in lost sales taxes.
bizreport.com
Super Bowl Security
Behind-the-Scenes Look at Planning and Partnerships
On
the wintry streets of downtown Minneapolis, ice crunches underfoot. The wind is
whipping, and the temperature hovers in the teens. The weather will be one of
the many topics under discussion inside the city’s convention center, where
officials from every local, state, and federal organization involved with
security at this year’s Super Bowl have gathered to put their planning and
preparation to the test.
With the big game just around the corner, participants at this recent daylong
exercise - the first time everyone has come together under one roof - will be
asked to simulate their agency’s responses to a variety of scenarios, from an
active shooter event to reuniting a missing child with a parent to keeping fans
and first responders warm in the frigid Minnesota winter.
Nearly two years of planning has taken place, largely behind the scenes, to make
sure that Super Bowl LII - and the 10 days of events leading up to the kickoff
at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4 - is safe and secure. Nothing has been left
to chance, not even the weather.
The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is the lead agency for security at this
year’s Super Bowl, and they are being supported by an impressive team that
includes dozens of local police departments and public safety organizations,
along with federal agencies including the FBI and multiple components of the
Department of Homeland Security.
fbi.gov
Gaylord, MI: Retail Fraud Continues to Top List of City's Crimes
At the top of the list for last year, as with most years, is third-degree retail
fraud. Statistics from the Gaylord City Police Department show 69 instances of
shoplifting arrest, compared to a similar figure of 73 in 2016. Police Chief
Brett McVannel said reports of criminal activity from stores is fairly common
simply because of the lengths those stores go to to spot criminals, from video
equipment to security guards.
petoskeynews.com
Retailer Gets 2 Years For $5.6M Tax Fraud Scheme
A California man who operated retail locations in the state was sentenced
Wednesday to two years in prison after pleading guilty to failing to pay $5.6
million in sales, income and payroll taxes, the California attorney general
announced.
Jeong Kim, who operated more than 50 fashion retail locations in Southern
California, pled guilty in July to tax evasion, false income tax returns and
failure to pay taxes and workers’ compensation fraud and agreed to pay $7
million in restitution.
law360.com
The Tax Act: What’s In Store For Retail?
The most important change - and perhaps the most talked about - is the reduction
in the corporate tax rate from the current 35% to 21% - just a notch above the
previously proposed 20% rate. Retailers generally have faced higher
effective tax rates than multinational businesses in other industries and
therefore are among the bigger beneficiaries of the reduced corporate tax
rate.
The steep reduction will help boost corporate earnings and cash flow for
retailers. Many economists believe reducing the corporate rate will free up
money that employers could potentially use to create new jobs. It also
encourages U.S. retailers to invest more in their domestic operations, in
addition to overseas ones.
The tax-rate cut more directly benefits big business, but smaller operations —
often touted as the backbone of the American economy — are also set to benefit
from the act’s new rules. Though the House and Senate bills varied significantly
in their approach to reducing the tax burden on “mom and pop” retailers,
Congressional representatives did settle on a 20% deduction for a taxpayer’s
domestic qualified business income (QBI).
chainstoreage.com
Luxury retailers are set to reap the benefits from tax reform
Jerry O'Brien, director of the Kohl's Center for Retailing at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, told CNBC the tax cuts could result in a bigger gap between
luxury retailers (i.e. Tiffany, Hudson's Bay, Neiman Marcus and Tapestry) and
other players, though he said off-price brands will continue to outperform in
2018. This leaves the "middle ground" of the industry at risk, he added.
In a separate interview with CNBC, Rod Sides, vice chairman of Deloitte's U.S.
retail and distribution practice, likened the retail industry to a bow tie. The
two far ends of the spectrum — luxury, on one side, and off-price retailers
and dollar stores, on the other — are seeing new highs, leaving everyone else in
a "knot" in the middle.
cnbc.com
German discounter Lidl slows U.S. expansion
German discount food retailer Lidl is slowing its U.S. expansion and switching
focus from big-box stores to smaller formats, the Handelsblatt business daily
reported, citing local real estate and political sources.
Privately-held Lidl, known in Europe for its focus on competitive prices, opened
its first stores in the United States last summer and was planning to expand to
100 outlets within a year.
Projects in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia into which Lidl has
sunk money have been halted or abandoned, Handelsblatt said in a story
released ahead of publication in its Thursday edition.
Since launching in June 2017, Lidl has opened 49 U.S. stores but it remains
unclear whether the number targeted will now be built, Handelsblatt said.
reuters.com
America Has a Foreign Tourist Problem
As more international travelers decide to skip the United States, 10 business
associations, including the National Retail Federation and the National Restaurant
Association, have created a travel industry group aimed at reversing the growing
unpopularity of the U.S. as a vacation destination.
Historically, the U.S. had only to sit back and let foreign tourists and their
money roll in. Over the past few years, though, that gravy train has begun to
dry up, a trend that accelerated as President Donald Trump began to make good on
campaign promises to restrict immigration. As a result, businesses that make up
the multibillion-dollar industry relying on that revenue have grown increasingly
nervous.
bloomberg.com
Going-Out-of-Business Sales Don’t Always Mean Stores Are Closing
Shoppers might be seeing more signs for liquidation sales, but that doesn’t mean
the stores are closing for good. Sometimes the events can be effective
negotiation tools.
Of 17 retailers with more than 100 stores each that filed for bankruptcy in
2017, only Limited Stores Co., Wet Seal LLC., Vanity Shop and Hhgregg Inc.
closed their entire fleet of stores for good. Others managed to keep some stores
open after winning rent concessions from landlords.
wsj.com
Party City banks on 'science' to hire most qualified candidates
Party City isn’t leaving anything to chance when it comes to hiring new
employees. Through its partnership with Infor, the party supplies retailer is
adding an analytics-based platform to improve hiring practices. Infor’s Talent
Science solution uses analytics and behavioral science to streamline hiring
process and select the most qualified candidates.
Called pre-employment assessment software, the cloud-based platform’s predictive
models assist hiring managers to better select, retain, and develop the right
talent across the entire employee life cycle. The technology allows users to
compare and contrast the characteristics of a candidate against the attributes
of their strongest performers. This information is stored as a “Performance
Profile,” or benchmark for defining success in a given role.
chainstoreage.com
C-Store
owner's criminal bloopers go viral
A convenience store owner in Missouri is getting the last laugh over
shoplifters. Babbir Sultan has been posting some of the criminal bloopers on the
internet including a man who stuffed so many items in his socks, he could barely
stand. The clip of the robber falling backward has been seen two million views.
Sultan says he is happy to remove the videos, provided the thieves return the
loot.
6abc.com
Retailers Let Out of Lawsuit Filed by Woman Struck by Falling Shopping Cart
PGA Tour Superstore to double down on store expansion
Starbucks tests no-cash policy at downtown Seattle store
Experiential retail and entertainment center planned for Las Vegas
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Latest version of exacqVision provides ultimate combination of administrator
controls, system health status features, and analytics integrations
MILWAUKEE – Johnson Controls introduced the latest version of exacqVision
video management system (9.0) which adds important features that help ensure the
overall health of a customer’s security environment while providing tools that
aid in faster mitigation of security events.
 exacqVision is well known for its focus on providing critical information on the
health and performance of the VMS. This latest release brings that same
attention to access control and intrusion panels, incorporating health alarms
that inform the user of potential issues ensure the system continuously performs
at a high level.
Powerful new integrations with analytics-enabled Illustra Pro IP cameras enable
users to monitor large areas based on behavior such as loitering, and powerful
search tools make it easy to find important events based on metadata.
Administrators can also now better regulate user group ‘live’ and ‘search’
privileges to ensure surveillance video is only viewed by appropriate users. For
example, they can grant a user live access to a specific camera but restrict
access to recorded video. User group enhancements have also been made to
Enterprise System Manager 5.4, which is being released simultaneously, to allow
users to be assigned to multiple groups, each with different privileges. This
addresses the requirements of large organizations that assign users to multiple
groups of separate servers.
Finally, exacqVision 9.0 further simplifies the configuration process by adding
additional information fields to the audio, trigger and alarm inputs and outputs
page.
For more information, visit
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Who should be responsible for cybersecurity?
An opportunity for LP to take a larger organizational role?
Even though companies across all sectors rank cyber-security as their most
pressing issue, and despite an upward trend in spending, the typical
cyber-security budget is profoundly underfunded. According to Steve Vintz of
the Harvard Business Review, “IT budgets are typically 3-7% of a company’s
revenue, and security budgets are typically 5% of IT spend.” In other
words, the average company allocates just over 1% of revenue safeguarding
against potentially catastrophic attacks.
This lopsided spending reflects, perhaps, a longstanding disinterest exhibited
by financial stewards toward IT issues. It’s the number crunches versus the
nerds, the former obsessed with spending and bottom lines, the latter always on
the lookout for shiny new toys to tinker with. The VP Finance or CFO, therefore,
assumes the attitude of a parent reining in an indulgent child, rather than a
collaborator working toward mutual goals. Fissures such as these have the
unfortunate effect of relegating cyber-security to the IT silo, with the CFO
punting the ball to (often already overtaxed) technical divisions and managers,
then washing their hands of further responsibility.
C-suite abdication reveals a central but oft-overlooked error, one baked into
the term “cyber-security” itself: though traditionally tucked away under the
IT umbrella as a security concern, many if not most of the consequences of
cyber-attacks are monetary, with severe and long-lasting financial implications.
Moving forward, a chief concern must be not only how CFOs can participate in the
design and implementation of cost-effective cyber-security systems and
protocols, but more importantly how they can take the lead in fostering
company-wide cultures of cyber-awareness, vigilance, and preparedness. Clearly
cybersecurity is everybody’s problem. High time this truth was recognized
starting with the executive suite on down.
csoonline.com
BEC Attacks to Exceed $9B in 2018: Trend Micro
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are projected to exceed $9
billion in 2018. To put that number in context, it has been less than a year
since the FBI reported BEC attacks had become a $5.3 billion industry. Attacks
have become more sophisticated as hackers improve their game.
BEC has grown among threat actors due to "its relative simplicity," according to
a new Trend Micro report "Tracking Trends in Business Email Compromise (BEC)
Schemes." Researchers analyzed BEC as a cybercriminal operation from January
through September 2017, dissecting tools and strategies commonly used in these
attacks to predict activity for this year.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) puts BEC attacks in five
categories: Bogus Invoice Schemes, CEO Fraud, Account Compromise, Attorney
Impersonation, and Data Theft. In this case, researchers split them in two:
Credential-grabbing and Email-only. Attackers must be proficient in at least one
of these methods for the scheme to work, researchers report.
darkreading.com
Man Admits to Directing DDoS Attacks Against his Prior Employers, Business
Competitors, and Law Enforcement Agencies
John Kelsey Gammell has pleaded guilty to engaging in, and directing,
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against websites of former
employers, business competitors, and public services including law enforcement
and courts, the
US Department of Justice reported this week.
Gammell, a New Mexico resident, participated in the campaign from around July
2015 through around March 2017. He caused DDoS attacks by using programs on his
own computers and buying services to launch attacks from "DDoS-for-hire"
companies including VDoS, CStress, Inboot, Booter.xyz, and IPStresser. IP
address anonymization services hid his identity and location, and Gammell also
used spoofed emails, cryptocurrency for payment, encryption, and drive-cleaning
tools to evade detection.
darkreading.com
OnePlus says up to 40,000 customers affected by credit card breach
OnePlus, the company behind a popular line of Android devices, said on
Friday that up to 40,000 customers might be at risk after a malicious script
compromised payment card data during the checkout process.
Word of the data breach followed numerous reports from customers related to
fraudulent charges, which led the company to suspend credit card payments.
In a letter to impacted customers OnePlus apologized for the incident, warning
them that their credit card number, expiration date, and security code was
likely compromised.
csoonline.com
Whitepaper: Top 8 Mobile Security Risks: How to Protect Your Organization
Google Rolls Out Security Center for G Suite Enterprise
California Predicted to Lose $329M to Cybercrime in 2018
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experience in Mexico, from market entry to managing successful locations to
closing stores down.
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4 Tips to Survive the Post-Holiday Chargeback
Season
It is safe to assume that you, as a fraud fighter, will be very busy with
holiday chargebacks from January to around March. During this time, it’s
important to focus on team efficiency so that you can win back as much as
possible. While the standard win rate is around 21 percent, following the tips
below has helped my past projects attain an average win rate of 55 percent or
higher.
Create a chargeback response process
Every chargeback falls into one of several major categories, with some payment
providers using the following: general, fraudulent, product not received,
duplicate, credit not processed, unrecognized, product unacceptable and/or
subscription canceled.
It’s important to create a high-level process for each category. This process
will include the steps a chargeback responder should follow, the data they
should grab and the type of response they should build.
Create a checklist of available data for each chargeback category
Create a master list, per category, of the data that exists for a chargeback
response and specify where the analyst can find it. It’s important to create a
process around when and how the data should be obtained. Required data should go
first. This way, if it is missing, the analyst can accept the chargeback and
move on to the next one.
Know when to accept a chargeback
It is important that your team can quickly decide if they should accept a
dispute. Accepting chargebacks you are unlikely to win can help reduce the
Jan-March chargeback madness—especially if you are overwhelmed by the number of
chargebacks you are receiving. There are three rules of thumb that can make this
decision easier:
● Accept if you are missing critical data
● Accept if the value of the chargeback is less than the cost to respond
● Understand your win rate per card issuer
Create chargeback templates!
Each chargeback type should have a basic skeleton based on what data you have
available. This skeleton should state why this chargeback is unjust, present the
data to prove it, and explain what the data means and how it should be
interpreted. Create a master library.
cardnotpresent.com
How Data and Layers Can Help Small Online Sellers
Fight Chargebacks
De Beers tests blockchain system for diamond traceability
Amazon Raises Seller Fees in Fashion
Amazon raises monthly Prime membership fees by 20
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"Fraud is not a person - it is a dynamic grouping of statistics that deviate
from the norm."
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CEO, The Zellman Group & Zelligent
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Houston, TX: Thieves smash display cases, make
off with $2M in jewelry
Police in suburban Houston are looking for two bandits who got away with more
than $2 million worth of jewelry. The brazen smash-and-grab robbery on Jan. 10
was all captured on the store’s surveillance video. In the video from Hutton's
Jewelry & Gifts, a man is seen asking a clerk about an engagement ring in a
glass display case. The man next to him pulls out a hammer and quickly shatters
the glass while the employee tries to avoid glass fragments. The first man grabs
jewelry from the case as the other starts heading toward the door. Before
leaving, he smashes a second display case with the hammer. His accomplice is
seen taking items from that one too before fleeing.
abcnews.go.com
Jacksonville, FL: Thieves accused of stealing
$700 worth of perfume
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is looking for two women who store owners say
stole more than $700 worth of inventory from Dancing Elephant in San Marco.
actionnewsjax.com
Secaucus, NJ: E-Commerce Employees Arrested In
Scam At Jimmy Jazz Warehouse
Secaucus Police say they have uncovered a scam ring going on at the Jimmy Jazz
warehouse and multiple employees have been arrested, with more possible arrests
to come. Secaucus is the site of the JimmyJazz.com e-commerce division. Jimmy
Jazz sells name-brand sports apparel, such as Timberland, Jordan, Nike, Reebok
and more. The loss-prevention officer at the warehouse discovered multiple
employees were processing customers' orders as their own and collecting the
commissions through Ebates.
patch.com
 Ludlow,
MA: Police arrest three for shoplifting at Big Y; two charged with Shoplifting
by Asportation
Ludlow Police arrested three following an ongoing investigation concerning a
rash of shoplifting incidents being committed at the Ludlow Big Y Supermarket.
Curtis Fitzsimmons and Ashley Shaul were charged with Shoplifting by Asportation,
Subsequent Offense (Red Bull and Monster energy drinks, $78). Investigators say
that Shaul and Fitzsimmons conspired together. Fitzsimmons has two outstanding
MA warrants from the Northampton District Court for larceny and shoplifting.
Police are seeking a warrant for him and Shaul in the Palmer District Court.
westernmassnews.com
Vallejo, CA: Shoplifter at Kohl’s pulls gun on
Loss Prevention
A suspect who was confronted by a security guard at Kohl’s for allegedly
stealing merchandise brandished a weapon and fled, according to Vallejo police.
At approximately 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday at the Kohl’s on Admiral Callaghan
Lane, a loss prevention officer said he witnessed a man putting “numerous pairs
of jeans” into a black bag.
timesheraldonline.com
Marlborough, MA: Two men charged with stealing $600 video
game consoles from Target; Police also recover merchandise from The Home Depot
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Shootings & Deaths
Osceola, IN: Man shot self at Casey’s General
C-store
Police say a shooting at an Osceola convenience store Friday morning appears to
be self-inflicted. It happened just before 4 a.m., at the Casey's General Store
on Lincolnway East. The call to police first came in as an active shooter.
Dispatch says the man was banging on the door and appeared to be intoxicated.
Two shots were then fired. The man was taken to a hospital with a facial wound.
There is no word on his condition.
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North Hollywood, CA: Argument lead to 1 man shot in front
of 7-Eleven
Robberies & Thefts
Union Township, NJ: $855 shoplifting arrest blows
up on Facebook, so Police release video
Township police on Thursday released security video of a shoplifting arrest that
has been brewing into a possible protest against police conduct. The Jan. 9
arrest at Target may have otherwise gone unnoticed if not for a witness who went
on a local Facebook group to write about what she saw. “I just got home from the
Vauxhall Target where a woman of color with two small children was tackled to
the ground at the front entrance by two white male cops,” the South Orange
resident shared with SOMA Justice, a Facebook group for South Orange and
Maplewood residents interested about social justice and race issues.
But video that police allowed to view on Thursday does not show police tackling
the woman. The footage, which police obtained from the store’s security cameras,
shows a plainclothes store security employee race after the woman who pushed her
cart of $850 worth of goods out the front door without paying. Two uniformed
officers then escort the woman and the cart back inside. It appears that both
officers each grab an arm and the woman bends her knees, dropping to the floor.
The officers appear to bend down to pick her up. Unable to arrest her, the
officers hold onto the woman on the floor for several minutes until three more
officers arrive. During the struggle, which was captured by two cameras, the two
officers appear to try to wrest the woman’s arms behind her back, but the woman
appears to resist, keeping her arms locked in front of her.
nj1015.com
Update: Conyers, GA: Police release video of 2
suspect in Family Dollar Armed Robbery
Conyers Police are looking for two men who opened fire in a local Family Dollar
in broad daylight while attempting to rob the store. Authorities released
surveillance video on Thursday that shows the two suspects rushing into the
store, drawing their weapons, opening fire and then making a fast escape.
11alive.com
Spokane, WA: Police searching for Rite Aid theft
suspect who knocked employee unconscious with bottle of alcohol
Spokane Police are searching for the last of three suspects in a alcohol theft
at Rite Aid that ended with two employees being assaulted before the suspects
made their getaway. The incident happened Wednesday night at Rite Aid on
Spokane's South Hill. Two of the suspects, an adult female and a juvenile male,
have already been identified and booked into jail and juvenile detention. The
third suspect, another male, is still outstanding.
Wednesday night, just after 7pm, it was reported that a couple of males had
shoplifted alcohol from the store and, while doing so, the arrested juvenile
male shoved an employee that was attempting to stop the unidentified male who
had concealed the alcohol on his person. Another employee attempted to intervene
and was hit in the head by the unidentified male, knocking her unconscious.
Medics were called to the scene and treated the employees for non-life
threatening injuries.
khq.com
San Francisco, CA: Ringleader of ‘ Lucky Lotto”
gang arrested; burglars targeted lottery tickets
Jared McEssy has already pleaded guilty to 32 break-ins of mostly smaller
grocery stores throughout Northern California last year. Three others have been
arrested and police are seeking two additional suspects. Several of the suspects
broke through the front gate of Travis Air Force Base while fleeing police last
month prompting a brief lockdown.
bakersfield.com
Edison, NJ: Store Clerk Beaten by Gun-Wielding
Suspects as His Chair-Throwing Co-Worker Jumps in to Help
The clerk fought back after seeing the bullets fall out of the gun; his
co-worker jumped in using a chair to help fight back. The clerk said he suffered
injuries, but he returned to work the next day.
nbcnewyork.com
Texan faces charges in ATM robbery spree in
Massachusetts
Frederick Williams, 29, was extradited from Texas to Boston Wednesday and faced
a slew of charges yesterday related to thefts of commercial vans used in
smash-and-grab ATM heists with five other men from the Lone Star State. Williams
is accused of breaking into six convenience stores to steal safes and ATM
machines. The group stole three commercial vans in order to pull off the crimes.
bostonherald.com
Police arrest alleged gang members following Circle K
robberies, shooting
Henry County, GA: 3 GameStop Armed Robbery suspects
arrested; attempted to run down a Police Officer
Jackson, MS: Same Armed Robbers wanted in multiple cities
Hilo, HI: Man accused of stealing tires, rims from Toyota
Dealership vehicles
Sentencings & Arrests
Ravenna, OH: Guilty plea in Brimfield Walmart
parking lot robbery
A man has admitted to his role in a strong-arm robbery that took place in
November in a retail store parking lot in Brimfield. Kenneth N. Brooks Jr., 29,
recently pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery, a second-degree felony. The
charges carries a potential prison sentence of two to eight years. Brimfield
police said that on Nov. 16, 2017, Brooks confronted the victim in the parking
lot of Walmart. He punched the victim twice, stole his wallet, and then fled in
a waiting car allegedly being driven by 24-year-old Brandon A. Riley of Akron.
The duo had allegedly followed the victim to Brimfield from a check-cashing
store in Akron.
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San Diego, CA: Identity Thief Admits Crimes in
Federal Court; possessed 269 counterfeit credit access devices
A San Diego man previously convicted of similar crimes pleaded guilty in federal
court Thursday to running a conspiracy involving identity theft and creation of
phony credit cards used to rack up tens of thousands of dollars worth of
fraudulent purchases charged to unwitting victims’ accounts.
According to an indictment handed down by a grand jury in November, Daniel
Stephen Wray, 29, recruited co-conspirators in late 2016 to help him run his
criminal scheme. Investigators believe many of his victims’ identities and
financial data were stolen via a card scanner surreptitiously installed by Wray
and his co-conspirators at a La Jolla gas station. Wray and his confederates
used the fraudulent credit cards to buy an array of merchandise, ranging from
Apple iPads, luxury wristwatches, gold and silver, and large quantities of
liquor and energy drinks, according to prosecutors. As part of his plea deal ,
Wray also admitted to being convicted in 2014 of illegally possessing 269
counterfeit credit-access devices.
timesofsandiego.com
Arson & Fire
 Little
Rock, AR: Kroger Arson case delayed as officials seek restitution amount
Wayne Derek Hatfield, 18, appeared before Circuit Judge Jeffrey Burdette in what
was to be a pretrial conference. Hatfield was indicted by a local grand jury
back in October on charges of first-degree arson and first-degree criminal
mischief in connection to the August 16 fire. Commonwealth’s Attorney Eddy
Montgomery told Judge Burdette that he couldn’t make Hatfield an offer without
first determining what restitution he would owe. Montgomery added that he had
heard unofficially that Kroger was self-insured and suffered over $100,000 in
damages but hadn’t yet been able to confirm a figure.
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Youngstown, OH: Brazilian duo indicted in federal skimming operation
$140K in cash, 250 fake credit cards and 2 skimming devices found
A federal grand jury indicted two Brazilian nationals after Hubbard
police arrested them with two credit-card skimmers, more than 250
counterfeit credit and debit cards and nearly $140,000 in cash.
Police arrested Pena and Neto on Nov. 12 after a teller at the
Cortland Banks branch in Hubbard told police an individual or
individuals made ATM withdrawals while obscuring the ATM’s camera.
The pair had a storage unit in Cleveland, which contained $139,480
in cash, their Brazilian passports, 420 cards with magnetic strips
including 253 counterfeit credit or debit cards and two skimming
devices, according to court documents.
vindy.com
Karachi, Pakistan:
Five Chinese nationals arrested in ATM skimming fraud
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C-Store – Crestview, FL – Armed Robbery
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Dollar General – Wichita, KS – Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar – Riverside, OH – Armed Robbery
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Kohl’s – Vallejo, CA – Armed Robbery
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Liquor Store – Hattiesburg, MS – Armed Robbery
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Marijuana Dispensary - Sebastopol, CA – Burglary
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Murdoch's Ranch and Home – Littleton, CO – Burglary
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O’Reilly Auto – Shawnee, KS – Armed Robbery
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Pawn Shop – Tifton, GA – Burglary
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Speedway - Winston-Salem, NC – Armed Robbery
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Walmart (Pharmacy) Utica, NY – Robbery
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Tobacco Store – Anchorage, AK – Armed Robbery
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Verizon – Springfield, OH – Armed Robbery
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7- Eleven – Suffolk County, NY – Armed Robbery
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