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Johnson Controls announces Tyco Software House C●CURE Visit Verified Identity
using civic for fast and secure identity verification
C●CURE Visit Verified Identity combines convenience and security for building
access management
Johnson Controls has released Tyco Software House C●CURE Visit Verified Identity
solution using Civic Secure Identity technology, improving the visitor
management process and eliminating the risks and overhead associated with
collecting and storing visitor data on site.
“The legal and regulatory burden on organizations in terms of collecting and
storing personal information, even for visitor management purposes, has never
been greater,” said Ashley Tousignant, senior product manager, Johnson Controls.
“C●CURE Visit Verified Identity using Civic removes the need for companies to
handle this potentially sensitive information and leaves the control over the
information in the hands of the individual.”
johnsoncontrols.com
Axis wins two 2020 Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards
AXIS P5655-E PTZ
Network Camera won Gold in Best Security Solution and Axis end customer, Fiserv
Forum won gold in the Best Deployments and Customer Success of the Year.
Info
Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research
and advisory guide, announced that Axis Communications won two Gold Global
Excellence Awards in the
16th Annual 2020 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards. These
prestigious global awards recognize cybersecurity and information technology
vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products, solutions, and services that
are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of security and
technologies. Axis Communications is honored to be selected and recognized for
its commitment to a smarter, safer world.
axis.com
Coronavirus Update
Coronavirus Map: March 6 Update
Tracking the Spread of the Outbreak in the
U.S. and
Abroad
Coronavirus Fear & Anxiety Rule the Day
Workplace vs. Coronavirus: ‘No One Has a Playbook for This’
The deadly disease has arrived in some offices, and employers are figuring
out how to adapt.
The alarm has now spread through other companies around the world, despite
escalating efforts by many of the firms to deal with
disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak that started in China. Microsoft,
Amazon, Ford Motor, CNN, Citigroup and Twitter have put employees through
work-from-home drills, dusted off emergency-response plans and ordered
increasingly stringent safety measures to protect their workers.
Even
so,
the coronavirus has moved faster than their preparations.
Amazon said this week that two employees in Europe, who had been in
Milan, were infected with the virus and that one employee at its Seattle
headquarters had tested positive for it. HSBC said on Thursday that the
coronavirus had been diagnosed in an employee at its global headquarters in
London. And AT&T said a retail employee at one of its stores in San Diego had
tested positive.
The challenges faced by workplaces have become a new front in the battle over
the coronavirus, global white-collar companies have rarely grappled with this
scale of disruption — or the level of fear that has gripped workers.
Many corporate memos, including those from HSBC and Facebook, now mention deep
cleaning of office spaces and self-quarantining. Face-to-face job interviews
have been all but banned by some firms, in favor of interviews conducted by
teleconference.
The depth of employee anxiety has forced senior executives to take calming
measures. Uber sent out a memo to staff on Wednesday saying it had formed an
internal task force to handle its response to the virus, according to a
copy viewed by The Times.
The measures that companies are taking in response to the virus may shift
workplace behavior over the long term. Telecommuting, which has been in and
out of favor for decades, may become more ingrained. The use of digital tools
for remote collaboration may also rise.
nytimes.com
Spreading virus could deal big blow to malls
40% Are Limiting or Avoiding Them Entirely
Now, with the virus spreading in the U.S., it could deal a major blow to the
country's over 1,000 malls at time when many are already struggling with a
slew of retail bankruptcies. New diagnoses of the disease in several U.S. states
have raised the tally of cases to more than 100. Nine people have died, all in
Washington state.
Big
malls like American Dream and Mall of America and mall owner Taubman Centers
Inc. say they're adding hand sanitizer stations, and they've also stepped up
disinfecting high-touch areas like doors and handrails. The International
Council of Shopping Centers said its members are following guidelines from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Shopping centers may have to take more extreme precautions, such as temporary
closures, said Coye Nokes, a partner at OC&C Strategy Consultants’ consumer and
retail practice.
“While the brands and retailers can attempt to mitigate the impact via other
channels like e-commerce, malls themselves will struggle with traffic under
any extended virus scenario," she said.
Among those who have already changed habits, more than four in 10 say they're
limiting visits to shopping centers and malls or avoiding them entirely, and
more than three in 10 avoid shops in general. A worsening of the outbreak would
hit malls disproportionately, the research suggests. Among those likely to
change habits if the outbreak worsens, around three-quarters expect to avoid
shopping complexes, making this the most-avoided type of location.
The first casualty was North Star Mall in San Antonio, Texas, which closed for
24 hours this week after local health officials notified it that a patient who
tested positive for the new virus visited over the weekend. A spokeswoman at the
mall's owner, Brookfield Properties, said in an email to The Associated Press
that the mall has been cleaned several times using products recommended by the
CDC and there is a ‘’low risk to the public."
abcnews.go.com
Coronavirus Fallout Poses Challenges for Most Vulnerable U.S. Retailers
Neiman Marcus, Jo-Ann Stores and other
retailers depend on Chinese manufacturers for inventory
The
weakest U.S. retailers face the biggest risks from the coronavirus epidemic if
Chinese factories overseas remain understaffed and customers at home stay away
from bricks-and-mortar stores, according to lenders and analysts.
Luxury chain Neiman Marcus Group Ltd., fabric and craft supplies chain
Jo-Ann Stores Inc., and apparel seller J.Crew Group Inc. are among
the junk-rated retailers exposed to the potential fallout from the coronavirus
outbreak, they said.
U.S. retailers have varied exposure to the manufacturing contraction, depending
on how much of their inventory comes from China or other affected regions.
Economists say it is too soon to know how much the virus might affect consumer
spending but that it could upend supply chains and cause some product shortages,
especially as retailers run out of Chinese-made goods already stocked in
warehouses. The biggest risk facing weaker retailers is a possible pullback in
demand as the virus spreads in the U.S., spooking consumers
But if production in China doesn’t return to normal levels by late April,
U.S. retailers also could face challenges stocking up in time for the
back-to-school and holiday shopping season.
wsj.com
What the CFO's are Reading
Did Your Contract Anticipate the Arrival of Coronavirus?
As the virus spreads, there will likely be an increase in contractual
defaults. Here's a look at the related legal ramifications and remedies.
For
CFOs, anticipating the “known unknowns,” or unforeseen events that could impact
business performance, is a fact of life. In a global economy, where
organizations are dependent on their overseas suppliers, these events now
include diseases and quarantines, such as the
coronavirus.
As the virus spreads, and suppliers fail to ship products, we are likely to
see a rise in contractual defaults as counterparties are unable to perform
their obligations on a timely basis.
Did your supply chain colleagues anticipate the arrival of a coronavirus in
their contracts? Does a global pandemic excuse your performance? Let’s
look at how the law might answer these questions.
Force Majeure: A Contractual Excuse? - Impossibility: A Legal Excuse? -
Planning for What Comes Next
cfo.com
There's 'no historical precedent' for working from home amid coronavirus fears
There’s little employees of U.S. companies can do, legally, to force their
employers to pay their wages or to hold their jobs if they insist on either
skipping work or working from home over fears of contracting the illness, at
least under COVID-19’s current risk level.
“There's really no historical precedent for the CDC [Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention], or working with OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health
Administration], telling employers that they have to do this or that,” Aaron
Goldstein, a partner with the Seattle law firm Dorsey & Whitney, told Yahoo
Finance. “And I think it's unlikely that they will, given the reaction that
we're seeing to coronavirus, which is
employers preemptively going well beyond what OSHA would ever require.”
Still, employers must comply with federal, state, and local laws that require
certain worker safety precautions, though
there’s no U.S. law directly setting boundaries for worker attendance during
viral outbreaks. U.S. policy stands in
sharp contrast with France where workers have already exercised their
legally protected right to walk off the job due to coronavirus fears.
finance.yahoo.com
‘Almost Without Precedent’: Airlines Hit Hard by Coronavirus
The effects could wipe out up to $113 billion in worldwide revenues this
year
RILA's Retail Resources for Coronavirus
Kroger establishes internal task force activating pandemic preparedness plan
focused on customers, associates and supply chain
2,773 People Are Under Quarantines in New York City
Amazon’s third-party sellers are facing massive inventory shortages due to the
coronavirus
Multiple states have declared a ‘state of emergency’ over coronavirus
- an expert explains what that means
Silicon Valley’s top investing firm has a stark message on coronavirus: Prepare
for the worst
These cleaners kill coronavirus: Lysol, Clorox, Purell products make EPA's
disinfectants list
UK: 24% of retailers hit by severe supply disruption amid coronavirus fears
Millennials are the ‘worried’ generation & changing spending habits most amid
coronavirus outbreak, study shows
ISC West 2020 Postponed to July 2020 Due to Coronavirus
ISC West, originally scheduled to take place
March 17-20, has been postponed to July 2020.
We
at ISC West want to express our concern for everyone impacted by the COVID-19
coronavirus. Based on their close monitoring of ongoing developments with the
Coronavirus, recent reports from public health officials and extensive
consultation with their partners in the global security community, the
organizers of ISC West decided to postpone the show to July 2020 (dates will be
announced soon).
iscwest.com
For further media information, please contact: Diffusion PR for ISC West
(Reed Exhibitions) (646) 571-0120
reed@diffusionpr.com
Retail Product Safety and Compliance Leaders Meet
On
February 18, a record setting 90 product safety and compliance leaders from 32
retailers met for RILA’s
Consumer Products Committee (CPC) 2020 Spring Meeting held in Orlando,
Florida – in conjunction with the annual International Consumer Product Health
and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) Conference. The packed meeting agenda included
educational presentations from industry thought leaders as well as robust
peer-to-peer benchmarking discussions.
Read more about the event here:
rila.org
A Comprehensive Review of Facial Recognition
Biometrics industry lobbies for responsible facial recognition regulation
Experts from NEC,
FaceFirst, IBIA, Identity Strategy Partners, DHS on countering
misinformation and addressing concerns
What
constitutes appropriate use of biometric facial recognition technology is
the subject of
Congressional hearings, draft legislation at the
federal and
state levels, debates and partial moratoriums in
cities across the U.S. New rules are being considered in the
EU and elsewhere, and the biometrics industry is increasingly locked into
a debate that all agree is critical.
Beyond that, the terms of the debate and the facts of the matter often seem at
issue.
The stakes are high, because legislation at the local and state levels
has already complicated the market for businesses, and the civil liberties
claimed to be under threat are foundational to the U.S. and many other nations.
Legislation, therefore, is coming.
Facial
recognition policy will eventually have to deal with technologies, use cases and
situations which do not involve the same concerns. Real-time CCTV deployments by
law enforcement are just one in a galaxy of ways organizations are currently
working to leverage the technology, most of which are both less controversial
and closer to fruition. Facial biometrics are about to disrupt several different
sectors of the economy,
FaceFirst CEO Peter Trepp predicts in an interview.
“In a few years, that’s going to be the norm. Credit cards are going away, and
ATM cards are going away, and lines are going away,” Trepp says. “We can board a
plane now in half the time using facial recognition; guess what, people don’t
want to stand in line, of course they’re going to do that. There are going to be
questions. Amazon Go is coming out, three thousand stores and no cashiers, no
checkout lines, and every retailer that we’re dealing with recognizes that we
don’t want to have lineups. There’s a convenience to customers but also
customers see companies like that, as taking care of their customers.”
biometricupdate.com
'The
New Rules of Consumer Privacy'
by FaceFirst CEO Peter Trepp
In
The New Rules of Consumer Privacy: Building Loyalty with Connected Consumers in
the Age of Face Recognition and AI, FaceFirst CEO and author Peter Trepp
has devised a set of rules that will help companies uphold consumers' privacy
without sacrificing their security and convenience. By following these rules,
brands can create a win-win scenario that will maximize revenue, reduce crime,
provide consumers with the best experience possible and ensure that consumers'
privacy is reasonably protected.
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58.4M Americans Spent $44.9B On 'Drunk' Purchases in Last 12 Months
According to Finder’s latest Drunk Shopping survey nearly a quarter (22.9%)
of Americans admit to shopping under the influence. Although the percentage
of Americans that admitted to buying under the influence decreased from 26.4% to
22.9% over the past year, the amount consumers are spending increased by
13.9%. The average drunk shopper is spending an average of $768.58 on
drunk purchases this year, compared to $674.96 in 2019.
Not surprisingly, food is the most common drunk purchase. Nearly 60% of
Americans admit to purchasing food while drunk, followed by more alcohol at
51.7% and shoes, clothes or accessories at 36.9%.
The Northeast had the highest percentage of drunk shoppers (25.82%) as
well as the highest average spend ($1,195.13), Midwest (23.54%), the West
(23.50%) and the South (20.32%), according to the survey.
Just over a quarter (26.9%) of men admit to drunk shopping.
Less women (19.1%) admitted to drunk shopping than men, spending an
average of $799.61 on their purchases during the past year.
On par with last year’s trend, millennials were the generation most prone to
drunk shopping (42.1%), followed by Gen Z (35.4%), Gen X (22.2%) and baby
boomers (10.1%).
chainstoreage.com
CEO Drops "Bombshell" on Quarterly Analyst Call
Burlington Stores to Wind Down e-Commerce Operations
Off-Pricer to Focus on Bricks & Mortar Stores - Opening 80 in 2020
“In our business, which is a moderate off-price business, the nature of the
treasure hunt and the average price point that we operate at mean that
bricks-and-mortar stores have a significant competitive and economic advantage
over e-commerce,” CEO Michael O’Sullivan told analysts. “We intend to
focus our energy and resources on driving profitable sales growth in our
bricks-and-mortar stores. We will also continue to aggressively expand and
upgrade this store network through our new store opening and remodel
programs.”
chainstoreage.com
Senior LP & AP Jobs Market
Director, Global Asset Protection job posted for eBay in Draper, UT
eBay
is looking for a Head of Global Asset Protection. This role will lead a global
team of investigators to execute our value proposition. Candidates should be
passionate about the eBay customer, and efficient self-starter with an ability
to operate effectively in a fast paced, rapidly-changing environment. The
position is full-time and located in Salt Lake City, UT.
eBay works closely with local, state, federal
and international Law Enforcement Agencies as well as retailers, financial
institutions and industry peers to protect our marketplace from illegal
activity. We are the primary contact
for Law Enforcement regarding criminal investigations and a liaison for the
legal community to assist in all compliance aspects of criminal investigations
regarding our services.
jobs.ebayin.com
Coresight Research: Retail Store Databank
Weekly US & UK Openings & Closures Tracker 2020:
Week 10: 2020 YTD Closures 1,410, 2020 YTD Openings 2,530
Art Van Furniture to close all stores
Ikea recalls 800,000 children’s dressers for risk of tipping over
Chipotle increases paid leave; testing unlimited paid time off for senior-level
staff
States scramble to prepare ahead of April 1 food stamps rule change
Quarterly Results
Costco Q2 comp's up 8.9%, sales up 10.5%
Burlington Stores Q4 comp's up 3.9%, sales up 10.5%, full yr. comp's up 2.7%,
sales up 9.3%
Kroger Q4 comp's up 2%, digital sales up 22%, net sales up 2.3%, full yr. comp's
up 2%, digital sales up 29%, net sales up 2.3%
BJ’s Wholesale Club Q4 comp's up 0.3%, net sales up 1.5%, full yr. comp's up
1.3%, net sales up 1.3% -
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Panel Discussion: How Machine Learning Can Strengthen Insider Threat Detection
To mitigate insider threats, experts suggest that enterprises develop their own
risk algorithms by coupling machine learning capabilities with behavioral
analytics to understand discrepancies in employee activities.
Companies can use human resources data to help create these new algorithms, said
Dawn Cappelli, CISO of Rockwell Automation. "The key is having HR data. You can
build your risk models by taking the contextual employee data along with their
online activity and create risk algorithms."
But the real challenge is refining and contextualizing this data in order to
correctly identify potential threats, said Solomon Adote, CISO for the state of
Delaware.
"Data without context might not tell you the full story," Adote said. "It has to
be about identifying what is abnormal about a particular activity."
govinfosecurity.com
3 Data Breaches Disclosed This Week: J.Crew, T-Mobile, and Carnival
A series of enterprise data breaches disclosed this week underscores how
criminals target various industries to steal and monetize data. The breaches at
J.Crew, T-Mobile, and two units of cruise-line operator Carnival Corp., show
that millions of customers can feel the effect of even the simplest exploit.
In
its disclosure letter to customers,
J.Crew said that customers' email addresses and passwords were obtained
by an unauthorized third party and that significant additional personal
information could have been accessed in the April 2019 incident. No information
was provided on the number of customers affected, but the notification noted
that the breached accounts had been de-activated pending a customer telephone
call and password re-set.
T-Mobile
disclosed a breach affecting an unknown number of customers, though gaining that
information is complicated because of the path taken to the customer
information: Employee data was breached, some of which contained customer
information. In a notification document, the wireless carrier said, "Information
accessed illegally may have included names and addresses, phone numbers, account
numbers, rate plans and features, and billing information."
Finally,
Holland America Line and Princess Cruises, two units of Carnival Corp,
disclosed a breach from May 2019 in which personal information including mail
accounts, names, Social Security numbers, and credit card information of some
employees and customers were illegally accessed. While no numbers were given
regarding victims, a notice with the California Attorney General's office
indicates that more than 500 individuals were affected. Carnival said that when
the breach was discovered, it acted quickly to shut down the unauthorized
access.
darkreading.com
Hackers Target Companies With Coronavirus Scams
Criminals
are using concerns about the coronavirus epidemic to spread infections of their
own. They are forging emails mentioning the outbreak that appear to be from
business partners or public institutions in an effort to get users to open
the messages, unleashing malware.
The number of malicious emails mentioning the coronavirus has increased
significantly since the end of January, according to cybersecurity firm
Proofpoint Inc., which is monitoring the activity. Proofpoint analysts now see
multiple email campaigns mentioning the coronavirus every workday.
The dearth of information about the epidemic, along with plenty of conflicting
claims, provides an opening for criminals. Email doctored to look like a
company's purchase order for face masks or other supplies could trick an
employee into wiring payments to a fraudulent account. Individuals could provide
personal details in response to a phishing attempt that promises information
about a company's remote-work plan.
wsj.com
Why Ethical Hacking? (The What and Why of Ethical Hacking)
When people hear the term hacking, they often think of someone infecting their
computer with a virus, crashing a network and stealing money, or holding a
company hostage from their daily operations with ransomware. Most people do not
know that ethical hackers are people who are hired to think like a hacker or bad
actor. They meticulously probe a company's systems to find any weaknesses and
bring them to the attention of the business before the bad actors exploit them.
Ethical hacking is an investment that companies in the modern world can't afford
to do without.
securitymagazine.com
Attackers Distributing Malware Under Guise of Security Certificate Updates
Cybercriminals can be an innovative bunch when it comes to finding new ways to
distribute malware. The latest example is a new campaign involving the use of a
fake digital certificate "update" to try and infect systems of visitors to
previously compromised websites.
darkreading.com
Senate Passes Bill Requiring 5G Security Review
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Online Scammers Exploit Coronavirus Fears
7,500 Fraud Cases Totaling $28 Million
Online scams for face masks are on the rise
as Covid-19 fears grip China
Social
media platforms like WeChat, Weibo and even LinkedIn are being used for scammers
to target people desperate for masks that remain in short supply.
Chen Xiaobai, a graphic designer from Changsha city in southern China’s Hunan
province, has been running a WeChat group since the beginning of February called
The Victims of Online Masks Fraud.
The group has attracted about 170 members, all of whom had been cheated of
money while trying to purchase face masks online to protect themselves or
other people from the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Online fraud has a long history, but fears about the coronavirus outbreak and a
shortage of masks has brought swindlers a fresh pool of potential victims among
China’s 800 million internet users.
As of February 24, more than 7,500 coronavirus-related fraud cases involving
more than 192 million yuan (US$28 million) have been reported in mainland China,
according to a report co-published by China’s Ministry of Public Security and
internet giant Tencent Holdings, which operates ubiquitous super-app WeChat.
Among those cases, 96.9% were related to masks. There have been similar
schemes operating in Hong Kong, where hundreds of people potentially fell victim
to a scam orchestrated by an organised gang on Facebook.
abacusnews.com
Washington's new tech target: fake products
Holding Tech Companies More Responsible
The growing online trade in copycat goods is a new target in Washington's war on
Big Tech, as policymakers pressure companies like Amazon to take more
responsibility for what happens across their platforms.
The big picture: The spotlight on counterfeit goods is part of a
broader push by lawmakers to use policy levers to hold tech companies
accountable for real-world harms that result from users' online actions.
Driving the news: Lawmakers want to crack down on the sales of fake products
online, with two House committees raising the issue this week.
The leaders of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday introduced the "SHOP
SAFE" Act, which would hold online marketplaces responsible for
trademark infringement if they don't take steps to stop third parties from using
their platforms to sell counterfeit goods with a health or safety risk.
Separately, the House Energy & Commerce consumer protection subcommittee
on Wednesday will hear from Amazon, eBay, Apple and others in a hearing
focused on fake and unsafe products sold online.
Context: The Trump administration in a January report said it would
step up enforcement against counterfeit goods and urged the private
sector to follow "best practices," including enhanced vetting of sellers.
The bottom line: Policymakers are already
talking about updating federal law to hold tech companies more responsible
for what happens on their platforms. The focus on counterfeits marks another
front in that push.
axios.com
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Tampa, FL: Stealing credit cards and stealing gas account for millions in yearly
fraud
Bay
Area law enforcement agencies are trying to put the brakes on a
multi-million-dollar scam targeting credit card holders and gas stations. Crooks
steal credit card information while you're at the pump then use it to buy
hundreds of gallons of diesel to sell on the black market. The skimmers are
small and hard to spot, many times hidden inside the gas pump. Thieves use them
to steal your payment card data, then fraudulently spend your money. It's a
serious issue across the state. "We're finding more every year, our inspectors
are finding more,” said Florida Department of Agriculture Deputy Commissioner of
Consumer Affairs Mary Barzee Flores. "Every single skimmer can be responsible
for up to $1-million of fraud." In 2019, the Department of Agriculture reports
1,555 skimmers were discovered statewide.
fox13news.com
Update: Charleston, SC: Police arrest man suspected of stealing more than
$20,000 worth of merchandise from Apple store
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man accused of stealing more than $20,000
worth of merchandise from the Apple store in downtown Charleston. Investigators
arrested 22-year-old Earnest Lee Oneal on Wednesday and charged him with grand
larceny and burglary second-degree. His arrest stems from an incident in
January of 2017 when thieves stole several iPads, iPods , iPhones and Apple
Watches from the store location on King Street. Officers responded to the
store for a glass break business alarm, and when they arrived they found the
front door shattered and the alarm going off.
live5news.com
Traverse City, MI: Hundreds of Stolen Items recovered in Northern Michigan
Michael
Magee and Karen Varney were arraigned Thursday on a number of charges. Magee,
35, faces charges of organized retail crime, possession of burglary tools,
receiving and concealing stolen property and possession of methamphetamine as a
second-time habitual offender, according to Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s
Department Capt. Randy Fewless. Varney, his 30-year-old girlfriend, has been
charged with organized retail crime, receiving and concealing stolen property
and possession of methamphetamine. Detectives identified the pair after a
shoplifting incident of several electronics at Walmart on Feb. 29, Fewless said.
From there, investigators brokered a fake deal with the couple to buy some of
the stolen items, he added.
The department’s Interdiction Team pulled over Magee and Varney, driving a
moving truck. Both were taken into custody, Fewless said, and investigators
found hundreds of stolen items in the back of the truck while executing a search
warrant. They ranged from home goods to tools and equipment, according to
investigators, with some stolen from stores and others lifted from homes and
storage facilities. So far, the items have been linked to thefts in Traverse
City, Grand Traverse County and Antrim County.
9and10news.com
Clarksburg, WV: Lowe’s employee accused of stealing $6,000+ worth of merchandise
from store, giving half away as Christmas gifts
On February 10, officers with the Clarksburg Police responded to Lowe’s for a
larceny complaint. Lowe’s Loss Prevention stated that he had camera footage of
an employee Brian Barnes, 39, stealing an item of Lowe’s merchandise. Loss
Prevention provided officers with a signed, written statement he had obtained
from Barnes, where Barnes wrote that over the course of the last six months, he
had stolen a total of $6,206 worth of Lowe’s merchandise, according to the
complaint. Officers said that when they asked Barnes about the $6,206 worth of
stolen merchandise, he had stated that he gave half of the merchandise away as
Christmas gifts, and the other half was still at his house. Police said Barnes
brought back the half of the stolen merchandise that he had at his house on the
following day, which consisted of 52 items and had a total value of $3,300.86.
wboy.com
Glen Burnie, MD: Sears shoplifters allegedly assaulted guard who tried stopping
them
Police are looking for two suspects accused of stealing over $1000 worth of
clothing from a Sears store and assaulting a security guard who tried stopping
them. It happened at Marley Station Mall on February 20, in the afternoon. The
female suspect allegedly assaulted a loss prevention officer after she and her
male accomplice had already left the store with stolen merchandise.
wmar2news.com
Katy, TX: Thieves Steal 15 Yeti Coolers from Academy Store
Surveillance video shows two suspects stealing 15 Yeti brand soft coolers. The
merchandise has a total estimated value of $3,500. Detectives believe the
suspects are attempting to sell the stolen merchandise on internet-based apps
such as Offer Up or Let Go.
coveringkaty.com
Williamsburg, KY: Police arrest Illinois woman for $2,600 cellphone theft from
Walmart
Sahuarita, AZ: The Sahuarita Police Department is looking for two suspects
involved in a strong-arm robbery at Walmart
Haverford Township, PA: Attempted Theft at Lowe's, suspect attempted to return
$500 worth of merchandise that he collected while in the store
Grove City, PA: Three women facing charges of $500 theft from 3 Outlet stores
Wichita Fall, TX - Woman uses "a stack of" magnets to attempt theft at Walmart |
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Shootings & Deaths
Sioux Falls, SD: Man charged in homicide of Domino’s delivery driver tied to
group set on 'robbing people'
The man charged with killing a Domino's delivery driver last week was tied to a
group of people in Sioux Falls set out to make money by robbing people,
according to an arrest affidavit. Statements from a "source of information,"
along with witness statements, surveillance video from various sources and
Crimestoppers tips after the murder helped capture him, the affidavit states.
Authorities with the Sioux Falls Police Department said the February 26 shooting
of Casey Bonhorst, who was delivering a pizza when he was shot and killed, was
“a crime of opportunity.” Jahennessy Deunique LaPaul Bryant, 21, was arrested
for two counts of 1st Degree murder, one count of 2nd Degree murder and one
count of 1st Degree manslaughter in connection with the deadly shooting. Bryant
was arrested without incident at an apartment complex on Tuesday.
Lt. Terrance Matia said while there has been an arrest, the investigation is far
from over until a successful prosecution of Bryant. Matia said investigators
couldn’t share many details because of the on-going investigation and for
protection of informants. Matia said there was no information relating the
incident to gang activity. Investigators believe there was an attempted robbery
that led to the shooting. Court documents say Bryant tried to rob Bonhorst on
February 26th and he later told his friends he though he shot him twice.
keloland.com
UPDATE: Douglas, GA: Gunfire inside metro Atlanta Best Buy was “distraction” for
robbery
Police now say that a shooting at a busy Best Buy was a distraction so two men
could steal nearly $5,000 worth of merchandise. The incident happened Monday
afternoon in Douglasville when someone fired a gun at the store's ceiling. After
shots rang out and customers fled the store, police said two men stole drones
and a laptop before running out with everyone else. Police arrested Arnaldo
Rodriguez, 39, Tuesday night. Police are still searching for his accomplice, who
they say is a man with an AK-47 or AR-15-style rifle tattooed on his neck.
wsbtv.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
FaceFirst facial recognition technology leads to serial thief arrest at
Albuquerque Albertsons store
A recent arrest at a northeast Albuquerque Albertsons grocery store shows facial
recognition technology from FaceFirst is being used to help identify certain
individuals.
23-year old Anthony Sena was arrested at the Albertsons near San Mateo after the
store’s surveillance camera autonomously identified Sena’s face, then alerted
loss prevention officers as Sena walked in the store.
As a police officer initially tried to speak to Sena about criminally
trespassing him from the store, the complaint states Sena ran off, but was
eventually caught nearby. Along with being charged with “resisting, evading or
obstructing and officer,” Sena also had two misdemeanor warrants tied to
other criminal cases.
Court records show over the last seven years, Sena has been accused of
trespassing and stealing at several retailers across the metro, including
multiple Target locations, Sportsman’s Warehouse and a Walmart.
According to an “overview” page on the FaceFirst company’s website, the company
says it is “creating a safer and more personalized planet with facial
recognition technology.” The company also states it “empowers
organizations to detect and deter real-time threats, transform team performance
and strengthen customer relationships.”
krqe.com
Man takes Walgreens workers hostage during Armed Robbery
A
man is in custody after police say he took employees hostage during an armed
robbery in Boardman Thursday morning. Boardman police said officers were called
to Walgreens in the 7200 block of Market Street around 3:29 a.m. for a robbery
in progress. When police arrived, an officer said the suspect was leading two
employees to the stock room at gunpoint. The report said after officers ordered
the suspect to drop the gun, he ran into the stock room and out the back door of
the pharmacy. At that time, the employees ran to the front of the store. Other
officers patrolling outside the building chased the suspect, who dropped the gun
in the parking lot and eventually stopped running, according to the report.
Police said the suspect, identified as 35-year-old Kelim Rushton, of Youngstown,
was handcuffed and taken into custody.
wkbn.com
3 Employees of Jewelry & Pawn Shop Charged with Federal Firearm Charges
Pawn Shop Sold Over 170 Firearms Used in Violent Crimes in St. Louis
St. Louis – Carlos Jones, 31, of St. Louis; Robert Thornton, 36, of
Florissant; and Steven Johnson, 44, of Belleville, IL; were charged by federal
complaint for unlawful transfer of firearm to a convicted felon and making false
statements on the records required to be kept by a licensed firearms dealer.
ATF agents were able to determine that a large number of the firearms that have
been used in violent crimes in the St. Louis area from January 1, 2019, to
August 14, 2019, were sold by Piazza Jewelry and Pawn (“Piazza”) #452 in St.
Louis. ATF was able to determine that, from January 1, 2019, to August 14, 2019,
more than 170 firearms seized or otherwise recovered by law enforcement
officers were purchased by people from Piazza. Several of the recovered firearms
were linked to violent crimes, including assaults, shootings, robberies and
homicides, in the City of St. Louis.
Piazza employees THORNTON, JONES and JOHNSON willfully allowed numerous straw
purchases to take place in Piazza, each time regularly permitting a straw
purchaser to complete legally required ATF forms.
The investigation further revealed that “word on the street” was that
Piazza was the place to go to acquire firearms through a straw purchaser.
On December 19, 2019, ATF Agents and other law enforcement officers executed the
search warrant at Piazza. Officers seized approximately 905 firearms
pursuant to the search warrant.
justice.com
South Bend, IN: Burglar bouncing off Security Glass attempting to break into Gun
Store
Here's
something you don't see every day -- a surveillance video showing a would-be
burglar trying to break through a window with his body. It didn't work, and
tonight, he's in jail. The man in the video tried breaking in another way first.
He threw a rock or a brick at the window, trying to break through. When that
didn't work, he threw his body at the glass.
mycbs4.com
Portland, OR: Clark County man sentence for involvement in Identity theft
scheme; 1100 Counterfeit Cards
On Monday, March 2, Gary Peck was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison and
three years’ supervised release for his role in a credit card fraud ring that
operated in the greater Portland metropolitan area. Peck is the 10th and
final defendant sentenced for crimes associated with the scheme, which took
place from February 2017 to February 2018. Jonathan Dominic Coons, 41, who was
the scheme’s leader and organizer, was sentenced last year on Jan. 25 to 75
months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. Coons, Peck and
their co-conspirators manufactured more than 1,100 counterfeit credit and debit
cards and used them throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The group created
the counterfeit cards by embossing stolen credit card and other identifying
information on gift cards purchased or stolen from stores. Individuals
residing in Canada and Australia were identified as the majority of people who
had their stolen information used by the group. theworldlink.com
Meet the Man Who Tracks Down Stolen Watches
Art Recovery Group's CEO is Christopher A.
Marinello, one of the world's leading practitioners in the restitution and
recovery of stolen and claimed works of art. He has been involved in the
recovery of over $500 million worth of art and some of the most high-profile
stolen art cases around the world.
gq.com
San Diego, CA: Former longtime San Diego Zoo employee admits to stealing $236K;
bogus vendor invoice scam
Elizabethtown, KY: 2 RVs stolen from dealership part of larger theft ring;
recent incidents in TN, WV and KY
Fort Dodge, IA: C-Store employee charged with $1,400 theft of lottery tickets
Etna Green, IN: Gas Station employee arrested for theft
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Best Buy – Santa
Clarita, CA - Burglary
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C-Store – Spearfish,
SD – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Stillwater,
OK – Robbery (employee arrested)
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C-Store – Apple
Valley, CA – Armed Robbery
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CVS – Berkeley, CA -
Robbery
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Check Cashing –
Pompano Beach, Fl – Robbery
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Dollar General –
Marlboro County, SC - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar – San
Antonio, TX – Robbery/ Assault on employee
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Guns – South Bend, IN
– Burglary
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Jewelry - Alabaster, AL – Robbery
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Jewelry – Miami, FL – Robbery
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Jewelry - Rancho Cucamonga, CA – Robbery
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Liquor – Largo, FL –
Robbery
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Modell’s – New York,
NY – Armed Robbery
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Pawn - Kennewick, WA –
Burglary
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Pharmacy – Lubbock, TX
– Robbery
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Pharmacy – West Point,
MS – Burglary
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Restaurant –
Kalamazoo, MI – Robbery
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Restaurant –
Charlotte, NC – Armed Robbery / employee wounded
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Restaurant – Akron, OH
– Armed Robbery (Burger King)
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Restaurant – Wichita,
KS – Armed Robbery (Burger King)
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Sears – Glen Burnie,
MD – Robbery/ Assault on LP
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Vape – Churchville, MD
– Burglary
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Walgreens - Boardman,
OH – Armed Robbery
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Walmart – Sahuarita,
AZ – Robbery
Daily Totals:
• 20 robberies
• 5 burglaries
• 1 shooting
• 0 killed |
Weekly Totals:
• 81 robberies
• 25 burglaries
• 5 shootings
• 3 killed |
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