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Jason Jones named Director of Asset Protection for the Intermountain Division for Albertsons Companies  Jason
has spent over 23 years in various roles in Loss Prevention, Risk Management,
and Security leadership roles at a variety of retail stores and distribution
centers. Before Albertsons, he held LP roles with various retailers, including
JCPenney, Dicks Sporting Goods, Vans, Hot Topic, and Kmart. Congratulations,
Jason!
Claude Poucher, Michael Lowe, and Greg Bleakley promoted to Regional Asset Protection Director at PCHI Asset Protection and Safety
Since implementing an internal PCHI Asset Protection and Safety team and program 5 years ago, Claude, Michael and Greg have played an integral role in our Asset Protection and Safety journey and transformation. They have been instrumental in developing partnerships with key business leaders to implement shrink and safety standards, incident response protocols, with a laser focus on leadership training and awareness across our retail business. This has resulted in reduced loss and a significant improvement to our shrink awareness and overall safety record. |
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When violent customers threaten retailers at homeHow a retailer’s face matching led to CEO stalker ID, advance warningAngry, violent customers abuse, curse, and threaten retail employees every day. Sometimes they follow through on those threats: Criminals killed 582 retail customers, employees, and security personnel last year, according to industry publication D&D Daily. Retail executives face different kinds of threats from angry, violent customers. Sometimes, trouble even follows the CEO all the way home. In response to threats both in-store and out, retailers are quickly adopting technologies, including face matching, that offer advance warning when seconds count. Not all violence is preventable, but retailers can increase their chances of stopping attacks before they start. Here’s how one retailer’s fast, proactive reaction to a real-life threat led to vital evidence and enhanced situational awareness at work and at home. Here’s how it started: An angry man called the retailer’s customer service hotline. The caller gave the rep his name and phone number, and he complained of in-store ADA violations. Just before ending the call, the man told the rep: “I am sitting in front of [CEO’s] home, and I will take care of this myself.” The caller had the CEO’s correct home address.
When police responded to the CEO’s home, they found no one outside, but they and the retailer asset protection team treated the threat as credible. They worked together to learn more. The client AP team provided the name given by the hotline caller. The police ran the name and found an old arrest photo. They confirmed the man pictured had a long history of violence and threats, plus open arrest warrants. Next, the retailer’s AP team put the arrest photo into their custom FaceFirst system, then ran a search. Although the arrest photo had been taken 15 years before, the system instantly matched the image with a man who had been in the retailer’s stores within the prior 30 days. That search yielded a better, current photo of the man presumed to be the caller. Investigators developed more evidence that led to the retailer securing an order of protection for the man. So far, the man has not returned to the retailer’s stores. If he does return, the retailer’s FaceFirst system is set to provide real-time notification and enable a fast response by the retailer and local law enforcement. Calculate the risks of being caught unaware when a known offender enters your store. Or the risks of not having the tools to investigate and validate direct threats against you. If you knew there was a proven solution to keep your valued customers, associates, and your executive team safer from violent offenders, would you implement it? The real risk is answering no. FaceFirst’s solution is fast, accurate, and scalable—take action today at facefirst.com.
CNBC Does in Depth ORC Segment - MUST WATCH (18:03)CNBC: Why retailers like Home Depot, CVS and Walgreens are spending billions on anti-theft technology
Shoplifting Climbs as In-Store Shopping ReturnsRetailers lock up goods, use facial recognition software to track repeat offendersRetailers say theft is rising as more people shop in stores, cutting into profits that were already under pressure. “We definitely had an uptick since last year,” Macy’s Chief Executive Jeff Gennette told analysts earlier this month. “It’s an industrywide trend.” Target said in November that it expected the problem, known in the industry as shrink, to reduce gross margins for the recently completed fiscal year by more than $600 million. TJX Co.’s and Macy’s Inc. also called out higher shrink rates in recent calls with analysts. “Theft is growing at a faster rate than sales,” said Dean Rosenblum, a senior U.S. retail analyst at Bernstein Research. Mr. Rosenblum said theft is becoming a big enough problem that it’s starting to affect margins, which is why retailers are talking about it more frequently. He added that a jump in organized retail crime in certain areas of the country is also a factor. “These are crime levels we haven’t seen before,” Mr. Gennette said “Seven years ago, internal theft was the largest category of loss by retailers,” said David Johnston, the NRF’s vice president of asset protection and retail operations, referring to theft by employees. “Now, it’s external theft.” Retailers are combating the problem by adding security guards and cameras to stores, locking up goods and making use of facial recognition software to help identify repeat offenders. wsj.com
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Rolls Out ORC Info & Data CenterRetail Crime Data CenterHighlighting the Serious Impact of Criminal Organizations on American Business and Society Across the country, communities and businesses, both large and small, are facing a surge in theft and violent crime. This surge is due not to one-time shoplifters but to the rise in highly organized criminal groups—organized retail crime rings. The U.S. Chamber is committed working with federal, state, and local policymakers to address this serious issue. At the federal level, the U.S. Chamber worked as part of a broad coalition to pass the INFORM Act, which takes the critical step of removing criminals’ access to online marketplaces by requiring that high-volume third-party sellers disclose and verify their identity. Encourage states to pass laws defining organized retail theft as a separate offense and pushing local prosecutors to prosecute offenders to the fullest extent of the law. Encourage coordination among federal, state, and local law enforcement entities to bring these groups to justice. Read more: Organized Retail Crime 101 How does ORC Impact your State and What is Being Done? uschamber.com
New Mexico Speeds ORC Bill Through to Gov for Signature With 1 Day Left in SessionBill targeting ORC in New Mexico sent to governorSANTA FE — Lawmakers granted final approval Thursday to a proposal intended to combat organized retail crime in New Mexico. The Senate voted 38-0 in favor of an amended version of the proposal Thursday, and the House quickly agreed to the changes. The legislation, House Bill 234, goes next to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. It creates the crimes of aggravated shoplifting and organized retail crime. NM House approves ORC retail crime bill that could lead to stiffer sentences on 62-3 vote SANTA FE — The House voted 62-3 to approve the bill late Wednesday. In its current version, the legislation would create a new organized retail crime offense that could be charged in cases involving the theft of at least $2,500 in merchandise from one or more retailers over the course of a year. It could also be applied to individuals who receive or possess such stolen merchandise, or to those involved in organizing retail theft rings. If convicted of organized retail crime, offenders could face up to nine years in prison. In addition to the new crime, the bill would also allow prosecutors to combine multiple robberies committed within a 90-day period to be combined under a single criminal shoplifting charge, and would also clarify that robbery can involve making threats of violence while fleeing from the scene of a theft.
What’s next for Charlotte's Northlake Mall after Apple store’s hasty exit and trio of shootingsNorthlake Mall took another hit recently with Apple store’s abrupt closing that was preceded by a trio of shootings at the financially troubled complex. On March 1, the Apple store closed in the middle of the day after 12 years at Northlake, the day after the latest of three shootings in three months on the property. And some of the north Charlotte mall’s other
retailers are ready to follow Apple out the door.
NY Bail ‘reform’ increased crime — and misleading studies don’t prove otherwiseA new report from John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Data Collaborative for Justice screams the headline that recidivism rates have dropped thanks to New York’s 2020 bail-reform laws. Claiming to compare apples to apples, DCJ measured people arrested pre-reform in New York City who had bail set (“2019 group”) to people arrested for the same types of crimes post-reform for whom bail could no longer be set (“2020 group”). Among the successes? “Only” 43.8% of the people released under the new bail laws got re-arrested within two years of their initial arrest, compared with 50% of people who had bail set under the old law. But this triumph is entirely undercut by larger realities. First reality: The drastic drop in total
arrests in 2020 and 2021. Second reality: As DCJ acknowledges in its report, the data available to them only included prosecuted re-arrests in their recidivism rates. But because prosecutors declined to prosecute a far higher percentage of arrests in 2020 and 2021 than in 2019, the tallied re-arrests for the “2020 group” will be artificially lower. Further, in 2019 most misdemeanor and nonviolent-felony defendants were brought directly to court to be arraigned and thus would be considered prosecuted for statistical purposes. The final reality: Clearance rates (how often the NYPD resolves crimes) are substantially down from 2019. The lower re-arrest rates post-reform reflect changes in policing and prosecution, and COVID, not some miraculous drop in actual crime due to bail reform. nypost.com
San Francisco Struggling Over PD Budget & Taming the TenderloinPushback over S.F. Mayor Breed’s police spending heats up as supervisor lobbies for $10M for alternatives in Tenderloin
Supervisor Dean Preston has unveiled a proposal to pump $10M into non-police interventions for drug dealing and public safety in the
Tenderloin, a pushback against Mayor London Breed’s
campaign for police overtime spending. Preston instead is introducing a $10M emergency budget supplemental for more community ambassadors, small business grants for security, and a street level intervention team to deter and offer alternatives to drug dealing in the Tenderloin. Breed’s last month said that the police supplemental is needed to keep the same officer staffing levels on the street through the end of the fiscal year. The department projects it will overspend its overtime budget this year by three times — up to $81 million out of a $714 million total budget — to maintain staffing as the department fails to fill vacant officer positions and run special initiatives including deterring retail theft in Union Square over the holidays and drug dealing in the Tenderloin currently. Breed and her allies say that alternatives such as ambassadors can only do so much to address violence and drug dealing, and that more police are needed. sfchronicle.com
&uuid=(email)) NRF's David Johnston on Needing a Shift in Mindset on ReturnsAre Retailers Getting Returns Under Control?A study finds 69% of retailers treat returns as a cost of doing business, with only 19% having a strategic returns program in place. The study from Incisiv found most retailers lack clearly defined metrics to measure their returns performance. Retailers are also failing to leverage tech solutions that could reduce returns, such as providing feedback on attributes like size and fit or improving customer satisfaction with the returns process, by enabling shoppers to schedule return pickup or track return/refund status. On a more positive read, Insider Intelligence sees growth in returns moderating on the heels of spikes in 2020 and 2021 that resulted from pandemic-fueled online shopping and liberal return policies. Online return rates are seen sliding to 19.3% of sales last year from 21.7% in 2021, then 18.2% this year and 14.7% by 2026. The National Retail Federation’s “2022 Consumer Returns in the Retail Industry” report found online return rates decreased over the last year and are now on par with in-store return rates. NRF’s study, however, still found overall return rates at retail remained sharply elevated in 2022 compared to 2020 due to quick rollouts of omnichannel practices such as BORIS and BOPIS, as well as return fraud. In a recent blog entry, David Johnston, NRF’s VP, asset protection and retail operations, suggested collecting data to understand why returns are happening, collaborating with vendors, studying how returns impact sustainability efforts and exploring stricter return policies. “Returns should not be viewed as a total loss,” wrote Mr. Johnston. “A shift in mindset can present opportunities to decrease return rates and loss by leveraging data, increasing communication with manufacturers and thinking about sustainability.” retailwire.com
NLRB To Pursue
Vigorous Investigation & Prosecution Of Unfair Labor Practices
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Wawa to pay up to $28.5M in POS data breach settlement
In March 2019, hackers breached Wawa’s point-of-sale (POS) systems and installed malware on its payment terminals and fuel dispensers, allowing them to steal credit and debit card numbers, card expiration dates and cardholder names from nearly all of Wawa’s locations for the next nine months. The breach hit at least 30 million credit cards issued by about 5,000 financial institutions. cybersecuritydive.com
TransUnion Report Finds Digital Fraud Attempts Spike 80% Globally From Pre-Pandemic LevelsStudy: U.S. data breaches rise 83% from 2020-2022According to the “2023 State of the Omnichannel Fraud Report” from consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion, 4.6% of all customers’ digital transactions globally were suspected to be fraudulent Globally, TransUnion data indicates digital fraud attempts have increased by 80% from 2019 to 2022, while rising 122% for digital transactions originating in the U.S. during that time The gaming and retail industries saw the highest rate of suspected digital fraud at 7.5% and 7.2%, respectively. The number of overall data breaches in the U.S. increased by 83% from 2020 to 2022. In addition to the overall increase in volume, the severity of data breaches also rose, reflected in an increase of 6% in Sontiq’s Breach Risk Score over that time period. transunion.com chainstoreage.com
Ransomware Payouts Decrease 40%, BEC Doubles, Digital Fraud Attempts Up 80%Digital fraud is boomingWith a recent
report showing that ransomware revenue went down in 2022 as more victims
refused to pay (from $766M to $457M), it seems that ransomware attacks are
slowly becoming the harder option for attackers. Business email compromise (BEC) scams
likeways continue unabated, accounting for $2.7 billion in
losses in 2022, which is nearly double than the year prior.
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AT&T Employee Transferred Customers SIM Card Credentials To Co-Conspirator's Fraudulent SIM CardsSIM Card Swapping Fraudsters Sentenced in San AntonioSAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man and woman were sentenced Wednesday in a federal court in San Antonio for their roles in a SIM card swapping fraud scheme. Zena Elisa Dounson, 24, and Andrew Percy Trujillo, 22, conspired to access and transfer assets from victims’ cryptocurrency accounts via SIM swapping. In November 2021, Dounson, an employee at the AT&T store at Ingram Park Mall, assisted Trujillo in adding himself as an authorized user to the accounts of multiple victims. Using his access as an apparent authorized user, Trujillo would add multiple devices to the accounts. Dounson would then transfer the victims’ SIM card credentials to the fraudulent SIM cards in Trujillo’s phones. When the victims’ original devices were locked due to suspected fraud, Trujillo accessed and transferred at least $250,000 worth of cryptocurrency from the victims’ investment accounts to his own account. Both defendants pleaded guilty in August 2022 to one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and wire fraud. At the hearing, Trujillo was sentenced to 33 months in prison plus three years of supervised release. Additionally, he was ordered to pay approximately $282,000 in restitution. Dounson received a split sentence of two months in prison and five years of probation. She was also ordered to pay $282,000 in restitution. “SIM Swapping is a rapidly growing type of fraud scheme that everyone should be aware of," said U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza of the Western District of Texas. justice.gov
UK: Prolific shoplifter made over $600,000 by tricking stores across Britain into refunding her for stolen items during 'full-time fraud career'.A prolific shoplifter who made more than half a million pounds after tricking stores into handing over refunds for items she never bought has been convicted. Narinder Kaur, also known as Nina Tiara, 'shoplifted on an industrial scale' across the country. The 53-year-old from Wiltshire 'made it her full-time career' to pinch items from high street shops before fraudulently claiming refunds she was not entitled to. She defrauded a string of shops more than 1,000 times during her four-year plot, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Kaur was seen on CCTV entering stores, removing items from shelves and taking them to the till and pretending she had bought them previously. Examination of her accounts proved she was doing this hundreds of times, the CPS added. On Tuesday, she was found guilty of 14 offences of fraud, two of money laundering, four of possessing the proceeds of crime, one of conspiracy to defraud and four of perverting the course of justice, after a four-month trial. Kaur, previously known as Nina Tiara, scammed shops across the West Midlands including in Dudley, Smethwick, Telford and Shrewsbury. (dailymail.co.uk) Los Angeles County, CA: Four suspects allegedly stole over $1 million in goods from Microsoft facilities in CaliforniaFour suspects were charged for allegedly stealing over $1 million worth of items from Microsoft facilities throughout Southern and Central California. The alleged thefts included tons of Xbox and Acer products that were stolen off cargo trucks departing from Microsft shipping facilities, according to the California Attorney General’s Office. The suspects were identified as Jorge Alberto Soto, Norlan Jose Cruz Montenegro, Jose Daniel Mayen Ortiz and Byron Noe Tercero Cruz, on court documents. Their ages were not released. From February through June 2022, the suspects targeted trucks in multiple counties including Los Angeles, Kern, Tulare and Tehama, officials said. Two suspects were arrested in Northridge on Feb. 2, while two other suspects remain at large, authorities said. Officials say the thieves’ mobile devices confirmed they were present during the various cargo thefts. (ktla.com) Tulsa, OK: Man accused of stealing $20,000 of phones from Amazon distribution center.Tulsa Police say they arrested a man accused of stealing around $15,000 to $20,000 worth of phones from his employer — Amazon. Police said they were called to the Amazon Distribution Center near 46th St. N. and 169 on Monday. According to police, management had evidence of a man working there stealing phones. “They have pictures, videos of him, I guess he’s stealing phones...different types of phones from that center I guess for a long time,” said Officer Danny Bean with the Tulsa Police Department. Officers arrested Ryan Riehl and said he admitted to taking the phones and selling them to local shops. According to police, Riehl stole between $15,000 to $20,000 worth of phones. Riehl was arrested for embezzlement after a former conviction of a felony. (krmg.com) Los Angeles County, CA: Suspects wanted for series of alleged retail thefts in Los Angeles County.Authorities with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects involved in a series of organized retail thefts.They are believed to be responsible for thefts that occurred at Rite Aid stores in Calabasas, Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks on March 13 between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. “The picture suspects selected multiple skin care items, concealed them in their tote bags and exited each store without paying for the merchandise,” an LASD news bulletin said. Surveillance footage also captured the suspects entering a BMW sedan that had been waiting for them at Agoura Hills Rite Aid. (ktla.com) Utah Organized Retail Crime Association Conference & Awards.On Tuesday, March 14th, the Utah Organized Retail Crime Association (UTORCA) annual conference, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes congratulated members of his law enforcement team for the Partners of the Year leadership awards they received in their anti-theft efforts. The AG’s office is the first in the nation to actively fight against Organized Retail Crime (ORC) in Utah. ORC is a multibillion problem for retailers, who are constantly experience losses to groups and individuals who blatantly steal loads of merchandise from stores. Utah is the first in the nation to create its Crimes Against Statewide Economy (CASE) task force, which focuses on crimes like this. The AG’s office has developed cooperative relationships with retailers like Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Walgreens, Burlington, Costco, Wal Mart to ultimately catch and punish those who harm the economy with this theft. “As leaders in combatting ORC, (Utah has) a responsibility to continue to lead other states and educate them about these crimes,” Attorney General Reyes said. “While ORC is climbing in most states, Utah has plateaued, and we’ve started to make a dent. I’ve had the privilege of working to reduce the ways these crimes have an effect on consumers and on the community at large.” Dan Burton, the General Counsel for the AG’s Office, was recognized with an award at the UTORCA event for providing valuable leadership, working with the Legislature to secure on-going funding for Utah’s CASE unit, under Reyes’ direction. “We wouldn’t have a CASE unit in Utah if it weren’t for General Reyes,” Brian Marvin or Home Depot said. “We now have similar united in 14 other states, who are only starting to deal with ORC. So Utah is the only state benefitting from their work in investigating these costly crimes.” (einnews.com) Wichita, KS: Police arrest two people on charges of Felony Theft from Ulta Beauty.New York, NY: Robbery duo steals $50,000 worth of gems from posh NYC shop |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced
in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit nine armed robberies of
local businesses in the summer of 2018, as well as an armed robbery in which a
convenience store employee was beaten and then fatally shot. Nichols admitted that he was part of a conspiracy to rob nine
businesses at gunpoint between June 1 and July 18, 2018. Nichols also admitted
that he was directly involved in the armed robbery of Boost Mobile, 5218 E.
Truman Road, on June 12, 2018; the armed robbery of Arrowhead Inn, 6006 E. 31st
Street, on July 2, 2018; and the armed robbery of Wood Springs Suites, 11301
Colorado Avenue, on July 14, 2018. The government presented evidence at Nichols’s sentencing
hearing that he was also involved in a tenth, uncharged, armed robbery of
Inner-City Oil convenience store, 5901 Swope Parkway, on July 16, 2018. The
court determined there was sufficient evidence of Nichols’s involvement to
consider the robbery as relevant conduct, which impacted the court’s sentencing
decision.
(justice.gov)
According to the 10-count indictment, from at least January 2021 to
January 2022, the defendants conspired to commit arsons at 7-Eleven
convenience stores so that they could obtain cash contained in ATMs
in the stores. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Kennedy
and Kelly traveled to 7-Eleven locations while they were open for
business and deployed explosive devices to set fire to the
buildings, and on at least one occasion, demanded the contents
of the cash register. The defendants allegedly burned the stores to
force their closure and shut off power to the security cameras,
which would enable them to return to the unguarded locations to
burglarize the ATMs unhindered. The indictment alleges that this
resulted in losses to the ATM company of at least $249,000. To
conceal the evidence of their crimes, Kennedy and Kelly allegedly
burned vehicles used in the arson attacks and/or burglaries and/or
made false police reports regarding stolen license plates.
justice.gov On Monday, the Logan County Sheriff’s Office released deputy body cam video of the chase that followed a deadly shooting in Oklahoma City. On March 1, 32-year-old Domonique Thompson was accused of shooting and killing his manager, 69-year-old Douglas Smith, at the Hobby Lobby Distribution Center located near S.W. 44th and Council Rd. in OKC. The new video shows law enforcement in an armored vehicle trying to see if Thompson is alive after he crashed out near the Kingfisher County-Logan County line. Logan County Undersheriff Troy Dykes said his deputies jumped into action to help Oklahoma City Police Department officers catch the alleged killer. OKCPD told KFOR said Thompson was arguing with Smith at the distribution center when he took out a weapon and fatally shot him, before fleeing the scene in a red Dodge Charger. A long high-speed pursuit ensued from OKC to surrounding counties but it was in Guthrie in Logan County where Dykes’ deputy spotted the suspect. “He lost control, fishtailed, hit a tree, went airborne, rolled, rolled, rolled,” he said. Near the end of the video you can see an armored vehicle used to get close to Thompson’s wrecked Charger. Officers soon confirmed that he was dead inside the vehicle. (kfor.com) A man suspected in an armed robbery at a marijuana dispensary was shot and killed in a confrontation with an officer at a nearby restaurant, Tucson police said. The incident started about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when police answered a call about an armed robbery at a dispensary in the 2700 block of East Grant Road, near North Tucson Boulevard. Officers immediately started searching the area and a man suspected in the robbery was found inside a nearby restaurant, police said. The man ignored repeated commands from the officer who eventually fired a round from his department-issued rifle then sought cover, police said. Other people inside the restaurant were able to escape the building. Police eventually went inside the restaurant and found the man’s body. (tucson.com) A 20-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a person Tuesday night at a Surf Style store in Clearwater was arrested Wednesday evening, police say. Johnathan Stanley is accused of shooting 22-year-old Rodney Sweeney. Stanley and will be charged with second-degree murder, according to a Wednesday update from police. He was detained by detectives at the Clearwater Mall nearly an hour after an arrest warrant was issued for him, authorities say. "Many of our detectives and officers are working non-stop to find the killer and hold him accountable," Clearwater Police Chief Daniel Slaughter said in an earlier statement. "Detectives have interviewed dozens of witnesses and leveraged the technology investments made to ensure people who commit senseless violence are captured and prosecuted." Based on the investigation, police say they believe the shooting stemmed from an argument between Stanley and Sweeney inside the store. (wtsp.com) One person is dead after a car crashed into the front entrance of a Walmart store Wednesday in Georgia, state police said. According to Georgia State Patrol, the driver of the vehicle was arrested. A passenger in the vehicle was also arrested. The identity of the victim has not yet been released A Thomasville Police Department spokesman said several others were injured. (ksnblocal4.com) Columbus police are looking for a suspect in a fatal shooting earlier this month at a Southeast Side convenience store. An arrest warrant has been issued for Malike Miller, 22, on a murder charge in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old Jared Porter inside a Sheetz store in the 3000 Block of S. Hamilton Road early in the morning of March 3, Sgt. David Shimberg of the Homicide Unit said. Porter died at a hospital after officers responding to a reported shooting found him inside the store just before 4:30 a.m. (sunny95.com) A convicted felon was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder for gunning down a Riverside convenience store clerk during an all-night robbery spree. After deliberating two days, a Murrieta jury convicted 33-year-old John Lamont Bush of Los Angeles of the murder count, along with three counts each of armed robbery and firearm assault and one count of being a felon in possession of a gun. The panel also found true a special circumstance allegation of killing in the course of a robbery. Bush fatally shot 28-year-old Waqar Tanveer of Fontana in 2020. On Tuesday, a separate jury convicted Bush’s cohort, Roderick Lamar Grandison, 50, of Compton, of first-degree murder and two counts each of armed robbery and firearm assault. Grandison’s jury deliberated only one day before reaching its verdict. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Stephen Gallon scheduled a sentencing hearing for Bush on April 26, and a separate one for Grandison on May 26, both at the Southwest Justice Center. A third co-defendant, 36-year-old Marleiya Onshel Barnes of Moreno Valley, pleaded guilty in 2021 to three counts of armed robbery and was sentenced to 15 years in state prison. (sbsun.com)
Paterson, NJ: Armed robbery at Paterson pharmacy caught on video; 3rd drugstore targeted since December.Imagine needing to be buzzed into your local pharmacy to pick up your prescription. That's the reality for costumers at Mort Jacobs Pharmacy in Paterson, after the store had five dangerous incidents over the course of a year. At 4 a.m. on Wednesday, thieves smashed through the front glass door of the pharmacy. Last year, there were two other break-ins and two armed robberies. Mort Jacobs Pharmacy is not alone in these attacks. Other Paterson pharmacies have been targeted. Antonio Rodriguez, the owner of Tony's Pharmacy, says they have had three armed robberies in the past year. (abc7ny.com) Hackensack, NJ: Five Workers Suffer Fentanyl Overdoses at Shops at Riverside.Five employees at a New Jersey mall suffered overdoses after ingesting fentanyl, according to city officials. While the investigation is still in its preliminary stages, city officials said that five women who work at the Shops at Riverside in Hackensack had somehow ingested the deadly drug and became unresponsive. The scary situation unfolded in the lower deck of the parking garage Wednesday afternoon. A good Samaritan, another employee at the upscale shopping center, said he saw one of the women laying on the ground near her car while two others were laying down as well. Immediately he jumped into action, grabbing life-saving equipment and racing over to help. He performed CPR on the women, all of whom were adults between the ages of 29 and 41 and showing overdose symptoms. Investigators said Narcan was administered to all five, and each one was revived. (nbcnewyork.com) Atlanta, GA: Fire intentionally set at 2nd Target store in Buckhead this year.Authorities are investigating a fire that started at a Target store on Peachtree Road. This is the second metro Atlanta Target that has experienced a fire over the last several months. On Jan. 23, the Target on Piedmont Road near Sidney Marcus Blvd. had to be evacuated because someone intentionally set the store on fire. The Target on Piedmont just reopened on Monday. There were also two Walmart stores that were intentionally set on fire. Investigators announced that they believe fires at the Target on Piedmont Road and Walmart stores on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Howell Mill Road were set as distractions for shoplifters. Channel 2 Action News reached out to Atlanta Fire and Rescue, as well as Atlanta police, on Tuesday’s Target fire, but has not received a response. (wsbtv.com) Texas City, TX: Firefighters working to put out hot spots at O’Reilly’s Auto Part fire.Texas City Firefighters spent hours Thursday battling a fire at an auto parts store. The fire department was called about 9:20 a.m.to a fire at O’Reilly Auto Parts in the 3200 block of Palmer Highway. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze just before 2 p.m., but were still on scene dousing hot sports, Fire Chief David Zacherl said. No cause for the start of the fire has been determined at this time, but accelerants likely contributed to the intensity of the fire, Zacherl said. No injuries were attributed to the fire. (galvnews.com) Duluth, MN: Snow caves in roof of Miller Hill Mall; No injuries were reported.Cleveland, OH: Secret Service investigating 27 skimming cases at Macedonia ATMCincinnati, OH: Floor & Décor Employee accused of gifting customer nearly $10K in bogus return scamNewark, DE: Woman robbed store, threatened clerk with pepper spray at Nordstrom’s in Christiana Mall.Vancouver, Canada: Attempted robbery at East Vancouver cannabis store caught on cameraVancouver, Canada: Robbery at Vancouver Best Buy prompts heavily armed police response |
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