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Oscar M. named Director Asset Protection and Safety for Alo Yoga
Before joining Alo Yoga as Director Asset Protection and Safety, Oscar spend more than seven years as Senior Regional Loss Prevention Manager for Equinox. Prior to that, he served as Area Loss Prevention Manager for 24 Hour Fitness for nearly a year. Earlier in his career, he held LP roles with Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, and JCPenney. Congratulations, Oscar!


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As Other Retailers Flee Big Cities, Home Depot Remains
Home Depot is investing heavily in technology to prevent organized retail crime

Home Depot Says It’s Committing to Cities That Rivals Flee Over Crime Concerns
Home Depot Inc. has remained committed to major US cities including Oakland, California, Detroit and Philadelphia as rampant retail theft has driven rivals out, according to Chief Executive Officer Ted Decker.

The home-improvement retailer, which has been investing heavily in technology to prevent organized retail crime, saw a notable increase in theft beginning about five years ago, Decker said. In 2023, the company experienced more than 142,000 instances of shrink, which includes petty crimes, goods stolen or lost by employees, and organized retail crime.

In one case last year, a former pastor in Florida was accused of running an organized crime ring that stole at least $1.4 million in home-improvement merchandise from Home Depot.

“This is billions of dollars we’ve had to absorb into our cost structure,” Decker said in an interview in Las Vegas. “This is the result of very, very serious societal problems.”

Because of Home Depot’s level of profitability, it has opted to remain in cities where other major retailers have closed stores, Decker said. In Oakland, for example, restaurant chains including Yum! Brands Inc.’s Taco Bell and In-N-Out, as well as Target Corp., have shuttered locations in recent months as a result of rising crime.

But when Home Depot initiated a plan last year to open 80 new stores over five years, widespread theft led it to remove some cities that it had penciled in to get new locations. The decision was meant to prevent both potential losses and threats to employee safety, Decker said.

Efforts that have helped include shopping carts that lock when customers haven’t paid, license-plate-recognition cameras in parking lots and a theft-input portal where employees can report crimes. But “it’s just sort of capping the problem,” Decker said.

Merchandise losses, including from theft, are “significant enough to be one of my highest priorities from a financial perspective,” Chief Financial Officer Richard McPhail said in an interview. “The narrative is absolutely not overblown.”  bnnbloomberg.ca

   RELATED: Home Depot Remains Committed to High-Theft Locations


Retailers Ditch Self-Checkout Amid Theft Surge

Target Responds to Theft By Changing Self-Checkout Rules Nationwide
Target has placed a 10-item limit on customers using its self-checkouts

Thefts Cause Target To Change Self-Checkout Rules

Thanks to a multi-million-dollar theft problem, Minneapolis-based Target and competitor Walmart are both changing their self-checkout rules.

Minnesotans who shop and use self-checkout registers at Target and Walmart stores should be prepared for some changes as the retailers and others fight a multi-million-dollar theft problem

Minneapolis-based Target has placed a 10-item limit on the number of items customers can scan at its honor system self-checkout registers, effective Sunday at nearly all of its 2,000 stores.

Walmart also has implemented self-scan item limits at some of its more than 10,500 stores nationwide.

The changes come after Target closed nine stores across four states last year because of overwhelming theft and crime at those locations. The stores closed were located in New York City, Seattle, Portland, and the San Francisco area. All nine locations were shuttered on Oct. 21.

Target said its self-checkout lanes during the pandemic were popular with customers who wanted to socially distance, but surveys since have shown customers prefer a more traditional retail experience. Individual stores will have the flexibility to open staffed lanes or set self-checkout hours that fit their customers’ needs, the retailer said.

Dollar General has placed limits at thousands of its stores, including 300 with the highest shoplifting rates, where the option has been entirely eliminated. patch.com

   RELATED: Target Introduces New Express Self-Checkout Nationwide


Removing Self-Checkout from 300 Dollar General Stores to Fight Theft
Dollar General drops self-checkout at hundreds of stores to reduce theft

Dollar General reported that year-over-year shrink headwinds continued to build in 2023

Dollar General is pulling back on self-checkout as it tries to curtail retail theft across its stores.

The company will remove self-checkout registers from 300 stores that have the biggest issue with shrink – an industry term referring to lost or stolen merchandise – during the first half of the year, CEO Todd Vasos told analysts on a Thursday earnings call.

Currently, the company has self-checkout options available in more than 14,000 stores. However, it is deploying three initiatives to change its self-checkout strategy this year as it tries to reduce the ongoing headwind.

The company has already started converting self-checkout registers to assisted-checkout options in approximately 9,000 stores. "This is intended to drive traffic first to our staffed registers, with assisted-checkout options available as second or third options to reduce lines during high-volume time," Vasos said.

Vasos said the company believes "these actions have the potential to have a material and positive impact on shrink" in the second half of the year and into 2025. foxbusiness.com


Theft Crisis Reaches 'Tipping Point' in California
Law enforcement, mayors, DAs & retailers are calling for reform

California, Grappling With a Retail Theft Crisis, Reaches Its ‘Tipping Point’

Momentum is growing to reform the 2014 voter-enacted Prop 47, which critics say led to ‘an explosion in retail and cargo theft’ causing store closures and ‘billions of dollars in economic losses.’

For nearly 10 years, a voter-enacted measure known as Proposition 47 — which reduced penalties for drug offenses, petty theft, and commercial burglary — has been the law of the land in California.

Yet that could change as the state battles a wave of retail theft. Momentum is growing to overhaul Prop 47 — a criminal justice reform that made thefts of less than $950 misdemeanors rather than felonies, which advocates pushed as a way to reduce mass incarceration.

Critics say the results of the 2014 reform have been rising crime in the state’s largest counties, as thieves rampage stores without fear of penalty. Theft and violence plaguing California cities have forced the closure of businesses.

In California, a growing coalition backed by law enforcement members, mayors, district attorneys, and businesses is leading efforts to reform Prop 47 through a ballot petition called “​​The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act.”

In addition to reforms targeting drug trafficking and reducing homelessness, the measure aims to increase penalties for repeat retail thieves and would address “smash and grab” thefts committed by organized groups or mobs of people.

“California has reached a tipping point in its homelessness, drug, mental health, and theft crises,” the proposal reads. Prop 47’s reforms have led to “an explosion in retail and cargo theft causing stores throughout California to close to protect employees and customers from criminal activity that disrupts the efficient delivery of products directly to consumers and creates billions of dollars in economic losses to our local communities and state,” the proposal adds.  nysun.com


NY's Debate Over Retail Theft Penalties Heats Up
Gov. Hochul & Democrats in Legislature disagree on raising penalties for retail theft
As part of a $45 million plan to combat retail theft, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to stiffen penalties against retail theft and anyone who assaults a store employee. But Democrats in the State Legislature are pushing back.

She highlighted the proposals at a news conference this week at the State Capitol, saying shoplifting incidents involving physical force have more than doubled. She appeared with grocery store and other shop owners, who back her efforts. She wants to make the crime a Class D felony.

The governor also wants to empower the State Police to investigate and prosecute interstate and even international retail theft rings. She’s set aside $25 million and is directing 100 more troopers to be hired.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris said the Senate wants to look at other ways to fight retail theft, including targeting repeat offenders.

When Democrats gained the majority in the Legislature in 2019, they moved to reform some of the state’s criminal justice laws, including the controversial bail reform law, which made far fewer crimes bail-eligible.

Some critics say that has contributed to the rise of retail theft, something the Democrats dispute. Many progressive Democrats in the Legislature are not in favor of increasing criminal penalties without first determining any potential adverse impact on communities of color.

Gianaris said Democrats remain concerned about the rise in shoplifting, though, and will take steps to try to reduce it. wxxinews.org


Retailers Applaud Kentucky AG's Efforts to Fight Rampant Shoplifting
Kentucky AG Convenes Roundtable Discussion on Reality of Retail Crime
Attorney General Russell Coleman convened a roundtable discussion earlier this week on the reality of retail crime in Kentucky. The panel included the members of the Kentucky Retail Federation, County and Commonwealth’s Attorneys and local, state and federal law enforcement. At the event, General Coleman highlighted the serious threats shoppers, retailers and employees face amid rampant theft.

“I am proud to be part of this effort not just as Attorney General, but as a dad who wants my family to be able to shop without fearing for their safety,” said Attorney General Coleman. “The volume of 21st century major retail crime feels like lawlessness, and we can’t accept turning a blind eye.

“Across the Commonwealth, organized crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers. We know the impact is significant, costing tens of billions of dollars a year,” said Kentucky Retail Federation Board Chair and Target District Senior Director Travis Farmer. “I appreciate Attorney General Coleman convening the first of many discussions to combat the rampant shoplifting problem.”

“These criminals don’t recognize county or city lines, and neither should we,” said Chief Jeremy Thompson of the Elizabethtown Police Department. “Law enforcement, prosecutors and retailers large and small across the state and the country need to work together to deter this crime. It’s great to see that leaders like Attorney General Coleman are paying attention to this real issue.”

“We may not have the same resources as the big box stores, but we feel the same straining impacts of retail crime,” said Rob McGlone, Loss Prevention Manager for Newcomb Oil in Bardstown. “I look forward to continuing this conversation about protecting our workers, customers and the communities we serve.” marshallcountydaily.com


Facts about straw purchases of weapons, and what's being done to stop them

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Is the San Francisco Exodus Over?
One Bay Area county sees population gains in 2023. Is the exodus over?

One Bay Area county saw its first year of population growth since 2020

Another year, and another census update showing the Bay Area’s population has dropped. But the newest population estimates for July 1, 2023, released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau, show the losses were the smallest the region has seen since the pandemic marked the beginning of a dramatic exodus that is now slowing and showing signs of reversing.

Of the core Bay Area counties, San Francisco was the only one that saw an increase in population in 2023 after having the most dramatic drop early in the pandemic.

We seem to be turning a corner on the work-from-home phenomenon." And like others, he sees the explosion in buzz around AI technologies such as ChatGPT as a big magnet for San Francisco and Silicon Valley. “If you’re a person who is into big data, machine learning, massive computational processing, futuristic stuff, this is where you would want to be.”

In the rest of the Bay Area, counties are still losing residents year over year. That puts them in the minority of counties in the country. mercurynews.com


So When Will Retail Return to San Francisco?
Store closures aren’t SF’s fault—but they are its problem. Here’s how to solve it

Former Gap Inc. chairman Bob Fisher on new ways to cure the city’s retail blues.

The convenience, scope and low cost of goods bought on the internet have permanently reduced retail store-bought sales by 30-40%, a massive number that has triggered an equally massive drop-off in store-based customers and an epidemic of store closings across America.

The pandemic just added fuel to this fire. Not only did people stop coming into downtowns throughout our country, but the rise of a viable work-from-home employment model allowed many to stay away from business centers after the pandemic was over.

And, as we all know, anxiety around whether San Francisco’s streets are safe and clean is another serious ingredient contributing to a decline in people choosing to be downtown. This means our core downtown area is lacking a lot of customers who might otherwise be there. Fewer customers equals fewer sales and less revenue to keep the doors open.

Simply put, we must adapt. And there has to be a robust plan to help that happen.

We know that internet shopping is not going away nor is the work-from-home model. To attract more people to the city in the new world we’re facing, we must support the development of options that address people’s new expectations and interests. The sooner we get behind the need for change and come to an agreement on what that may mean and look like, the better off we will be.

Our city’s unique history, geography, neighborhoods and innovation-based economy are strong foundations for building such a bright future. But we must do the work to achieve it. sfstandard.com


Dozens of Businesses Across the Country Shut Down for the Day
70+ brands shut down on Monday in an effort to advocate for federal paid leave legislation

More Than 70 Brands Close Their Doors for the Day, Call for Paid Leave

Today, organizations across the country joined forces with the national campaign Paid Leave for All, calling on Congress to pass paid family and medical leave.

Brands are taking a stand on paid leave--and taking the day off.

Today, more than 70 brands and organizations in more than 20 states are giving all employees a paid day off and calling on Congress to pass paid family and medical leave. Participating companies and partners--from the parenting product company Bugaboo to Rhode Island's Economic Progress Institute--will also share an Instagram graphic in solidarity, publicly declaring to followers: "We're Closed to Pass Paid Leave."

Brands joining in on Monday's movement include a wide variety of maternity, beauty, fashion, and lifestyle companies like Hatch, Tender Foundation, and ROC United (who are all a part of the founding committee), as well as Bugaboo, elvie, HeyMama, Lalo, and more. All participating establishments will also show their support by sharing an Instagram graphic.

Paid Leave for All, a national campaign that launched in 2019, organized this collective action to provide a "symbolic look at what could happen if more women exit the workforce and businesses close their doors without the protections of federal paid family and medical leave," according to its press release.

"We've never engaged so many business voices in quite this way," says Dawn Huckelbridge, founding director of Paid Leave for All.  inc.com  instyle.com
 
RELATED: Here’s why you can’t shop your favorite stores today


Fabrics retailer Joann files for bankruptcy
Joann, the 81-year-old fabric and craft retailer, has filed for bankruptcy as it struggles with customers cutting back on discretionary spending.

In a statement Monday, the Ohio-based company said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has secured $132 million in fresh funding that helps reduce its debt in half, which had ballooned to $1 billion. Its roughly 850 stores and website will remain open for business.

Joann’s revenue has been on the decline in recent years, except for a brief pandemic boom during the height of Covid when people stuck at home spent more money on arts and crafts. However, that has since faded, and inflation has soared, prompting customers to spend less on non-essential items. cnn.com


Ulta to expand into Mexico in 2025
The beauty retailer previously planned to grow into Canada, but ditched those efforts in 2020.

Will Kohl’s and Babies“R”Us Be a Beneficial Alliance?

Survey: Retailers should focus on loyalty, brand awareness
 



Senior LP & AP Jobs Market


Senior Director, Asset Protection and Risk Management job posted for Gardner-White Furniture in Auburn Hills, MI
Provide leadership and strategic direction on shrink initiatives and programs to enhance company profitability. Develop, implement, and maintain Asset Protection programs ensuring they effectively reduce shrinkage, control cash, maintain a safe work environment, and safeguard company assets. This includes fraud awareness and prevention programs, policy & procedure development, and revisions. recruiting.paylocity.com


Director, AP & Safety job posted for Guitar Center in Westlake Village, CA
As the Director of Asset Protection, you will develop, implement, and oversee strategies and programs aimed at safeguarding the company's assets, minimizing losses, and ensuring a secure and safe environment across all channels. You will lead a team of professionals and collaborate with various departments to create a comprehensive asset protection framework. careers.guitarcenter.com


Dir. Cybersecurity Investigations job posted for Johnson & Johnson in Raritan, NJ
This role requires someone with experience building and running a diverse team and leading investigations within large and complex global enterprises. Beyond domain expertise, this person will also need to possess very strong program management and inter-organizational skills. Responsibilities will include the management, accountability, and oversight of the investigations team and program. linkedin.com
 



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Fighting ORC With Real-Time Heat Maps, Advanced Surveillance & More
LPRC testing wide range of high-tech solutions to help retailers fight theft

How AI-powered technologies can eventually eradicate retail crime

Advanced surveillance systems and heat maps are helping retailers fight back against organized retail crime.

Retailers are hoping AI-powered surveillance and other technologies can eventually make theft a thing of the past. Video surveillance sy stems, locked cases that can be operated by smartphones, and AI-powered heat maps are just a few of the anti-theft advancements on the market.

"We're looking at a whole lot of other AI plays here," Read Hayes, head researcher of the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) at the University of Florida, told Yahoo Finance on NEXT.

Hayes's group develops and tests a wide array of AI-powered theft prevention technologies. The LPRC is funded by the university and dozens of the world's largest retailers - from Target to Walgreens - which pay an annual membership fee to access the lab's findings and research.

The lab in turn works on theft-prevention solutions that those retailers can all access. finance.yahoo.com



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FBI Concerned Over Unreported Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks are hitting critical infrastructure more often, FBI says

The agency received more reports of ransomware last year, but officials remain troubled by the amount of attacks that go unreported.

More than 2 in 5 ransomware attacks reported to the FBI in 2023 targeted organizations in a critical infrastructure sector, the agency said Thursday in its annual Internet Crime Report.

Of the 2,825 ransomware attacks reported to the FBI last year,
1,193 hit critical infrastructure organizations. The proportion of ransomware attacks hitting critical infrastructure grew from one-third of attacks reported to the FBI in 2022.

Losses reported from
ransomware attacks jumped 74% to almost $60 million last year. Ransomware attacks were also up 18% from the previous year.

Examples of the operational impacts caused by ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure are abundant,
as seen with the ongoing recovery efforts at Change Healthcare. The IT platform, which is widely used and intertwined throughout the healthcare sector, remains largely non-operational almost three weeks after AlphV intruded the company’s IT systems.

But
businesses hit by ransomware attacks aren’t doing enough to report incidents to the FBI.

“As impressive as these figures appear, we know they are conservative regarding cybercrime in 2023,” the agency said in the report. “Consider that when the FBI recently infiltrated the Hive ransomware group’s infrastructure,
we found that only about 20% of Hive’s victims reported to law enforcement. More reporting from victims would mean superior insight for the FBI.”  cybersecuritydive.com


'Far-Reaching Outage' Hits McDonald's Stores Worldwide
McDonald’s Global Technology Outage
McDonald’s found itself embroiled in a far-reaching technology outage on Friday, which
caused ordering systems to halt in various countries, including the U.K., Australia, and Japan. In response to the escalating issue, McDonald’s promptly released a statement assuring customers of concerted efforts to swiftly resolve the situation.

Importantly, the corporation clarified that the outage
was not the result of a cyberattack but rather stemmed from a glitch encountered by a third-party provider during a routine configuration change. This clarification, issued from the company’s headquarters in Chicago, aimed to quell any rumors or concerns regarding the nature of the disruption.

News of the outage rippled across continents, with reports of disruptions surfacing from key locations such as Bangkok, Milan, and London. Customers in these areas were met with closed doors and halted services, as the technical hurdles impeded normal operations. However, as the technical teams worked tirelessly to rectify the issue, a gradual restoration of services ensued.

The impact of the outage
was not confined to physical storefronts but reverberated through digital channels as well. Downdetector, a platform dedicated to tracking outages, recorded the onset of issues in the early hours of the morning, affecting McDonald’s operations in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. retailwire.com


Ransomware Attack That Impacted Pharmacies Nationwide
Change Healthcare locates ransomware attack vector

Though the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary’s recovery efforts are ongoing, a forensic analysis identified a safe system restoration point.

UnitedHealth Group said it identified the source of the intrusion into Change Healthcare’s system, which remains partially non-operational following
a cyberattack that’s impaired services nationwide.

“A thorough forensic analysis is well underway,” the company said in a Wednesday update. “Through this analysis, we have identified the source of the intrusion and, with high confidence, have established a safe restore point. This point allows us to
move forward safely and securely in restoring our data and systems.”

The industrywide devastation the cyberattack caused underscores how
threat actors can create significant damage by hitting a relatively obscure vendor that plays a prominent operations role behind the scenes. cybersecuritydive.com


New DOD cyber policy office opening soon, sources say

Stronger FCC data breach reporting rules for telecom go live


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'Selling on Amazon may soon be untenable'
“There are going to be a bunch of bankruptcies.”

Analysis: Amazon sellers say their businesses are facing an extinction event—they might not be wrong
More than 60% of the goods that Amazon sells across the globe are supplied by these small and mid-sized businesses, and Amazon already takes a cut of at least 50% on average from every sale when it handles the storage and shipping of a merchant’s goods.

Now the amount that merchants fork over to Amazon is likely to grow even more thanks to a couple of additional fees that have quickly become controversial enough that the Federal Trade Commission has begun probing them, as Fortune reported exclusively last week. The consistent message that long-time, level-headed sellers are sharing with each other?
Selling on Amazon may soon be untenable.

And as a result,
many of these same business owners are forecasting something of an extinction event for Amazon sellers. The general category of third-party sellers won’t vanish—some hardy types and emergent breeds will always adapt and survive—but for a great many existing sellers, the view is that the climate on planet Amazon may no longer be able to support life as they’ve known it. The only question is which type of seller will be forced out of business (or at least, off of Amazon) first?

Will it be the unsophisticated seller, struggling to predict how the new variable costs will affect its business?
If this seller keeps its prices low, it might not realize the damage caused to its financials until it’s too late.

Or consider the plight of the sophisticated seller, who understands what’s coming but finds itself in a bind. This seller may want to raise prices to account for Amazon’s added fees. But that might not be possible if the seller is competing against rivals keeping prices low because they’re either
A. too inexperienced to understand the impact of the fees to their bottom lines, or B. based in China, and therefore utilizing Amazon cross-border supply chain services which may help them avoid the new fees.

In either scenario,
things could get ugly.

“People are going to tend to underprice and just erode everyone’s margins,” said Bernie Thompson, who has been selling on Amazon since 2009 and is the founder of a top Amazon seller, the USB electronics brand Plugable. “
There are going to be a bunch of bankruptcies.”  fortune.com


Another 'Union Busting' Allegation For Amazon
Amazon violated workers’ rights at crucial air hub, labor regulators allege

Meanwhile, Amazon rebuts claims that it illegally interrogated, threatened and disciplined workers

Workers at an Amazon air hub in Kentucky celebrated a victory Thursday after federal labor regulators found that Amazon violated labor law by
trying to prevent workers there from unionizing.

The employees have been demanding higher pay, more flexible schedules and safer working conditions since 2022. After a months-long investigation, the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against Amazon last week, alleging the e-commerce behemoth illegally attempted to curtail those efforts by
interrogating workers, threatening to call the police on them and demoting workers involved in union organizing.

The complaint is a victory for union organizers at
a crucial air cargo hub in Kentucky who have been alleging that Amazon has been unfairly interfering with their unionization efforts there for months. washingtonpost.com


Ecommerce will soon account for every one in three parcels shipped by air

A 'tsunami of e-commerce growth' on course for air cargo


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Oakland, CA: Woman arrested after $70K worth of stolen merchandise recovered from Oakland home
A woman was arrested Wednesday on charges of retail theft after authorities recovered approximately $70,000 worth of suspected stolen merchandise at her Oakland residence, California Highway Patrol said in a Facebook post. CHP officers served a search warrant for an illegal fencing operation out of the home. The merchandise was from various retailers, according to CHP. An additional $2,700 in cash and an unregistered firearm were also recovered. A photo of the recovered merchandise can be viewed below. Many of the products pictured are designer sunglasses. Hilda Gabriela Delgadillo, a 35-year-old Oakland woman, was arrested in connection to the operation. She was booked into Santa Rita Jail on charges of organized retail theft, possession of stolen property, grand theft and conspiracy to commit a crime. Delgadillo cannot be released on bail, according to Alameda County jail records. She was arrested Wednesday morning around 9:30 a.m.  msn.com



Stuart, FL: Multi-state burglary and credit card fraud ring busted
Two men are accused of leading a multi-state burglary and credit card fraud ring. The Stuart Police Department (SPD) said back on May 31, 2023, officers responded to a car burglary in the parking lot of Crunch Fitness in Stuart. While the car owner was inside the gym, someone broke into their car and took the car owner's purse which contained credit and debit cards. Police said the cards were used at a Walmart in Stuart where multiple gift cards were bought. As the investigation unfolded, the SPD said it was discovered that the theft was not an isolated incident and there was more than one person responsible. Police were able to identify the suspects as Elijah Parker and Tazomi Natta. According to investigators, the two were involved in a credit card theft and fraud organized crime ring spanning multiple states. It was determined that Parker and Natta would burglarize vehicles, use the victims' credit cards to buy varying amounts of gift cards, and then transfer the funds of the gift cards through numerous financial platforms, police said. 
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Raleigh, NC: 4 people steal from a tobacco shop in Raleigh after crashing a car into the building
Four people stole from a Raleigh tobacco shop on Sunday after crashing a car into the building. After 6 a.m., the Raleigh Police Department responded to a call for burglary at a tobacco shop on 3200 South Wilmington Street. The caller also told them a gray Kia SUV had crashed into the front of the shop. Four masked people entered the shop and stole money and other items, according to RPD. The suspects then fled the scene in a white vehicle. When police arrived, there was massive damage to the front of the store. But, the building was ruled structurally sound. 
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Atlanta, GA: Authorities are looking for suspects who officials say stole multiple items from a Family Dollar
Atlanta police said on Saturday, just before 3:30 a.m., officers received reports of a burglary at the Family Dollar on Joseph E Lowery Boulevard. When officers arrived, they noted that the business appeared to “be ransacked.” According to the store manager, multiple suspects pulled up in a black SUV to the store after closing hours broke into the store, and stole several items, including shampoo, food, tobacco products, and clothing. The store manager confirmed that the business was locked up when it closed. Police did not specify how many suspects were seen breaking into the store. 
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Boston, MA: Braintree man arrested for shoplifting over $2,000 in merchandise from Sephora
Officers from the South End’s District D-4 arrested a man Thursday evening for allegedly shoplifting more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from the Prudential Mall’s Sephora store. At approximately 6:37 p.m., police were patrolling the 800 block of Boylston Street as part of an initiative to curb the recent spike in shoplifting incidents. 
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Glendale, WI: Update: Bayshore Kohl's $2,300 theft, police chase; man sentenced to 2 years in prison
A Milwaukee man convicted in a 2023 Bayshore Kohl's theft that led to a police chase was sentenced on Thursday, March 14. Robert Hill was sentenced to two years in prison and three years extended supervision. Court records show Hill pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 22 to fleeing/eluding police, second-degree recklessly endangering safety and resisting/obstructing an officer. Charges of retail theft and hit-and-run involving injury were dismissed as part of the deal. Hill was one of three people charged in the case. In December, 29-year-old Lilcherry Gallion was sentenced to one year of probation after she pleaded guilty to misdemeanor retail theft. The case against the third person was dismissed in January. 
yahoo.com


Whiteland, IN: Update: Woman who stole garbage bags of merchandise valued at $4,600 from CVS sentenced to 2.5 years in prison

Gonzales, LA: Pair accused of $1000 theft at Nike store in Tanger Outlets

 



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Shootings & Deaths


Nokomis, IL: Two dead after apparent murder-suicide at rural Illinois Dollar General
Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide at a Dollar General store in Nokomis, Illinois. Litchfield-based radio station WSMI first reported of the incident Saturday morning after communications with Nokomis Police Chief Talon Burton. According to the report, the situation unfolded around 10 p.m. Friday at the Nokomis Dollar General store on Spruce Road. Based on preliminary findings, the investigation revealed that a 47-year-old man fatally shot a 22-year-old woman. According to WSMI’s report, the woman was an employee at the Dollar General, and the man was her estranged boyfriend.  news.yahoo.com



Brooklyn, NY: 1 dead, 1 injured in stabbing inside Brooklyn deli
Police are searching for suspects after a verbal dispute ended violently with 2 women stabbed, one fatally, inside a Brooklyn deli early Sunday, the NYPD said. The incident occurred on 77 4th Avenue around 2:20 a.m. 19-year-old Samyia Spain killed was stabbed in the neck and chest. Sanyia Spain was stabbed in the arm. The two women were twin sisters. One witness said they were with the sisters at a party and ended up at the deli. The witness explained that's when a man came up to the two, and made several advances, but the sisters turned him down, the conversation turned violent.  abc7ny.com


Brooklyn, NY: 61-year-old man dies after parking dispute at Brooklyn gas station
A 61-year-old man is dead after getting into a parking dispute outside a gas station in Brooklyn on Saturday evening. Citizen App video shows the scene at 1143 Clarkson Avenue where a tow truck driver got into a parking dispute with the man. According to the NYPD, the dispute became physical and the 30-year-old man punched the victim in the face causing him to fall and hit the pavement. First responders transported the victim to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The 30-year-old man was taken into custody and the investigation remains ongoing.  abc7ny.com


Los Angeles, CA: Man Pleads No Contest in 7 Eleven Clerk's Killing 4 years ago
A San Bernardino County man pleaded no contest Friday to murdering a convenience store clerk in Whittier just over four years ago. Kevin Karnell Hall, 29, was immediately sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison in connection with his plea to first-degree murder in the Feb. 22, 2020, killing of Maninder Singh, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Hall also admitted a gun use allegation. Singh, a 31-year-old married father of two young children, was killed at a 7-Eleven store in the 8400 block of Santa Fe Springs Road, authorities said. "Surveillance video showed the suspect had entered the store, demanded money from the clerk and subsequently shot and killed the clerk," police said at the time. An autopsy determined that he had died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Hall was arrested by Whittier police less than three weeks later, and has remained behind bars since then, jail records show. A special-circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery was dismissed as a result of Hall's plea, according to the District Attorney's Office. A half-dozen other charges, including five counts of robbery, were also dismissed, according to court records.  kfiam640.iheart.com


Payson, UT: Police Officer shoots, injures knife-wielding man at grocery store
Payson police say an officer shot and injured a knife-wielding man at a grocery store on Saturday evening. Officers responded to the report of a shoplifting at Payson Market, 586 N. Main St. Two officers saw a man leaving the store, and when they called out to him, they saw he had a knife, said Payson Police Sgt. Noemi Sandoval. She did not say what caused police to believe the man was the alleged shoplifter. The man refused to drop the knife, according to Sandoval. One officer used a Taser on him, but it was "ineffective." Sandoval said the man "advanced" on the officer, and the second officer shot the man. She did not say how many shots were fired, nor where he was wounded. The officers rendered medical aid on scene, as he was in potentially life-threatening condition, Sandoval said. She did not disclose his condition as of late Saturday. He was taken to Mountain View Hospital and then flown via medical helicopter to Utah Valley Hospital.
Neither of the officers were injured.  ksl.com


Atlanta, GA: Person shot during attempted robbery near popular northwest Atlanta restaurants
Police said a person was shot during an attempted robbery along a stretch of popular restaurants in northwest Atlanta early Sunday morning. The Atlanta Police Department said officers responded to a person shot call around 4 a.m. which is listed as the Osprey apartment complex, near the restaurants Hattie B’s Hot Chicken and Snooze, among others. Responding officers learned the victim had been privately transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, according to the department. Officers then went to Grady to speak with the victim. According to preliminary information in their investigation, police said the victim “was approached in the parking lot of the incident location by suspects wearing ski masks.” Police said the suspects demanded the victim’s items in an apparent attempted robbery, but the victim refused, and instead pulled out a gun and shot at the suspects. The suspects returned fire, striking the victim, then drove away in what appeared to be a silver sedan, police said. Police have not identified the suspects or announced arrests in the case.  atlantanewsfirst.com


Merrillville, IN: Man sentenced 12 years for shooting in AutoZone parking lot
 



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Long Beach, CA: The Pike Outlets shut down due to massive brawl involving juveniles
The Long Beach Police Department coordinated with stores in The Pike Outlets to close early following a large disturbance and multiple altercations on Saturday. There were reports that roughly 200 people gathered at the Long Beach shopping center after a post on social media indicated that two females, one adult, and one juvenile were going to fight went viral. Long Beach police confirmed the department got word of the planned fight and had officers stationed near the property. Video obtained by stringer service OC Hawk shows two young girls getting into a fistfight. There was a large group of teens surrounding the two girls as the fight continued, with many seen recording the confrontation on their phones. Officers eventually intervened and broke up the crowd while arresting the two girls involved. A handful of police officers stayed at the scene to patrol the area. Police reportedly brought in a bus to The Pike Outlets in the event there would be a large number of juveniles to be detained.  ktla.com



Chicago, IL: Man flees scene after failed crash-and-grab burglary on Near North Side
Police say a business on the Near North Side was damaged early Saturday morning after an attempted crash-and-grab burglary. The attempted burglary unfolded in the early morning hours at the Dior store in the 900 block of North Rush Street. According to Chicago police, just before 4 a.m., a man allegedly crashed a Jeep into the front doors of the store. Police say he then got out of the vehicle and tried to get inside the store.  wgntv.com


Toronto, Canada: Man, 40, charged after string of retail robberies
A 40-year-old man is facing multiple charges following a string of robberies throughout Toronto over a four-month period. Cops allege that in each incident the accused entered a store while wearing a mask to disguise his identity. He approached the checkout counter posing as a customer and produced a large stick or knife and made a demand for cash and cigarettes. He then took a quantity of cash and cigarettes before fleeing the scene.  torontosun.com

 

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Beauty – Seattle, WA – Burglary
Beauty- Boston, MA – Robbery
C-Store – Abilene, TX – Robbery
Clothing – Gonzales, LA - Robbery
Clothing – Chicago, IL – Burglary
Clothing – Bethesda, MD – Robbery
Dollar – South Bend, IN – Armed Robbery
Dollar – Atlanta, GA – Burglary
Hardware – Beamont, TX – Robbery
Jewelry – Sanford, CA – Robbery
Jewelry – Daytona Beach, FL – Robbery
Jewelry – Oklahoma City, OK – Robbery
Marijuana – Tacoma, WA – Burglary
Pet – Lancaster County, NC – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Buffalo, NY - Robbery/ McDonalds
Restaurant – Clovis, NM - Armed Robbery
Restaurant – Atlanta, GA – Armed Robbery
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