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TMA names committee co-chairs for monitoring center notification of active
threat standard
Monitoring centers are increasingly monitoring shot detection, weapons
detection, manual lockdown notification, as well as other innovative threat
detecting technologies.
The
Monitoring Association (TMA) is pleased to announce that Anita Ostrowski,
Vice President of Central Station Services,
Vector Security,
and David Holl, Director of Public Safety, Lower Allen Township (PA), will serve
as co-chairs of the ANSI-proposed TMA Monitoring Center Notification of Active
Threat Standard (TMA-ATN-01) Committee.
“Collectively, Anita and David bring a broad and diverse scope of knowledge and
experience to their leadership roles for this critical standard.” stated TMA
Standards Committee Chairman Glenn Schroeder.
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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
Retailers Deploy Facial Recognition to
Battle Theft Surge
NYC Stores Deploy Facial Recognition to Catch
Thieves
Stores are using facial recognition to help stop repeat shoplifters
NYC is seeing record high numbers of shoplifting.
Data
from the NYPD shows there were more than 63,000 retail thefts reported last
year up 97% from 2020. The crime is affecting the bottom line of many
business owners who are now taking on the task of fighting crime on their own.
The Fairway market on the corner of Broadway and West 74th street on the Upper
Westside is resorting to technology to help them catch the thieves, it is now
using facial recognition.
It says retail theft and shoplifting has a high rate of repeat offense and
drives up grocery costs for all customers, telling Fox 5, "This technology
is helping our stores reduce retail crime, an industry-wide challenge that has
increased dramatically over the last few years.
Only trained asset protection associates use the system, which helps us
focus attention on repeat shoplifters.
"We follow all applicable laws, including posting signage to make shoppers
aware of the use of biometric software. Retail theft and shoplifting has a
high rate of repeat offense and drives up grocery costs for all customers.
We have found that this technology -- used thoughtfully and in combination with
other measures we take to reduce theft – is helping
prevent more crime in store." fox5ny.com
The ORC Debate Rages on Nationwide
America’s biggest companies say retail crime is an epidemic, but just how big of
a problem is it?
America’s biggest retailers say
organized retail crime has grown into a multibillion-dollar problem, but the
effectiveness of their strategies to solve it and the
validity of the data overall have come into question.
Over the last several years, companies such as Home
Depot, Lowe’s, Walmart, Best Buy, Walgreens and CVS have been
sounding the alarm about organized bands of thieves who ransack their stores
and resell the goods on online marketplaces.
They’ve poured money into
theft prevention strategies, such as plastic cases, metal detectors,
motion-sensing monitors and AI-powered cameras, and have warned if the
problem doesn’t improve, consumers could end up paying the price.
However, the problem isn’t as clear-cut as retailers and trade groups have made
it seem.
Studies from the National Retail Federation show retail shrink
cost retailers $94.5 billion in 2021, up from
$90.8 billion in 2020, but the data is largely qualitative and cannot be
fact-checked because it’s gathered from an anonymized set of retailers.
At least one major retailer recently conceded that it may have
overblown the problem.
“Maybe we cried too much last year,” Walgreens
Chief Financial Officer James Kehoe said on an investor call in
January when asked about shrink. “We’re stabilized,” he added, saying the
company is “quite happy with where we are.”
Still, law enforcement agencies and retailers insist organized retail crime
remains an issue and said they stand behind their data.
“I can tell you that in our world, we know that crime is increasing. We
see it every day in our stores,” Scott Glenn, Home
Depot’s vice president of asset protection, told CNBC. “Our
internal information shows us that that’s on a year-over-year basis, growing at
double-digit rates.”
Watch
the video (also published in
Friday's edition of the D&D Daily) to learn more.
cnbc.com
Shoplifting Continues to Rise in LA
LA Retailers Putting Products Behind Glass as Shoplifting Rises 2%
Retailers in Los Angeles are increasingly keeping products locked up in
response to shoplifting.
Stores
in the city have seen a 2% increase in theft and
robberies so far this year compared to the monthly average of the
pre-pandemic years of 2016-2019, local news source KABC
reported. Over-the-counter medications, cosmetics, laundry detergent and
underwear are among the items retailers are commonly keeping in glass
display cases, according to the report.
Customers must press a button to summon an employee, wait for staff to
unlock the case and then, in some cases, walk with the employee to the register
to pay, the report said.
The rise in shoplifting has been driven by organized
crime, as the perpetrators are stealing items in large quantitiesand
then selling them, according to the report.
This news comes about a week after New York City Mayor Eric Adams told two local
news sources in his city that retailers should deter shoplifting by requiring
customers to remove face masks as they enter the store.
Los Angeles and New York were among the five cities
most impacted by organized retail theft in 2021, along with San
Francisco/Oakland, Houston and Miami, the National Retail Federation (NRF)
reported in September 2022.
In response to these trends, retailers are balancing the need to deploy theft
deterrents with the need to maintain an inviting shopping environment for
consumers.
pymnts.com
Bay Area Thefts Up 12% - Robberies Up 5%
California's Crime Crisis Makes More Headlines
CNN Reporter Robbed Multiple Times in SF Shines Unflattering Spotlight on
California’s Crime Crisis
Umpteen
stories about the crime crisis in San Francisco have been written just in the
last month alone, with
CBS News,
NBC News, and the
SF Chronicle among the numerous outlets interviewing frustrated residents
and business owners alike who say they are at their wits’ end and that
the city is failing them.
ABC 7 News has a
crime tracker for Bay Area cities including San Francisco, and the stats
don’t lie.
“Robberies over the last 12 months are up 5%
compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to San
Francisco Police Department data through March 12,” the site
noted on the “robberies” tab as of this writing.
“Thefts over the last 12 months are up 12%
compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to San
Francisco Police Department data through March 12,” they also
noted on the “thefts” tab.
While they indicated that burglaries were down 15%, their map shows three
areas in San Francisco (“Southern,” “Central,” and “Northern”) where the crime
rate is “higher than the citywide rate.”
CNN reporter Kyung Lah and producer Jason Kravarik traveled to San Francisco
last week to interview residents about the crime problem there and voter
discontent over the matter. But while there, the CNN crew were robbed
multiple times according to Lah, who detailed their experience in
a Twitter thread.
Kravarik described the criminals in San Francisco as being “on another level”
than what you normally see in the average city.
legalinsurrection.com
Virginia's ORC Legislation Push in the News
Update: Bill before Youngkin would punish organized retail theft
Before adjourning the legislative session last month, lawmakers in the Virginia
General Assembly sent a bill to Gov. Glenn Youngkin that would crack down on
groups who commit organized retail theft.
Two identical
bills in the House and Senate would make it a Class 3 felony, punishable by
5 to 20 years in prison, for any individual who “conspires” or acts with
another person to shoplift from one or more retail establishments “with the
intent to sell such retail property for monetary or other gain.” The felony
charges would be triggered when $5,000 or more worth of goods is stolen
within a 90-day period, according to the bills’ text.
The governor has a March 27 deadline to act on both measures, according
to the state’s bill tracking system. Macaulay Porter, the governor’s
spokeswoman, said the governor is reviewing the legislation but did not directly
answer whether Youngkin plans to sign the bills. Representatives from the
governor’s administration spoke in support of the House version of the bill as
it advanced in committee.
Supporters of the legislation argued the bill is necessary to deter
shoplifting groups from stealing from retail shops. In a
2021 report, the National Retail Foundation estimated organized retail crime
costs retailers an average of $700,000 per $1 billion in sales.
thecentersquare.com
Click here to read the Daily's special report on the
nationwide ORC legislation push
Task force cracking down on 'organized retail crime' rings in Utah
Son of victim in Boulder grocery store mass shooting sues gun-maker Ruger
DAs prepare public safety package for lawmakers with focus on 'violent crime'
Massive Security
Preparation Underway in NYC
Just what NYC
needs in the midst of a raging crime surge
Unrest Coming to NYC & Other Big Cities This
Week?
As we've seen in previous bursts of unrest, this has
a direct impact on storefronts
Federal, State & Local Authorities Are on
Alert
NYC bracing for unrest after Trump calls for protests over possible arrest
Local, state and federal law enforcement and security agencies are
preparing for the possibility that former President Donald Trump will be
indicted as early as next week, according to five senior officials familiar with
the preparations.
The
NYPD and US Secret Service are huddling to prep for
Donald Trump’s possible indictment in Manhattan after the former
president said he expected to be arrested this week and told supporters to
protest, sources told The Post.
The FBI, state court officers and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s
office have also been kept in the loop on security
discussions, with the Big Apple bracing for the worst after Trump,
76, urged his followers to “take our nation back” in light of his looming
indictment, police sources said.
“We will use all of our available resources,” one NYPD source said
Sunday, noting that the department’s Strategic Response Group — which responds
to civil unrest and major events — “has a role in this agency and when needed
they will be called in.”
Officials from several agencies met on Sunday and are expected to confer
again on Monday, according to sources.
Trump took to his Truth Social site over the weekend and said he expects to
be arrested Tuesday on an indictment stemming from Bragg’s ongoing probe into
alleged hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the
2016 election. Daniels claims she had an affair with Trump in 2006, which he has
denied.
The former president’s online call to supporters has
federal, state and local authorities on alert, according to sources.
The sources said several agencies will meet again Monday to discuss security
measures that include restricting vehicle access to the Manhattan courthouse,
and deploying inside and outside the building.
nypost.com
nbcnews.com
abc7ny.com
Trump Calling for Nationwide Protests
New York law enforcement prepares for possible indictment as Trump says he
expects to be arrested Tuesday
In
an echo of Trump’s appeals to supporters in the wake of the 2020 presidential
election, he called Saturday for action, writing: “Protest,
take our nation back.”
Should he be indicted, the former president is expected to surrender and go
through the process of being processed and arraigned at the courthouse,
which includes fingerprinting and mug shot, a source familiar with the matter
told CNN.
However, there could be some accommodations to expedite how quickly Trump is
processed and how long he is in the building, the source said. For example,
the source explained, officials would try to get him in front of a judge
immediately.
cnn.com
NY Times: Even after the FEC & Fed Prosecutors Pass on Charges Manhattan
Progressive DA Intends on Charging Trump
Last ditch effort to sink Trump
Even After the episode has been examined by both the Federal Election
Commission and federal prosecutors in New York; neither took action against Mr.
Trump.
It would not be a simple case. Prosecutors are expected to use a legal theory
that has not been assessed in New York courts, raising the possibility that
a judge could throw out or limit the charges.
A conviction would be likely to hinge on prosecutors’ proving that Mr. Trump
reimbursed Mr. Cohen and falsified business records when he did so, possibly to
hide an election law violation.
nytimes.com
Law Enforcement Gears Up for a Potential Trump Indictment Next Week, Report Says
Trump calls for nationwide protests ahead of Tuesday’s predicted arrest
Facial Recognition Expands Across All
Industries
Why Is TSA Adding Facial Recognition to Airports?
DALLAS
— In 2022, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began adding facial
recognition technology to the security process at airports across the country.
The move is part of a larger effort to use biometrics in airport security, which
will include facial scanning.
Airport facial recognition aims to help the TSA more accurately identify
known threats and prevent them from entering secure areas while making it easier
for passengers to get through security efficiently. In addition to making
travel safer, this technology will reduce wait times at airports by reducing
human errors.
Facial recognition technology has been remarkably successful at identifying
imposters in airport security. It has been used in airports worldwide, from
London’s Heathrow Airport to JFK International in New York City. The results of
these efforts are staggering. Since 2018,
more than 1,000 imposters have been caught attempting to use fake travel
documents to enter the U.S.
The DHS has been testing facial recognition software since the early 2000s and
found that it is as accurate as humans at identifying people with fake
documents. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
recent studies show the [TSA] technology is
approximately 99.5% accurate in facial recognition.
airwaysmag.com
How Walmart is Balancing AI & Human Workers
Walmart: ‘Technology isn’t taking over. It’s empowering our people’
Advances based on automation and artificial intelligence (AI) have
prompted many questions rooted in fear and curiosity.
The
pandemic has accelerated Walmart's strategy and pushed us to meet
customers where they are. It also underscored that, fundamentally, people are
core to every business. At the time, sophisticated technology propelled our
business forward with new services, making everyday life easier for our
customers. Now, busy families can use our app to pick up groceries on the
way home from gymnastics, or can have their weekly staples delivered straight to
the refrigerator. But it’s our associates who make the experience special–choosing
the best-looking apples for your order or placing your eggs just where you like
them in the refrigerator.
These human, intimate, and nuanced connections are irreplaceable. There’s a
profound trust in these relationships–one that we don’t take for granted. The
roles and responsibilities of our jobs will no doubt evolve as technology
creates more efficiencies. Our business will continue to grow as a result,
and our workforce will grow and change alongside it.
While automation has not had a significant impact on our headcount, it
has helped us reimagine how we utilize our workforce. In creating efficiencies,
our intent isn’t to replace our workers, but to shift
their focus to the things humans do best: connecting with each other
and understanding the subtleties of people’s needs, wants, and hopes.
Ultimately, technology is enabling us to create more rewarding and engaging jobs
that complement our people’s strengths while serving customers in ways that are
faster, easier, and unique to how they live.
The future of business is one that prioritizes meaningful human interactions
while using technology to automate everyday tasks, the two working in
harmony.
fortune.com
In Case You Missed It
NRF Releases 2023 Top 50 Global Retailers List
The National Retail Federation today released its annual list of the
Top 50 Global Retailers, conducted by Kantar. The 2023 Top 50 Global
Retailers ranks the most impactful retailers worldwide based on their
operations at the beginning of 2022.
Walmart maintains its position as the world’s largest retailer, with
strong growth in fewer markets, along with success from its new online
marketplace and fulfillment model. Other companies from last year still leading
the way in their same top spots are Amazon.com in second, followed by Schwarz
Group, Aldi, Costco, Ahold Delhaize and Carrefour.
Companies that shifted spots from 2022 include Seven & I (No. 9 to No. 8),
The Home Depot (No. 10 to No. 9) and IKEA (No. 8 to No. 10).
nrf.com
Click here to see the full list
Retail's 'Labor Hoarding' War
Dollar General enters the retail 'labor hoarding' war with a $100 million
investment to boost scheduled hours for employees
Discount retailer Dollar General is the latest employer to join the
industry's "labor hoarding" war.
The Tennessee-based discount store brand said Thursday it, too, will
spend big cash this year to attract and retain its workers, following
similar moves from major brands like Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's,
Kroger, and more. Retailers are taking, in some cases, extraordinary
measures to "hoard" workers so they won't be short-staffed when the economy
picks up – even as companies in other sectors are laying people off in droves.
CEO Jeff Owen told investors to expect an additional investment of approximately
$100 million in 2023 as the company aims to boost scheduled hours for store
associates.
Owen pointed out that the focus on hours comes after a 23% wage increase over
the past three years — a comparable rate to what other retail employers have
reported in recent weeks — though he declined to disclose what the company's
average wage currently is.
businessinsider.com
7-Eleven wants its EV charging network to be among the largest
Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has ambitious plans
for EV charging.
Bed Bath & Beyond skipping on severance payments for workers?
Trader Joe’s, Lego, Bath & Body Works among American’s ‘most loved’ brands
Retailers rolling out a recession playbook as 2023 gets rocky
Howard Schultz hands over Starbucks CEO role to Laxman Narasimhan
Last week's #1 article --
Macy's Sounds the Alarm Over Theft Surge
The retailer is rolling out new anti-theft measures
Major retailer's CEO warns of rising thefts in store - see the new anti-theft
measures being taken
In response to rising shoplifting figures, Gennette announced that Macy's is
now using radio frequency ID tags to better track its inventory. It is also
hiring more security personnel for stores and securing high-end brands
with locked cables and censors.
Last year, President Biden signed into law the Inform Consumers Act, making
it harder for criminals to resell stolen goods online. Currently, the
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023 is making its way through Congress.
Macy's gave up its practice of keeping German shepherds in its Manhattan
store for security sweeps in 2015.
the-sun.com
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Possible Deal to Shift Partial Ownership of
TikTok to Walmart
Report: TikTok may be considering Walmart/Oracle deal again
Faced with a possible ban in the U.S., TikTok is reportedly
taking a new look at creating a separate U.S. operation
that would include Walmart and Oracle.
According
to the New York Post, in response to reported demands from the Biden
administration to ByteDance, the Chinese company which owns TikTok, to sell its
shares in the popular short video platform or face a ban in the U.S., TikTok
is privately exploring options to at least sell off its U.S. business.
Those options may include a deal that would shift partial ownership of
TikTok’s U.S. business to Walmart and Oracle, which was initially supported
by the Trump administration in 2020.
In September 2020, Oracle and Walmart received tentative U.S. approval for a
joint 20% acquisition of a new business that would be called TikTok Global.
However, with the change in presidential administrations in early 2021,
ByteDance reportedly lost interest in the Trump-sanctioned Oracle/Walmart deal,
and instead sought to develop an alternative structure to its U.S. operations.
The nixed deal would have seen Walmart enter into
commercial agreements to provide e-commerce, fulfillment, payments,
measurement-as-a-service advertising, and other omnichannel services
to TikTok Global.
Under the previously considered deal, TikTok Global would be responsible for
providing all TikTok services to users in the U.S. and most of the rest of the
world. It would be an independent American company, headquartered in the
U.S., with majority U.S. ownership including the 41% of ByteDance currently held
by American investors.
Oracle would serve as TikTok’s secure cloud provider and store data from
TikTok’s estimated 100 million U.S. users in its cloud data centers.
chainstoreage.com
From Russia With Love
Microsoft: Russian hackers may be readying new wave of destructive attacks
The warning comes as part of an overview of
cyberattacks carried out by Russian-linked actors over the past year.
Russian hackers linked with destructive malware attacks may be preparing for
a new wave of strikes, researchers with Microsoft’s Digital Threat Analysis
Center said Wednesday.
The
warning is included in a broad overview of the cyberattacks, influence
operations and strategy employed by Russia-linked actors operating in Ukraine
over the past year. It notes that although most of the Russian hacking efforts
appear espionage related, hackers working for Russian military intelligence
“have already shown a willingness to used destructive tools outside Ukraine if
instructed” and that targets in Ukraine and around the world should take
notice.
Russian-aligned hacking efforts show signs of ongoing development and iteration
aimed at both intelligence gathering and testing destructive malware attacks.
Along with destructive malware attacks, Wednesday’s report warns about
threats to military and humanitarian supply chains — both in Ukraine and abroad
— as well as information operations that are likely to include hack-and-leak
operations.
Russia’s cyber operations against Ukraine have mostly
entailed information operations and destructive wiper attacks, but more
covert aspects of Russian operations makes it difficult to assess their full
scope. On Tuesday, for example, Microsoft warned
vendors about a since-fixed vulnerability in the Outlook email software that
Russian hackers used to infiltrate more than a dozen European
military, energy and transportation networks and spy unnoticed between April and
December 2022,
CNN and
Bleeping Computer reported.
Microsoft’s researchers see Russia’s more overt, noisy attacks as a way for
the Kremlin to test Western resolve.
cyberscoop.com
Public-Private Partnership Key to Battling
Cyber Threats
Opinion: The US cybersecurity strategy won’t address today’s threats with
regulation alone
The Biden administration needs to foster
greater public-private collaboration, involve global partners and help build the
cyber workforce to fight growing digital threats.
Plenty of “unidentified flying objects” have appeared in the news over the past
several weeks, yet cybersecurity professionals will tell you that we don’t need
to look up to find a more daunting and real threat to national security.
Fortunately,
President Biden just released the administration’s national cyber strategy.
Coupled with industry collaboration, it’s an effective approach that represents
a new hope for a safer and more economically prosperous future. Furthermore, the
strategy is a much-needed step toward a clear roadmap for collaboration between
agencies and industry partners, particularly in the technology sector. Prior
federal cybersecurity strategic documents have lacked specificity, materially
undermining their successful implementation and inhibiting stakeholder
engagement.
But it is discouraging to those of us on the frontlines of cybersecurity to see
that the strategy places so many of its “eggs” in the “basket” of regulation.
As we hear more from the administration on their strategy, it is critical that
the federal government articulates a vision of what specific gaps can be filled
by new regulation. In addition, I urge the administration to follow through on
its stated intention to harmonize, streamline and deconflict any new or existing
regulations. We need clear and effective rules of the road. And, if much of the
responsibility for defending cyberspace is to lie with the “most capable and
best-positioned actors” in the public and private sectors, it is important
that the administration follows through on its stated intention to involve
industry in this vital conversation.
A successful strategy must also take into account the U.S. government’s
responsibility to get its cyber house in order, too. The strategy notes that
this will require real investment on the part of key government agencies.
Congress and the administration must rise to this shared challenge and offer
long-term sustainable investments.
cyberscoop.com
CISA is Hiring: We want YOU to Help Defend the Nation from Cyberattacks
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9K More Amazon Layoffs - On Top of the 18K
Previous Cuts
Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers in addition to earlier cuts
The cuts follow an earlier round of layoffs that began in November and
extended into January, which affected more than 18,000 staffers.
Amazon will lay off 9,000 more employees in the coming weeks, CEO Andy
Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.
The cuts are on top of the previously announced layoffs that began in
November and extended into January. That round totaled more than 18,000
employees, and primarily affected staffers in its retail, devices, recruiting
and human resources groups.
Amazon made the decision to lay off more employees as it looks to streamline
costs. It took into account the economy, as well as the “uncertainty that
exists in the near future,” Jassy said. The company just wrapped up the second
phase of its annual budgeting process, referred to internally as “OP2.”
The latest round will primarily impact Amazon’s cloud computing, human
resources, advertising and Twitch livestreaming businesses, Jassy said in
the memo.
Amazon is undergoing the largest layoffs in company history after it went on
a hiring spree during the Covid-19 pandemic. The company’s global workforce
swelled to more than 1.6 million by the end of 2021, up from 798,000 in the
fourth quarter of 2019.
Jassy is also undergoing a broad overview of the company’s expenses as it
reckons with an economic downturn and slowing growth in its core retail
business. Amazon froze hiring in its corporate workforce, axed some experimental
projects and slowed warehouse expansion.
cnbc.com
Bank Collapse Hits Online Sellers
Etsy, other e-commerce companies feel squeeze of SVB collapse
Etsy on Monday resumed payments to merchants with Silicon Valley Bank
accounts after the e-commerce platform paused their payouts over the weekend
following the U.S. government shutdown of the bank last week.
Approximately
0.5% of Etsy's active sellers -or around 2,700 merchants- had their payments
delayed on Friday related to SVB's collapse, according to Etsy.
"We are working to pay these sellers today, and we’ve already started
processing payments via another payment partner this morning," an Etsy
spokesperson told Reuters on Monday.
The payments Etsy sellers received is unrelated to the Federal Reserve's Sunday
announcement, which ensured that SVB's customers would have access to their
funds on Monday.
Shopify, which provides websites and apps to stores, also halted payments
to online sellers with Silicon Valley Bank accounts, telling merchants they must
switch accounts to receive funds, according to the company's website.
Etsy and Shopify each work with 5.4 million and 1.75 million online merchants
respectively worldwide, mostly small-to-medium size businesses.
Some Etsy sellers decided to put their stores on vacation mode, pausing
customer purchases in an effort to minimize their financial losses while
others say they have received their payments on schedule.
reuters.com
Amazon is Looking at Taking on Google’s Chrome With Their Own Web Browser
Amazon employees in 14 countries can now learn English and other local languages
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San Ramon, CA: Brazen Armed Jewelry store heist leaves residents shaken
The
brazen daylight armed robbery of a jewelry store at the upscale City Center
Bishop Ranch shopping center in San Ramon has left local residents and shop
owners shaken. It happened on Friday around 2:30 p.m. at Heller Jewelers and was
recorded by multiple people on their cellphones in addition to the store
security cameras. The videos showed gunmen pointing a gun a security guard
who worked for the store. Other robbers could be seen smashing display
cases and taking expensive items. The family-owned store is known to sell
high-end jewelry and Rolex watches. "It looked unreal for a moment," said Luca
Zanet, the general manager at Delarosa, a restaurant located across from the
jewelry store. "You had to do a double take." Zanet witnessed it and said the
robbery was happening with hundreds of shoppers nearby. "They must have scoped
it and checked it out. They knew exactly where they were going. They went in and
they went out in two or three minutes," Zanet said. "It's getting worse
because the Nike store got hit twice already and then Sunglass Hut -- they got
hit five times already (this year)."
cbsnews.com
Falls Church, VA: Thieves steal $500K worth of jewelry in Falls Church; Search
underway for 5 suspects
Police in Virginia are asking for help finding several suspects accused of
stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from a store in Falls
Church. According to the City of Falls Church Police, the incident happened
around 1:45 p.m. on Friday, March 10 at Tri State Jewelers, located at 110 W
Broad Street. Investigators say that two men and three women entered the store,
and while inside, the men kept the store's employees busy as the women walked
around the store. During this time, police say, one of the women crawled to the
store's back room and stole about $500,000 worth of jewelry.
fox5dc.com
Boise, ID: Man sentenced to 90 months for identity theft scheme spanning Idaho
and several Western states
A 43-year-old of Seattle was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for wire
fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced
Thursday. According to court records, from at least May 2018 through November
2020, Ryan M. Tichy executed a scheme to defraud wherein he obtained the means
of identification of many individuals and used that information to create false
identification documents, open credit accounts, obtain loans, takeover existing
credit accounts, and make purchases. The fraudulently-obtained means of
identification included names, social security numbers, dates of birth, and
account numbers. After he gathered that information, Tichy would often create a
fake driver’s license using his picture but the victim’s name. Tichy
travelled around Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and elsewhere to make
fraudulent purchases. When law enforcement executed a search warrant on
December 2, 2020, they discovered a mobile identity theft lab inside a trailer
Tichy purchased using another person’s identity. The trailer contained
materials, machines, computers, and printers for use in producing counterfeit
identity cards and debit/credit cards. The trailer also contained foils,
blank stock for driver’s licenses, an embosser, a card punch, printers,
counterfeit driver’s licenses in various stages of completion, and counterfeit
credit cards.
localnews8.com
Couple wanted by police for allegedly using fraudulent means to steal from
Walmart using the store’s self-checkout system and make off with a shopping cart
full of me
El Paso, TX: Police ask public to help identify $2000 O’Reilly’s Auto parts
theft suspect
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Shootings & Deaths
Houston, TX: 3 men dead after shooting outside shopping center in Alief
Three men were killed in a shooting outside of a shopping center in the Alief
area, according to Houston police. It happened just after 5:30 a.m. Sunday in a
parking lot off Beechnut Street near Wilcrest Drive. According to HPD Assistant
Chief Hatcher, authorities got calls about three men who were down in the
parking lot. When they arrived, all three men were pronounced dead at the scene.
Hatcher confirmed that there had been several shootings in that parking lot in
the past. Hatcher said there is a nightclub in the parking lot, but they're not
sure if the shootings are related to it in any way.
khou.com
Dallas, TX: Police Investigating Two Separate Shootings at Same Location
Dallas police are currently investigating two shootings at the same location,
one day apart. The shootings happened near U.S. Highway 67 and I-20 and left
1 person dead and at least 5 others injured. Dallas PD said four people were
shot outside a convenience store during a vigil for a murder victim in the 7400
block of S. Westmoreland Road on Saturday night. Investigators say a passenger
in a vehicle westbound on Gannon Road opened fire just before 9:20 p.m.
Detectives are searching for a white Chrysler vehicle connected to the shooting.
Police say people in the crowd at the vigil also fired weapons back at the
vehicle. The violence occurred a little more than 24 hours after DPD
investigated two separate shootings at the same address on Friday afternoon that
killed one person and injured another. DPD said officers responded to a shooting
just after 3:45 p.m. Friday in front of a convenience store and found Donavan
Jones, 19, shot. Jones died from injuries on Saturday, according to police.
Detectives determined the accused shooter, Jacory Simpson, 23, was also shot
inside a nearby building. Simpson was taken to a hospital in critical condition
and an arrest warrant has been issued for murder and unlawful carrying of a
weapon.
nbcdfw.com
St Regis, MT: Idaho armed robbery suspect killed in Montana after hostage shot
A suspect in an Idaho armed robbery was killed by law enforcement after shooting
a hostage near a travel center in western Montana, authorities said. Two
suspects involved in the Saturday morning robbery in Osburn, Idaho were seen by
witnesses later that day in St. Regis, Montana, the Mineral County Sheriff’s
Office said. One suspect was taken into custody without incident. The second
suspect took a hostage near the travel center and shot the hostage before the
suspect was shot and killed by law enforcement, the sheriff’s office said.
localnews8.com
South Beach, Miami, FL: Police investigating after Ocean Drive shooting leaves 1
man dead, 1 injured
Witnesses share videos of the panic that ensued after two fatal shootings left
tourists feeling afraid for their safety during spring break in South Beach.
Police officers arrested Dontavious Polk, 24, of Fort Lauderdale, for
first-degree murder, after a fatal shooting shortly before 3:30 a.m., on Sunday
on Ocean Drive at 11 Street. Surveillance video shows the murder. Police
officers also arrested another suspect after a fatal shooting at 10:40 p.m., on
Friday on Ocean Drive at Seventh Street. One person was injured.
local10.com
New York, NY: 1 man dead, 1 hospitalized after shooting inside Bronx deli
One man is dead and another is hospitalized after a shooting inside a Bronx
deli. It happened just before midnight on White Plains Road near East 241st
Street in Wakefield. Police said a 24-year-old man was rushed to Jacobi Medical
Center, where he was pronounced dead. A 42-year-old man is recovering at
Montefiore Medical Center.
cbsnews.com
Queens, NY: Smoke shop employee killed during armed robbery in Queens
Robberies,
Incidents & Thefts
San Francisco, CA: Brutal youth brawls at San Francisco mall caught on camera
There
have been multiple fights at San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria shopping center
involving students. The latest attacks happened last week inside the Target
store and at the food court and were captured on cellphone video. Mall workers
said mob violence broke out Friday after 4 p.m. Witnesses say it was a
beat-down. Cellphone video showed a group of students with backpacks punching
and kicking a person inside the Target store. One of the youths can be seen
slamming a victim to the ground. The victim used his hands to protect his head
as he was repeatedly struck. Other young people watched the attack and recorded
it on their phones. Some witnesses told KPIX they were scared to intervene
fearing the attackers would turn on them. A short time later, another attack
broke out in the Stonestown food court. It's unclear if it involved the same
group of students. Two victims were assaulted although the attackers focused
mostly on one young person.
cbsnews.com
Aurora, IL: Montgomery man charged with stabbing inside Aurora liquor store
Alpharetta, GA: Macy’s Shoplifter pulls hammer on Loss Prevention officer at
North Point Mall; no injuries
Trumbull, CT: Shoplifter Arrested after pulling a knife on Loss Prevention at JC
Penney; no injuries
El Centro, CA: Wells Fargo ATM Repairman robbed at gunpoint of over $200,000
Los Angeles, CA: Armed robbers targeting taco vendors in Los Angeles
New York, NY: Search for a group of thieves targeting Rite Aids across New York
City
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada: Man with ‘gangster mentality’ who pulled
imitation handgun on mall security guard sentenced to 21 months in jail
Pittsburgh, PA: 3 local US Postal Service workers charged with theft
McKeesport, PA: Store selling t-shirts to raise money for family of Officer Sean
Sluganski
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• Animal
– Portland, OR – Burglary
• Antique
– Roxboro, NC – Robbery
• Auto
– El Paso, TX – Robbery
• C-Store
– Ithaca, NY – Burglary
• Cellphone
– Rancho Cordova, CA – Armed Robbery
• Cellphone
– New York, NY – Armed Robbery
• Dollar
– Columbia County, PA- Burglary
• Dollar
– Memphis, TN – Robbery
• Grocery
– Oak Creek, WI – Robbery
• Grocery
– Columbus, GA – Armed Robbery
• Guns
– Cape Girardeau County, MO – Burglary
• Hardware
– Ellington, CT – Robbery
• JC
Penney – Trumbull, CT – Armed Robbery
• Jewelry
– San Ramon, CA – Robbery
• Jewelry
- Falls Church, VA - Robbery
• Liquor
– Vallejo, CA - Burglary
• Liquor
– Detroit, MI – Robbery
• Macy’s
– Alpharetta, GA – Armed Robbery
• Pawn
– Broward County, FL – Armed Robbery
• Pharmacy
– St. Mary’s County, MD – Robbery
• Pharmacy
– New York, NY – Armed Robbery
• Restaurant
– Los Angeles, CA – Armed Robbery
• Restaurant
– Chicago, IL – Armed Robbery
• Restaurant
– Lake Minnetonka, MN – Burglary
• Restaurant
– Newton, MA – Burglary
• Restaurant
– Kershaw County, SC - Armed Robbery
• Tobacco
– Memphis, TN – Burglary
Daily Totals:
• 19 robberies
• 8 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
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