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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact


Ribbon Cutting Today @ New Police Substation Opening @ Buffalo's Mass Shooting Tops Store

Buffalo's Tops Friendly Markets gets police substation two years after mass shooting

The grocery store says the goal is to increase police visibility and outreach

Nearly two years after a mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 10 people and wounded three, the grocery chain announced it is partnering with local police to install a police substation at a Tops store in nearby Niagara Falls. 

Tops explained that the substation would not be occupied by police at all times, and the store will still have its own security. 

“Tops was proud to be able to support local law enforcement and the city in their efforts to provide their officers a location in which they can complete paper or computer work, recharge equipment, and engage with community members,” said regional vice president for Tops, Jim Gibson, in a statement. supermarketnews.com

 

 

Will New York Pass & Fund Hochul's Retail Theft Package? 

Toughening retail theft penalties pits Hochul against fellow Democrats

Housing has sucked up much of the oxygen in ongoing state budget negotiations, but another disagreement between the governor and lawmakers remains unresolved: whether to toughen penalties around shoplifting.

Gov. Kathy Hochul put retail theft at the center of her policy agenda this year, amid data showing that shoplifting has risen in New York in recent years even as it has fallen in other parts of the country. Most notably, her budget proposal called for making it a felony to assault a retail worker — a provision that is facing resistance in the state Legislature.

“I just don't believe raising penalties is ever a deterrent on crime,” Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said last month. He spoke for many in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, which has generally opposed Hochul’s prior attempts to toughen criminal penalties and roll back parts of the state’s 2019 bail reform laws.

The disagreement has helped delay the state budget well past its April 1 due date, although Hochul and other officials have indicated that a deal might be within reach.

Hochul’s other proposals include making it illegal to aid the sale of stolen products online, funding a $25 million State Police deployment to investigate “organized retail theft rings,” and giving a combined $15 million to local prosecutors’ offices and police departments to combat shoplifting. Hochul would also set aside $5 million to create a $3,000 tax credit for small businesses that spend money on anti-shoplifting measures.

State Senate leaders have voiced support for some of those plans, like the tax credit and the penalty for online sales, while the Assembly said little about the issue in its official budget proposal. But the increased penalty for assault in particular has been a sticking point.

Hochul’s push has won support from some business leaders. Leaders of the Five Borough Jobs Campaign — a coalition that includes business improvement districts, the city’s chambers of commerce and the Real Estate Board of New York — has called on the Legislature to fully back Hochul’s package, saying shoplifting has eaten into the bottom lines of the city’s small business owners. The Retail Council of New York State, an industry group, has also praised the governor’s plan and has reported lobbying lawmakers on related issues.

Another supporter of the tougher penalties is Mayor Eric Adams, who has urged state lawmakers to approve Hochul’s package. He said last week that he disagreed with Heastie’s assertion that harsher penalties would not deter crime.

“What it does, and what I believe it should do, it keeps dangerous people off our streets,” Adams said of the proposed felony charge.  crainesnewyork.com

 

 

Adams Wants to Return to the Good Old Days of Holding People Accountable

NYC Mayor Adams stops short of calling for deportation of migrants who allegedly hurt cop during shoplifting arrest: ‘This is my position’

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday stopped short of calling for the deportation of two migrants accused of injuring an NYPD officer who was trying to arrest them for shoplifting from an Upper East Side Target.

“If you are a repeat offender of a violent act in his city, after you serve your time, you need to leave this city. That is my position,” Adams said during his weekly press conference at City Hall when asked about the vicious April 2 attack.

The tepid response stood in stark contrast to the position Hizzoner took less than two months ago — when he called on overhauling the city’s controversial sanctuary laws for migrants accused of serious offenses.

Adams in February floated changing the current policy to allow local law enforcement to turn migrants over to federal immigration officials if they were “suspected” of a serious crime.

I want to go back to the standards of the previous mayors who I believe subscribe to my belief that people who are suspected of committing serious crimes in this city should be held accountable,” Adams fumed to reporters in City Hall on Feb. 27.  hey didn’t give due process to the person that they shot or punched or killed,” he added.   nypost.com

 

‘Scared to death’: S.F. librarians call for security guards at every branch

Nearly 100 San Francisco Public Library workers and union supporters rallied Tuesday outside the Main Library on Larkin Street calling on city officials to place security guards at every branch in the system. The request is part of contract negotiations between the city and its library staff, who are represented by Service Employees International Union Local 1021. 

The library budgeted $8.7 million this fiscal year for safety and security, which includes security staff, support from the sheriff’s department at the main library, a contract with Urban Alchemy and the agency’s social worker program. sfchronical.com

 



Facial Recognition Technology Retail Milestone Day

 

UK Rolls Out Nationwide FRT Program to Combat Retail Crime

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Today Announced  Major Investment in Facial Recognition As Part of Wider Crackdown on Retail Crime

To the shoplifters and those abusing shopworkers, enough is enough,” says a release from the Home Office, which specifies that assaulting a retail worker is to be made a standalone criminal offense.

The £55.5 million (US$69.5 million) to be spent on facial recognition technology over the next four years includes £4m for “bespoke mobile units that can be deployed to high streets across the country with live facial recognition used in crowded areas to identify people wanted by the police – including repeat shoplifters.” Matching real-time live footage with biometric databases and other watchlists, the system will send alerts to police if a banned individual is detected in a high street or retail area via facial recognition.

“The number of offenders being charged for these crimes is increasing and while I want to see more people face consequences for their actions, our plan is designed to help put a stop to these crimes happening in the first place,” says Home Secretary James Cleverly, framing facial recognition as a preventative measure.

Metropolitan Police say facial recognition is as important as DNA

Despite such critiques, the investment comes as no surprise, given law enforcement’s embrace of biometrics and facial recognition. In an interview with The Times this week, the Metropolitan Police’s director of ­intelligence, Lindsey Chiswick, calls facial recognition for law enforcement “transformational” and “the biggest development in policing since DNA or fingerprints.”

Besides, the Met already uses a version of the roving facial recognition vehicles, which use live facial recognition cameras mounted on top to perform facial recognition scans and flag any matches against a database of wanted perpetrators.

There is talk of the UK government making an official policy statement on its facial recognition strategy in the coming weeks, and the PM’s announcement makes that all the more plausible. The Times says it will contain guardrails and safeguards to assuage public concerns about surveillance and loss of privacy.

Regulation key to public trust, widespread uptake of facial recognition

The call for regulation is a big part of public pushback against biometric facial recognition. Answering the call, the Office of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, Dr. Brian Plastow, has published its Review of the Laws of Retention of Biometric Data in Scotland. The 37-page document includes key facts, reported numbers for different police force’s biometric databases (although the total number is unknown), definitions, an outline of the Commissioner’s role, and a lengthy assurance review.

The quickest path to wide public acceptance is probably the slow and steady one, while those who jump the gun risk tripping over the many questions about facial recognition that remain in the public square. biometricupdate.com

 

National Police Chiefs' Council
Feb., 12, 2024

The UK's Retail Crime Action Plan & Operation Pegasus Launched October 2023
Obviously successful & Helped springboard today's announcement.

Policing Retail Crime Action Plan shows early impact

A plan commissioned by the Policing Minister and developed by policing in partnership with Government to drive down retail crime is already showing positive results.

The Retail Crime Action Plan, which set out policing’s commitment to tackling shoplifting and prioritising attendance where violence was involved or a shoplifter was detained, was launched in October 2023.

Operational implementation of the plan has shown significant impact from a dip sample of 31 police forces carried out in December 2023.

Of over 1,500 crimes reviewed across all retailers, police attended 60 per cent where violence had been used, with 16 per cent of forces sampled reporting 100 per cent attendance to this type of incident.

Police attendance for a detained shoplifter was 76 per cent with 21 per cent of forces again showing 100 per cent attendance.  npcc.police.uk

Editors Note:  Operation Pegasus has an FRT component managed by law enforcement along with 18 retailers and is the first coordinated retail and public law enforcement effort to date.  Although there hasn't been any major media coverage since its roll-out last October, other than the internal report in February, its obviously been successful or the Prime Minister wouldn't be rolling out a national program. 

This is an historical milestone for Facial Recognition Technology.  Just my opinion.  Gus Downing

Customer Notification

 

Across the Pond Another Retailer Publicly Adapts Facial Recognition

UK; Booths supermarket is running facial recognition surveillance to stop shoplifting and abuse of staff

Customers visiting Booths supermarkets are now having their faces scanned as part of a new crime-busting initiative.

The Preston-based business, which has 28 stores across the North of England, has brought in facial recognition surveillance systems, which scans every face that comes through the doors and is compared against a Person of Interest (POI) Watchlist.

The company says it has made the move due to “increasing incidents of abusive behaviour towards shop workers in addition to significant increases in shoplifting”.

According to Booths’ website, the system instantly deletes the image where no match is found against the POI Watchlist. The system does not store this image and this image cannot be stored, retrieved or reverse engineered. Only those that have committed criminal activity on a Booths site will be added to the POI Watchlist. No images will be added to the POI Watchlist from any other external source such as the police or other retailers.

Those added to the watchlist are done so for six months from their last offence committed on a Booths site. After this time has elapsed, they will be removed.

A spokesman for the company said: “Increasing incidents of abusive behaviour towards shop workers in addition to significant increases in shoplifting are affecting businesses big and small across the UK’s retail sector.

“To help to address these issues and to keep Booths customers and colleagues safe, we are introducing Facial Recognition Technology in our stores.  This initiative is just one part of a broader approach aimed at minimising retail crime at Booths whilst protecting our colleagues and customers. The technology uses a combination of facial recognition but also requires human verification by a trained Booths specialist. We take our responsibilities to our customers and colleagues very seriously and our aim is to deter crimes before they are committed.”  burnley.com

Anyone with questions about the systsem is asked to contact centralservices@booths.co.uk

 

Target Alerting Customers if Anything is Unscanned & Tracking Repeaters?

Target adds cameras at self-checkout stations to deter theft

The retailer is adding a new technology at its self-checkout registers that uses cameras to detect items on scanners, alerting shoppers who leave anything unscanned, according to internal documents viewed by Bloomberg News.

The technology, called TruScan, is being rolled out to all stores this year, the documents said. It could help Target track shoppers "who repeatedly fail to scan their items even after being prompted," according to the documents.

Shoppers will get audio and visual cues when they don't scan items and the technology has been piloted in some stores in recent months, said people familiar with the matter, asking not to be identified discussing private information.

Minneapolis-based Target and other U.S. retailers have added weight sensors and cameras at self-checkout stations to enhance security and typically have store employees intervene when there are errors. Target's TruScan technology is meant to go beyond that in a move to reduce theft and product shortages.

Target is upgrading self-checkout stations after its March announcement of purchase limits of 10 products at these registers. The company also said it plans to open more traditional checkout lanes that are staffed by employees.

Dollar General removing them from more than 300 high shrink stores. 

Kroger has said it's experienced more organized crime at self-checkout stations and that it is investing in technologies to prevent theft.  startribune.com

 

Analytics & Business Intelligence Becoming the Top Two Skill Sets

Are you part of the new breed of grocery workers?

Technology, analytics are redefining roles, according to new executive salary data

Job titles in the grocery industry are not necessarily changing, but the scripts are starting to flip, according to new executive salary data. 

In a short amount of time, job requirements are now reflecting a fast changing industry where analytics and business intelligence are critical to a chain gaining competitive advantage. This finding is reflected in recently released 2023 executive salary data compiled by Austin-Michael, a Golden, Colo.-based executive search firm specializing in grocery retail. 

“Analytics are playing a bigger part in the organizational makeup of these companies,” said Austin-Michael managing general partner Jose Tamez.. “Analytics, data, and business intelligence are beginning to play such a huge part in the value channel, in the value chain, that now those skill sets and the demand for those skill sets is growing pretty quickly.”

Job responsibilities are also getting added to titles for grocery workers due to tech allowing more functions to be carried out by fewer individuals.  Ed Note; Isn't this true in all retailers?

“Now you have one person who can do two functions, possibly even three with the help of technology,” Tamez said. “You are going to see organizational charts getting tighter and tighter because of some of these very things.” 

Bringing in workers with more technical experience, along with beefing up job responsibilities, are two reasons why grocery salaries are going to shift in the coming years, Tamez said.  supermarketnews.com

 

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Senior LP & AP Jobs Market

Sr. Consultant, Asset Protection job posted for CarMax in Richmond, VA
The Asset Protection Sr. Consultant provides direct AP support for all locations and associates and conducts routine AP investigations. The Sr. Consultant manages their work and assigned case load primarily within the ThinkLP HRAP Case Management system. The Sr. Consultant also participates in core home office AP team meetings to ensure high level of internal department collaboration as well as with store management and other home office departments, including but not limited to Human Resources, Customer Relations, etc. careers.carmax.com


Manager, Field Safe & Secure job posted for Carvana in Haines City, FL
We're looking for an experienced and collaborative Field Safe & Secure Manager to lead the Safe and Secure efforts for a large distribution center, consisting of 400+ associates and a product inventory exceeding $100MM. The Field Safe & Secure Manager will work closely with the Facility Leadership Team (Operations, Wholesale, Logistics, and People Operations) in supporting the safety of our associates and the protection of our assets in a dynamic working environment. indeed.com
 




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Third-Party Test Leaks Employee Data

Home Depot confirms worker data leak after miscreant dumps info online

SaaS slip up leads to scumbags seeking sinecure

Home Depot has confirmed that a third-party company accidentally exposed some of its employees' personal details after a criminal copy-pasted the data online.

In a statement to The Register, Home Depot spokesperson Beth Marlowe said: "A third-party SaaS vendor inadvertently made public a small sample Home Depot associates' names, work email addresses and User IDs during testing of their systems."

Marlowe declined to say how many employees were affected, name the third-party vendor, nor answer our additional questions about the data theft. To us, it appears someone saw that sample on the public internet, grabbed it a copy, and leaked some or all of it on the dark web.

The retailer's disclosure comes after a crook who goes by the moniker IntelBroker shared the info on BreachForums. On Friday, they claimed to have made available a Home Depot database containing corporate information belonging to 10,000 employees from an attack this month.  theregister.com

 

Third-Party's - The Weakest Link - Yet Requiring Vendor Assessments Hasn't Risen Since 2021

Companies fall short on curbing cybersecurity risks from vendors: Moody’s

Cyberrisks are mounting, with artificial intelligence likely to increase the threat of attack in the short to medium term, Moody’s said.

Most companies and organizations in the U.S. and Canada fall short on limiting cybersecurity risks from third-party vendors even as they give cybermanagers more clout and boost spending on averting attacks, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report.

“Third-party vendor risk management sees little improvement” since 2021, Moody’s found in a survey of about 1,100 companies and government-affiliated organizations. “Apart from financial services and infrastructure issuers — and despite a series of supply-chain attacks — the share of organizations requiring new or periodic third-party vendor assessments has not risen since 2021.

At the same time, cybermanagers wield more influence, with 90% reporting to a C-suite executive compared with 62% in 2021, Moody’s said. Companies have also boosted cybersecurity budgets 65% during the past five years, funding 25% growth in cybersecurity talent.

Cybersecurity risks are rising, with generative artificial intelligence expected to favor attackers over the short-to-medium term, Moody’s said. Cyberattacks annually surged 26% on average from 2017 until 2023, the rating firm said, citing University of Maryland data.

Meanwhile, annual global ransomware payments exceeded $1 billion for the first time last year, Moody’s said, citing Chainanalysis, a cybersecurity firm.

Rising premiums have not reduced demand for cybersecurity insurance, according to Moody’s.

The share of survey respondents who said they carry specialized cybersecurity insurance policies rose to 87%, an increase of 21 percentage points from 2021, despite an average 55% increase in insurance premiums from 2020 until 2022, Moody’s said.  cfodive.com

 

There was a 72% increase in cloud infrastructure incidents in 2023

According to an Expel report, identity threats accounted for 64% of all investigated incidents and increased in volume by 144% from 2022. Of those incidents, 60% were unauthorized email logins and 40% were authentications to identity platforms, like Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping and Duo.

The report found that 35% of organizations experienced more than one incident (up from 24% in 2022). Organizations saw an average of eight identity-based incidents over the year, according to the report.

The report found a 72% increase in cloud infrastructure incidents, roughly consistent with 2022. Exposed credentials (or secrets) were the leading root cause of cloud infrastructure incidents (42%), according to the report. Publicly exposed or stolen credentials allow attackers to maintain persistent access to the cloud environment with the permissions tied to that identity or role.

The report found that while malware as a percentage of overall incidents decreased by 25% in 2023, the potential impact of both high-risk and latent-risk malware should not be discounted. Phishing incidents tripled from 2% in 2022 to 6% in 2023, according to the report. The percentage of authorized penetration tests and red teams investigated decreased 43%.   securitymagazine.com

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DOJ: Maryland Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than $32,000 in High-End Goods

Defendant smashed the door of a Gucci outlet store and stole merchandise

BOSTON – A Maryland man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to stealing thousands of items from a high-end outlet store in Wrentham, Mass.

Nathaniel Owens, 33, pleaded guilty on April 4, 2024 to one count of conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce and one count of interstate transportation of stolen goods. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs scheduled sentencing for July 19, 2024. Owens was indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2023 along with his co-defendants Linworth Hayes Crawford III and Ronald Patterson, Jr. 

Crawford pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy on Feb. 3, 2024 and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 3, 2024. Patterson has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.

The charge of conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 fine. The charge of interstate transportation of stolen goods provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. justice.gov

DOJ: Chinese National Indicted For Access Device Fraud

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Donghui Liao (32, China) with possession of 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices. If convicted, Liao faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. 

According to the indictment, on October 17, 2023, Liao knowingly and with intent to defraud possessed 15 or more counterfeit and unauthorized access devices, including retail and credit card gift cards.  justice.gov

Arab, AL: An Arab car dealership is out more than a million dollars after an overnight burglary, and the investigation continues as police and the FBI work to locate six missing luxury vehicles.

News 19 spoke to the owner of the North Country Ford dealership, General Manager Greg Anthony, and he says that it’s been quite a process getting things back up and running.

The eight cars and trucks stolen from this dealership were high-end, luxury vehicles. One of them, a 2023 Dodge Challenger Demon, has an estimated value upwards of $150,000. Two of those vehicles have been recovered, but six are still missing.

Irvine, CA: The Irvine Police arrested a crew of thieves who stole Apple AirTags from a Target store.

Last Tuesday night, a police officer assigned to the Irvine Spectrum was on a follow-up investigation at Target when she learned three people were about to leave the store with Apple AirTags they did not pay for, according to the Irvine Police Department.

Before leaving the store, the suspects removed the security sensors from the items. The responding police officers found the three suspects quicker than you could locate your best friend on Apple’s “Find My” app. During the investigation, additional stolen AirTags were located inside their vehicle. Officers believe the helpful tracking devices were taken from a nearby store in another City. All three suspects were arrested and booked at Orange County Jail for burglary, false information to an officer, and organized retail theft.

Seattle, WA: Video shows at least 11 people burglarizing Seattle pot shop during crash-and-grab.

A large group of thieves smashed their way into a Central District cannabis dispensary early Tuesday morning. The store’s manager said the business lost tens of thousands of dollars between the stolen product and the property damage.

Surveillance video shared with KOMO News shows the group using a car to smash through the front of Forbidden Cannabis, located at 2413 East Union Street, around 3:20 a.m. Tuesday. The video shows the group of at least 11 suspects dressed in dark clothing running into the store and grabbing everything they can.

Tampa, FL: Update: Career shoplifter headed to prison after using soft-sided cooler to scoop $20k worth of designer sunglasses.

Defendant Ernesha Atmore made a career of retail theft. She’s been in and out of prison for stealing thousands of dollars worth of designer goods, but now the tougher laws in Florida have finally caught up to her.

Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez says a theft caught on video a couple of years ago, may have sealed her fate. "She committed one of the most brazen thefts I’ve heard of. She went into a Sunglass Hut at International Plaza and had a soft-sided cooler, and she just scooped up about $20,000 in designer sunglasses. When the employee said, ‘What are you doing,’ she said, ‘I have a taser.’ And, as you know, a taser is a weapon," explained Lopez.

Atmore was busted days later, and police found a lot of stolen goods in her car. Because she is a repeat offender, she’s now facing stiffer penalties and decades in prison. Prosecutors offered her a three-year deal, but she rejected it. A jury convicted her and she was recently sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Washington DC: Update: Md. man pleads guilty to stealing $32k of merch from Gucci store in Mass.

A Maryland man accused of stealing merchandise — worth $32,000 — from a Gucci store in Wrentham pleaded guilty in federal court, Acting United States Joshua Levy’s office announced.

Nathaniel Owens, 33, pleaded guilty on April 4 to one count of conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce and one count of interstate transportation of stolen goods, Levy’s office said in a statement on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs scheduled Owens’ sentencing for July 19. Owens was indicted in January 2023, along with his co-defendants Linworth Hayes Crawford III and Ronald Patterson Jr. Owens, Crawford and Patterson traveled from Washington D.C. to Wrentham Village Premium Outlets on the night of Sept. 16, 2021, Levy’s office said. They smashed the glass front door, entered the store and stole several items of high-end merch, including handbags, duffle bags, backpacks and sunglasses.


North Hampton, NH: Miller's Comics burglary: Store 'trashed,' $15K in goods stolen


Halifax, N.S. , Canada: Downtown Halifax vintage stores targeted by thieves looking to resell high-priced items.



 


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Shootings & Deaths


New Orleans, LA: Security guard killed at a Mid-City bar was shot after denying a man entry.

A security guard who was killed outside a Mid-City bar Sunday night was shot after denying a man entry, according to a spokesperson for the bar. The suspect is still at large. Darriel King, 53, was working the front door at Wit's Inn on North Carrollton Avenue when he was shot in the chest and killed after attempting to prevent another person from entering the bar. “You have to be over 30 to get into our establishment," the spokesperson said. "The security guard not only saw that he was too young, but that he was extremely intoxicated, and he was armed. So, that security guard decided obviously not to let him in.” The shooting was reported just after 11 p.m., according to the New Orleans Police Department.



Robberies, Incidents & Thefts

 

DOJ: Meriden Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Violent Robbery Spree

KENNETH MICHAEL STROTHERS, 27, of Meriden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to an effective sentence of 168 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a violent armed robbery spree in 2021.

this matter stems from an investigation by the FBI and several local police departments into a series of armed robberies that occurred across Connecticut in early 2021.  The investigation revealed that Strothers committed at least 10 robberies over an approximately two-week period in Meriden, Cromwell, West Hartford, Newington, Wethersfield and New Britain.  The robberies typically involved Strothers stealing a vehicle, selecting and entering stores, threatening victims with a firearm, making demands, and, in some instances, beating victims with the gun before robbing them, causing significant injury and trauma.  justice.gov

New York City, NY: Migrant repeat offenders viciously attack cops during bust for ransacking NYC Target

A crew of Venezuelan migrants with rap sheets allegedly pounced on New York’s Finest after getting caught red-handed stealing from an Upper East Side Target — and most of them are now back on the streets. Four of the five repeat offenders busted in the brazen April 2 crime — which sent one cop to the hospital — were released without bail by a Manhattan judge, according to court records and law-enforcement sources. The accused criminals were part of a crew of six that allegedly yanked $82 in items off displays in the store on Third Avenue near East 70th Street around 6:50 p.m. The thieves left a trail of destruction as they grabbed a backpack from a shelf, cut off its security tag and then moved “from aisle to aisle” stuffing it with goods — including a gaming light, tools and assorted grub such as Fruit Loops, Frosted Flakes, Doritos, strawberries and bottled waters, according to sources and a criminal complaint. When responding cops from the NYPD’s 19th Precinct stopped the shoplifters in their tracks, two of the suspects — Yusneiby Machado, 23, and Brayan Freites, 21 — wrestled, shoved, slapped and pushed them in an attempt to resist, according to sources. The wild struggle left one officer with swelling, redness and pain on his left arm, cops said. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated and released. Another suspect — who has not been caught — tried to throw rocks at the officers, but they were not struck, sources said.

Los Angeles, CA: Man, 12-year-old girl arrested in string of armed robberies across L.A. County

An 18-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl have been arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies across Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the two were arrested Saturday after leading police on a pursuit following an armed robbery at a convenience store on the 3200 block of South Central Avenue. Officers responded to the scene and located the suspect vehicle and attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver sped off and led police on a chase. At one point, one of the occupants threw a firearm out of the vehicle, police said, which was later recovered by officers. The pursuit eventually ended and both the driver and passenger were arrested. The man has been identified as Nathen Sanchez, an 18-year-old resident of Los Angeles. Because the girl is underage, her name has not been released. During their arrest, a large amount of cash that was stolen in the earlier robbery was recovered from inside the vehicle.

Wilmington, DE: Woman Wanted For Robbing Kohls At Gunpoint

The Delaware State Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred this morning at Kohl’s in Wilmington. Officials said on April 9, 2024, at approximately 11:37 a.m., troopers responded to a robbery at Kohl’s on Kirkwood Highway. During the preliminary investigation, detectives learned that a woman came into the store, and employees recognized her as someone who had shoplifted from Kohl’s before according to police. When a store employee approached and followed the woman out of the store, she pulled a gun and threatened him police said. The woman then went back into the store and stole several items before running away. Troopers searched the area for the woman but were unable to find her.

Grand Rapids, MI: Man pleads guilty to role in theft of 123 guns, kidnapping from Michigan store

A man faces life in prison after pleading guilty to participating in a robbery at a Benton Harbor Dunham’s. Nance was charged alongside another defendant, Darnell Bishop, for his role in the theft of 123 handguns from Dunham’s Sports in Benton Harbor. Nance admitted that he and Bishop kidnapped the store’s manager from his home using a pistol, and took the man’s keys and the alarm code for the Dunham’s. Nance claimed he stayed with the store manager while Bishop went inside the store. Bishop then left the building with two coolers full of handguns. The two were eventually arrested and all 123 guns were found.


Chicago, IL: CPD seeking crew that burglarized 7 North Side businesses


White Plains, NY: Woman robbed CVS, nabbed in the Bronx with help from NYPD


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Multi-Store Detective (Pittsburgh Operating Market)
Pittsburgh, PA - Posted April 9

Job Summary: Store Detectives are key players in serving their assigned locations in the detection and apprehension of shoplifters. Job Responsibilities: Detect and apprehend shoplifters with the use of standard visual practice and CCTV in multi-store environment; Utilize CCTV to create video records of incidents requested by law enforcement and internal departments...



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Cleveland, OH - Posted April 9

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Akron/Canton, OH - Posted April 9

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