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AP & Cybersecurity
Leaders to be Recognized at NRF PROTECT
NRF to Honor Asset Protection and Cybersecurity Professionals
WASHINGTON – The National Retail Federation today announced the
recipients of the
2024 NRF PROTECT Awards, the highest asset protection and cybersecurity
recognitions in the retail industry. Five veteran loss prevention professionals
will be honored on June 5 during the annual
NRF PROTECT conference
in Long Beach, Calif.
The
Ring of Excellence Award honors distinguished professionals who have
impacted the loss prevention industry throughout their careers. The 2024
recipients are:
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Gary Johnson, a leader in loss prevention for more than 40
years. Johnson retired as Director of Asset Protection & Safety for
Guitar Center Inc., overseeing 600 stores nationwide, and has held
leadership positions with The Vitamin Shoppe, A&P Supermarkets, Barnes &
Noble and Osco Drug Stores. He served two terms as Chair of the NRF Loss
Prevention Advisory Council and was a founding member of the Loss
Prevention Research Council. |
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Mike Lamb, LPC, an industry expert with more than four
decades of experience in asset protection, loss prevention and safety.
Lamb retired from his role as Vice President of Asset Protection &
Safety with the Kroger Company in February 2024 and previously served in
leadership roles with Walmart U.S. and The Home Depot. Lamb remains
active in the LP/AP industry, serving as a member of the Executive
Committee for the LP Foundation, senior advisor for Innovate LPRC and
board member of Good2Go, as well as other key affiliations. |
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Walter Palmer, an
industry expert in loss prevention and a leader throughout his career as
a practitioner, consultant and industry partner. Palmer continues to
provide strategic guidance and insights to many of the world’s leading
retail brands. He is one of the co-founders of LP Magazine, has served
the industry across many boards and associations, and has been involved
with NRF’s loss prevention conference for more than 30 years. |
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John Velke, a
practitioner who began his retail loss prevention career in 1977 at Lord
& Taylor. Velke’s career includes roles with Fred Meyer, Parisian,
Proffitt’s and McRae’s stores, before retiring in 2022 from Total Wine &
More. For more than 40 years he has advocated for the AP/LP industry,
serving on the Illinois Attorney General’s task force on computer crime,
as a governor-appointed board member to Oregon’s Police Academy, and a
member of the NRF Loss Prevention Council. |
The
NRF Retail Cybersecurity Leadership Award recognizes an individual’s
cumulative contributions to advancing the state of cybersecurity within the
retail industry. The 2024 recipient is:
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Rich Agostino, Senior Vice President
and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Target. Agostino has
long been a champion for career development programs both at Target and
in the broader security community. He serves as Chair of the Board of
Directors for the Retail & Hospitality ISAC (RH-ISAC) and is a member of
the PCI Security Standards Council Board of Advisors and Google’s CISO
Advisory Board.
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As the leading authority and voice for the retail industry, NRF will
present these awards with retail security executives from across the country at
NRF PROTECT, June 4-6
at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif.
nrf.com
The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
Epidemic of 'Rampant Theft & Societal Rot'
Societal Rot, Part 1: Businesses Destroyed by Rampant Crime
This is the first of a five-part series.
The iconic Macy’s department store on Union Square in the heart of San Francisco
is
closing because of rampant theft and the societal rot that have infected
the city.
The massive 400,000-square-foot flagship building, which anchors an entire side
of Union Square, has been in business for more than 70 years at this spot, and
Macy’s has been in San Francisco for more than 100 years.
Employees
at the store told the
Daily Mail that thieves take “at least four blazers, 10 wallets, and 20
packs of underwear every day.” Another employee said that thieves routinely
steal “men’s Ralph Lauren Polo, women’s North Face, and Levi’s clothing.”
With dozens of store closures in and around San
Francisco's Union Square, and the dangerous conditions caused by open-air drug
use and mentally ill people living on the streets, fewer and fewer
people come downtown to shop.
See the Daily Mail’s
map of store closures.
The closures are caused in large part because of lax enforcement of
petty-theft laws by rogue prosecutors George Gascon and Chesa Boudin, who
served as district attorneys in San Francisco from 2011 to 2022.
Read more about their rogue pro-criminal, anti-victim policies
here,
here, and
here. For a deeper dive, read our
book, “Rogue Prosecutors: How Radical Soros Lawyers Are Destroying America’s
Cities.”
Part 2 tomorrow: The iconic In-N-Out burger chain
forced to close a fast-food joint.
dailysignal.com
Using Old Fashioned Police Work to Catch
Modern 'Professional' Shoplifters
‘This is a job for them’: Shoplifters are more organized than ever before
Shoplifting used to be a solitary crime. Police said that’s the old days;
today’s shoplifters are running a business – an illegal one. They are organized
and can turn violent.
Whether it’s one person leaving with an armful of goods or a group, police say
that today’s shoplifters act bolder than ever. “This
is a job for them. And they treat it like a job,” said Jim Colvin,
assistant chief, Brentwood Police Department.
Colvin says a shoplifting call hits police scanners nearly every day. “It’s
become much more organized and much more professional than it was early
on in my career.”
And today’s shoplifters aren’t typically after the mom-and-pop shops. They
want the big box stores. They all provide an environment shoplifters are
after Busy stores with lots of distractions; easy access to the interstate makes
for a quick getaway; and several entrances and exits.
Colvin says his force has a good working relationship with the stores,
alerting police ahead of time if they spot a shoplifter concealing items or
removing security tags.
“So, when we get those calls from the stores, and we are in the area, we try to
watch, and kinda surround that business, so that we can see where they are
going out,” said Colvin. “Our dispatchers are watching traffic
cameras.”
That old-fashioned police work seems to be paying off
for this new retail crime. From January to April 2023, Brentwood saw
39 shoplifting incidents, but this year it’s down to 23. Still, nationwide the
retail industry wants to see more done. In Tennessee alone, 1.2 million
people work in retail with a direct GDP impact of $5 billion.
The industry is pushing Congress to pass The Combating Organized Retail Crime
Act, allowing law enforcement from state-to-state to better share
intelligence.
wkrn.com
Using AI to Predict When Shoplifters Will
Strike
How a Pennsylvania-based grocery store is using AI to catch shoplifters
You can now add theft prevention to the growing list of ways that artificial
intelligence technology is being used in the real world. A
Pennsylvania-based grocery store chain has successfully used software to stop
shoplifters -- sometimes even predicting when they'll
strike again.
Redner's Markets is now using AI software to help flag suspicious
transactions and stop thieves at the self-checkout line.
"If they see it happen multiple times then it starts to steer them to stores
and or predictive dates as to when you might see a similar transaction occur,"
said Eric White, the spokesperson for Redner's Warehouse Markets.
The store was able to catch one thief's pattern using AI, even
predicting dates as to when a similar transaction would
occur again.
"The system told our agents, 'Hey this person is most likely to be at the
store at this time of day.' And our loss prevention agent just took a shot,
went up there, and sure enough found the individual doing it," said White.
The technology is installed at all Redner's locations and it's catching more
people now.
"These individuals should be able to pay for those groceries and they took
these steps to be so creative to try and get around it and we found it anyway,"
said White.
The bottom line is people stealing will ultimately drive up the cost of
groceries at the store, and Redner's hopes this technology will help them
keep prices low.
6abc.com
ORC Roundtable Held in NY
Local leaders in New York meet with Home Depot, Walmart, Walgreens to fight
organized retail theft
Representatives from Home Depot, Walmart and Walgreens attended and spoke to
how these crimes have affected their businesses.
A roundtable discussion organized by Rep. Anthony D'Esposito and Rep. Nick
LaLota brought on a spirited conversation about how to deal with organized
retail theft on Long Island.
Speakers, which included members of law enforcement from both Nassau and
Suffolk counties, focused on the differences between petty theft and this
type of crime, which they say is when people steal items with intent to resell
them - often immediately online.
Representatives from Home Depot, Walmart and Walgreens
attended and spoke to how these crimes have affected their businesses.
Rep. D'Esposito says this type of crime, by the end of 2024, will cost the
U.S. over $300 billion over the last three years.
Officials called on state representatives to make changes to New York's bail
reform laws. Gov. Kathy Hochul did announce a plan to address this issue in
the most recent state budget.
longisland.news12.com
PD & LP Officers Team Up to Fight Shoplifters
Boosters, Sliders, Skipscanners, Smash & Grab: Fort Wayne PD street crimes unit
is on a blitz to nab shoplifters
A small team of Fort Wayne detectives is making a big difference in combating
local shoplifting. The Fort Wayne Police
Department’s street crimes unit has teamed up with loss prevention officers
(LPOs) at big box stores, the usual target for organized thieves. So far,
they’ve logged 105 theft investigations this year, says Detective Doug
Gillespie, one of five with the unit.
With more than half the year to go, it’s likely the team will best last
year’s record of 209. Of those 105, 53 have resulted in felony arrests.
About once a month, Street Crimes and other FWPD officers meet at police
headquarters with LPOs and review surveillance tapes to identify wrongdoers.
Friday, the team masterminded a “blitz” at Meijer’s on Lima Road and
Gillespie’s unit was standing by to respond, along with area law enforcement. “We’re
seeing a large amount of retail theft and of that 60% to 70% is narcotic and
drug addiction,” Gillespie says.
wane.com
Retail theft up in NYC as chains scale back self-checkouts
Savannah, GA: At least 2 dead, 14 injured after 5 shootings, officials say
The Workplace Safety Push
A Joint Effort to Keep Workers Safe
How a closer partnership between OSHA and NLRB will strengthen protections
for the health and safety of workers.
The Biden Administration is trying to make it easier for employees to voice
their health and safety concerns on the job. To that end, two agencies that
oversee workplace safety and health will be working more closely
together—creating potential implications for employers.
This partnership between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is laid out in the
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) the agencies entered into last fall. The
purpose of this partnership is to establish a process for information sharing,
referrals, training and outreach between the agencies. Through this
collaboration, the agencies aim to address and highlight certain
anti-retaliation and whistleblowing issues.
The strengthening of this existing relationship is of no surprise, as President
Joe Biden has repeatedly expressed his support of unions and their
involvement with OSHA inspections. This partnership also follows the
Department of Justice’s own initiatives to crack down on corporate crimes and
the role that whistleblowing and retaliation play in those circumstances.
Further, events such as the #MeToo movement have increased the focus on
whistleblowing as reporting of unethical behaviors (e.g., harassment,
discrimination, bullying, and workplace safety) have increased.
Since shortly after OSHA was founded, the NLRB and OSHA have regularly engaged
in cooperative efforts during investigations. This MOU is a natural development,
as both agencies work to protect the safety and health of the workplace. This
most recent partnership allows the agencies to streamline their efforts.
NLRB’s General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo stated that this MOU will “bolster
protections for workers to speak out about unsafe working conditions by
strengthening coordination between OSHA and the NLRB on our enforcement
efforts.”
ehstoday.com
The Path Forward for
Macy's After Massive Downsizing
A glimpse into a future Macy’s
The department store has provided financial metrics for the fleet of
stores that will survive a massive downsizing over the next three years.
For its namesake banner for Q1, Macy’s on Tuesday broke out financial
performance metrics for a “go-forward” fleet of about 350 stores, including a
group of 50 whose performance serves as a “leading indicator.” The
go-forward locations are those spared from a plan, announced in February, to
close 150 stores over the next three years.
With a $6.6 billion takeover proposal in front of them, Macy’s
leadership, led by newly arrived CEO Tony Spring, seems to have taken an
unsparing look at its sprawling network of stores, the consequence of an
ambitious expansion decades ago of a retail model that was already in decline.
retaildive.com
Under Armour Looks To Do More With Less
In his first
quarterly earnings call since returning to the CEO role after four years,
Under Armour
founder Kevin Plank outlined a new Protect This House strategy, which
includes streamlining product offerings, simplifying go-to-market processes,
substantially reducing discounting, and making bigger statements around
launches.
The strategy focuses on three areas: amplifying product demand and loyalty,
optimizing and modernizing operations, and elevating consumer experiences.
retailwire.com
A day with no COVID deaths? It finally happened in California
After 1,476 consecutive days of daily COVID deaths,
we went one day without any
(Updated) The running list of major retail bankruptcies
C-store chain Rocket to deploy kiosks chainwide
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AI Can Expose Cybersecurity Gaps
AI raises CIO cyber anxieties
Using third-party generative AI products without the proper controls
exposes existing security gaps, McKinsey and Co. Partner Jan Shelly Brown said
Tuesday at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.
As CIOs fortify enterprise data estates for an onslaught of large language model
technologies, security anxieties are rising.
Emerging technologies introduce new vulnerabilities, attaching risk to the
adoption process. But the speed of generative AI model development and
implementation has intensified enterprise concerns, McKinsey and Co. Partner
Jan Shelly Brown said Tuesday at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.
“If you’re bringing in a GenAI-enabled third-party product and you don’t have
the right data and access controls, your current gaps are going to be exposed,”
Brown said.
Internal guardrails and data governance fortifications are table stakes for
organizations shaping generative AI strategy. But the rapid uptake of
generative AI productivity tools and LLM-ready software can undermine even the
strictest control measures.
“All of your businesses are using AI, whether they’re telling you about
it or not,” Jeffrey Wheatman, SVP at security software company Black Kite, said
during the panel.
“Your vendors are all using AI whether they’re telling you about it or not,”
Wheatman said, adding: “If we don’t know what our businesses are doing, it makes
it much harder for us to solve the problem.”
cybersecuritydive.com
Hitting Microsoft While Its Down
Google Pitches Workspace as Microsoft Email Alternative, Citing CSRB Report
The new Secure Alternative Program from Google aims to entice customers
away from Exchange Online and break Microsoft's dominance in the enterprise.
Google is using a recent report from the US Cyber
Safety Review Board (CSRB) that was critical of Microsoft's security practices
to make a case for its own Google Workspace suite of cloud-hosted email and
office productivity apps.
In two separate blogs — and without once referring to Microsoft by name —
company executives cited the CSRB report as reason why enterprise
organizations should consider moving away from Microsoft Exchange Online hosted
email to Google Workspace.
The company has launched a new
Secure Alternative Program with special pricing on its Google Workspace
Enterprise Plus offering and on Mandiant's incident response service for
organizations that make the switch. Google will also offer migration and change
management support for enterprises that need help transitioning from Exchange
Online to Workspace.
"For years, security experts have warned of the risks of government
overreliance on a single technology vendor," Google Cloud senior director of
global risk and compliance Jeanette Manfra and Charley Snyder, the company's
head of security policy,
wrote this week. "The recent
U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) report detailing significant security
failures and systematic weaknesses in a longstanding vendor reaffirms these
risks."
darkreading.com
Hackers Using Microsoft Tool to Carry Out
Attacks
Microsoft warns of hacker misusing Quick Assist in Black Basta ransomware
attacks
Threat researchers say a financially-motivated attacker has deployed the
tool in social-engineering attacks since April.
Microsoft researchers warn that a financially-motivated hacker has misused
the company’s Quick Assist client management tool since mid-April in
social-engineering attacks, ultimately leading to the deployment of Black
Basta ransomware, according to a
blog post released Wednesday. With Quick Assist, users can remotely connect
Windows or macOS with another person.
The attacks began using voice phishing, also known as vishing, and led to
malicious use of remote-monitoring tools like ScreenConnect or NetSupport
Manager, according to Microsoft. The hackers also deployed malware, including
Cobalt Strike or Qakbot, before launching the Black Basta ransomware.
The disclosure came less than a week after the FBI and Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency warned about Black Basta ransomware being
deployed in hundreds of attacks against
critical infrastructure and healthcare worldwide.
cybersecuritydive.com
Strategies for combating AI-enhanced BEC attacks
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Has Remote Work Fueled the E-Commerce Boom?
We’re Spending Billions on This Work-From-Home Indulgence
Without the boss nearby, who can resist placing that Amazon order?
On our remote days, it turns out, we shop while we work. Researchers say
it’s driving billions in online sales. There we all are,
browsing everything from toothpaste to
concert tickets while nodding along
on a video call, keying in credit-card info in between dashing off emails to
the boss.
Shopping away our entire workday is obviously a bad move. But indulging
in a little isn’t going to tank productivity. We pause and procrastinate at the
office, too, in ways that are acceptable there. At home, we gather around
clothing reviews like we’re hanging out at the office water cooler, and tick
errands off our list via Target.com.
With no one looking over our shoulders, we can puncture the monotony of another
vanilla workday with the dopamine high of finding the perfect pair of shoes.
Even if we might sometimes regret it.
Our collective retail therapy adds up. New research from Stanford University,
Northwestern University and the Mastercard Economics Institute, the payments
company’s research arm, finds the pandemic prompted a
rise in online shopping that’s persisted. Last year, for example,
we spent $375 billion more than we would have otherwise, the report
estimates.
The brunt of that bump is being driven by people working hybrid or fully
remote schedules, says Nick Bloom, a Stanford economist and co-author.
County-level data shows that in areas where work-from-home jobs are prevalent,
online shopping is up, while it’s back to prepandemic levels in places where
more folks work in-person.
Along with walking the dog and getting a jump on dinner, workday shopping is
a way to make efficient use of our time, Bloom says, and take advantage of
the fact that we have more control over it at home.
wsj.com
COVID Lockdown Accelerated Online Shift
UK: Is online shopping killing the High Street?
The digital age has fundamentally altered consumer behaviour and attitudes
towards the selling process, and it is still reshaping the high street.
The lockdown has accelerated this shift, with online shopping volumes increasing
sharply. This trend is expected to continue, raising questions about the
future of retail stores.
Over the last year, 89% of UK residents preferred to
shop online. Clothing sells more than any other product. This is true
in general, but it is especially true among young adults. A staggering
91% of people aged 25 to 34 shop online.
Furthermore, it is critical to emphasise the role that e-commerce plays in
shaping the retail environment today.
The extensive online shopping sector is an integral part of the UK population’s
daily routine; the country continues to be Europe’s most profitable e-commerce
market. In 2022, online sales accounted for 26.5% of total retail activity in
the United Kingdom. While the percentage may fluctuate, e-commerce revenue
in the United Kingdom will only increase in the coming years, with all segments
on the rise indicating a long-term development in the retail industry.
Although the statistics on high street decline may seem convincing, the
relationship between online shopping and physical retail stores is complex.
This blog will attempt to examine the current retail trends and retail situation
and address the query: is online shopping killing the high street?
theretailbulletin.com
Amazon CEO: An ‘embarrassing’ amount of your success depends on this one skill
How Amazon is harnessing solar energy, batteries, and AI to help decarbonize the
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Glendora, CA: Burglars sneak into Glendora jewelry store through roof and steal
$800K in items from safe
Thieves entered a Glendora jewelry store through the building's roof and stole
nearly $1 million in merchandise that the owner had removed from the showroom
and placed in a safe. Owner Monir Kassis said he moved the items from public
display cases at Desire Jewelry before leaving town last week to what he assumed
would be the safest location -- a large safe in a back room of his business.
When he returned to the store on Glendora Avenue, he found the back room in
disarray and a square-shaped hole in the thick safe door. "When I open the door,
I’m just like, "Nightmare,'" Kassis said. "I couldn’t believe what I’m seeing."
Burglars entered the store through the building's roof. They were likely in
the store for about six hours late Wednesday night into early Thursday
morning, Kassis said. The store has security cameras, but the burglars
disabled the one in the back room. There are cameras in the showroom display
area, but the thieves never entered that part of the building. A showroom camera
captured a brief glimpse of one thief in the safe room and someone at the front
window. A camera also captured audio of what sounded like power tools used to
enter the safe. Kassis, who runs the custom jewelry business with his wife, said
they loaded all of their jewelry from their showroom along with their personal
valuables, including his wife's jewelry, into the office safes. He estimated
the total value of items lost at about $800,000.
nbclosangeles.com
Tyler, TX: Man pleads guilty in Smith County court to Baby Formula scheme
A
Romanian national has pleaded guilty to using fraudulent Lone Star cards to
purchase 345 large cans of baby formula with the intention to resell. Alin
Nistor, 34, pleaded guilty on Thursday to food stamp, theft and fraud charges.
According to a press release from the Smith County District Attorney’s Office,
Nistor and his wife had previously stolen $5,000 worth of ink cartridges from
a Smith County Walmart. Weeks later, they were stopped by Tyler police and found
to have 345 large cans of baby formula in their car which were fraudulently
purchased and intended for resale. It was later discovered that Nistor had
several Lone Star welfare cards and gift card, all of which had been
fraudulently re-encoded with food stamp information from California. Nistor
had a motion to suppress hearing on Thursday. Once that motion was denied,
Nistor pleaded guilty to the charges. District Judge Austin Jackson sentenced
Nistor to 12 years in prison.
kltv.com
South Fulton, GA: Thieves steal $15K in beauty supplies from South Fulton
business
The City of South Fulton Police Department is requesting the community's
assistance in identifying the suspects involved in a recent burglary at Beauty
Master, located at 6385 Old National Highway, Suite 270. According to the police
report, two males gained access to the beauty supply store by creating a hole in
the wall from an adjacent vacant suite. Once inside, the thieves stole wigs,
lashes, and suitcases, leading to a total loss exceeding $15,000 for the
business.
fox5atlanta.com
Update: Newly Released Videos show $1.8 million Hermès handbag heist at Miami
Beach hotel
Newly-released
video shows a wild handbag heist at a Miami Beach hotel, that ended with nearly
$2 million in merchandise stolen. Eduardo Travieso Garcia is facing charges
after police said he and another man stole around $1.8 million worth of designer
handbags from a shop at a Miami Beach hotel. Several surveillance cameras
captured the masked men rushing into the store with large, green garbage bins
before frantically grabbing handbags and throwing them into the bins.
Garcia, 45, was arrested in March on charges of grand theft, masked burglary,
and unlawful use of a communications device, an arrest report said. According to
the report, officers responded to a burglary call just after 3 a.m. Tuesday at
the Maison Wrist Aficionado store at the Setai Hotel at 2001 Collins Avenue.
Officers found the front door of the store propped open, its door lock punched
out, and the business ransacked, the report said.
nbcmiami.com
Syracuse, NY: Woman stole 50 bras from Victoria’s Secret at Destiny USA, came
back next day to steal more
A woman stole 50 bras from the Victoria’s Secret store at the Destiny USA mall
and came back the next day to steal more, police said. Prettie Alexander, 24,
stole multiple items from Bath and Body Works at 12:50 p.m. on April 29, police
said in a criminal complaint filed in Syracuse City Court. Less than 15 minutes
later, she stuffed 50 bras into her bag at Victoria’s Secret, police said. The
bras were worth $2,597, police said. Police did not say the value of the Bath
and Body Works items.
syracuse.com
Greenwich, CT: Trio Face Multiple Charges Relating to Organized Retail Theft
Greenwich Police arrested three men suspected of being part of an organized
retail theft group on Thursday. Initially Greenwich Police received a BOLO (Be
On the Lookout) for larceny suspects and their vehicle entering this
jurisdiction. Plainclothes officers working in the central Greenwich business
district in the area of Greenwich Avenue spotted the individuals based on the
BOLO exhibiting suspicious behavior in a local retail store. Further,
surveillance of the individuals revealed that they were actively concealing
merchandise within a foil lined “booster bag” and all had engaged in an effort
to do so by distracting employees, acting as lookouts, and using their bodies to
obstruct their actions. Greenwich detectives and plainclothes officers tracked
the suspects back to their vehicle where they detained, positively identified
them and arrested them. Police say the group were all part of an Organized
Retail Theft Group that, minutes prior, had committed a larceny in a neighboring
jurisdiction. When the arrived in Greenwich their vehicle had a misused
registration. They entered a retail store with a booster bag to commit a larceny
by shoplifting merchandise worth $80.00.
greenwichfreepress.com
San Francisco, CA: Man Charged For Alleged Mass Retail Theft At Walgreens In Noe
Valley Neighborhood
A man was charged for alleged mass retail theft in San Francisco's Noe Valley
neighborhood last week, according to prosecutors. Malakyi Ricard, 20, was
arraigned on Friday for second-degree commercial burglary, grand theft, and
organized retail petty theft with intent to sell merchandise. He pleaded not
guilty to all the charges, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said in
a statement. According to San Francisco police, Ricard was allegedly part of a
group that targeted the Walgreens store in the 1300 block of Castro Street and
shoplifted thousands of dollars worth of merchandise last Wednesday. Ricard was
arrested shortly afterwards at 24th and Mission streets. He is expected to
appear in court on May 29 for the preliminary hearing of his case. Ricard, who
was released on his own conditional pledge, is ordered to stay away from the
Walgreens store in Noe Valley.
sfgate.com
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Shootings & Deaths
Norcross, GA: Update: Gang Member Convicted of Murdering 62-Year-Old Man During
Robbery
A 27-year-old Lilburn man who has been involved with street gangs since he was a
child was recently convicted for murdering a 62-year-old man during a robbery
more than five years ago at a strip mall near Norcross. A jury deliberated for
nine hours last Thursday before finding Jordan Brantley guilty on several
charges, including felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault and violation
of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. Brantley was subsequently
sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 10 years to serve with a
possibility of parole. “We have zero tolerance for gang violence in Gwinnett
County,” District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said. “This verdict reflects our
goal to end violent crime and gang activity in our county. Our prosecutorial
team did an excellent job of presenting the facts and helping the jury convict
this defendant.” Prosecutors said the victim, Leslie Smith, went to the strip
mall located at 6065 S. Norcross Tucker Road on Jan. 9, 2019, to pick up a phone
from individuals involved in a counterfeiting enterprise.
gwinnettdailypost.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Sacramento County, CA: Suspect charged after good Samaritan stabbed trying to
stop assault on grocery store employee
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Sacramento County man is recovering after being stabbed multiple times Friday
morning in the North Highlands area while trying to break up a fight. The
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office says it happened round 7 a.m. outside the
shopping center at Watt Towne Center. Deputies say two people tried to break up
a fight between a grocery store employee and a homeless man, but instead the
homeless man stabbed one of the good Samaritan multiple times. The man says he
was dropping his daughter off at work when he saw things unfold. “I am looking
through my window, I see this guy go across to the Grocery Outlet employee and
the guy had been living on the property,” said the Good Samaritan. “He drove
across and immediately started assaulting the Grocery Outlet employee.” The
sheriff's office says the employee asked the homeless man to leave the parking
lot, but a fight ensued. That's when two men went to help, but the homeless man,
identified by officials as Aaron Gonzales, attacked one of them. “All I could do
is react to try to protect my body organs and stuff,” said the good Samaritan,
who did not want to be identified due to fearing for his safety. He says he had
just seconds to react as he suffered stab wounds above his eye, inside his right
bicep, back of the neck and upper back. After a four hour stay in the hospital,
the victim says he's thankful to be alive and is glad it wasn't worse.
abc10.com
Odessa, TX: Wingstop employee hurt in robbery
A 50-year-old Odessa woman suffered a broken ankle Saturday night after police
said she tried to stop a man who had stolen an order from a Wingstop. According
to an Odessa Police Department report, dispatchers received a 911 call around
7:30 p.m. about a major accident in the 4900 block of East 42nd Street. While
enroute, officers learned there’d been a robbery at the Wingstop in the area.
When officers arrived, the restaurant manager said a man came into the store
saying he had an order under a specific name, but no such order existed, the
report stated. The manager said at that point, the man walked to a back counter
and grabbed a bag containing half of a 50-piece order for another man and walked
out, the report stated. A 50-year-old employee of the store tried to stop the
man, but she was runover and her ankle was broken, the report stated. UTPB
officers found the suspect’s vehicle and stopped it at gunpoint at East Highway
80 and Loop 338, the report stated.
oaoa.com
St Louis, MO: Hillsboro man facing 252 counts for burglary, stealing in St.
Louis City
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Beauty – South Fulton,
GA – Burglary
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C-Store – Mobile, AL –
Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Oakland, CA
– Armed Robbery
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Clothing – Syracuse,
NY – Robbery
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Dollar – Grimes
County, TX – Burglary
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Dollar – Indianapolis,
IN – Robbery
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Guns – Salem, VA -
Burglary
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Guns – Paola, KS –
Burglary
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Guns – Millington, TN
– Burglary
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Hotel – Nashville, TN
– Burglary
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Jewelry – Glendora, CA
– Burglary
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Jewelry – Fontana, CA
– Robbery
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Jewelry – Haddonfield,
NJ – Burglary
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Jewelry - Portage, MI - Robbery
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Jewelry - Brownsville, TX -Armed Robbery
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Jewelry - Denver, CO – Robbery
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Jewelry - Norridge, IL - Robbery
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Liquor – Queens, NY –
Armed Robbery / Sups shot
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Pharmacy – San
Francisco, CA – Robbery
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Restaurant – Colonie,
NY – Burglary
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Restaurant –
Manchester, NJ – Burglary
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Restaurant – Odessa,
TX – Robbery / Emp injured
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Toys – Madison County,
AL - Burglary
Daily Totals:
• 12 robberies
• 11 burglaries
• 1 shooting
• 0 killed |
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