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Michael Oren named Director - Services
Compliance for Lowe's
Before
joining Lowe's as Director - Services Compliance, Michael spent nearly 3 years
with Amazon in multiple roles: Senior Manager - Fleet Engineering & Services;
Senior Manager - Fleet Technology & Intelligence; and Senior Manager -
Compliance - Global Fleet & Products. Prior to that, he served as Senior Manager
- Corporate AP Programs for Dollar General & Senior Manager - U.S. Ethics and
Compliance for Walmart. Earlier in his career, he held roles with Natural
Markets Food Group, Compass Group North America, Bloomingdale's, and The Home
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CONTROLTEK to Unveil Enhanced Exit Solution with Real-Time SMS Alerting at NRF
Protect
Bridgewater, N.J. (Jun 3, 2024) —
CONTROLTEK, a global
leader in tamper-evident packaging, retail asset protection, and RFID inventory
and asset tracking solutions, will officially unveil its Enhanced Exit RFID
solution at NRF Protect in Long Beach, CA, June 4-6, 2024.
Enhanced Exit is a powerful tool for retailers to detect and prevent theft in
real-time while providing critical insights into store operations.
"Retailers today face unprecedented challenges in protecting their assets from
both internal and external theft," said
Tom Meehan,
CFI, President at CONTROLTEK. "Enhanced Exit takes retailers’ loss
prevention strategy to the next level with the integration of RFID technology to
understand at an item level what is leaving the store and alerting them in
real-time when it does, so they can take action.”
"Enhanced Exit's integration with existing systems and its ability to provide
real-time data have been game-changers for our retail partners," added
David Brothers, Senior Director of Global Sales at CONTROLTEK. "The feedback
has been overwhelmingly positive by retailers who have implemented this
solution. What we’re hearing is that its reliability and effectiveness have
aided in identifying theft events in real-time, speeding up their
investigations."
By leveraging RFID technology, Enhanced Exit offers real-time monitoring of
store exits, high-theft areas, and unauthorized zones, empowering retailers to
take proactive measures against theft.
Read full press release here
Agilence Introduces Outsourced Loss Prevention Services
Agilence
Analytics Plus delivers a complete loss prevention solution designed for retail,
grocery, and restaurant businesses that may lack the in-house resources to fully
manage loss prevention. This service combines the powerful Agilence Analytics
software with a team of seasoned consulting professionals who act as your
extended loss prevention team.
Read more here
Summer 2024 Weekend Shooting Analysis
Crime & Violence in America's Big Cities
Tracking Big City Shootings, Killings & Injuries
Throughout Summer 2024
199
Shootings - 71 Killed - 185 Injured in 15 Cities Over Last 2 Weekends
Shootings (down 26%), deaths (up 9%) & injuries
(down 31%) so far from 2023
The D&D Daily's Big City Weekend Violence Study - Memorial Day to Labor Day
The Daily's annual study analyzes weekend
shooting data in 15 major U.S. cities from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor
Day Weekend 2024
Starting
this past Memorial Day Weekend, the D&D Daily compiled and analyzed
data from 15 major U.S. cities to get a snapshot of summer gun violence.
Over this past weekend, from May 31st through
June 2, there were
81
shootings recorded in these 15 big cities, resulting in
24 deaths and 87 injuries.
In total, over the past two weekends combined, these cities have recorded
199 shootings, resulting in 71 deaths and 185 injuries.
Compared to
last summer at this time in the
study,
total shootings in these cities are down 26%,
deaths are up 9%, and injuries are down 31%.
The D&D Daily will continue tracking this data throughout the summer to capture
the weekend violence trend in our nation's big cities as warm weather typically
brings about more crime and violence.
Click here to see the list of incidents per city
throughout the summer.
docs.google.com
Read more coverage about America's crime and
violence surge in the section directly below
The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
'Lawlessness on UK's High Street: The Culprits
Behind Shoplifting Surge
UK: Did you pay for that? What is driving the massive rise in shoplifting?
High streets across the UK are struggling with an epidemic of stealing.
What’s behind this sudden crime wave and can anything be done to stop it?
According
to the Office for National Statistics, 2023 was the
worst year on record for shoplifting, with more than 430,000 cases
recorded, an increase of more than a third from the year before. But that is
probably just a fraction of the real number.
The Co-op alone recorded 330,000 incidents of
shoplifting, abuse, violence and antisocial behaviour in its 2,500+ stores
across the UK in 2023, a 44% increase on the year before. The
company, one of the most vocal on the subject (which it can be as a
co-operative, knowing there are no share prices at risk), recently published a
report titled
Stealing with Impunity, which attempted to encapsulate the impact
the rise in shoplifting is having on the business. In the introduction, Paul
Gerrard, the Co-op’s director of public affairs, described a state of “lawlessness
on the UK high street that has never been seen before”
The cost of living crisis, directly or indirectly, is the driving force of
the UK’s shoplifting epidemic. Criminologist
Professor Emmeline Taylor, who hosts the
Retail
Crime Uncovered podcast and wrote the report for the Co-op, divides
culprits into three categories.
First, there are organised criminals moving from county
to county picking targets and stealing in bulk to sell at a reduced
price. Second are the “local prolifics”, repeat
offenders who target the same stores over and over again. Often,
either under duress or on commission, thieves work for a middle-man – a fence
– who acts as a kind of discount boutique for the community
A 2018 report by the Centre for Social Justice stated that dependencies on
heroin, crack cocaine and psychoactive substances drive 70% of all retail theft
in the UK, and Taylor says the bulk of these prolific offenders are
vulnerable, be it through substance abuse, extreme poverty or poor mental
health.
Finally, there are the opportunists, the Swipers. M&S chairman and former
Conservative shadow minister Archie Norman recently said he believes it’s
these people driving the overall spike, not necessarily the gangs or the repeat
offenders. “A lot of people go in and think, ‘Well this didn’t scan or
it’s very difficult to scan these things through and I shop here all the
time, it’s not my fault, I’m owed it,’” he said.
theguardian.com
The Great Debate Over Checking Receipts At
Store Exits
Are California shoppers legally required to stop for receipt checkers at store
exits?
Retailers all over California have employees placed at store exits to check
receipts as a person leaves as proof of purchase for merchandise. But are
shoppers legally required to stop?
Most notably, Walmart has asset protection associates,
formerly known as door greeters, at every entrance and exit of its stores.
While some people choose to wait in line to get their receipts verified before
leaving the store, others will breeze by without stopping.
“It helps prevent theft,” said Caroline Falconer in
response to a FOX40 social media post. “I don’t steal so I don’t have a
reason to hide anything or avoid being checked.” Falconer said she stops for
employees because they have reason to check receipts against items in a person’s
cart or bags, however, some other shoppers disagree.
“As soon as I give you money those items are now mine,”
said David Mickelson. “Get a search warrant. And for those of you
that say all this checking without a reason is just how it is, you are part of
the problem.”
According to
California penal code 490.5, also known as the “shopkeeper’s privilege law,”
shoppers may not have to stop at exits to have their receipts checked.
The law states, “A merchant may detain a person for a reasonable time for the
purpose of conducting an investigation in a reasonable manner whenever the
merchant has probable cause to believe the person to be detained is attempting
to unlawfully take or has unlawfully taken merchandise from the merchant’s
premises.”
So, unless a store suspects that a person has committed a crime, they cannot
legally force a person exiting a store to present a receipt.
ktla.com
Theft Up 23% in D.C. - Retailers Tighten
Security
DC residents complain new anti-theft measures in grocery stores are dystopian
Major Washington, D.C., grocers are targeting rampant shoplifting with measures
some shoppers find disconcerting. Customers at Giant Food, Harris Teeter, and
Safeway have noticed new measures implemented by grocers to crack down on
retail theft.
At Giant, shoppers must comply with a ban on large bags enacted last
Thursday at select Washington stores. The company noted in a statement that
anything larger than 14-by-14-by-6 inches is not welcome.
Harris Teeter started checking customers’ receipts last month, adding in
a statement that it will also prohibit suitcases, oversized backpacks, and
roller bags to “maintain a safe shopping experience and continue providing the
best service and goods at competitive prices to our customers.”
Safeway has followed suit. In February, the grocer implemented electronic
gates that prevent customers from leaving without a receipt.
The enhanced security at grocery stores hits unnervingly close to home for
many residents, who regret that shoplifting has reached the point where
grocery stores feel forced to implement harsh measures.
Washington police do not track retail theft as a specific category,
making it difficult to find concrete data on shoplifting. However, the
department includes retail theft as part of its broader theft category,
reporting that thefts in the district increased by 23%
in 2023. This number excludes thefts of or from vehicles.
washingtonexaminer.com
PDs Across the Country Zero In On Repeat ORC
Offenders
How Kern County law enforcement cracks down on organized retail thefts
"We've done investigations within like an hour, we, we find out where
they're at. And arrest individuals and recover merchandise," said Sergeant
Keegan Gavin with the Bakersfield Police Department.
However, Sgt. Gavin, the supervisor of BPD’s retail theft unit told us
community members don’t realize an investigation is often already underway
against thieves. "Often times, these are repeat
offenders and that they're known to of us and we can get on right away,"
said Sgt. Gavin.
Officer D. C. Williams with the California Highway Patrol said that his
department works with other agencies for these types of crimes and reporting
thefts promptly makes fast arrests possible.
To date, CHP reports there have been 541 arrests and a total of about $4
million recovered of merchandise. Both officials said an important takeaway
from this most recent theft is to do what the other shoppers on video were
doing, that is don't try to intervene.
bakersfieldnow.com
Mall of America Shooter Sentenced to 30+ Years
Minneapolis teen sentenced to more than 30 years in fatal shooting at Mall of
America
A Minneapolis teenager was sentenced Thursday to more than 30 years for a
fatal shooting that shut down the Mall of America during the holiday shopping
rush in 2022.
Taeshawn Adams-Wright, 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in March in
the killing of 19-year-old Johntae Hudson, of Minneapolis. He is the first
of four defendants to be sentenced. The other alleged shooter, 19-year-old Lavon
Longstreet, is due to go on trial next week. Two juveniles are facing lesser
charges.
The shooting happened the evening of Dec. 23, 2022, after a fight broke out
between two groups of teens in the Bloomington mall, the country’s largest
shopping center. Prosecutors said Adams-Wright and others chased Hudson through
the Nordstrom store. Security video captured the chaos. Hudson was shot
multiple times and died at the scene. Police say he fired during the
confrontation, too, and a gun was found near his body. A shopper was grazed
by a bullet. The mall went into lockdown.
toronto.citynews.ca
California Assembly Divided as Controversial Shoplifting Bill Secures Narrow
Victory
Peachtree, GA: Police battle organized retail theft gangs
Shrink is Dollar General's 'Most Significant
Headwind'
Dollar General to eliminate ‘vast majority’ of self-checkout, reduce new store
openings
Despite a 6% Q1 net sales rise and performance that beat analyst
expectations, shrink remains a significant headwind, CEO says.
Dollar
General CEO Todd Vasos said Thursday that the company plans to remove
self-checkout from “the vast majority of stores” as part of larger overall
shrink reduction efforts that include changes in supply chain and merchandising.
Dollar General has already removed self-checkouts from 12,000 of its more
than 20,000 stores, Vasos said.
The discount retailer also said it plans to increase the number of store
remodels but reduce planned store openings for fiscal year 2024. Dollar
General said it now expects to open 730 new stores — down from
800 previously planned. It also plans 1,620 remodels, up from 1,500. It’s
maintaining plans to relocate 85 stores.
Dollar General’s first quarter net sales rose 6.1% year over year to $9.9
billion,
driven by sales contributions from new stores and growth in same-store
sales, the company said in a Thursday earnings announcement. Net income fell
29.4% to $363.3 million from $514.4 million a year ago, while same-store sales
rose 2.4% for Q1 year over year.
Vasos said self checkout will remain in a limited number of higher volume
stores. He added that the shift away from self checkout will drive increased
customer engagement and should position the company to begin reducing shrink in
the second half of 2024 with a material impact expected in 2025.
“Shrink continues to be the most significant headwind
in our business,” Vasos said.
retaildive.com
Self-Checkout Glitch at 16,000 Walmart Stores
Walmart sounds the alarm on its major mistakes at self-checkout
The retail giant has admitted that a technical issue may have frustrated
price-conscious customers.
Walmart
has just admitted that it may have overcharged shoppers who opted to use
self-checkout machines in March at 1,600 stores across the nation due to a
technical issue, according to documents that were seen by Bloomberg News.
The documents reveal that the issue began on March 19, and that some
customers were even undercharged for items across all categories such as
food, apparel, etc. The source of the malfunction was due to an “internal
system failure” that halted price data from being updated at
self-checkout kiosks. Walmart’s tech staff were still tackling the issue two
days after it started.
Walmart did confirm with Bloomberg that customers who were overcharged were
charged an average of 1.88% of the total amount of items that they were checking
out at the machines. The issue has also been resolved, and 80% of customers
who were overcharged for items have been reimbursed.
Walmart’s technical issues with self-checkout comes during a time where
the company is beginning to remove self-checkout lanes
from its stores amid rising retail theft.
thestreet.com
More Connected & Divided at the Same Time
Digital Acceleration and the Top 5 Global Risks for 2024
By
Tony D'Onofrio - President,
Sensormatic
The
world is much more
connected today because of increased digital innovations.
News travels at the speed of your fingertips, in many languages, almost
instantly and visually as it happens.
The
Economist Intelligence Unit
recently highlighted
five global risks
for the balance of 2024 which are summarized in the below chart from my keynote
presentation.
I added
the conflict in Ukraine
as it is also a major potential escalation risk for 2024.
The war in Ukraine accelerated public attitudes towards international politics
into two major opposing blocks. According to
research
from the University of Cambridge, "among the 1.2 billion people who inhabit the
world’s liberal democracies, three-quarters (75%) now hold a negative view of
China, and 87% a negative view of Russia. Yet among the 6.3 billion who live in
the world’s remaining 136 countries, the opposite is the case – with 70% of
people feeling positively towards China and 66% towards Russia."
Similar dynamics are
present with the Israel - Hamas war.
We are more connected,
yet we are becoming more divided. This to me is the greatest risk of 2024.
Click here to read Tony's full article
Retail Foot Traffic Dips 3.6% in the UK
UK: Retail footfall hit by broken business rates & outdated planning laws in May
Retail footfall for May remained well below figures from last year,
despite the bank holidays and sunnier weather across the UK.
Total footfall slipped 3.6% from the year prior, as the British Retail
Consortium (BRC) blamed a “broken business rates system and outdated planning
laws” for the decline. However, the organisation noted footfall was up from
April’s 7.2% fall.
Shopping centre visits sunk 4.5% from last May, while high street
footfall dropped 2.7% for the period.
Scotland was hit with the biggest decline, with figures down 5.4%, as all
UK nations suffered a year-on-year drop despite an improvement on last month.
retailgazette.co.uk
Trader Joe’s opening 8 new stores in Southern California
JD Sports profit dips in ‘challenging market’
Last week's #1 article --
'Most Dangerous Target' in America?
Streamer films walkthrough of 'most dangerous Target' in US with armed security
- warning 'coming to store near you'
A walkthrough of a downtown Target location showed some of the toughest
anti-theft measures, including armed forces at the front door.
A Target in downtown San Francisco, California, was
referred to as "one of the most dangerous" stores in the US with
almost every item having some sort of lock.
Benny Johnson, a streamer and the host of The Benny Show posted a video on X,
formerly known as Twitter, of a glimpse of the San Francisco Target and its
locked-up products. In the first few seconds of the video, Johnson recorded a
man getting caught trying to steal.
"That guy just got caught attempting to shoplift by armed security. Looks
like special forces," Johnson said, referring to the armed guard. Johnson
did a stroll through the Target and came across locked-up supplements,
underwear, shoes, face masks, and more.
Johnson sarcastically ended his video suggesting that more Targets will soon
have locked up products and said, "Get ready America, coming to a Target near
you."
the-sun.com
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New Set of Retail Security Standards Takes
Effect
Understanding PCI DSS 4.0: A Guide for IT Leaders in Retail
As the retail industry continues to evolve, so do the credit card
protection standards. PCI DSS 4.0 is the latest security standard to hit.
Every time a customer taps his or her credit card at checkout, it’s the
retailer’s responsibility to process it and protect the cardholder’s data.
But with so much data transmitted behind the scenes, the actual security process
can be mysterious. How is the data actually protected?
And how can IT leaders be certain they’re doing enough on the back end to
prevent fraud and data breaches?
That’s where the
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) comes in. Every year,
the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) issues a new set of compliance
rules, along with documentation, that every business — whether they process
fifty transactions or 500 million — must follow.
The newest standard,
PCI DSS v4.0, announced in
2022, became effective on March 31, 2024. It’s something that every
e-commerce, brick-and-mortar or big-box retailer must comply with. The new
version’s requirements are twofold. The first part
asked companies to update their documentation guides by the end of March this
year and complete a mandatory security self-assessment. If a retailer
processes 6 million or more transactions in a day, they must solicit a
technology partner, such as CDW,
to
run the assessment. The second part — due March 31, 2025 — is more complex,
as it asks retailers to comply with a set of entirely
new criteria, “80 to 90 percent of which are brand new to the industry,”
says Brett Phillips, managing director of cybersecurity strategy at CDW.
According to
Forbes, experts say this new version, which is the “most impactful
transformation of the standard since version 2.0 over a decade ago,
introduces several changes, transitions and goals.” Any business that fails to
meet these requirements will be looking at fines and compliance delays, Phillips
explains.
Understanding the difference between
PCI DSS 3.2.1 and
PCI DSS 4.0 is crucial; it’s a key step in protecting customer data. And
although the
12 core requirements are unchanged, 4.0 introduces more robust security
measures such as
MFA requirements across all platforms, more complex passwords and
continuous, targeted assessments to treat security as an ongoing effort.
Here’s what IT leaders, particularly those in
retail, need to
know:
biztechmagazine.com
560 Million Customers Impacted by Breach
Entertainment giant Ticketmaster acknowledges cybersecurity incident
The reported breach could involve as many as 560 million customer records.
ive Nation Entertainment, the parent company of global entertainment company
Ticketmaster, acknowledged late Friday a cybersecurity incident roughly five
days after a hacker advertised a massive tranche of company data for sale for
$500,000.
The company “identified unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud
database environment containing Company data” on May 20, according to a
Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
“We are working to mitigate the risk to our users and the Company, and have
notified and are cooperating with law enforcement,” the filing stated.
Ticketmaster has not responded to multiple requests for comment from CyberScoop
over the past week about the incident.
cyberscoop.com
Blaming Customers for Data Breach & Theft?
Snowflake denies breach, blames data theft on poorly secured customer accounts
Snowflake is disputing claims made by a threat actor who stole data belonging to
Santander and Ticketmaster, and maintains that the theft of customer data was
the result of stolen customer login credentials.
On Friday, the company confirmed that some customers accounts have been
accessed by attackers who used previously compromised credentials. They
notified the affected customers, shared indicators of compromise and offered
recommendations to assist them in securing their accounts.
Mitiga researchers’ post on how Snowflake customers can perform threat hunting
has provided more details about the attacks: the attackers breached accounts
that did not have 2-factor authentication switched on, grabbed the cloud-stored
data and used it to extort the affected organizations.
helpnetsecurity.com
Cybersecurity jobs available right now
25,000 individuals affected in BBC Pension Scheme data breach |
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$35B in Fraudulent Returns
U.S. Online Retailers Lose Billions to Returns Fraud in 2023
U.S. retailers lost as much as $35 billion to fraudulent online returns in
2023.
Tracking online sales data from 60 of the top U.S. online retailers over the
last year, risk management platform Appriss Retail found that returns fraud
surged by 1.5% year-over-year in 2023, estimating that 10.5% of all returns
claims were fraudulent. And as online sales have continued to grow, fraudsters
have gotten even more sophisticated.
Appriss says that organized retail theft rings have been "unleashing a
connected group of professional returners," who will purchase items online,
resell those items, and then file for a refund from the original retailer.
It's estimated that there are more than 1,600 ads for professional refund
services within dark web forums, where fraudsters will also share templates they
use for complaint letters, as well as scripts designed to fool chatbots and call
centers.
Data provided by one retailer to Appriss found that a single offender had made
119 transactions, using 105 different email addresses and 113 customer IDs.
Another had racked up over $4,500 in refunds for fraudulent price adjustment
claims.
There's no question that the problem of fraudulent returns activity related to
goods purchased online is a serious problem. Nearly half of 500 e-commerce
merchants surveyed by UPS Capital over the past 12 months said they suspected
more than 20% of their returns have been fraudulent.
supplychainbrain.com
Capturing Market Share from Amazon?
The Strategic Advantage Omnichannel Retailers Have Over Amazon
The authors’ research found that by providing consumers with information on the
environmental and social impact of home deliveries, omnichannel retailers
could capture $100 billion worth of market share from Amazon. It would also
allow them to increase margins and make their own businesses more sustainable.
Our research shows that by providing sustainability information and shifting a
significant portion of their home-delivery volume to the store-pickup channel,
omnichannel retailers could improve their margins on the same sales volume and
mix. We calculate that Walmart could recapture $1 billion to $2 billion in
annual profits, and Target could recoup $200 million to $400 million.
These gains represent a 5% to 14% increase in total corporate profitability.
(Our estimates are based on the 43% drop in home deliveries multiplied by the
annual number of home deliveries and the average cost range of each shipment.)
hbr.org
Amazon will shutter Tukwila facility near Seattle, lay off 172
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San Diego, CA: California AG Bonta Announces Arrest of 4 Suspects in ORC Ring
that Targeted High-End Jewelry Stores in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, and Kern
Counties of Over $1.5M in Merchandise
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday announced arrests and charges
against four people allegedly involved in organized retail theft, robbery,
burglary, and grand theft carried out at jewelry stores throughout California.
From April 4, 2023, until May 8, 2024, there were robberies, burglaries, and
thefts in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, and Kern Counties that resulted in more
than $1.5 million in losses to the stores. This case was investigated by the
California Department of Justice (DOJ) Organized Retail Crime Task Force (ORCTF)
who collaborated with San Diego Police Department, Carlsbad Police Department,
Escondido Police Department, El Cajon Police Department, National City Police
Department, Chula Vista Police Department, Bakersfield Police Department, and
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. DOJ filed multiple felony charges,
including organized retail theft, robbery, burglary, and grand theft against the
suspects. "Organized retail crime has been plaguing our state for far too long,”
said Attorney General Rob Bonta. “It harms businesses, retailers, and consumers
– and puts the public at risk. I thank our local law enforcement partners for
their work in apprehending the suspects in this case. The California Department
of Justice and its partners will continue fighting to keep our communities,
businesses, and consumers safe from retail theft and other crimes."
goldrushcam.com
San Francisco, CA: Six charged in San Francisco drug store theft
A group of people walking toward a store with empty bags triggered the
suspicions of an off-duty San Francisco police sergeant and led to charges of
organized retail theft against six people, prosecutors said Friday. Three men
and three women, ranging in age from 19 to 25, were accused of stealing more
than $3,000 in merchandise -- makeup, diapers, bath and body products,
batteries, vitamins, and various other items -- from a CVS store in the 700
block of Portola Drive, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said in a
press release. Two of the men had been released from custody on another pending
felony case. The sergeant was driving near the store about 8 p.m. on May 24 and
watched as the group entered and then chaotically left the store, with one
suspect pushing a shopping cart full of goods, police said in a separate press
release Thursday. The sergeant relayed the information to other officers who
responded to the area. The suspects were charged with felony commercial
burglary, felony grand theft, felony vandalism and misdemeanor organized retail
theft.
cbsnews.com
Folsom, CA: 2 arrested, accused of organized retail theft by Folsom police
Two women were arrested Friday in Folsom on suspicion of retail theft,
authorities said. Just before 7:30 p.m., a store associate at Polo Ralph Lauren
in the Folsom Premium Outlets called to report a theft in progress, according to
the Folsom Police Department. During the call, the suspects allegedly ran out of
the store. Officers responded to the area, found the suspects’ vehicle on
Highway 50 and did a traffic stop, police said. Police said officers searched
the car and found stolen Polo Ralph Lauren merchandise and a firearm in
the bag that was on the driver’s lap when they were initially stopped. A records
check showed the firearm was reported stolen out of Sacramento, police said.
Marjorie Suntok Madison, 48, of Sacramento, and Jerniece Marie Menefee, 45, of
Sacramento, were arrested on suspicion of retail theft. Madison was released
from Sacramento County Main Jail on Saturday, jail records show. Menefee
faces eight felony charges pertaining to organized retail theft and firearm
possession, jail records show. She faces one misdemeanor charge for allegedly
resisting a peace officer, records show.
abc10.com
Los Angeles, CA: Update: Thieves make off with more than $100k in stolen LEGOs
from stores across SoCal
Investigators are looking for thieves whom they suspect is responsible for a
string of burglaries targeting LEGO resale stores across Southern California.
One of the owners of Bricks & Minifigs in Whittier says that seven stores have
been hit since the beginning of April, resulting in more than $100,000 in stolen
merchandise over at least seven different incidents. A location in Riverside was
hit first on April 3 and since then stores in Ontario, Whittier, Irvine, Costa
Mesa, Anaheim and Riverside.
cbsnews.com
Liberty Center, OH: Update: Third suspect arrested in theft of Stanley cups and
Bogg Bags in Butler County
The Butler County Sheriff's Office arrested a third suspect in the thefts of
dozens of Stanley cups and Bogg Bags from Liberty Center. Deputies arrested
Damone Mason, 21, of Dayton. He was found in a car with more stolen items and a
gun, according to the sheriff's office, which says he's also believed to be
involved in other thefts from Liberty Center. Deputies say they were seen
running out of the Dick's Sporting Goods with ten Bogg Bags and 28 Stanley Cups
worth more than $2,000 on May 9.
cwcolumbus.com
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Shootings & Deaths
Nashua, NH: The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office is investigating an
officer-involved shooting
The
shooting occurred in South Nashua on Sunday night. An adult man was fatally shot
by officers. No officers were injured and according to the AG, all involved
parties have been identified. The incident is under investigation and there is
no threat to the public. Around 6:00 a.m. Monday morning, police could be seen
investigating in and around the parking lot of the Lowes on Daniel Webster
Highway.
boston25news.com
Leesburg, FL: New information released of gunman sought in deadly Leesburg
C-Store Robbery
Police
in Leesburg have released a new photo of a suspect they're seeking after a store
clerk was shot and killed during an armed robbery Thursday night. According to
the Leesburg Police Department, the robbery happened at approximately 9:08 p.m.
at the Fast Stop Superette on Picciola Road. When officers arrived at the store,
they say they found the clerk, identified as 51-year-old Raied "Ray" Shihadeh,
unconscious on the floor with at least one apparent gunshot wound. Shihadeh was
airlifted to Ocala Regional Hospital, where he died overnight, police say. After
the incident, police say they immediately established a perimeter and requested
response from K-9 and aviation units. However, officials were not able to locate
the suspect.
wesh.com
Memphis, TN: Man shot to death inside of Highland Heights grocery store, police
say
A deadly shooting in Highland Heights leaves one person dead and a community in
mourning. Police report getting to the Pope Street Grocery Store Sunday around
11 a.m. The sounds of heartbreak--whaling and crying--filled the scene from
troubled loved ones of the victim. People who live in that area have many
concerns and questions following what happened there.
fox13memphis.com
Cincinnati, OH: 1 shot near Findlay Market, suspect in custody
Police arrested the suspect in a shooting near Findlay Market on Sunday. It
happened in the middle of the afternoon as people were shopping. The victim, a
28-year-old man, was expected to be ok. The suspect, 25-year-old Ralph Burnette,
was charged with felonious assault. He's accused of shooting another man. Right
after the shooting, he ran into a church near the popular shopping and dining
area. Police were called to Elm Street on the west side of Findlay Market. This
was just after 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon. A witness said he heard two to four
"pops" before he heard police sirens. Those shots struck the victim in the leg.
local12.com
Seneca Falls, NY: Arrest made in shooting outside Tops grocery store
A Seneca County man was charged in connection with a shooting outside a grocery
store in Seneca Falls on Sunday afternoon. Jose A. Garcia-Vellen, 35, of
Waterloo, was charged with first-degree assault, a felony, in connection with
the incident, which occurred mid-afternoon, according to the Seneca Falls Police
Department. He is accused of shooting another person in the parking lot outside
the Tops Friendly Markets store on State Routes 5 and 20 in the Town of Seneca
Falls. Garcia-Vellen allegedly fired at another person following an argument
between the pair, officers said. The shooting victim was taken to Upstate
University Hospital in Syracuse for treatment. Seneca Falls police told other
media outlets that the shooting victim, a man, was shot in the face. Police said
that they believe the two men knew one another.
democratandchronicle.com
Camby, IN: Police investigating after man was shot at Camby Walmart
One person was injured after being shot at a Walmart store in Camby on Sunday.
Deputies with the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office responded to the Walmart
located at 8191 Upland Way on reports of a person shot just before 1:45 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers located a male victim suffering from a gunshot injury to
his torso. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Police
detained a man in connection with this incident.
wrtv.com
Baltimore, MD: Harford mall shooting appears an 'isolated incident' with one
injured
A man was injured in a shooting Sunday afternoon at Harford Mall in Bel Air, and
the suspect's vehicle was located miles away, according to police. Officers
responded to the mall around 4:06 p.m. for a reported shooting, which was
initially treated as an active shooter situation until more information was
gathered. A vehicle believed to be that of the suspect was found unoccupied in
Edgewood, while the shooter remains on the run, Bel Air Police said. Officers
said the vehicle initially reported was a red SUV, but they did not say what
type of vehicle was located. The suspect's identity is being withheld because of
the investigation, police said. "Based on witness accounts, we're able to
identify a possible suspect vehicle, which led us to a possible suspect," Bel
Air Police Cpl. Keith Smithson said. "The suspect's not in custody, we can't
release anything more on that." The mall was cleared at around 5:30 p.m.
Officers say there is no threat to the immediate area, but people should
continue to avoid the area during the investigation. Police said the shooting
appears to be an isolated incident involving one victim and one suspect. The Bel
Air Police, Maryland State Police, Harford County Sheriff's Office, as well as
units from Aberdeen and Havre de Grace volunteer fire companies, responded to
the shooting.
cbsnews.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Aurora, CO: 2 in custody after armed robbery of Aurora Walmart
Two people were taken into custody Friday afternoon after an armed robbery of an
Aurora Walmart and a pursuit that ended with a crash. According to an Aurora
Police spokeswoman, there was a report of an armed robbery about 2:45 p.m. at
the Walmart at 5650 S. Chambers Road. Responding officers spotted the robber's
vehicle nearby and started a pursuit. The spokeswoman could not provide exact
details about the pursuit. A witness told 9NEWS that at one point, the pursuit
was on Airport Boulevard. That witness said he was headed south on Airport
Boulevard and was almost hit head-on by a vehicle involved in the pursuit that
was going north in the southbound lanes. The pursuit ended with a crash with
another vehicle at East 40th Avenue and Tower Road. No one was injured in that
crash. According to the spokeswoman, the robbers tried to carjack another
vehicle but officers prevented that from happening. The spokeswoman said they
would like to speak with the victim of that attempted carjacking, who was
driving a red sedan. Two men were taken into custody after a short foot chase.
The spokeswoman said the gun used in the armed robbery was recovered.
9news.com
San Francisco, CA: East Bay jewelry store ransacked in brazen daytime robbery
Van Buren County, MI: 3 arrested in Lawrence after robbing Dispensary
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C-Store – Leesburg, FL
– Armed Robbery / Emp Killed
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C-Store – Coral
Springs, FL – Robbery
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C-Store – New York, NY
– Armed Robbery
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Clothing – Folsom, CA
– Robbery
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Dollar – Toledo, OH –
Armed Robbery
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Dollar – Gordon
County, GA - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station –
Warrington, PA – Armed Robbery
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Jewelry – San
Francisco, CA – Robbery
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Jewelry - Manassas VA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Brooklyn, NY - Robbery
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Jewelry - Athens, OH - Robbery
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Jewelry - Tulare, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Commerce, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Chesapeake, VA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Bowie, MD – Robbery
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Jewelry - Brooklyn, NY - Robbery
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Jewelry - Fayetteville, NC - Robbery
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Jewelry - Pittsburgh , PA - Burglary
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Liquor – Austin, TX –
Armed Robbery
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Macy’s – Nashville, TN
– Robbery
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Marijuana – Van Buren
County, MI – Burglary
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Pharmacy – Brooklyn,
NY – Robbery
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Pharmacy – Green
Township, OH – Armed Robbery
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Walmart – Aurora, CO –
Armed Robbery
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• 22 robberies
• 2 burglaries
• 1 shooting
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