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Patrina Boswell promoted to Supply Chain Safety Manager - Global Supply Chain Logistics, Flow Center for Target
Patrina has been with Target for more than two years, starting with the company in 2022 as Supply Chain Safety Manager - Global Supply Chain Logistics, Sortation. Prior to her promotion to Supply Chain Safety Manager - Global Supply Chain Logistics, Flow Center, she served as Project Management, Safety Manager – HQ Risk Management, Store Compliance. Earlier in her career, she held AP and LP role with The Home Depot, Amazon, Sears, Stein Mart and Macy's. Congratulations, Patrina!


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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact


Deep Dive Into American Shoplifting Trends
Shoplifting Survey Finds Such Stealing is Widespread

Four in 10 Americans admit to boosting goods from stores, study shows.

More than 40% of American adults report having stolen merchandise from a store at some point in their lives, a recent survey by Express Legal Funding has found.

Some highlights from the survey:

Overall Prevalence

40% of respondents admitted to having shoplifted at least once
66% of respondents in all age groups know someone who has shoplifted before

Gender Differences

Women shoplift more than men. 43% of women vs. 37% of men reported prior shoplifting
• Women are consistently more likely than men to know someone who has shoplifted

Age Trends

The likelihood of shoplifting decreases with age

Motivations

Financial hardship was the most prevalent and consistently cited primary reason for shoplifting
Seeking a high or thrill from stealing was reported as the main factor for shoplifting by 19%

Deterrents

• The most commonly cited reason for hesitation towards retail theft across all regions is the belief that shoplifting is morally wrong or against their religion (70%), followed by the fear of getting in trouble with the police.

Click here for more from the survey by Express Legal Funding instoremag.com


The Fight Over Prop 47 Reaches Fever Pitch
As CA crime surges, Newsom seeks to keep Prop 47 off ballot

Proposition 47 lessened penalties for certain crimes
Burglary up 10.6% in Los Angeles
Bipartisan efforts ongoing to cut down on crime


California Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to push to keep a decade-old initiative that lessened penalties for certain crimes off the November ballot in place of other safety measures as burglaries and other offenses continue to rise across the state.

Proposition 47, which took effect in 2014, has been blamed for easing up on people who commit crimes, including theft. Newsom, a Democrat, has been sounding tougher on crimes recently at a time when Californians have complained about the uptick in crime in their communities.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, homicides have increased by 10.6% year-to-date as of June 4. Robberies have also jumped by 17.6% over 2023, and more specifically, robberies that have taken place at Los Angeles businesses, restaurants, liquor stores and clothing stores account for 894 robberies this year, which is up 43.6% from 2023.

Los Angeles isn’t the only California city experiencing a jump in crime, according to police. Homicides are up 83% in Long Beach and 133% in Fresno compared to 2023. Meanwhile, car thefts are up 52% in Long Beach, while shoplifting is up 79% in San Bernadino, according to law enforcement statistics.

While aware of the surge in crime, Newsom is continuing to try to keep reforms to Prop 47 off the ballot this fall. A bipartisan effort has been ongoing in Sacramento to give the ballot initiative more teeth and increase penalties for criminals, including repeat offenders.

Those efforts come at a time when Newsom is pushing his own safety bills to crack down on crime, which he would prefer go in front of the state’s voters rather than reforms to the existing law. Newsom told reporters he doesn’t see the need to have something on the ballot if it isn’t achieving what it set out to accomplish.  newsnationnow.com


California's Anti-Theft Legislation Faces 11th Hour Change That Could Sink It
New change coming to retail theft legislation could splinter support for tough-on-crime initiative
Legislative leaders plan to fast-track bills to crack down on retail theft in California and are using the package of reforms to pressure supporters of a proposed tough-on-crime initiative headed for the November ballot to abandon that effort.

In a closed-door discussion this week, representatives for Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) met with the leaders behind the Californians for Safer Communities Coalition, the group led by local district attorneys that has spent the last six months campaigning for voter support to reform Proposition 47, which voters passed in 2014.

Two people with knowledge of the meeting said legislative leaders are moving forward with a hard-ball approach that would make voters choose between the two efforts — and could splinter support for the ballot measure.

Unless the ballot measure is withdrawn, the Democratic leadership plans to add an “inoperability clause” to its legislation that would revoke the new laws if voters pass the statewide proposition in November, according to the sources and a letter Republicans sent to legislative leaders.

The Republican lawmakers in the letter condemned those changes, saying they would “do grave damage” to the bipartisan progress made on retail theft. Lawmakers are advancing a bipartisan 12-bill legislative package that would address the issues of retail theft and focus on protecting the safety of workers and store owners, without harsher penalties for some offenders.  latimes.com


Shoppers Continue to React Negatively to Product Lockups
‘Super irritating,’ cry Walmart shoppers now ‘escorted’ to checkout after waiting to have everyday kids item unlocked

The U.S. Sun has compiled a list of major retailers taking anti-theft measures

Walmart shoppers are outraged with the mega-store for locking up everyday items. The retail giant keeps products locked behind glass due to new efforts to stop theft - even cheap items like kids' toys.

Kids items like baseball cards aren't the only goods protected by anti-theft glass cabinets as stores are locking up underwear, socks, toiletries, birth control, and more products to curb shoplifting.

The Reason for the Glass

Walmart has faced several major theft issues in recent years as President and CEO Doug McMillon described a "historic high" in retail theft numbers for the company. The company reported $6.5 billion in losses last year due to "shrinkage" — which is product loss due to theft.

Some shoppers have even threatened to ditch Walmart for Target due to their frustration with the anti-theft measures.

Another social media user claiming to be a former Walmart employee recently said they experienced "dumb" anti-theft measures relating to the glass cabinets and mentioned another possible solution.

"It's absolutely ridiculous how a multibillion dollar company won't hire a security/surveillance team but will lock up stuff that shouldn't be locked up in the first place," they wrote. the-sun.com


Violent Crime is Down, But Americans Don't Believe It
Why aren't Americans willing to believe good news about crime?
The best data we have available shows that violent crime in the United States has declined significantly over the past couple of years. But ask the average American and they’ll confidently tell you that it’s actually going up.

According to the FBI’s preliminary analysis, crimes like murder, rape and assault fell in 2023 at what could prove to be a record pace, erasing a pandemic-era spike in violent crimes and bringing the national rates near the lowest levels ever recorded. The rate of property crimes like burglary and theft has also declined.

In survey after survey, though, Americans consistently say they believe crime is increasing. In a poll taken late last year, 77% of people said crime is getting worse, and two-thirds said crime is an extremely or very serious problem. The last time Americans were so pessimistic about crime was in the early 1990s, when the violent crime rate was more than double what it is today.

This gap between perception and reality has real-world impacts. The campaign to enact police and criminal justice reform gained major momentum in the wake of the nationwide protest movement following George Floyd’s murder in 2020. But it has largely stalled — and in some cases been rolled back — as members of both parties have returned to promoting “tough on crime” policies.

Part of the disconnect appears to come down to human nature. We tend to put more weight on negative events, whether we experience them personally or simply hear about them, much more than times when everything goes well. Gallup has been polling on perceptions of crime for 25 years, and almost every year a majority of people say it’s going up, even though the actual crime rate has been cut by more than half over that same period.

Experts say there are also plenty of cultural forces that feed our predispositions on crime. Watching the news or using social media, which frequently focuses on out-of-context acts of individual violence, can make crime seem much more prominent than it really is. Politics plays a major role as well. yahoo.com


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Electronic Shelf Labels Deployed at 2,300 Walmart Locations by 2026
Walmart to bring electronic shelf labels to thousands of stores

The retailer expects to deploy the technology to 2,300 locations by 2026 in a bid to improve efficiency and customer service.

Walmart plans to install electronic shelf labels in 2,300 stores by 2026, the company announced Thursday. The retailer’s decision to deploy the digital tags on a large scale follows a test at a single supercenter in Grapevine, Texas.

Walmart’s move promises to sharply expand the presence of ESLs in U.S. grocery retail locations, where the technology has been relatively slow to take off.

Walmart is looking to electronic shelf labels to help its employees update prices on its shelves, track product supplies more efficiently and allow them to provide customers with “an even better shopping experience,” Daniela Boscan, a Walmart food and consumable team lead in Hurst, Texas, wrote in a post on the company’s website.

Walmart stores typically stock more than 120,000 items and change prices on “thousands” of products every week, Boscan said.

The shift from paper tags to ESLs, which Walmart calls digital shelf labels, will reduce the time it takes workers to update prices from two days to just a few minutes, according to Boscan’s post. In addition, associates will use lights on the tags to identify shelves that need to be replenished.

Walmart also expects lights on the tags to help workers assemble orders for e-commerce customers faster and more accurately by guiding them to products as they move through store aisles. retaildive.com


Amazon's Brick & Mortar Mission a Failure?
Amazon is tinkering with grocery business. Some are unsure it’s working
When Amazon introduced its cashierless checkout system — aptly called Just Walk Out — the tech was seen as the latest prong in Amazon’s mission to transform brick-and-mortar stores and become a dominant competitor in the grocery industry.

Roughly seven years later, Amazon is taking that technology out of its grocery stores, and the revolution it had hoped to bring has yet to materialize.

Amazon says it is still committed to its grocery efforts — which these days include sales from Amazon.com, Amazon Fresh grocery stores, Amazon Go convenience stores and Whole Foods Market. But analysts are divided on how to interpret recent changes in Amazon’s grocery strategy.

On top of removing the Just Walk Out technology from Fresh grocery stores, Amazon closed some stores, paused expansion for new locations and reformatted others. It laid off some workers in its grocery division, shelved its idea for drive-up pickup sites and experimented with a new subscription model for online shoppers.

Is Amazon’s grocery business approaching its expiration date?

“In the world of nonperishable, nonedibles, Amazon is very dominant,” said Sucharita Kodali, an analyst from Forrester who has followed Amazon’s grocery efforts since they started. “In fresh foods, Amazon is not a significant player.

“If I were Kroger, I would not spend a lot of time focusing on Amazon as a competitive threat.”

At the company’s annual shareholders meeting last month, CEO Andy Jassy listed grocery as one of the many businesses Amazon is passionate about growing. Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky told reporters earlier this year the company was “pleased” with its growth in physical stores seattletimes.com


Retail Sales Surge in May
NRF: Retail sales jump in May; largest month-over-month gain in over a year
Retail sales rose significantly, showing strong increases both month-over-month and year-over-year, as consumers continued to spend and drive growth.

Total retail sales (excluding automobiles and gasoline but including restaurants) rose 1.35% month-over-month in May and were up 3.03% year-over-year, according to the CNBC/Retail Monitor released Monday by the National Retail Federation (NRF). That compared with an increase of 0.26% month-over-month and a decrease of 0.6% year-over-year in April.

Core retail sales (excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants) rose 1.2% month-over-month in May and were up 2.88% year-over-year. That compared with an increase of 0.4% month-over-month and a decrease of 0.05% year-over-year in April. chainstoreage.com


More Retailers Invest in AI
Will Accenture’s AI Support Help Bath & Body Works Stabilize?
Bath & Body Works, a retailer of personal care and home fragrance products, has embarked on a multi-year partnership with Accenture to overhaul and streamline its digital and technology platforms. This strategic move aims to elevate the brand by integrating the latest advancements in digital technology, marketing technology (MarTech), artificial intelligence (AI), and generative AI (GenAI) to stimulate growth and enhance customer experiences for Bath & Body Works. retailwire.com


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Choosing a People Counting System
- How to Pick the Best Solution



Person count is an important metric to track for stores and properties that receive a large amount of foot traffic throughout the day or week.

Having the ability to monitor the number of people entering your business can uncover new operational insights for you to utilize. By analyzing the data from a people counting system, you’ll be able to identify areas of your business that could be streamlined for optimal customer engagement and experience as well as how the physical space of your business is being traveled.

In this article, we’ll cover why people counting is vital to track for your business, as well as how to find the best people counting solution.

Why People Counting is an Important Metric for Businesses to Track

As mentioned earlier, people counting can be one of the best ways to measure the success of your sales initiatives and identify areas of operational inefficiency within your business.

People counting can be an effective measurement for judging the effectiveness of marketing initiatives and campaigns. By analyzing the number of people entering your store alongside the number of purchases you have during a given time, you can come up with a reliable conversion rate. Seeing how many customers are converting (or purchasing) during a sales push can shed light on whether your strategy is working or if a better plan is needed to increase revenue.

People counting is also useful for identifying historic footfall trends. Surfacing the trends can give you insight into what tends to be the busiest times of the day or week. This data can be instrumental in capitalizing on opportunity lost sales when the location isn't staffed sufficiently, and by saving labor when times are slower.

These uses can be applied to multiple businesses, whether that’s retail, quick-service restaurants, car dealerships, property management, and more.

Finding the Best Video Security Solution for People Counting

Because people counting is such a beneficial metric to track for businesses, finding the best people counting solution becomes crucial.

Video security systems tend to offer the best features and accuracy when it comes to people counting systems, which is why it’s important to prioritize finding a security system equipped with analytics to identify and track persons.

Below, we’ll cover employee exclusion and heat mapping, two features offered by AI-powered video security that can dramatically boost the accuracy of your people-counting system and uncover more useful business intelligence.

Employee Exclusion

Employee exclusion is the ability to remove employees from customer counts, an important factor to consider when tracking conversion rates or fine-tuning your operations.

The data offered by your chosen people-counting solution needs to be accurate. If it’s skewed due to incorrect counts, then it can affect the strategies you base on it. Many people counting systems utilize IR sensors to count how many people enter or exit a store. Unfortunately, these sensors tend to give inaccurate results because they don’t account for employees who may need to enter or exit the store during their shift.

People counting analytics combined with video security can give a much more accurate picture of how many people are entering your store by excluding employees from the total count, with advanced AI being required to accomplish this task. Powerful analytics can recognize employees by using non-facial attributes based on the employee entrances in the building and where they typically congregate, alerting the system to re-identify them throughout the day as a non-customer…


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Advanced Auto Parts, Other Companies Suffer Customer Data Breaches
The number of known Snowflake customer data breaches is rising
LendingTree subsidiary QuoteWizard and automotive parts provider Advance Auto Parts have been revealed as victims of attackers who are trying to sell data stolen from Snowflake-hosted cloud databases.

Snowflake says that their investigation is still ongoing, but continues to stand by the preliminary results: the attackers accessed customer accounts secured with single-factor authentication by leveraging credentials “previously purchased or obtained through infostealing malware.”

Snowflake customers suffering data breaches

US-based Snowflake is a cloud data storage and analytics company with 9,800+ global customers, including Mastercard, Honeywell, Pfizer, Wolt, Adobe, and others. Ten days ago, it was revealed that a threat actor has been stealing data from organizations that use the Snowflake cloud-based platform, and that the attacks began in April 2024.

According to Snowflake, a “limited” number of customers have been affected, due to compromised account credentials and lack of multi-factor authentication. (They did not say the exact number nor, understandably, name the affected customers.)

The names of some of the victims have been revealed when attackers posted offers to sell the stolen data:

Santander Group (compromise confirmed by the company, without mentioning Snowflake)

Live Nation Entertainment subsidiary TicketMaster (confirmed by the company via SEC 8-K report, Snowflake identified as the third party in question by a Ticketmaster spokesperson)

LendingTree confirmed that they’ve been notified by Snowflake that QuoteWizard “may have had data impacted by this incident”

Advance Auto Parts (data theft not officially confirmed by the company, but the dark web listing claims that a massive amount of customer and employee info has been stolen)  helpnetsecurity.com


Bridging the Cybersecurity Workers & Demand
Cybersecurity Job Hunting May Come Down to Certifications

If current cybersecurity workers only fill 85% of the need in the US, why are so many people still looking for positions? The data from the private-public NIST partnership CyberSeek offers some insight.

In the United States, current cybersecurity professionals can meet only 85% of the employer demandleaving almost half a million (469,930) positions open. That's according to CyberSeek, a joint project between tech certification organization CompTIA, labor market analyst Lightcast, and NICE, a US federal program focused on cybersecurity.

NICE (formerly an acronym for National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education), which is under the National Institute of Standards and Technology umbrella, gave a grant to CompTIA and Lightcast to develop a cybersecurity career "heat map" that became CyberSeek. Visitors can see the gap between available cybersecurity workers and employer demand as a percentage, drilling down to metropolitan areas to see where the jobs are more abundant. For example, if you were job-hunting in California, you would be better off checking San Diego, where only 87% of the jobs demand is met, than Fresno, where the ratio tips the other way, at 120% of jobs demand met.

CyberSeek's interactive map provides an interesting clue as to why experienced professionals may feel overlooked by hiring managers. At the bottom of the page, you can compare the number of professionals who hold various certifications against how many job listings ask for those certifications – and they don't match up very well. For example, the most popular certification by far among practitioners is CompTIA Security+; 265,992 people hold that certificate. However, only 69,906 job listings ask for that certification. On the other hand, 47,230 ads ask for Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and 36,162 ask for Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Among the potential applicants are 35,812 CISAs and 20,300 CISMs, which is not enough to meet employer demand. Aligning the training and certifications with what hiring managers are actually looking for could help address hiring and recruiting challenges. darkreading.com


Cybersecurity Budgets Are Soaring
Telecom, media and tech companies are cyber defense standouts: Moody’s

Cybersecurity spending in the sector doubled during the past five years, accounting for 10% of companies’ technology budgets in 2023, the credit ratings and research firm said.

Telecommunications, media and technology companies are outperforming other sectors in cybersecurity, with more advanced defenses and cyber governance models, Moody’s said Thursday in a report on the sector.

Companies in these sectors accelerated cybersecurity spending by more than 125% on average during the last five years, compared to a 100% growth rate over that period for all global companies, according to the report. Technology companies doubled their cybersecurity spending over the five-year period while telecom businesses increased spending by more than 250%.

Cybersecurity spending nearly doubled during the past five years, accounting for 10% of companies’ technology budgets in 2023, according to Moody’s. The report is based on Moody’s research and a survey of more than 1,700 respondents. cybersecuritydive.com


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Ex-Amazon Employee Accuses Amazon of Selling FRT To Russia
Amazon Illegally Sold Facial Recognition to Russia, Claims Former Employee
An ex-employee of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Charles Forrest, has accused the company of violating UK sanctions by providing facial recognition technology to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Forrest presented this allegation during a preliminary hearing at a central London employment tribunal.

He claims he was unfairly dismissed by AWS after he raised concerns about several issues from November 2022 to May 2023, including the alleged illegal supply of technology to the Russian state security services.

Amazon has denied the allegations, stating that Forrest was dismissed for “gross misconduct” due to his failure to work his contractual hours and attend or respond to meetings and emails. The company denies Forrest’s allegation that it sold its Rekognition facial recognition technology to the Russian company VisionLabs, which Forrest claimed had access to the technology through a shell company in the Netherlands. An Amazon spokesperson stated, “We believe the claims lack merit and look forward to demonstrating that through the legal process.”

Forrest further alleged that Amazon had broken its self-imposed moratorium on allowing police forces to use its facial recognition technology, a ban put in place following the killing of George Floyd in the United States.

Amazon refuted these additional claims, noting that a self-imposed moratorium does not constitute a legal obligation. In tribunal documents, Amazon stated that it was difficult to determine the details of the disclosures Forrest allegedly made. This includes identifying the legal obligations or failures he referred to and understanding to whom these disclosures were reported. Amazon also denied that Forrest had a reasonable belief that the company violated international sanctions.

Launched in 2016, Rekognition is a cloud-based image and video analysis service that uses deep learning technology to identify objects, people, text, scenes, and activities, as well as detect inappropriate content. Initially developed for a broad range of applications, Rekognition quickly gained attention for its use in security and law enforcement. It has also faced significant scrutiny over privacy concerns and potential biases in its facial recognition technology. findbiometrics.com


40% of Online Reviews Are Fakes?
Fake online reviews negatively impact companies, consumers
A lot of us rely on product reviews when deciding whether to buy something, but not all of those reviews can be trusted. Consumer advocacy groups estimate as many as 40% of online reviews are fabricated.

Good Morning Cleveland anchor Mike Brookbank spoke with Karla Jo Helms of JOTO PR Disruptors about the ramifications fake online reviews have on both companies and consumers.

"If a consumer finds out a review is fake, 54% of them will never go back to that company," said Helms. "It has an economic impact on the person. It could like involve their safety."

The Federal Trade Commission proposed regulations last year to ban fake reviews with penalties of up to $50,000 per violation, as well as compensating consumers for any losses.

Fake online reviews are posted by companies as well as consumers. Fabricated reviews typically have identical phrasing as other reviews. If you're looking at ratings on Amazon, check for verified purchase badges. If you suspect an online review isn't genuine, report it to the company and the FTC. news5cleveland.com


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Los Angeles, CA: Dozens of looters break into AutoZone store in South Los Angeles, video shows
An AutoZone store in South Los Angeles was looted by a large crowd overnight and it was all caught on video. The incident happened around 4 a.m. Monday on Century Boulevard and Hoover Street. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, witnesses reported about 50 people breaking into the store. Cellphone video from the scene shows the large group pulling back the security fencing in front of the store's entrance before they shoved their way in. Others entered through a side entrance. Police say at least one person was seen breaking a window. The footage captured the sound of tires screeching in the background, where a street takeover was taking place. It's unclear if the two incidents are related. Some of the individuals, some of whom appeared to be juveniles, were seen walking away with various car parts in their hands. After officers responded to the store, a short chase ensued and at least one person was taken into custody for burglary after it came to an end in El Segundo. It's not clear how much was taken from the store, but video from the scene showed significant damage inside. No injuries were reported.  abc7.com


Louisville, KY: On the run for more than a year, LMPD arrests alleged serial shoplifter
A suspected serial shoplifter who has been on the run for more than a year is behind bars in Louisville. Louisville Metro Police say 38-year-old Joseph Johnson had seven warrants for his arrest in Kentucky, along with some in Indiana and Tennessee, too. Johnson is accused of walking out of a number of stores in Louisville with merchandise. Johnson is also accused of assaulting workers who tried to stop him at a Home Deport and a Victoria’s Secret. According to court records, an employee at one of the stores told police that Johnson hit him in the face when asking for a receipt, causing the employee minor injuries. Police say this incident was capture on surveillance. LMPD says an officer working off duty Sunday night at Derby City Gaming downtown spotted him and called for backup to arrest him. Johnson is being held at Louisville Metro Corrections on a $75,000 bond.  wlky.com


Cherry Hill, NJ: 38 shoplifters arrested in Cherry Hill, NJ; store owners ecstatic
The Cherry Hill Police Department says store owners in their municipality are "ecstatic" after a targeted effort to reduce shoplifting resulted in over three dozen people being arrested. Authorities partnered with over 20 local merchants on May 21st and 22nd, 38 people were arrested, including several suspected of being involved with organized retail theft rings, and tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise was recovered. Cherry Hill Police Chief Robert Kempf reported the local retailers, who have agreed to combine forces with police on a new program dubbed the "Cherry Hill Retail Theft Initiative," were "ecstatic" over the early results. The idea for the initiative began last November when officials met with retailers to discuss ways to combat shoplifting.  wpgtalkradio.com


Houston, TX: North Houston brazen robbery, $10k worth of merchandise stolen
A brazen daylight robbery occurred at a North Houston eyewear business, leaving owners shocked and concerned. Surveillance footage captured the perpetrators, three men, entering the store on June 5, appearing to browse around and inquire about specific luxury eyewear items. They returned the following day, one of them with a crowbar, and proceeded to forcefully take luxury eyewear brands such as Gucci and Versace frames. This marked the fourth theft incident at the establishment this year, with previous incidents occurring overnight. Co-owner Edgar Fuentes tells Fox 26 that this recent robbery was particularly alarming as it unfolded during business hours while employees and customers were present.   fox26houston.com


Columbia, MO: Hartsburg man pleads guilty, sentenced to 10 years in Columbia burglary case where more than $12,000 in vape items were stolen

Bakersfield, CA: Police seek help to identify suspects in alleged Camping World theft

Folsom, CA: Safeway $1000 theft suspect arrested after high-speed chase
 



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Shootings & Deaths


Prince George’s County, MD: 1 dead, 2 injured in a shooting outside convenience store District Heights, Maryland
One person is dead and two others were injured in a shooting outside a convenience store in District Heights, Maryland Monday afternoon, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Police said they responded to the 5400 block of Marlboro Pike around 3:15 p.m. on June 10 for a shooting. When they arrived at the scene, they found three people suffering from gunshot wounds in the parking lot outside the Fresh Market 24/7 store. A man was pronounced dead on scene, police said. Another man and a woman were injured and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.  wjla.com


Dallas, TX: 18-year-old killed outside Pleasant Grove C-store
Dallas police are searching for two men who shot and killed an 18-year-old in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood of Dallas Sunday night. Police found the victim, 18-year-old Kevin Hernandez, with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a convenience store on North Masters Drive near Elam Road. Hernandez was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. Police said two men in an SUV drove into the store parking lot and confronted the victim. They took off after shooting him. The motive for the attack is still unknown.  fox4news.com


Oklahoma City, OK: Police identify teenager as victim in northwest OKC convenience store shooting
The Oklahoma City Police Department released the identity of the person killed in a Saturday shooting at a convenience store. At around 11:40 a.m., police arrived at the store near Wilshire Boulevard and Northwest Expressway on reports of a shooting. William Jackson, 17, was found dead on the scene. Police said it appears the teenager was involved in an altercation with several other people before he was shot. The investigation is in the early stages, and police said no arrests had been made as of Monday morning.  koco.com


Summerville, SC: Update: Police arrest 3 in Summerville shopping center shooting
Three men have been arrested in connection with a May shooting that left one person critically injured, authorities said. Camden Johnson, 18, 24-year-old Kamden Middleton and 20-year-old Emmanuel Brown are all charged with attempted murder, Summerville Police said. Johnson is also charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Officers responded to the parking lot of the Ladson Oakbrook Shopping Center around 8:40 p.m. May 29 for a shooting. Lt. Shaun Tumbleston said officers found a victim shot one time in the neck. The victim was taken to an area hospital in critical condition by EMS. All three men were being held in the Dorchester County Detention Center pending bond hearings.  live5news.com


Queens, NY: NYPD searching for gunman in Dutch Kills store shooting incident
Detectives from the 114th Precinct are searching for a gunman who opened fire inside a commercial establishment in Dutch Kills on Saturday, June 1, leaving one man injured. The incident occurred at a convenience store a block away from the Dutch Kills Playground when the perpetrator entered a store near 29th Street and 36th Avenue, at around 3:30 p.m. and could be seen on surveillance video reaching into a black bag. The suspect allegedly pulled out a handgun and fired multiple shots, striking a 35-year-old man in the buttocks. The gunman fled on foot. EMS responded to the crime scene and rushed the victim to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, police said. The assailant remains at large more than a week later.  astoriapost.com


Durham, NC: Toddler, man injured in drive-by shooting at Walgreens in Durham
A toddler and adult were injured in a drive-by shooting at a Walgreens store in Durham Monday afternoon. The shooting was reported just after 4:45 p.m. at the Walgreens at 710 Fayetteville St. at the corner of Lakewood Avenue, according to the Durham Police Department. A 3-year-old boy and a man were in a car when they were shot, police said. Both were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The toddler suffered life-threatening injuries and is in critical condition, police said. The man suffered injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, according to officers.  cbs17.com


Tacoma, WA: Pot shop employee hit with gunfire
Pierce County deputies seek clues to shooter’s ID. Pierce County Sheriff’s detectives need your help to identify the suspect responsible for a shooting at Zips Cannabis at 10707 Pacific Ave S. At 10:58 pm, on May 17th, an unknown suspect fired 3 shots at a Zips employee while he was taking a regularly scheduled break in front of the business. The victim was struck by the gunfire and the suspect fled in this pictured black Cadillac Escalade. The suspect is a white male with dark hair in his mid 30’s.  facebook.com


Wilmington, DE: Man shot at convenience store - gas station parking lot
A man is hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the parking lot of Royal Farms on South Market Street. Delaware State Police said the 20-year-old shooting victim was driven to a hospital following the shooting Sunday morning at 11:17 a.m.  wdel.com


Fort Worth, TX Accidental shooting injures 1 at Fort Worth Gun Show

 



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Harrison Township, OH: Update: 22-year-old accused of Armed Robbery at Kroger indicted
The man accused of holding a pharmacist at gunpoint during a robbery at a Harrison Twp. Kroger has been indicted. On Monday, a Montgomery County grand jury indicted Jeremiah Addison, 22, of Dayton, on the following charges: Aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon Two counts of kidnapping Robbery Aggravated possession of drugs Two counts of theft of drugs Theft of drugs by intimidation, Obstructing official business.  According to a previous News Center 7 report, Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies were called to W. Siebenthaler Avenue on reports of an aggravated robbery just before 9 a.m. on May 30. When deputies arrived on scene, they learned that a pharmacist had been held at gunpoint and was forced to give the suspect two bottles of liquid Hydrocodone, according to an affidavit and statement of facts. The suspect then ran out the front entrance of the store.  whio.com


Irondequoit, NY: Shoplifting incident that led to store manager’s firing had witnesses
Pat Guider says he left the store to track the shoplifter because Guider says he threw a punch at his assistant manager. And now there are witnesses. A husband and wife back up Guider’s story and the wife told News10NBC the shoplifter hit her too. “I felt something shove me,” Karen Eagan said Karen and Tom Eagan had just finished shopping at the Big Lots on Hudson Avenue in Irondequoit. Karen says the shoplifter dropped his elbow into her as he ran away. “I was startled when it happened and then when I saw what was going on I guess I was just angry,” she said. This is the incident that the former store manager says got him fired. Pat Guider believes he was fired because he violated company policy about pursuing and trying to identify shoplifters. Guider says he followed the shoplifter because he threw a punch at his assistant manager. “I let people who shoplift leave the store every day. Every day. We just put it in the system like they ask us to do. This was an assault. This wasn’t shoplifting. This was an assault,” Guider said at his home last week. “I thought I was doing the right thing by calling asset protection and reporting it and it ends up getting me fired. Unbelievable! Unbelievable!” In an earlier interview, Tom Eagan told me he drove around the neighborhood looking for the shoplifter When he didn’t find him, Eagan returned to the store parking lot and talked with Guider. Friday night, he and Karen watched the News10NBC story on his firing. “It was like – oh my God! Isn’t that the manager? Isn’t that the guy we met?” Tom said. “And we were shocked. They fired him for doing nothing.”  whec.com


Houston, TX: Man sentenced for Hobbs Act robbery and firearms charges in Houston

Pittsburgh, PA: Police investigate whether two Restaurant Armed Robberies are connected

 

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