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Spotlight on Leadership
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Walmart Canada's Don Berezowski to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at
RCC's Retail Secure 2018
Don
Berezowski has worked in the Loss Prevention / Health and Safety
industry for over 30 years. He started his career with Sears Canada over
29 years ago and has held several positions in Operations, Returns,
Productivity leading up to Divisional Vice President for Loss Prevention
& Health and Safety. His role was to support all business channels of
the corporation. Don along with his team were responsible for
developing, implementing, and monitoring Loss Prevention / Health and
Safety programs that would improve corporate shrinkage and reduce
workplace injuries.
Don has been an active member of the RCC Loss Prevention Advisory
Committee promoting excellence in the profession as well as developing
strong relationships with industry partners sharing and developing best
of breed strategies to reduce loss.
Don has now joined the Walmart Canada team and is the Director of
Environmental Health and Safety. He is responsible for the Health and
Safety program for all stores and Distribution centers ensuring a best
in class safety program for the corporation.
Don will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Retail
Council of Canada's Retail Secure 2018 conference on Sept. 20.
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A Nucleus of Information-Sharing: Mastercard’s Fusion Center
When it comes to addressing global fraud and
security in the financial sector,
it takes a network to defeat a network.
Matt
Nyman, who previously served with Delta Force and the Joint Special Operations
Command, helped to stand up the first Fusion Centers within the U.S. government
following 9/11.
Years later, as Fusion Center Director for Mastercard, Nyman was tasked with
standing up a new Fusion Center – at Mastercard. While the private sector has
its own unique challenges and goals, Nyman says that the philosophy of
establishing a Mastercard Fusion Center remains the same: Find the business
units that have a stake in threat mitigation and that can contribute to the
greater good of the enterprise, and bring them to the table.
Mastercard’s Fusion Center is located in O’Fallon, Missouri, around 30 minutes
outside of St. Louis, and it is connected by a sliding wall to the company’s
Security Operations Center. The wall can be quickly removed to facilitate faster
communication during a crisis. The Fusion Center has been in operation for
around 10 months, and includes both corporate security functions and business or
fraud prevention functions.
“The Fusion Center actually pulls together teams from across Mastercard, so it’s
not just security, and when something happens, we have all the right people
there at the same time,” says Ron Green, CSO for Mastercard. “We have a Security
Operations Center, and they’re the ones watching the frauds and alerts, and
they’re the first to notice if something bad is happening. They start to explore
that, and as the problem gets bigger, the Fusion Center is right there, and
we’re able to react to it much quicker and more efficiently.”
Stakeholders in the Fusion Center include Intelligence, Corporate Resilience
(including crisis management, business continuity and technical recovery),
Corporate Security (vulnerability management, corporate security and
investigations), the Security Operations Center, Account Data Compromise (which
leads investigations after a customer breach), Fraud Intelligence and more.
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Nike accused of fostering hostile workplace in new gender discrimination lawsuit
A group of former female employees at Nike Inc. are suing the company over
allegations that it "intentionally and willfully discriminated against [women]
with respect to pay, promotions, and conditions of employment," according to the
lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Portland.
The complaint, which seeks class-action status, is led by former employees Kelly
Cahill and Sara Johnston, who worked at the company's Beaverton, Oregon,
headquarters and are both currently at rival Adidas.
They paint a picture of a corporate culture that systematically discriminated
against women, fostered a hostile workplace and even tolerated or ignored sexual
assault, according to the lawsuit.
cnbc.com
First Time Award:
Security Industry Association to Recognize Advancement of Women in Security
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has opened nominations for the inaugural
SIA Progress Award, an initiative sponsored by SIA’s
Women in Security Forum. The recipient of this new award will be recognized
at
SIA Honors Night 2018 on Nov. 14 in New York City.
Nominations for the SIA Progress Award are being accepted through Aug. 24. Learn
more on the
SIA Progress Award page.
securitymagazine.com
S-TRON Sponsors Premier Keynote Speaker at RLPSA Conference in Dallas, TX
S-TRON,
one of the nation’s leading full-service security providers to national
retailers & hospitality organizations, was proud to sponsor Paul R. Johnson,
Chief of Global Security at Papa John’s International as one of the keynote
speakers at the Restaurant Loss Prevention and Security Association conference
in Dallas, Texas.
Mr. Johnson oversees and coordinates global security efforts throughout
Papa John’s International and all its business units, including enterprise-wide
security strategy and programs, cybersecurity, executive protection, physical
security, brand integrity, supply chain security, business intelligence and
threat analysis.
s-tron.com
Justice Dept. Announces $3.4 Billion in Grants to Aid Crime Victims Nationwide
The Department of Justice today announced awards totaling more than $3.4 billion
to fund thousands of local victim assistance programs across the country and to
help compensate victims in every state for crime-related losses. Distributed
through two grant programs administered by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC),
a component of the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, the awards surpass
every other single-year grant amount in the program’s 34-year history.
The grants are supported by the Crime Victims Fund, a repository of federal
criminal fines, fees, and special assessments. The fund includes zero tax
dollars.
justice.gov
Columnist: "America's increasing moral panic over active shooters
is overblown and counterproductive"
Active shooter situations have become the latest moral panic. FBI data and news
coverage blow attacks out of proportion, causing us to fear the rarest of
events.
Reports that there was an active shooter barricaded inside an Ohio military
hospital Thursday sent employees scurrying for safety as teams of first
responders rushed to the scene. News of the crisis spread quickly throughout the
national media and the Twittersphere. By the time officials gave the “all
clear,” it became apparent that a planned active shooter training exercise had
been
mistaken for the real thing.
Although actual active shooter events can be devastating, the level of fear
associated with this modern-day boogeyman is out of control, leading to
countless false alarms:
● An unfounded report of an active shooter inside a California hospital
Wednesday prompted a “code
black” lockdown of the facility and a massive police response.
● An
attempted robbery of a jewelry store on July 28 inside a Texas mall created
havoc when the sound of breaking glass was mistaken for an active shooter event,
sending terrified shoppers rushing for the exits.
● As fireworks lit up the sky above
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, last July Fourth, word spread through the
crowd that there was an active shooter among them, sending thousands running for
their lives. However, there was no shooting and no gunman — just folks
misinterpreting the sound of firecrackers.
Of course, anyone who sits in a classroom or at his desk at work, or who visits
a shopping mall or restaurant, faces the possibility of confronting an armed
assailant. But the likelihood is akin to that of being killed by lightning.
In recent years, the FBI has produced a series of reports on active shooter
events, dispelling a number of common misconceptions. For example, the latest
update indicated that, contrary to what many believe, active shooters are
generally
not driven by serious mental illness. Moreover, they tend to target specific
victims as opposed to shooting indiscriminately.
usatoday.com
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reflect the views or opinions of the D&D Daily.
INFOGRAPHIC: The 10 Biggest Inventory Shrinkage Mistakes you can Easily Avoid
Inventory control is a critical component of any retail business affecting
operations and the bottom line. And if you’re experiencing shrinkage not related
to sales, it means you are losing your inventory.
A new infographic from Se-Kure Controls titled, “Common and Costly Inventory
Mistakes to Avoid” looks at 10 of the most common mistakes retailers make
regarding their inventory. These mistakes and others are responsible for losses
which totaled $48.9 billion according to the 2017 National Retail Security
Survey from the National Retail Federation.
For small retailers or small business owners, the loses are more impactful. The
NRF survey said on average inventory shrinkage costs retailers about 1.44% of
sales. And whether it is happening because of criminals or dishonest employees,
it is money you can’t recover.
smallbiztrends.com
Study: Physical stores need ‘near-perfect’ inventory management
Inventory management has emerged as a key factor for operational efficiency
within physical stores — and there is almost no room for error in today’s
omnichannel marketplace.
That’s one of the findings of a new report from ABI Research, which said
that as stores strive to perfect how they serve customers and integrate various
shopping and delivery channels, being able to accurately count, control and
predict available inventory will become a basic operational requirement.
“Stores which have limited intelligence on the location and quantity of stock at
the individual item level cannot expect to adequately serve their
customers or successfully execute a competitive omnichannel retail strategy,”
said Nick Finill, senior analyst at ABI Research.
The good news is that with computer vision use cases maturing, artificial
Intelligence tools becoming more powerful, and RFID technology demonstrating
major ROI, retailers are now able to approach 100% inventory accuracy — enabling
a transformation of the industry.
chainstoreage.com
Online retailers are using empty mall spaces to test products
Mall operators are teaming up with startup programs to offer startups co-working
spaces, networking and mentorship possibilities. In November, the Pennsylvania
Real Estate Trust and incubator 1776 will open a retail incubator inside the
Cherry Hill Mall, and for the past three years, Westfield has been using space
in the Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall to connect startups with
member retailers.
With big-box retailers closing stores, operators are exploring new uses for mall
spaces to cope with a six-year high in mall vacancy rates in the U.S. —
reportedly 8.6 percent in the second quarter of 2018. Beyond giving new digital
companies an entry point to the physical retail world, companies can test
products with mall customers.
digiday.com
Amazon Could Reportedly Release A Shorter List Of HQ2 Finalists This Month
Rumors are swirling that Amazon could release a second shortlist of finalists in
the running for its $5B second headquarters as early as this month, the New York
Times reports. Times sources speculate that the move could be an attempt to get
cities to further sweeten their incentive packages to land the headquarters and
its estimated 50,000 employees.
bisnow.com
Trucking’s Tight Capacity Squeezes U.S. Businesses
More companies are pointing to rising freight costs as a drag on earnings and
growth, as trucking companies raise rates at a historic pace and one says
finding trucks is getting ‘ugly’.
wsj.com
Smoke from the California wildfires is spreading 3,000 miles to New York City
Take
a look at this forecast model from the National Weather Service. It shows how
the smoke from the wildfires scorching California is traveling thousands of
miles. In this case, all the way to New York City -- about 3,000 miles away.
The weather service uses an experimental model that forecasts the spread of
smoke from wildfires across the country. It says winds lift the smoke up and
carry it across the US. And it doesn't stop there -- some of the particles move
even beyond the East Coast.
The smoke in the east is more than a mile above the surface. When it's that high
and stays there, the health risks are minimal,
according to the weather service. But if it's pulled down by the jet stream,
it can cause unhealthy air quality.
cnn.com
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Shasta County, CA: DA's Office reports 15 cases of looting in counties/cities
affected by fires
Rite Aid Foundation donates $50K to assist California wildfire relief efforts
J.C. Penney to open 500 baby shops amid closure of Babies R' Us
Aldi to go from 1,800 to 2,500 U.S. stores by 2022
San Francisco's luxury home furnishings retailer Gump's files for bankruptcy
Coming to Vegas: Nation’s ‘first’ cannabis superstore
Quarterly Results
Ingles Markets Q3 comp's up 1.8%, net sales up 5.1%
Canada’s Leon’s Furniture Q2 comp’s up 0.4%, revenue up 1.5% |
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CAP Publishes New Study of Retail Crime
Incidents in 6 Major US Cities
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Mobile point-of-sale machines to contain critical security flaws
Mobile point-of-sale machines from some of the industry’s large payment
providers have been found to contain vulnerabilities. According to research
presented at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, these
vulnerabilities allow fraudulent merchants to steal credit card information or
intercept transactions to steal funds from customers.
Positive Technologies researchers Leigh-Anne Galloway and Tim Yunusov said that
mPOS devices supplied by PayPal, iZettle, SumUp and Square all contained
flaws that could lead to customers being tricked into paying more for their
purchases.
These systems are usually linked via Bluetooth to a smartphone or tablet mobile
app, which then sends data to the payment provider's server. Researchers found
that criminals could intercept this traffic and change the value being
transferred during a magstripe payment, without alerting the customer.
Hackers typically target cheaper devices, which tend not to be compatible
with the latest secure payment options, such as EMV-enabled chip and pin.
Only 59% of card readers in the US are compatible with EMV payments, and the
majority of payments are still made using a magstripe and signature, according
to the researchers.
thepaypers.com
Open-Source Facial Recognition Tool Searches People Across Social Networks
The open-source intelligence-gathering tool
Social Mapper uses facial recognition to automatically search for targets
across eight social media sites: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram,
Google+, the Russian social networking service VKontakte, and the Chinese social
networking sites Weibo and Douban.
Social Mapper was developed by Trustwave’s Jacob Wilkins to help pen testers and
red teamers with social engineering attacks. Instead of manually searching
social media sites for name and pictures, Social Mapper makes it possible to
automate such scans “on a mass scale with hundreds or thousands of individuals.”
csoonline.com
Amazon Web Services Error Leaks GoDaddy Secrets
An error in Amazon AWS bucket configuration has led to the exposure of internal
information belonging to hosting provider GoDaddy. Cybersecurity firm UpGuard's
Cyber Risk Team
said on Thursday that a set of documents were left in an Amazon S3 bucket
which was available to the public.
GoDaddy is a domain name registrar and hosting provider which caters for
millions of customers worldwide.
The information involved in the security breach appeared to describe GoDaddy's
architecture, as well as "high-level configuration information for tens of
thousands of systems and pricing options for running those systems in Amazon AWS,
including the discounts offered under different scenarios," according to UpGuard.
zdnet.com
Amazon welcomes first graduates of program to turn veterans into technologists
Mike Cooper and his four colleagues in Amazon’s inaugural class of
veterans-turned-technologists won’t make a dent in the company’s roughly 17,000
job openings. But the five former armed service members represent the lengths
the Seattle giant will go to satisfy its insatiable appetite for workers.
Cooper, a 31-year-old Coast Guard veteran, and his colleagues are — after a
brief ceremony on Wednesday morning — Amazon’s newest hires, the first graduates
of a program designed to shepherd veterans into careers in in-demand technology
jobs. The cohort join Amazon Web Services as cloud support associates, helping
customers who use the cloud-computing platform to troubleshoot problems.
seattletimes.com
PGA of America Struck By Ransomware
What is malware? Viruses, worms, trojans, and beyond
Why more people don't use simple two-factor authentication
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Innovation and Action
Episode 5
Garret King, Regional IS Sales Manager, Cam Connections, a
Division of ADT/Protection 1 In order to
better drive innovation, collaboration and evaluation, the LPRC establishes
ongoing working groups and action teams. Working groups innovate and
field-evaluate current and emerging procedures and technologies that apply
across retailer type, while action teams integrate similar retailers to
systematically attack common problems.
Another form of research they do is with their iLab. The LPRC Innovation Lab
offers a unique place for their members to come and see the latest technology
and how it works together to help prevent and detect theft.
In this 14-minute video, Garret King from
Cam
Connections explains how the LPRC's Innovation Chain works - bringing ideas
to life from the iLab to stores and distribution centers to larger field tests
that produce validated, actionable results.
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No Ifs, Ands or Bots: How Bad Bots are
Supercharging Account Takeover Fraud
Given the massive amount of information contained in an average hack, going
through it manually to validate useable credentials would not be feasible. Enter
bots. The recipient of bulk data wants to validate the username/password
combinations on as many sites as possible. So they load up specially programmed
bots (created by still other members of the fraud value chain—another specialty)
with the thousands or millions of stolen credentials they purchased on the Dark
Web and attack sites around the Internet.
The bots then engage in credential stuffing—automatically testing those
credentials to see which accounts they can successfully log into. The credential
stuffer then sells the smaller list of valid account credentials (either
individually or in chunks) for much more than they paid for the original bulk
list.
Certain types of companies are especially likely to be targeted by bots with
malicious aims. Of the top six industries that experience the highest percentage
of bad bot traffic on their websites, four are in the business of providing
products or services that require at least some level of digital delivery,
according to another recent report.3
Traffic generated by bad bots accounts for more than 53 percent of all visits to
online gambling sites, more than any other merchant vertical, the report said.
Airlines, ranked second at 44 percent, and ticketing sites (fifth at 23 percent)
bracket financial sites and healthcare as the industries with the most bad bot
activity as a share of total traffic. E-commerce retail ranked just behind
ticketing, with more than 21 percent of activity on those sites originating from
bad bots.
Bad bot activity is not restricted to credential stuffing (e.g., gambling,
airline, ticketing and e-commerce all experience price scraping by competitors
via bots), but it is a significant activity and leads directly to account
takeovers.
cardnotpresent.com
Cryptocurrencies: here’s what online retailers
need to know
“Cash, credit, or Bitcoin?” Ten years ago, this simple question would’ve caused
the majority of shoppers to scratch their heads at checkout. Today, however,
over 60% of consumers are aware of digital currency—a fact that’s pushing
online merchants to start exploring the future of payments.
More so than anything else, the rise of cryptocurrencies has put the spotlight
on our evolving definition of “currency.” Consumers are increasingly receptive
to non-traditional forms of payment and will make intentional choices to pick
retailers that are more accommodating of them. As a result, understanding the
nuances of cryptocurrencies is not only a valuable asset, but will lead to
long-term success, growth, and customer loyalty in the highly-competitive world
of e-commerce. Here are three ways to help your business ride the cryptocurrency
wave, and keep up with changing payment trends:
1) Evaluate whether accepting cryptocurrencies are right for your business
2) Understand the Challenges of Digital Currency
3) Look Beyond Cryptocurrencies...and at Blockchain Read more at
digitalcommerce360.com
Walmart Makes Online Returns Easier
In its battle with Amazon, Walmart tries
to make it easier for online shoppers to return their unwanted purchases without
upsetting sellers
Starting this fall, customers buying items from third parties on Walmart.com
will be able to print shipping labels directly from the website and clearly see
the return policies for individual items online, according to a memo sent to
sellers and obtained by CNBC.
Sellers on Walmart's marketplace will soon be able to use the company's
"'Returns Shipping Service,' which offers special discounted shipping rates,"
the memo said. Sellers will still have the ability to to set returns windows and
shipping fees.
cnbc.com
QVC online sales up 8% in Q2
Zulily.com sales up 13% in Q2
Ecommerce to Make Up Nearly 10% of Back-to-School
Sales
Amazon’s U.S. Sales Nearly Tripled on Prime Day
2018, Finds New Profitero Study
Amazon Captures 5 Percent of American Retail
Spending. Is That a Lot?
L’Oréal looks to drive up ecommerce sales in AR
partnership with Facebook
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"Fraud is not a person - it is a dynamic grouping of statistics that deviate
from the norm."
Stuart B. Levine, CFI, CFCI
CEO, The Zellman Group & Zelligent
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Mount Vernon, NY: $1M Nationwide
Cellphone Fraud Ring Busted In The Hudson Valley; 12 Arrested
With
the arrest of seven people Thursday, federal officials say they have
cracked a 4-year scheme to steal cellphones and other electronic devices
so sophisticated that its leaders created a how-to video for their
co-conspirators. It played out nationwide with a hub in Mount Vernon,
New York.
Prosecutors accuse 12 people in a conspiracy to steal cellphones, iPads
and other small electronic devices by hacking into more than 3,300
customers' accounts and stealing their identities to get new "upgrades"
for small upfront fees. The victims included both customers, whose
identities were stolen and/or whose accounts were accessed, and
cellphone service providers, which typically bore the financial losses.
The conspirators operated in New York and the Dominican Republic and on
the Darknet, prosecutors said.
justice.gov
Laval, Quebec, CN: Thieves steal $500,000
worth of Hockey Equipment from Quebec sports store
Police say brazen thieves have managed to steal a half-million dollars
worth of goods, mostly hockey equipment, from a sports store north of
Montreal. Authorities in Laval says the theft took place between closing
time Sunday evening and 8 o'clock Monday morning, when employees
returned to find the Rousseau Sports store ransacked. Const. Evelyne
Boudreau says a full inventory has to be done by the owners, but that
mostly hockey equipment was taken. There was an alarm on site, but
exactly what happened is unclear as there was extensive damage inside
the store and in the storage area.
timescolonist.com
PCSO on hunt for the ‘Not-So-Fabulous
Five’; Lowe’s thefts in 11 counties
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has issued a “Wanted” announcement for
five people on multiple charges related to racketeering and grand theft.
According to a PCSO Facebook post, the department’s Organized Retail
Crime Unit is looking for five people who worked together in bilking
more than $30,000 from Lowe’s Home Improvement stores between May 1 and
June 10. Their operation involved fraudulent purchases, returns and gift
cards.
A total of 40 separate fraudulent purchases were made at Lowe’s stores
in 11 counties throughout Florida, including Polk. All five members of
this criminal group have active warrants for racketeering, conspiracy to
commit racketeering, grand theft, trafficking in stolen property,
cheating and altering identification marks. They are believed to have
left Florida, perhaps heading northeast. Dubbed the “Not-So-Fabulous
Five”, sought by PCSO are: Miguel Royal of Maple Shade, New Jersey;
Anastasia Torres of Maple Shade, New Jersey; Martin DeSilva of
Schenectady, New York; Sofia Asano of Rego Park, New York; and Eric
Fisher of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Grand Forks, ND: Walmart Associate
accused of embezzling $12,000, sending money to Nigeria
Heather
Lee Hill, 44, is charged with felony theft and could face up to 10 years
in prison and a $20,000 fine if convicted. An affidavit for her arrest
said the cash register Hill operated was repeatedly missing money during
the last few months, adding up to about $12,000. Managers at the store
confronted her, and the report said she admitted to stealing cash every
day during the last few months. Hill allegedly handed over $750 she'd
stolen Tuesday to managers. Police found several gift cards in Hill's
car that she said were purchased using the stolen money. A court
document said she allegedly sent nearly $4,000 to Nigeria via a Western
Union wire transfer. She also allegedly told police she used the money
to pay bills and her parents, the affidavit said.
grandforksherald.com
Polk County, FL: Men returned Play-Doh in
hard drive boxes to steal $6,000 from Target
The PCSO Organized Retail Crime Unit has issued warrants for the arrests
of two suspects wanted in fraudulent returns at Target stores located in
Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, and Volusia Counties. According to the
warrants, between January 16-18, 2018, Jose Rivera, Jr., purchased 69
Seagate brand external hard drives from 16 different Target stores in
the aforementioned counties, and Rainer Bentulan returned 69 Seagate
brand external hard drives using the receipts. Once the boxes were
opened, however, Target personnel discovered Play-Doh inside, instead of
hard drives. The total value of the theft is $6,159.
The weight of the boxes was similar to the weight they would be had they
contained the actual hard drives. PCSO detectives met with the Florida
Attorney General’s Office, and authored arrest warrants for both
suspects. They are being charged with organized scheme to defraud and
conspiracy to commit organized scheme to defraud. Both suspects are
believed to be in Orange County, and PCSO detectives are working with
the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Orlando P.D. to locate and
apprehend the suspects.
wtsp.com
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San Francisco, CA: Burglars steal 21 Bicycles
valued at over $60,000; store was also hit last year
Lewisburg, PA: Gas Station Employee busted for
$12,000 Lottery Theft; lied to get the job, extensive criminal history
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Houston, TX: Store owner robbed, killed outside
northeast Houston gas station
A store owner was shot and killed Thursday outside a gas station in northeast
Houston. Police said the man who is part owner of the Gulf gas station on
Liberty Road was leaving the store around 11:45 p.m. with bank deposits when a
gunman shot the man several times and took the cash. The victim died at the
scene. Police said a person of interest was taken into custody. No arrests have
been made.
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Fredericksburg, VA: Man Accused of Shooting Woman
at McDonald's Killed Self
A man who led Virginia police on a chase after allegedly shooting a woman at a
McDonald's killed himself as police closed in. His victim continues to fight for
her life in an area hospital. Anthony Ellis, 22, fired shots at the restaurant
on Carl D. Silver Parkway after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The shooting happened near the
kitchen's entrance. Officers responded to a report that shots were fired at the
restaurant. A woman suffering life-threatening injuries was found at the scene.
It's unclear why the victim and suspect were at the McDonald's, but police say
the shooting wasn't random and the two knew each other.
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Nashville, TN: The man accused in a murder inside
a Hookah bar was murdered himself in a late-night shooting
Deion Woodruff, 23, was found unresponsive by Metro Police at about 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday night in West Nashville. Police say Woodruff appeared to have been
pushed out of a vehicle in the Hadley Park area. He was rushed to Vanderbilt
University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Woodruff was wanted for
the May 1 murder of Marqondis Thompson, 21, inside Medusa hookah bar and on
charges of attempted murder and carjacking in in a shootout of two SUVs. Police
say Woodruff carjacked a vehicle from a convenient store after the shooting.
fox17.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Livermore, CA: 4 Arrested following a Robbery at
T-Mobile
Four people are in custody after a robbery at the T-Mobile store on Las Positas
Road in Livermore Thursday. Officers responded to the store at around 3 p.m.
Thursday, catching three of four people suspected of robbing the store and
launching an exhaustive search air and ground search for the fourth – reporting
that person in custody at around 5:15 p.m.
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Dothan, AL: Tractor Supply Manager disarms knife-wielding
shoplifter and pins him down until police arrive
James City County, VA: Police arrest man and identified
another suspect in connection with a July 28 shooting at a 7-Eleven
Asheville, NC: USPS contractor pleads guilty after months
of mail theft in and around Asheville
Kansas City, MO: $10,000 Reward offered in Independence
Gun Store burglary
Helena-West Helena, AR $5,000 reward offered in EZ Pawn
gun theft
Denver, CO: New pot report shows an increase in tax
revenue, decline in crime
Tuscaloosa, AL: Police want to start Neighborhood Watch
for Businesses
Fred Meyer Jewelers in Brookings, OR reported a Grab &
Run on 8/9, item valued at $11,999
Jared in the Park Place Mall, Atlanta, GA reported a Smash & Grab on 8/9, items
valued at $44,500
Jared in The Bell Tower shops, Fort Myers , FL reported an External Diamond
Theft on 7/31, item valued at $1499
Jared in the Target Center, Lexington, KY reported an External Diamond Switch on
7/19, item valued at $6,250
Kay Jewelers in the Poplin Place, Monroe, NC reported a Grab & Run on 8/8, items
valued at $3,998
Kay Jewelers in the Vidalia Central Shopping Center, Vidalia, GA reported a Grab
& Run on 8/9, item valued at $4,599
Peoples Jewellers in the West Edmonton Mall, AB CN reported a Grab & Run on 8/8,
item valued at $10,999
Peoples Jewellers in the Tanger Outlet Mall, Cookstown, ON CN reported a Grab &
Run on 8/9, item valued at $3,599
Piercing Pagoda in the West Towne Mall, Madison, WI reported a Distraction Theft
on 8/6, item valued at $159
Zales in the Town Center Mall, Kennesaw, GA reported a Grab & Run on 8/9, item
valued at $25,559
Arson & Fire
Atwater, CA: Arrest made in Target arson; store closed indefinitely
Sentencings & Charges
Charlotte, NC: Store owner charged for shooting,
killing alleged intruder at Charlotte business
A
business owner who allegedly shot and killed a man reportedly breaking into his
southeast Charlotte shop early Monday morning has been charged in the man's
death. Alan Brett Corder, 49, is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the
death of 20-year-old Justin Anderson. Police say he was arrested at his place of
business on Thursday. The break-in was reported by an alarm company around 4:33
a.m. at the American Beauty and Garden Center. Around the same time, a man called
911 saying that he spotted an intruder in the business on a security camera. The
man called back shortly after and told the 911 operator that he just shot
someone at the store. Police say they arrived to find the alleged intruder,
identified as Anderson, shot behind the business. Medic pronounced him dead at
the scene.
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Salem, MA: Man charged with 9 Felonies after
Macy’s Armed Robbery, Walmart shooting in June
A Salem man has been charged with nine felonies that stem from two
incidents in late June where he reportedly robbed a Macy's employee at gunpoint
and shot a man outside a Walmart. Jerry Borrego, 48, is accused of first-degree
assault and robbery, two counts of attempted murder and felon in possession of a
firearm, and three counts of unlawful use of a weapon. According to a Marion
County arrest warrant the June events proceeded as follows: Salem Police
officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Macy's around 8 p.m. June
23. An employee told police Borrego and a woman later identified as Natali
Tavizon stole several items from the store, including a vacuum valued at $171.
When the employee tried to confront the two in the parking lot, Borrego
allegedly pulled out a silver handgun and pointed it at the employee, telling
him to leave. The employee retreated back into the store while Borrego and
Tavizon fled the scene.
statesmanjournal.com
Manhattan, NY: “Broadway Bandit” Convicted In Federal Court For 2017
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Bike Shop – San Francisco, CA – Burglary
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C- Store – York, PA – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Asheville, NC – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Ashtabula, OH – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Simpsonville, SC – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Tulsa, OK – Armed Robbery / Assault
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C-Store – Morgantown, NC – Robbery
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Cash Store – Ashwaubenon, WI – Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar – Lynchburg, VA – Robbery
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Game Store- Salem, OR – Armed Robbery
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Gas Station – Houston, TX – Armed Robbery / Owner shot &
killed
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Gun Store – Independence, MO – Burglary
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Jewelry Store – Snellville, GA – Burglary
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Liquor Store – Owensboro, KY – Armed Robbery
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Liquor Store – Tulare, CA – Armed Robbery
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Liquor Store- Hartford, CT – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Balcones Heights, TX – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Keizer, OR – Burglary
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T-Mobile – Livermore, CA – Robbery
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Taco Bell – Fresno, CA – Armed Robbery
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Tobacco Shop – Killeen, TX – Armed Robbery
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Tractor Supply – Dothan, AL – Armed Robbery
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Truck Stop – San Antonio, TX – Armed Robbery
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Walgreens – Franklin, OH – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Oxnard, CA – Armed Robbery
Daily Totals:
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robberies
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4 burglaries
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1 shooting
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1 killing |
Weekly Totals:
• 74
robberies
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48 burglaries
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1 shooting
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1 killing |
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