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Mass shootings in the United States: When, where
they have occurred in 2019
According to data from the
Gun Violence Archive,
a total of 253 mass shooting incidents have occurred as of August 4.
In 2018, a total of 340 mass shooting incidents occurred across the U.S.,
which is a slight decrease from 346 incidents in 2017.
The number of 2019 incidents is higher than that of the same time period in
2018, in which 88 incidents occurred through May 7, 2018.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, a mass shooting is described as four or
more individuals being shot or killed in the same general time and location. The
F.B.I. defines a "mass killing" as the killing of three or more people in a
public place, but the federal agency also defines a "mass murderer" as someone
who has killed four or more people in the same location.
The Gun Violence Archive lists itself as a not-for-profit organization that
documents gun violence and gun crime nationally.
abc15.com
Click image to view interactive map of 2019 shootings
Off-duty police back at El Paso Walmart stores
No armed security at store before Saturday attack
There used to be at least one off-duty officer providing security and as many as
three when stores expected big crowds, according to police officers and Walmart
employees who spoke to El Paso Inc. last week without giving their names.
“Even with one, it could have turned out different,” an El Paso police officer
said at the crowded memorial site Thursday evening for the 22 people killed.
“They hired us back this week. If they want us, we’ll be here,” the
policeman said in the company of other officers who were providing security at
the impromptu gathering area behind the Walmart that has become a shrine to the
victims.
Since the shooting, off-duty police officers have reappeared at Walmart
entrances, but Hargrove wouldn’t say whether it’s a permanent change.
elpasoinc.com
Bulletproof backpacks? Deadly shootings have parents
adding to back-to-school list
Is Walmart doing enough to protect workers in its
supply chain?
The retailer has been auditing, investigating and reporting on its supply
chain to clean up labor abuses, but experts say many of the current best
practices fall short.
By the retail giant's own count, it involves some 100,000 suppliers. If
truly understanding the size of that network of manufacturers, distributors,
subcontractors and so on is difficult, monitoring the goings on of each firm in
detail is truly daunting. Yet a decade and a half ago, Walmart was doing less
than many of its peers to monitor its suppliers for labor abuses.
In 2006, the sovereign wealth fund of a country known for its own happy workers
concluded that Walmart was contributing to human rights violations around the
world, both in the retailer's own operations and in its massive supply chain.
When
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global excluded Walmart's stock from its
investment portfolio more than a decade ago, the fund's ethics council cited
reports of employee abuse, safety violations, worker intimidation, unpaid
overtime and numerous issues at the retailer's suppliers. The council said
Walmart's internal procedures were unequipped to uncover abuses.
This summer, after 13 years, the Norway fund
reversed its stance on Walmart.
Still, the
progress at Walmart cited by the Norway fund is a testament to changes
the retailer has made in its practices. It's a badge of honor, or at least
the removal of a badge of shame. It is symbolism that matters as investors and
consumers around the world pay more attention to the human and environmental
cost of putting products on shelves.
For its part, Walmart — which has around 150 employees in its
responsible sourcing unit — says it focuses its efforts on countries where
the risks of abuse are greatest. retaildive.com
Politicians Focusing on Regulating Law
Enforcement Usage
How facial recognition became the most feared technology in the US
Two lawmakers are drafting a new bipartisan bill that could seriously limit the
use of the technology across the US.
Across the US, local politicians and national lawmakers on both sides of the
aisle have started introducing rules that bar law enforcement agencies from
using facial recognition technology to surveil everyday citizens.
In just the past few months, three cities —
San Francisco,
Oakland, and
Somerville, Massachusetts — have passed laws to ban government use of the
controversial technology, which analyzes pictures or live video of human faces
in order to identify them. Cambridge, Massachusetts, is also moving toward a
government ban. Congress recently held two oversight hearings on the topic and
there are at least four pieces of current federal legislation to limit the
technology in some way.
Facial recognition is a rare case where regulators are working together — on a
bipartisan level, no less — to try to get ahead of technology instead of
catching up to it.
So far, this impending wave of legislation hasn’t prevented private companies
from using the technology. Even in cities like San Francisco with facial
recognition bans, companies like Apple are still free to sell cellphones that
have facial recognition built into their products. That’s a different and less
controversial application of the technology, mainly because consumers have the
choice not to use it. And if companies don’t properly notify users when it
employs this tech, like a federal
court recently found Facebook guilty of, they could face legal and financial
penalties.
vox.com
Stopping America's next hate-crime killers on social media
is no easy task
Not Enough Manpower & It's Like Predicting Where Lightning is Going to Strike
The pattern is clear: Hate-filled manifestos posted on websites populated by
white supremacists, followed by gun attacks against blacks, Jews, Muslims, or
Latin American immigrants.
In some cases, the killers use their internet posts to praise previous attacks
by other white nationalists. And after new assaults, the manifestos get passed
around, feeding the cycle of propaganda and violence. Following the
racially-motivated attack that killed 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso,
Texas, President Donald Trump said he wants police to do more to stop
extremists who are active online before they can turn to murder.
Trump said after the mass shootings last weekend in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio,
that he would ask the Justice Department to work with local, state and federal
agencies as well as social media companies “to develop tools that can detect
mass shooters before they strike.”
He's met with internet and technology companies on Friday to discuss violent
extremism online.
Even before those attacks, The FBI in early July requested bids for a
contractor to help it detect national security threats by trawling through
social media sites.
There is not enough technology to properly monitor the internet," he said. "This
is the number one thing we always say in law enforcement: 'You can’t stop
crazy. You can’t even predict crazy.'"
reuters.com
Dozens Arrested at #JewsAgainstICE Protest at
Amazon Store in NYC
Jewish community groups protesting Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) cloud computing
contracts with and other technical support for Immigration and Customs
Enforcement say that dozens of their members were arrested at an Amazon Books
store in Manhattan on Sunday.
Sophie Ellman-Golan, volunteer organizer with Jews for Racial and Economic
Justice (JFREJ) and one of the leaders of Never Again Action, told Gizmodo the #JewsAgainstICE
protest drew around 1,000 participants and resulted in roughly 40 arrests
of demonstrators, including rabbis and other prominent members of New York’s
Jewish community.
The activists rallied on Sunday outside the Amazon retail location on East 34th
St. to draw attention to AWS cloud contracts with ICE and Palantir
Technologies, which provides the agency with data for use in
immigration raids and other enforcement actions.
gizmodo.com
Lawmakers jump-start talks on privacy bill
With New Labor Day Deadline
Lawmakers are working through the August recess to cobble together legislation
on data privacy after missing a deadline they set to unveil a bill before the
summer break.
California's strict new privacy law is slated to take effect in January, raising
the stakes for lawmakers who were hoping to pass a federal law before the
stringent state-level rules go into place.
But just before the recess, a series of leaks revealed that Cantwell’s office
was passing around a privacy framework that would
allow consumers to sue companies for mishandling their data. That “private
right of action” is a non-starter for industry and Republicans.
Other prominent sticking points in the negotiations have included the Republican
push to include preemption, which would allow the federal law to override
state laws. Preemption has been a top priority for the tech industry, which
has warned against a “patchwork” of state laws, but Democrats insist they
won’t approve any law that is weaker than the California one.
thehill.com
The Nationwide Decriminalization Impact
Crime and Non-Punishment in NYC
A case study in the cost of abandoning ‘broken-windows’ policing.
Public order is eroding as the city’s progressive leaders have slammed the
brakes on “broken-windows” policing.
Mr. Giuliani’s police commissioner, Bill Bratton, understood that the erosion
of public order creates the conditions for more serious crimes. New Yorkers are
beginning to experience the decline resulting from the city council’s
decriminalization in 2017 of quality-of-life offenses like public urination and
subway hopping.
Arrests dropped 90% in the first 16 weeks after the decriminalization law was
enacted. Last month the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice touted that jail
admissions had dropped 50% over the past five years and 20% since last year. The
rate of incarceration is the lowest since 1978 as more criminals are being
allowed to walk.
The most visible results have been dirtier streets and rising public drug
use, but things could quickly get worse. In the spring the state Legislature
essentially eliminated cash bail, which NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill warned
will force police to “release habitual criminals to return to their chronic
offenses, whether violent crimes, burglaries, drug trafficking, or grand
larcenies.”
Had the law been in effect last year, about 16,000 offenders with prior arrests
involving force, weapons or sex offenses would have been released without even
being held for arraignment. “Our current low crime levels aren’t a permanent
achievement,” Mr. O’Neill noted. “They are a continuing challenge.”
wsj.com
Editor's Note: Even the news outlets who tend to be more supportive of
such actions are starting to report on the problems the trend is creating in the
big cities. It certainly supports the increase in retail LP jobs we're seeing
this year.
Crime Stats Over the Next Few Years Won't
Reflect Reality
With rising felony thresholds, DA's across North America going on record about
not prosecuting and actually bragging about reduced incarceration numbers, the
next few years we'll start to see crime reports that are inaccurate and not
reflecting true crime trends.
The FBI Crime Index, which is currently being revamped, and is the nation's
supposedly leading crime report, already has significant weaknesses and without
state and local support and funding will be even less of a barometer.
What will be really interesting is if we start seeing politicians and cities
claiming reduced crime rates as a success story, which usually is the case
during election cycles.
The issue is that retailers will have to depend more on direct industry
information, knowledge, and networking.
- Gus Downing
Any products on your shelves?
Owner Of NYC Consumer Products Testing Company AMA Arrested
Tens of Millions of Dollars Fraud Scheme - Fabricating Test Results
Former Executives and Supervising Laboratory Technician Have Pleaded Guilty
in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme
GABRIEL LETIZIA, Jr., the owner and executive director of AMA Laboratories, Inc.
AMA is a consumer products testing company in Rockland County, New York. LETIZIA
is AMA’s owner and executive director. AMA tested the safety and efficacy of
cosmetics, sunscreens and other products on specified numbers of volunteer
panelists for consumer products companies.
From 1987 through April 2017, LETIZIA and others at AMA defrauded AMA’s
customers of tens of millions of dollars by testing products on materially
lower numbers of panelists than the numbers specified and paid for by AMA’s
customers. LETIZIA, and AMA employees acting under his direction, sent the
customers fraudulent reports, which falsely represented to the customers
that AMA had tested the products on the number of panelists specified by the
customers. LETIZIA and AMA employees acting under his direction also made
materially false and misleading statements about the results of the tests to
AMA’s Customers.
justice.gov
SEC Aims to Ease Disclosure Rules & Risk Factors
The commission proposes a more principles-based, less-prescriptive approach to
business description and risk factor disclosures. The Securities and
Exchange Commission on Thursday
proposed revisions to disclosure rules that would ease the compliance burden
for publicly held companies.
The amendments would relax the prescriptive nature of Regulation S-K items 101
(description of the business) and 105 (risk factors).
cfo.com
NOAA increases chance for above-normal hurricane
season
The end of El Nino could boost Atlantic hurricane activity.
NOAA forecasters monitoring oceanic and atmospheric patterns say conditions are
now more favorable for above-normal hurricane activity since El Nino has now
ended. Two named storms have formed so far this year and the peak months of the
hurricane season, August through October, are now underway.
The number of predicted storms is also greater with NOAA now expecting 10-17
named storms (winds of 39 mph or greater), of which 5-9 will become hurricanes
(winds of 74 mph or greater), including 2-4 major hurricanes (winds of 111 mph
or greater). This updated outlook is for the entire six-month hurricane season,
which ends Nov. 30.
noaa.gov
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Director, Investigations posted for Walmart in
Bentonville, AR
Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs;
developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business
strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and
incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource
requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure
desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities;
promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring
continuous learning.
The ideal candidate will have experience with corporate investigations to
include, but not limited to commercial bribery, financial crimes, HR
investigations, global reputational risk and corporate fraud.
myworkdayjobs.com
Loss Prevention Director posted for Uniqlo in NY,
NY
Responsible for the management and oversight of all Loss Prevention functions in
Uniqlo USA- including inventory accuracy, safety, business continuity, shortage
control, investigations, field team leadership, and corporate security. Must be
able to demonstrate strong business acumen and a forward-thinking, strategic
mindset. Ability to be hands on with driving solutions and delivering results in
a fast-paced and challenging environment.
UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading global Japanese retail
holding company that designs, manufactures and sells clothing under seven main
brands: Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Princesse tam.tam,
Theory, and UNIQLO. With global sales of approximately US $11.62B, Fast
Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is
Japan’s leading specialty retailer. Today the company has a total of more than
1,200 stores in 14 markets worldwide.
fastretailing.com
9 strategies and techniques to reduce shoplifting
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Credit Suisse warns
Illinois Governor Signs Legislation Protecting Victims of
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The Wearer of Many Hats
The job description of a Loss Prevention professional has grown in size, scope
and complexity over the last several years. A quick glance at any of the major
industry trade-shows will give you a good overview of the multiple obstacles
that loss prevention faces currently. Although the traditional role of LP may
have changed, the core elements of the investigative interview translate well to
these required skillsets. If you are struggling in your new role, or added
responsibility, truth be told – you may have more experience than you think:
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Internal Theft and Fraud: The methods of taking
advantage of the company may have changed in addition to the “old-school”
way of stealing, but the need for a non-confrontational interview remains
the same for these situations.
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Employee Relations Issues: Sexual harassment,
workplace violence, and discrimination continue to escalate in numbers due
to a variety of reasons and the LP professional needs to adapt their
interviewing skillsets for complainants, witnesses and the implicated
person.
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Organized Retail Crime: Increased felony thresholds
and highly organized crime rings require more than just apprehending an
opportunistic shoplifter. As discussed in earlier Truth be Told tips, the
interview of a shoplifter can yield actionable information for these cases.
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Nike to marry predictive analytics and RFID to
optimize inventory performance
Nike Inc. has acquired Celect, a predictive analytics firm founded by MIT
professors, to accelerate its ability to match inventories to consumer needs.
Celect’s cloud-based analytics platform allows retailers to optimize inventory
across an omnichannel environment through hyper-local demand predictions.
Celect’s team will be integrated into Nike’s operations. Its co-founders will
continue as tenured professors at MIT, consulting Nike on an ongoing basis.
On its fourth-quarter conference call, Nike revealed that it will begin to use
RFID across footwear and non-licensed apparel this fall at stores to
“dramatically improve” inventory visibility, accuracy and ultimately drive
quicker in-store fulfillment.
Mark Parker, Nike’s CEO, told analysts, “RFID gives us the most complete view of
our inventory that we’ve ever had. It’s quickly becoming the most precise tool
in our arsenal, to meet an individual consumer’s specific need at the exact
right moment.”
retailwire.com
New Risk Guidance Being Developed for
Cybersecurity, Compliance
Key standard-setter on internal controls expects to issue a set of guidelines
later this year
A key standard-setter on internal controls is preparing to publish a set of
guidelines for companies on how to manage cybersecurity and other enterprise
risks.
The new guidance from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission is expected to address how companies can apply the
principles of enterprise risk management, or ERM, to protect against
cyberattacks; how to better craft risk-appetite statements; and how to better
manage risk and compliance across an enterprise.
COSO develops frameworks that many companies use to manage financial and
nonfinancial risks. Its chairman, Paul Sobel, said in an interview that the
guidance will be rolled out later this year and early next. He also shared some
details on what to expect.
It is intended to help companies provide more detailed instructions on how to
apply the 20 principles of COSO’s risk-management framework—which include
board-level oversight of risk management—to information security.
On Risk Appetite: Companies’ adoption of risk-appetite statements is
another subject that COSO plans to address in the guidelines, Mr. Sobel said.
On Compliance: COSO also plans to publish guidance for companies on how
to manage compliance programs. Mr. Sobel said the guidance is being drafted in
partnership with the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, a
Minneapolis-based professional association.
On the Practical Application of ERM: COSO also expects to publish
guidance for board directors on managing strategic risks—the kind that arise
when companies expand, launch new products or change pricing models. The new
guidance will provide board members and executives with examples of questions to
ask and steps to take to prevent the loss of shareholder value, Mr. Sobel said.
wsj.com
The UK to delay its new Strong Customer
Authentication requirements to 2021
In the European Union (EU), PSD2's regulatory requirements for Stronger Customer
Authentication (SCA) for electronic online payments are set to take effect on
September 14, but now the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is readying
to delay its enforcement, per The Financial Times.
For context, SCA requires that consumers confirm their identity using at least
two of the following three criteria: something only they know, like a password;
something they possess, like a phone; and something they are, like their
fingerprint.
Here's what it means: If the UK's FCA does approve the delayed timeline
for SCA, it could lead to SCA's postponement throughout the EU.
The bigger picture: The potential delay of SCA's enforcement changes the
implementation landscape for both merchants and solutions providers.
Merchants would be able to avoid the immediate consequences of SCA compliance,
but they should move quickly to avoid missing the next deadline and concerning
customers.
There have been concerns companies would not be compliant by the September
deadline and that increased friction would hurt sales, leading to Europe
seeing an estimated 57 billion euros ($63.9 billion) worth of purchase volume
abandoned in SCA's first 12 months, according to a
study from Stripe.
businessinsider.com
HackerOne Inc. Managing Bug-Bounty Programs
HackerOne has registered more than 300,000 hackers and that companies have
paid out $42 million in bounties through its platform since November 2013.
WSJ Pro
Editor's Note: With 300,000 registered you've got to wonder how many flip
sides from time to time.
Hundreds of exposed Amazon cloud backups found
leaking sensitive data
If you used Amazon’s Elastic Block Storage snapshots, you might want to check
your settings. New research just presented at the
Def Con security conference reveals how companies, startups and governments
are inadvertently leaking their own files from the cloud. These elastic block
storage (EBS) snapshots are the “keys to the kingdom.”
You may have heard of exposed S3 buckets — those
Amazon-hosted storage servers packed with customer data but often
misconfigured and inadvertently set to “public” for anyone to access. But
you may not have heard about exposed EBS snapshots, which poses as much, if not
a greater, risk.
techcrunch.com
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Surveillance Built on Trust
Jordan Rivchun, Leader, Retail Solutions & Strategy and
Miguel Lazatin, Director of Product & Channel Marketing
As a leading security manufacturer,
Hanwha Techwin America
offers video surveillance products including network cameras, storage devices
and video management systems founded on world-class optical design,
manufacturing and image processing technologies. Miguel Lazatin and Jordan
Rivchun explain how Hanwha can help retailers secure people, property and data
while delivering a superior ownership experience through continuous innovation,
unparalleled service and the highest standards of integrity.
Quick Take 7 with FaceFirst
Peter Trepp, CEO, FaceFirst
with MCs Joe LaRocca
and
Amber Bradley
Facial recognition has made huge strides in recent years, permeating through
various aspects of society from unlocking the phone in your pocket to moving
through TSA airport lines quicker. Peter Trepp, CEO of FaceFirst,
tells us about the types of applications the technology has for retailers too –
including the ability to not only identify the bad guys in your stores, but
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How eBay scammers turned Nespresso lovers into
money mules
Nina Kollars just wanted a cheaper cup of coffee. Stumbling across an online
credit card fraud ring was simply an added bonus.
As she explained to a crowd at the annual DEF CON hacking conference in Las
Vegas, the associate professor at the Naval War College didn't set out to become
an unwitting money mule accidentally helping to defraud senior citizens, but
hey, not everything goes the way you think it will.
Kollars, a fan of Nespresso coffee pods, had found what seemed to be an amazing
deal on eBay: 200 of the pods listed at half price. So she placed her order,
and, soon after paying via PayPal, her order arrived — along with a brand-new
$280 Nespresso espresso maker that she hadn't ordered or paid for.
Looking at other eBay listings for Nespresso pods, she realized there were tons
of new seller accounts with zero reviews all offering Nespresso pods for super
cheap. Something was off.
The scam goes like this: fraudsters acquire someone's stolen personally
identifiable information and opens a credit card account. They then create an
eBay account and list a luxury good for super cheap. Once the good is ordered by
an unsuspecting customer, the criminals in question place the order — with the
fraudulently obtained card — from the legit site and has it shipped on its way.
The fraudsters have just successfully turned a stolen credit card into cash, all
with the help of an unknowing eBay shopper.
Importantly, however, this was not a victimless crime. Kollars investigated and
found that the people actually being charged for this goods were at or past
retirement age. In other words, it was possible that elderly individuals were
intentionally being targeted.
She contacted the FBI and eBay and reported her findings. While she didn't hear
back, this specific type of Nespresso fraud disappeared from the site roughly 30
days after she reported it. You can still find great deals on luxury goods on
eBay, however, suggesting this type of scheme is ongoing.
mashable.com
Canadian Businesses Must Deploy Disruptive
Technologies to Mitigate Risks of Online Fraud
The increased sophistication of online fraudsters continues to pose significant
risks to Canadian businesses and the customers they serve. Deploying advanced
fraud prevention solutions that mitigate cyber frauds – without compromising the
customer experience – is gaining ground fast. It calls for businesses to evolve
integral aspects of their cyber security programs – from account origination and
detection, through to response.
To-date, businesses have been challenged with implementing the right fraud
prevention and detection technology without compromising the customer
experience. Fraud prevention and detection solutions often lack flexibility to
adjust in real time and can complicate end user verification processes –
resulting in a poor customer experience. Research studies commissioned by
TransUnion and conducted by research and advisory firm Forrester in 2018i found
that current fraud prevention measures decrease customer engagement and deter
potential customers from future transactions. At the same time, the study
revealed the extent of the issue, with 96% of Canadian financial firms
experiencing some sort of fraud in the past two years. In addition, 70% of fraud
detection technology decision makers from financial services agreed that
fraudsters are always one step ahead, and 92% acknowledged having difficulty
detecting and mitigating fraud.
beloitbulletin.com
Amazon requests FAA approval of delivery-drone plans for
30 minutes or less using UAS
Walmart Looks to Sell ModCloth as it Battles Ecommerce Red
Ink
Bloomingdale’s becomes first department store to launch
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Update: Chandler, AZ: Man who stole items worth
nearly $86,000 from Home Depot pleads guilty
Last
week Antoine Elkik, 57, pleaded guilty to three counts of retail theft of Home
Depot. According to court documents obtained by ABC15, in exchange for the
guilty plea Elkik has agreed to pay $85,741.72 in restitution to Home Depot.
If he pays $15,000 by the time he is formally sentenced on September 3, he will
serve 12 months in jail. If he fails to pay the $15,000, he will be sentenced to
27 months in jail.
abc15.com
Salem, NH: Organized retail crime ring stole
$55,000 of products from Lowe’s
Police have arrested three men they say are part of an organized theft ring that
bilked a local hardware store of over $55,000 worth of products, and police have
arrest warrants out for two more. Deputy Chief Joel Dolan said police arrested a
former employee of Lowe’s, Alex Serrano, 36, on May 1 and charged him with theft
by deception, a Class A felony. On Wednesday, police charged two more men:
Kelvin Trinidad, 36, of Lawrence, Mass. and Lucas Almonte, 41, of Methuen, Mass.
Dolan said Serrano would mark down products such as tools, copper wires and
ladders to free or severely discounted prices and coordinate this with buyers
over a three-month period. In one transaction, Dolan said Serrano discounted a
product priced at $3,000 down to $200.
unionleader.com
Beverly Hills, CA: Smash-And-Grab Robbers Make
Off With $40,000 Worth Of Handbags From Saks Fifth Avenue; also hit nearby
Neiman Marcus store
Authorities are searching for three smash-and-grab robbers who hit Saks Fifth
Avenue in Beverly Hills. The thieves took off with handbags worth about $40,000.
Shoppers who were inside Saks at the time panicked. Investigators say thieves
also hit the Neiman Marcus store at the same time. Police arrested a 16-year-old
suspect, but three other suspects are still on the run.
cbslocal.com
Chesterton, IN: Shoplifters steal big haul of
razors at the CVS
CVS is reporting the theft of razors on Tuesday by a pair of shoplifters,
Chesterton Police said. According to police, video surveillance footage shows
that at 9:06 p.m. two male subjects entered the store and walked to the shaving
aisle, where one of them pulled out a large garbage bag. Two minutes later they
left the store, one of them walking calmly, the other “running through the exit
carrying a large black trash bag that was bulging as if it was full.” CVS
subsequently determined that the pair had stolen approximately 40 packs of
razors: $881.24 worth of eight-count Gillette razors and $289.92 worth of
12-count Gillette razors, for a total of $1,171.76 of stolen merchandise.
chestertontribune.com
UK: Sydney, Australia: Strike Force Arpen arrests
man for theft of 5 Thermal Imaging Cameras
Charges have been laid against a man as part of ongoing investigations into
stealing offences at retail stores by Strike Force Arpen. In June 2019,
investigators from North West, South West and Central Metropolitan Region
Commands and the State Crime Command’s Criminal Groups Squad established Strike
Force Arpen to investigate numerous thefts from retail stores across the Sydney
Metropolitan area. On Monday 12 August 2019, officers arrested a 23-year-old
man at Parramatta Police Station. He was interviewed and later charged with the
theft of 5 thermal imaging cameras.
miragenews.com
Clearwater, FL: Smash and grab thieves steal 27 guns from
Gun shop
Sweetwater, TX: Guns stolen during smash & grab at
Sweetwater Hardware store
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Lawrence, IN: Teen dead after being shot inside a
Penn Station Restaurant
Police have arrested 18-year-old Jaylen Ryle on a preliminary charge of murder.
The shooting occurred inside a Penn Station restaurant on Pendleton Pike just
after 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Police are unsure at this time of what led to the
confrontation escalating between the two individuals, but said it ended with one
of them pulling out a handgun and shooting the other. Officials said the shooter
did not leave the scene but merely walked to his vehicle and made himself known
as officers arrived on scene. Police added that the shooter did have a state
issued permit for his handgun.
cbs4indy.com
Houston, TX: 1 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at
gas station
Police responded to a gas station in southwest Houston where someone in a
vehicle was reportedly shot and killed, Houston police confirm. The shooting was
reported at about 6 a.m. Monday on W. Fuqua at Ruppstock. There are reports a
small Ford SUV pulled into the gas station, and a wounded woman got out asking
for help. The victim, a man, died inside the SUV.
khou.com
Tacoma, WA: Barber Shop Owner killed inside Shop,
2 suspects in custody
On Thursday afternoon, Lakewood Police found the 57-year-old DuPont woman dead
in her shop. The Pierce County Medical Examiner said she died of multiple blunt
force injuries and ruled the death a homicide. Two suspects, a 31-year-old man
and a 38-year-old woman have been arrested.
thenewstribune.com
UK: Tesco worker terminated for leaving till to
chase Shoplifter killed himself
Shaun Winstanley, 49, from Staining near Blackpool had worked for the
supermarket giant for 17 years and won several awards including Years of
Outstanding Service. But the father-of-three was left devastated after he was
sacked from his role as a customer assistant at Tesco Express following an
investigation meeting on January 14 this year. Mr Winstanley was told the
decision was made because of the “unreasonable behaviour” of chasing a
shoplifter and putting himself and a customer in danger on January 2. Despite
appealing the decision, Tesco kept their decision on February 6 and he was
sacked. Following his appeal and subsequent dismissal, Mr Winstanley told a
friend that he was having suicidal thoughts.
mirror.co.uk
Robberies, Thefts &
Incidents
Carroll County, MD: Sheriff says Walmart
security policy ‘breeds’ criminal activity after Eldersburg location robbed
at gunpoint
In
a week when Walmart’s security has been scrutinized nationwide, Carroll
County’s sheriff directed strongly worded criticisms of the company’s
security policies after a man allegedly robbed the Eldersburg location at
gunpoint Friday morning. “Walmart’s corporate policy on security breeds this
type of activity,” Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees said in an interview
Friday. DeWees alleged that would-be criminals know they will encounter
little to no security when they enter a Walmart store. He described
Walmart’s approach to security as “reactive” rather than “proactive.” “They
all but wait for these things to happen before they put measures into
place,” he said.
baltimoresun.com
Phoenix, AZ: Police respond to Smash & Grab
Jewelry Robbery at Desert Sky Mall; Panic of Shots Fired
Police say the suspects broke glass in
a storefront display at a business inside the Desert Sky Mall and then fled
the scene Sunday afternoon. They say no shots were fired and no injuries
reported. Police didn't immediately identify what business was robbed, but
it was believed to be a jewelry store.
azfamily.com
Seattle, WA: Federal Grand Jury indicts
suspect in Freds Guns burglary
A federal grand jury has indicted a man accused of stealing 26 handguns from
FREDS Guns in Sequim, 13 rifles from a gun store in Bow and a boat motor and
battery in Ferndale. In an indictment filed Thursday, Joey A. Maillet, a
U.S. and Canadian citizen, was charged with two counts of theft of a firearm
from a Federal Firearms Licensee, specifically for two guns — one from each
store — that had been shipped and transported in interstate and foreign
commerce.
peninsuladailynews.com
Goodyear, AZ: Man arrested for armed robbery
spree in Phoenix area
Goodyear police and several other local law agencies have arrested a man
following an armed robbery spree that spanned across the Valley for three
months. Goodyear Police said on Saturday that they arrested 42-year-old
Dorian Cabrera, for reportedly being involved in eight armed robberies that
occurred between April 14-July 21. Police say Cabrera reportedly robbed
these locations: (4) O’Reilly Auto Parts, (2) Auto Zones, Justice Clothing
and a Family Dollar.
azfamily.com
Houston, TX: Police hope surveillance video
will help ID man who caused panic at Memorial City Mall
Investigators
with the Houston Police Department hope surveillance video of the chaos at
Memorial City Mall over the weekend will help pinpoint the man who started
it all. Police said Sunday they plan to release more video of the incident
to the public in an attempt to get more leads in the case. Witness videos
making the rounds on social media give us a glimpse into the chaos, which
led to two people getting hurt. The cell phone videos show hundreds of
people yelling and screaming as they seek shelter from what many believed
was an active shooter at the west Houston mall.
According to HPD, it was about 3:15 p.m. Sunday when a man in his late-teens
or early-20s put on a red mask and threatened to kill himself while standing
on a food court table. The suspect threw down a bag and then ran from the
mall to nearby apartments. Some witness videos indicate there were popping
sounds during the chaos. Initially it was believed the popping sounds were
the result of firecrackers, but police later said no fireworks were involved
and the sound was caused by the man jumping on the table.
khou.com
Orange County, FL: Sheriff wants Pawn Shops,
Gun stores to lock up Guns at night
Some business owners are hesitant. After a string of overnight burglaries at
gun stores and pawn shops that resulted in the theft of 55 firearms last
month, Orange County’s top cop is calling for legislation that would require
those businesses to lock up the weapons in safes at night. Sheriff John
Mina, who is on the legislative committee for the Florida Sheriff’s
Association, plans to work with local politicians to research the
feasibility and effectiveness additional laws could have to curb the thefts.
orlandosentinel.com
Philadelphia, PA: Armed Man & Woman Climb
through McDonald’s Drive-Thru window, demanding money
A man with a gun and a woman with a knife climbed through the drive-thru
window after midnight then demanded money. The suspects fled with $1,200, no
injuries were reported.
cbslocal.com
Niles, IL: Shoplifter pointed gun at Walmart employees
Menlo Park, CA: Knife wielding Safeway shoplifter
arrested by police
Dothan, AL: Piggly Wiggly store employee struck by car
of fleeing Shoplifter; suspect in custody
Denton, TX: Walmart cashier suspected of stealing more
than $7,000 over two weeks
Coral Springs, FL: Wallets, purses stolen during 13
distraction thefts
S kimming Thefts
Albany, NY: Romanian Man Pleads Guilty in $127K Capital Region ATM Card Skimming
Conspiracy
Cirstea admitted that from August 30, 2015 through October 24, 2015, he and
co-conspirator Ilie Sitariu used skimming devices and pinhole cameras to
secretly capture the account numbers and PINs of customers who used ATMs at
First Niagara Bank, Trustco Bank, and Berkshire Bank in the capitol region of
New York, and in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The conspirators then used the
information to steal approximately $127,000 from the customers’ accounts
by making withdrawals at ATMs in New York City.
justice.gov
50 Locations of Skimmers used at Gas Stations in Arizona
in 2019
Anthem, AZ: Credit card skimmers target Circle K, victims
out thousands of dollars
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Auto Parts – Greenville, SC – Burglary
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C-Store – Bakersfield, CA – Burglary
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Flower Shop - Minneapolis, MN – Burglary
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Gas Station – Ojai, CA - Armed Robbery
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Greenhouse – Parry Hall, MD – Burglary
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Gun store – Clearwater, FL – Burglary
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Gun store – Sweetwater, TX – Burglary
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Jewelry store – Las Cruces, NM – Robbery
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Jewelry store – Orlando, FL – Robbery
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Jewelry store – San Antonio, TX – Robbery
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Neiman Marcus – Beverly Hills, CA - Robbery
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Restaurant – Philadelphia, PA – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Staunton, VA - Burglary (Wendy’s)
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Restaurant – Queens, NY – Burglary
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Saks Fifth Avenue – Beverly Hills, CA – Robbery
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Theater - Houston, TX - Burglary (ATM)
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Verizon – Plainfield, CT – Burglary
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Verizon – Dayville, CT – Burglary
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Verizon - Putnam, CT - Burglary
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Walmart – Carrol County, MD – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Taylors, SC – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Cape Coral, FL – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Roy, UT – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Perry Hall, MD – Robbery
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7-Eleven – Visalia, CA – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Charlotte, NC – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Miami, FL – Armed Robbery
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