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Full 2021 Black Friday Weekend Shopper Traffic Recap Shows Upswing in In-Store
Foot Traffic From 2020 According to Sensormatic Solutions by Johnson Controls
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Black Friday weekend shopper traffic
increased by 34.2% compared to 2020, showing a progressively favorable outlook
for retailers
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Shopper traffic data indicates that
visits to physical stores during the 2021 Black Friday weekend decreased by
-21.7% compared to 2019, the last pre-pandemic year
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NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland--Sensormatic
Solutions, the leading global retail solutions portfolio of
Johnson Controls,
today released a comprehensive recap of U.S. shopper traffic during the extended
2021 Black Friday weekend, from Black Friday, November 26, through Sunday,
November 28, 2021. These results are informed by retail traffic data analytics
within the company’s intelligent operating platform,
Sensormatic
IQ.
Sensormatic Solutions found that store traffic for the 2021 Black Friday
weekend was down -21.7% compared to 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. Store
traffic on Saturday, November 27, decreased by -17.6% and traffic on Sunday,
November 28, resulted in a -8.1% decrease from two years ago. Compared to
2020, Black Friday weekend shopper traffic increased by 34.2%.
Traffic on Cyber Monday
Sensormatic Solutions also looked at the effect of Cyber Monday on
brick-and-mortar retail traffic on Monday, November 29, and found that this
year’s foot traffic decreased -9.9% compared to 2019. Cyber Monday traffic
levels were similar to typical fall 2021 numbers. In the week leading up to
Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend, in-store traffic was down -11.4% compared
to 2019.
Read more here
The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
Police On High Alert Across The Country Amid
Theft Wave
As organized theft rings hit stores nationwide, local police are on alert
From
California to Connecticut, police say organized theft rings are hitting retail
stores in brazen smash and grab crimes. Thieves are hitting both high-end
retailers like Louis Vuitton as well as loading up cart fulls of laundry
detergent at grocery stores.
“When we see things starting to gear up, that’s when we start watching closer
and worrying whether they will hit our area,” said Lake Saint Louis Police Chief
Chris DiGiuseppi.
The Lake Saint Louis Police Chief has handled his fair share of thefts, helping
bust up theft rings in 2012 and 2017. These organized groups hitting retail
stores is nothing new, but its happening at an alarming pace. According
to the National Retail Federation, 69 percent of retail stores reported an
increased in organized crime in the last year.
Chesterfield police say this month they had a group of women push carts full of
items out of Walmart. Richmond Heights police report more than $4,000 worth of
stolen goods at the Saint Louis Galleria this November. And that’s just what’s
reported.
“When we get into situations where we don’t have it reported, then the word
spreads and that criminal activity increases,” said Chief DiGiuseppi.
Police across the area are increasing patrols, not just at retail centers but
also neighborhoods, because while other cities are seeing stores targeted,
the biggest target of organized criminals in the St. Louis region are
cars.
Police say they need your help to stop the criminals. First off, call 911 if you
see something suspicious, but also don’t make your vehicle an easy target.
Don’t leave purses, wallets, guns or holiday shopping bags in plan sight for
thieves to see.
kmov.com
Current Crime Trend Update: Retail Theft Mobs
LA County Sheriff's Department Details Arrests, Investigative Efforts, and
Enforcement & Preventive Strategies as California's Theft Wave Worsens
Incidents are occurring at high end retail businesses, primarily in the West
side of Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley. Suspects are primarily
concealing themselves with hoods and masks, and most are wearing gloves. Also,
vehicles primarily used are either with paper plates or no plates. Many of our
suspects are from the South Los Angeles area and some are linked to criminal
street gangs.
Arrests and Investigative Efforts:
There
have been 9 arrests over the past few days through traffic stops,
probation rollback searches, and warrant services resulting from investigative
leads. Large quantities of recovered merchandise have been seized during
follow-up investigations.
We have been leveraging our partnerships with the FBI Task Force to locate
potential suspects. And aggressive filing strategy has been made to present
for filing consideration.
Enforcement and Preventive Strategies:
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Agencies are working closely with
neighboring jurisdictions to pre-identify potential suspect crews
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Monitoring of social media for suspects
posting planned crimes or bragging about recent seizures.
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Police vehicles parked strategically at
businesses.
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High visibility patrols require police
vehicles to have emergency lights on while driving.
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California Highway Patrol is assisting
with extra patrols.
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Uniform foot beats at shopping locations.
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Overtime funding approved to augment
uniform presence.
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Aviation: One dedicated helicopter to
primary areas of occurrence has proven effective as deterrent.
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Mounted Unit Deployment: Officers on
horseback are assigned to high risk retail locations
Business Strategies:
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It is encouraged to increased lighting
and expanding security cameras.
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Retail and business owners should work
closely with law enforcement by providing updates.
lasd.org
Progressive DA Pushes Looting Charges for
Organized Retail Thieves
Chesa Boudin is pursuing looting charges against Union Square theft suspects.
It’s a legal gamble
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s decision last week to pursue
felony looting charges for a recent wave of organized retail theft across the
city is a legal gamble that may require his office to prove the crimes were
the result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Looting — for which Boudin charged nine people who were arrested in
connection with burglaries at the Louis Vuitton and other Union Square
retailers, a cannabis dispensary and a Walgreens on Nov. 19 — is an offense
under California law that encompasses grand theft, petty theft and burglary
during a state of emergency or evacuation order resulting from a natural or
manmade disaster, such as an earthquake, fire, flood or riot.
California has been under a state of emergency for the pandemic since March
2020, and Gov. Gavin Newsom recently extended the order through the end of
next March. During that time, district attorneys across the state, from
Stanislaus to Mendocino counties, used the looting statute in at least a handful
of cases during the early days of the stay-at-home order last year, and again
months later amid the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd.
But as the COVID-19 emergency, which Boudin cited as the basis for the recent
charges, stretches toward two years, his filing strategy is entering
uncharted territory where it is likely to encounter a legal dispute over the
very definition of looting.
The prolonged nature of the pandemic could make it more difficult to directly
relate these burglaries to the state of emergency, Banteka said, though it
will be up to the jury to decide whether prosecutors establish a compelling link
— or whether they even need to make that connection.
Boudin, who faces a recall election in June, is under tremendous pressure to
crack down on the surge in retail theft — even from Newsom, who at a recent
press conference called on local officials to “step up” and get tough on these
incidents.
sfchronicle.com
Preparing for a Retail Active Shooter Event
After string of mall shootings, experts speak out about safety while shopping
Following
recent mall shootings in the United States, some experts are speaking out about
the importance of being prepared
if you were ever find yourself in that situation here in the Upstate.
One of those
recent mall shootings happened in Durham, North Carolina.
Three people were shot and three had other injuries following a shooting on
Black Friday. Another
mall shooting happened in Tacoma, Washington on Black Friday.
Police say one man was seriously injured at the city’s largest shopping mall,
the Tacoma Mall.
“I think we’ve seen violence increase across the country as a whole,” active
shooter training expert Chad Ayers said. Ayers says we’re never exempt from
something like that happening in our area.
“There’s
a lot of stress across the United States right now, and the holidays can also
bring a lot of stress out,
where people are trying to provide for their families,” Ayers said.
Ayers says shoppers should do everything they can to be prepared if it were to
take place.
“Just being aware of your surroundings and not being stuck on your iPhone or
stuck on checking off that Christmas list, but just knowing, if something does
go bad,
if violence does take place, where is my quickest avenue of escape,
because evacuation gives us the best chance to live,” Ayers said.
He says nowadays, people want to get everything on video, but during an active
shooter situation doing that could mean risking your life: “I don’t know if
they’re trying to gather evidence for law enforcement, but that’s not your job.
Your job is to survive,”
Ayers said.
Ayers says it’s
just as important for malls to be prepared and to have the proper equipment for
emergencies.
“We recommend having
bleeding control equipment
there, totally different than your basic first aid. Your basic
first aid kits
have tweezers, your Band-Aids, your eyewash stuff, but we’re looking at ways to
stop massive bleeding in that critical window of time,” Ayers explains.
For more tips on how to handle an active shooter situation,
click here.
wspa.com
South King County cities calling for collective approach to combat rise in
violent crime
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Signs for Optimism as New Variant Puts World
on Edge
The U.S. is better prepared to fight omicron variant, CDC director says
In the face of mounting concerns and lingering questions over the effects of the
new omicron variant, health officials reassured the public Tuesday, arguing that
the United States is overall better prepared to fight and contain the
mutation than it was with previous variants.
“To be crystal clear — we have far more tools to fight the variant than we
had at this time last year,” Rochelle P. Walensky, director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a White House coronavirus
briefing.
Walensky added that as part of the ramped-up efforts to ward off new variants,
the U.S. has significantly increased genomic sequencing from 8,000 samples a
week earlier this year to 80,000 samples a week. It has also expanded its
surveillance to the John F. Kennedy, San Francisco, Newark and Atlanta airports,
four of the busiest in the country, for increased testing for specific
international arrivals.
washingtonpost.com
Amazon's 'Hidden Pandemic'
Labor group says Amazon massively underreported Covid cases contracted at work
Amazon
had at least 20,000 employees test positive for Covid-19 last year. But
it reported that only 27 of those cases were contracted while the employees
were at work. The company's reporting amounts to a
"hidden pandemic," according to a coalition of four unions interested
in establishing representation for Amazon workers.
"The company systematically failed to record Covid-19 cases in its warehouses,
recording only 27 work-related illnesses for all of 2020 in the category that
includes Covid-19 infections," said the report from the Strategic Organizing
Center, which is made up of the
Teamsters union, the Service Employees Union, the Communication Workers of
America and the United Farm Workers of America.
The group notes that Amazon put out a
statement to employees on October 1, 2020, in which it said that 19,816 US
employees had tested positive for Covid through September 19 of that year, prior
to the late-year surge that increased the number of cases nationwide.
The labor group has sent a complaint to Assistant Secretary of Labor Douglas
Parker, urging the Occupational Health and Safety Administration to
investigate Amazon's "disturbing pattern of misleading or grossly incomplete
information provided to authorities around Covid-19 cases in its
warehouses."
"Amazon, the nation's second largest private employer, put workers' lives at
risk by depriving OSHA of information about Covid-19 cases in its facilities,
undermining the agency's ability to identify workplace hazards and to hold the
company accountable for unsafe conditions," the group said.
cnn.com
New York AG Seeks Emergency Court Over Amazon
COVID Protocols
Amazon rolled back Covid safety protocols in warehouses, says New York attorney
general
New York Attorney General Letitia James claimed Tuesday that Amazon has
rolled back its coronavirus safety protocols in at least one of its warehouses.
New York Attorney General Letitia James
is seeking an emergency court order to force Amazon to implement stricter
Covid-19 protocols, arguing the company’s decision to roll back safety
measures in at least one of its warehouses leaves employees at a higher risk of
exposure to the coronavirus.
James sought the motion for relief on Tuesday as part of a lawsuit
she filed earlier this year, which claims the online retail giant
prioritized profit over worker safety at its New York facilities and
retaliated against employees who voiced concerns for their safety during the
pandemic.
As part of the motion, James urged the court to appoint a monitor to oversee
worker safety at Amazon’s New York facilities. James is also asking for a
court order that would require Amazon to rehire Chris Smalls,
an employee who was fired last March after speaking out about working
conditions.
“The State now seeks preliminary injunctive relief because Amazon is rolling
back its already inadequate public health measures and acting as if the pandemic
is over when the risk of virus transmission is increasing, and a new variant
threatens to cause even higher rates of transmission, illness, and death,” the
motion states.
cnbc.com
Could Omicron Variant Boost Retail Sales?
Concerns over omicron could shift spending away from experiences, NRF says
National Retail Federation CEO Matt Shay
said Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant could direct more dollars toward
electronics, toys, apparel and other items
As
Americans bought gifts during the peak Thanksgiving shopping weekend,
the discovery of the omicron variant made headlines and prompted action by
public health officials.
National Retail Federation CEO Matt Shay said Tuesday that the
coronavirus strain could shake up spending patterns this holiday season and
direct more dollars toward electronics, toys, apparel and other items
instead of vacations and movie tickets.
“We know, unfortunately, that when the variants have had a real impact on the
economy, the goods side of the economy has actually benefited from that
because people change behavior away from the experience side of the economy and
spend more time and more dollars engaged in the goods side of the economy,” he
said on a call with reporters.
Holiday sales are expected to
grow to an all-time high of between $843.4 billion and $859 billion of
sales in November and December, which represents growth of 8.5% to 10.5% this
year, according to the National Retail Federation. The trade group reiterated
its rosy forecast for the holiday season on Tuesday.
cnbc.com
57% of Employers to Mandate Vaccine
Majority of U.S. Employers Will Require Vaccination, Survey Finds
As OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) works its way through the courts,
many employers will require employees to be vaccinated.
That could be challenging, given that nearly one in five employers (19%)
believe that their employee vaccination rate is under 50%, while only
one-third believe that at least 75% of employees are vaccinated, according to a
new survey from Willis Towers Watson.
The survey also found that 57% of respondents require or are planning to
require their employees be vaccinated. A further breakdown of that majority
shows that 18% already require vaccinations and 7% plan to regardless of the ETS
status. However, 32% of employers only plan to require vaccinations if the ETS
takes effect.
One major concern those employers cite: staff turnover. Thirty-one
percent of respondents are very concerned a vaccine mandate could contribute to
employees leaving their organization. Only 3% of respondents with vaccine
mandates reported a spike in resignations. And many more (48%) said that
vaccine mandates could help retain and recruit employees.
ehstoday.com
Tougher Travel Requirements Coming
Biden administration considering requiring stricter coronavirus testing for
everyone traveling to US
Top US government officials are considering requiring everyone who enters the
country to be tested for Covid-19 the day before their flight and having all
travelers -- including US citizens and permanent residents -- be tested
again after returning home, regardless of vaccination status, sources familiar
with the discussions have told CNN.
Officials were deliberating the potential changes Tuesday night and no final
decisions have been made, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
confirmed in a statement that the agency is working to revise testing
requirements for travelers because of the new Omicron variant.
cnn.com
‘This is not going to be good’
Moderna CEO on what scientists are telling him about the omicron variant
CDC Expands Omicron Variant Monitoring to 4 Airports Servicing South African
Flights
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Facial Recognition Technology Under Global Scrutiny
Facial Biometrics Hits Legal Roadblocks
Legal Cases and Privacy Rulings Aim to Curtail Facial Biometrics
Decisions in the UK and Australia, and lawsuits in
the United States, could force facial-recognition providers to remove data from
their machine-learning models.
New
York-based Clearview AI is paying the price for launching a facial-recognition
service based on publicly posted pictures, as the company has become a focus of
numerous privacy investigations and lawsuits alleging that the firm violated
individuals' rights by collecting online pictures and making them searchable.
On Monday, the top privacy official of the United Kingdom levied
a potential fine of more than
£17 million, or about US $26.6 million, for the company's collection of facial
data from images posted
online without gaining the consent of the subjects. The ruling, stemming from a
joint investigation with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC),
also ordered the company to stop processing the data of UK citizens. A separate
ruling is expected from the Australian government.
The decision comes three months after an Illinois court
ruled that a lawsuit against Clearview AI for allegedly violating the
state's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) could continue and dismissed a
variety of legal defenses argued by the company.
"The Court favors [allowing the application of BIPA], fully recognizing that
this may have an effect on Clearview's business model," Judge Pamela McLean
Meyerson wrote in her ruling. "Inevitably, Clearview may experience 'reduced
effectiveness' in its service as it attempts to address BIPA's requirements.
That is a function of having forged ahead and blindly created billions of
faceprints without regard to the legality of that process in all states."
Policy Catches Up With Technology
The privacy cases highlight
the problems that occur when
policy finally catches up to technology.
BIPA, passed in Illinois, following the
meltdown of fingerprint biometric service Pay By Touch in 2008, requires
that a private entity inform citizens when it intends to use a biometric
information or identifiers, set specific terms and uses for the information, and
obtain permission from the subject. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
sued Clearview AI in May 2020 on behalf of Illinois residents who are
required to be notified of any
biometric data collection.
A
Trio of Lawsuits
Currently,
at least three lawsuits have targeted Clearview AI in Illinois courts,
while Facebook settled a lawsuit in Illinois for identifying people as part of
its "tag suggestions" feature. Some 21 other states are considering — or have
considered — legislation regarding the collection of biometric information and
the use of biometric identifiers, Ward and an associate
wrote in a legal analysis.
darkreading.com
Facial Recognition Tech Under a Global Microscope
Facial recognition deployments with lax regulation under scrutiny worldwide
Several facial recognition projects around the world have recently come under
scrutiny, spurred by
concerns of privacy advocates that the technology is not being properly
regulated.
In Russia,
digital rights group Roskomsvoboda is calling for more transparency in handling
citizens’ biometric data collected as part of Face Pay’s Moscow Metro card, and
in Singapore,
an investigation by Rest of World aims at shaking the “almost uncritical faith
in technology” of governmental agencies.
Also, three civil society groups have called for a ban on automatic facial
recognition devices and video surveillance technology in
Switzerland;
RFA reported a widening of
China’s
alleged use of technology to repress Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and
OpenGlobalRights suggested emotion detection surveillance systems may be used to
spot individuals unfavorable to the government in
North Korea.
biometricupdate.com
UK threatens Clearview AI with nearly $23M fine over its facial recognition tech
DOJ-Gap Inc. Settlement Over Worker
Discrimination Claims
Justice Dept Announces Settlement with Gap Inc., While Celebrating 35th
Anniversary of Law Prohibiting Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination
Marking
35 years since Congress passed the anti-discrimination provision of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the Department of Justice today
announced a settlement with Gap Inc. (Gap), resolving claims that Gap
violated this law by routinely discriminating against certain non-U.S. citizens
working for the company.
“Thirty-five years ago, Congress passed a law prohibiting employers from
discriminating against workers because of their citizenship, immigration status,
or national origin, and from retaliating against them for asserting their
rights,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice
Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The division continues to vigorously
enforce the law – holding thousands of employers accountable for violations,
collecting millions of dollars in civil penalties and back pay and obtaining
relief for countless victims of discrimination. This settlement with Gap
underscores the division’s work over the last 35 years to end unlawful
employment discrimination.”
The settlement with Gap resolves claims that the company discriminated
against certain non-U.S. citizens (including lawful permanent residents,
refugees and asylees) and naturalized U.S. citizens because of their current or
prior immigration status. The department found that Gap discriminated
against workers by reverifying their permission to work, even though there was
no legal reason to do so. The department also determined that Gap discriminated
against some non-U.S. citizens because of their immigration status by requesting
that they provide specific documents to confirm that they still had
permission
to work. The department concluded that Gap’s reliance on an electronic human
resource management system (which had electronic Form I-9 functions) contributed
to the company’s discriminatory conduct. As part of the settlement, Gap will
pay $73,263 in civil penalties, provide back wages to an asylee and a lawful
permanent resident who lost work because of Gap’s practices, train thousands
of its employees nationwide, ensure that its electronic programs are compliant
with applicable rules, and be subject to monitoring and reporting requirements.
justice.gov
FTC's Retail Supply Chain Investigation
(Update) Amazon, Walmart among 9 companies to receive FTC order for supply chain
data
The Federal Trade Commission will order nine major retailers, wholesalers and
CPGs to hand over data on supply chain challenges to "shed light on the
causes behind ongoing supply chain disruptions,"
the agency said Monday.
The nine companies are Amazon, Associated Wholesale Grocers, C&S Wholesale
Grocers, Kraft Heinz, Kroger, McLane, Procter & Gamble, Tyson Foods and Walmart.
The firms have 45 days to respond to the FTC's order. The FTC did not respond
when asked why it chose these specific companies.
The companies will have to provide internal documents related to supply chain
strategies, pricing decisions and supplier selection. The FTC order asks for
the primary factors disrupting procurement, transportation and distribution of
products, in addition to the most affected inputs and suppliers, as well as
steps to workaround disruptions.
Challenges up and down the supply chain have grabbed the attention of the public
sector. The FTC is the latest agency seeking to unearth the causes of
disruption. The FTC's focus as an agency is on consumers. The commission will
examine how supply chain snags have led to rising prices for consumers, and
whether anticompetitive practices exist in the marketplace that in turn affect
consumers.
retaildive.com
LPF
Announces LPC & LPQ Professionals for November
The Loss Prevention Foundation would like to recognize and congratulate
the following individuals who successfully completed all of the requirements set
forth by the board of directors to be LPQualified (LPQ) and/or LPCertified
(LPC).
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Rising inflation, relentless pandemic dampen U.S. consumer confidence
U.S.
consumer confidence dropped to a nine-month low in November amid worries about
the rising cost of living and pandemic fatigue, but that did not change
expectations for stronger economic growth this quarter.
CVS rolls out audio prescription labels nationwide
Private payrolls post better-than-expected growth of 534K in November, ADP says
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DOJ-FBI War on Ransomware Gangs Continues
From Russia With Love
FBI seized $2.3M in cryptocurrency tied to Russian ransomware attacks
US
law enforcement officials in August
seized roughly $2.3
million in cryptocurrency tied to ransomware attacks committed by a Russian
resident, according to
a court document unsealed Tuesday.
Aleksandr Sikerin, whose last known address was in St. Petersburg, Russia, is
affiliated with a
notorious ransomware gang known as REvil that has cost US businesses millions of
dollars, the Justice
Department alleged in a complaint filed in the Northern District of Texas Dallas
Division.
The cryptocurrency account, or "wallet," that is now under the FBI's control is
"traceable to ransomware attacks committed by Sikerin," the complaint states.
The seizure is
part of an ongoing US
law enforcement effort to stymie the sources of funding for Russian and Eastern
European cybercriminals following a series of damaging ransomware attacks on US
infrastructure. It
comes as the White House continues to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin
to take action against hackers operating from Russian soil.
The
Justice Department this
month
announced the seizure of more than $6 million
in ransom payments allegedly made to another alleged REvil operative, Russian
national Yevgeniy Polyanin. Polyanin allegedly conducted about 3,000 ransomware
attacks, including some on law enforcement agencies and municipalities
throughout Texas.
But the seizures are
just a fraction of what
REvil members have pocketed from their computer intrusions.
From April 2019 to July 2021, victims in the US and elsewhere paid extortionists
more than $200 million following hacks committed with the REvil ransomware,
according to the new complaint.
Despite the crackdown, some
alleged ransomware operators appear to be living comfortably in Russia,
which does not have an extradition agreement with the US. The
FBI wanted poster for Polyanin says he is "believed to be in Russia" and
"possibly" in the Siberian city of Barnaul.
While the
FBI and Secret Service
track accused cybercriminals, the Treasury Department has taken aim at the
services the hackers use to launder ransom payments.
The department in September
sanctioned Suex, a cryptocurrency exchange that US officials accused of
doing business with hackers behind eight types of ransomware.
cnn.com
New #1 Ransomware as a Service Gang?
BlackMatter Ransomware Quickly Fills Void Left by Darkside, REvil
In late July, a new Ransomware as a Service (RaaS), called
BlackMatter, appeared on the scene. After the apparent retirement of
previously devastating ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS)
groups like Darkside
and REvil,
BlackMatter claims to
fill the void left by these two services
– adopting the best tools and techniques from each of them, as well as from the
still-active LockBit 2.0.
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“BlackMatter took all
the good features from REvil and Lockbit 2.0 and Darkside,”
says Mark Loman, Director, Engineering, for Next-Gen Technologies at Sophos.
“What’s interesting is there is a
competitiveness in the
underground between ransomware gangs.
They are promoting themselves now in various ways because they want all the
other ransomware affiliates to move over to BlackMatter.”
In fact, the criminals are so serious about promotion that they conducted
an interview with Recorded Future,
boasting about how the
malware combines all of the best features of other variants
– and how it was developed after careful study of the other techniques.
BlackMatter recently made headlines for attacking an Iowa-based provider of
agriculture services called NEW Cooperative Inc. They demanded a $5.9 million
ransom from the farming cooperative.
Despite their similarities, Sophos researchers say BlackMatter is not simply a
rebranding from one to another. Malware analysis shows that while there are
similarities with DarkSide ransomware, the code is not identical. They caution
that it
causes a lot of damage
without triggering many alarms and advise security leaders to keep on top of
endpoint protection alerts,
which can be an indicator if an imminent attack with devastating effects.
csoonline.com
Attacker Sentenced to Prison for
Multimillion-Dollar SIM Hijacking Scheme
International Hacking Group Members Sentenced for SIM Hijacking Conspiracy That
Resulted in the Theft of Millions in Cryptocurrency
A sixth member of international hacking group The
Community was sentenced to 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $121,549.37 in
restitution.
Officials
have sentenced a sixth member of international hacking group The Community in
association with a
multimillion-dollar SIM hijacking conspiracy,
the Deptartment of Justice reports.
Garrett Endicott, 22, was the final defendant to be sentenced in the case. He
was sentenced to 10
months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $121,549.37.
The operation allowed
members of the group to gain control of victims' mobile phone numbers, which led
to their phone calls and text messages being routed to devices that The
Community controlled.
Attackers would bribe employees of mobile phone operators or call a provider's
customer service and pose as the victim to request the victim's phone number be
swapped to a SIM card the attackers controlled.
With control of a victim's number, The Community could then
gain control of online
accounts, such as their email, cloud storage, and ultimately, their
cryptocurrency exchange accounts.
The scheme resulted in the theft of tens of millions of dollars in
cryptocurrency. Individuals lost cryptocurrency valued, at the time of theft,
from under $2,000 to over $5 million. justice.gov
darkreading.com
Cybersecurity Skills Crisis
Cybersecurity graduates are doubling, but that's still not going to fix the
skills crisis
Even a surge in new graduates won't tackle the
skills gap, especially when a lack of diversity remains a significant issue.
European Union members have a collective cybersecurity
skills shortage that may be
partially addressed by a surge in new graduates
-- but even that potential solution is not without its problems.
Supply chain component
strains are affecting all industries right now,
but one supply chain problem that pre-existed the pandemic is the mismatch
between supply and demand for cybersecurity staff.
ENISA, the EU's transnational cybersecurity agency, has now raised a flag about
the enduring labor market supply problem and says it won't be resolved despite a
doubling of the number of graduates in the next two years.
"The number of skilled
and qualified workers is not enough to meet the demand,
and national labour markets are disrupted worldwide, Europe included, as a
consequence," ENISA says in a new report.
zdnet.com
UK and Israel Pledge Greater Cooperation in Cybersecurity
Big salaries alone are not enough to hire good cybersecurity talent
Alan Paller, early leader in cybersecurity awareness, dies at 76
It's All Cyber: Crime in a High Tech World
"There is no
element of criminality anymore that isn't cybercrime," said
Jeremy Sheridan, assistant director of the Secret Service Office of
Investigations.
"Whether it's the opportunity to commit the crime, the methods to
execute it, the means to profit from it, it all
involves some element of cyber."
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Canada's Crime Surge
Homicides Hit 15-Year High in Canada
Canada murder rate in 2020 hits 15-year high, pushed up by mass shooting
The
murder rate in Canada last
year rose to its highest level since 2005,
pushed up in part by the country's worst-ever mass shooting, in which 22 people
died, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. Statscan also noted societal stresses
it said had been caused by lockdowns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadian
police reported 743 murders in 2020, up from 687 in 2019.
The murder rate increased to
1.95 per 100,000 people,
the
highest in 15 years,
from 1.83 per 100,000 people in 2019.
"While homicide continues to be a relatively rare occurrence, representing less
than 0.2% of all violent crimes in Canada in 2020,
homicide rates are considered
benchmarks for levels of violence,"
Statscan said in a commentary.
By comparison,
the overall U.S. murder rate
in 2020 was around 6.5 homicides per 100,000 people,
according to FBI data. The Canadian increase was
driven by more murders in the
provinces of Alberta and Nova Scotia.
Gabriel Wortman killed 13 people in Nova Scotia on the night of April 18, 2020,
and another nine the next day before police shot him dead. This contributed to
an "uncharacteristically high homicide count and rate for the province,"
Statscan said.
The two most populated cities in
Alberta, Calgary and Edmonton,
recorded large increases,
and each contributed 15 more murders to the national tally than in 2019.
Toronto, Canada's largest
city, saw a 22% decrease in the rate of firearm-related homicides
from 1.03 per 100,000 population to 0.80.
reuters.com
Pharmacy Robbery Wave Sweeps Across Calgary
Calgary, AB: Police issue warning about pharmacy robberies after back-to-back
incidents
After two pharmacies were robbed in as many days, the
Calgary Police Service issued
a warning about the incidents on Friday.
On Nov. 17, two suspects entered the dispensary area of the Walmart Pharmacy at
1212 37 Street S.W. at around 11 a.m. The suspects confronted staff with a knife
and demanded drugs. The two fled the store with a number of items in a black
Adidas duffle bag.
On
Nov. 18, four suspects ran into the Pharmasave at 79 Martindale Blvd. N.E.,
yelling at staff and customers to get on the ground at around 8:15 p.m. Two of
the suspects were carrying guns and demanded staff open the drug safe. Police
said an employee was kicked and pistol-whipped by one of the suspects.
Police are
warning pharmacy staff of what
officers are calling an “ongoing crime trend of pharmacy robberies” occurring in
Calgary.
“Similar robberies are also taking place at cannabis stores and cellphone stores
at a growing rate and these types of robberies have become increasingly violent
over time,” Staff Sgt. Rob Harbidge said.
“These events have a
damaging impact on the
victims, businesses, and citizens
present while a crime is in progress, and we are asking for the public’s help to
notify police when they see suspicious or criminal behaviour.”
In
2021 alone, police have been
called to 80 pharmacies in Calgary.
In most cases, armed suspects approach staff, rush behind counters and demand
access to secured drugs and cash.
globalnews.ca
COVID Update
Vaccines Up, Shopper Hesitancy Down as Canadians
Flock to Stores
Canadians Returning to Shopping Centres and Brick-and-Mortar Retail: Study
The
2021 Retail Holiday Survey, by the company, found that
85 per cent of shoppers
say they are going to return to shopping centres this holiday season
and they’re going to be spending more time and more money in those malls.
“This is a great news story. I think it means that
people want to go out
and be in that environment and not sit in their pajamas and shop online,”
said Tim Sanderson, Executive Vice-President, Retail, for JLL.
“I think people have done a lot of that going on two years now and I think it
gets a little tired. I do believe that we’re social creatures and
we want to get out and
we want to touch and feel product
and we want to see other people.
“When you walk through a shopping centre and you see lots of people in a great
mood – it’s kind of hard to see people smiling, we’re all wearing masks – but
when they’re carrying bags and they’re enjoying themselves, everybody gets
caught up with that.”
The report also found that
72 per cent of shoppers
will visit physical stores to buy or pick up goods, which is higher than last
year’s 64 per cent.
It’s also higher even than pre-pandemic levels, when 67 per cent of shoppers
visited physical stores.
The report said curbside pickup has found a niche, especially among intentional
buyers. In 2021,
18 per cent are
ordering online and driving to the store’s designated pickup area.
This is the same percentage as last year when the option first appeared in the
survey.
“Canadians of all ages,
genders, regions, and incomes are returning to shopping centres this holiday
season. With
a large majority of the
adult population fully vaccinated, 85 per cent of shoppers reported that they’re
going to do holiday shopping in shopping centres,”
said JLL.
“Shopper hesitancy
seems to be in steady decline
in Canada as more people feel comfortable with resuming physical shopping
activities, including those in enclosed malls.
retail-insider.com
Vaccine Mandate Hitting Canadian Mail Delivery?
Canada Post employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate disrupts small town parcel service
The only Canada Post location in Lamont, Alta. was
“temporarily closed”
Monday, the same day a
nation-wide COVID-19 vaccine mandate took effect for Canada Post workers.
As of Nov. 26, employees were
required to be at least
partially vaccinated or were place on leave
without pay, the company said.
The local president of the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA),
which represents more than 500 rural Canada Post employees in Alberta, told
Global News
at least six other
Canada Post locations could not open Monday due to staff shortages.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the vaccine mandate was the reason for the
closure in Lamont, but residents drew their own conclusions. “(I’m) very upset,”
said resident Dianne Prusak. “I’ve got parcels coming in. How do I get them?”
In a statement to Global News, Canada Post said the vast majority of its
employees are in compliance with the “Mandatory Vaccine Practice.”
“We are not anticipating any major service disruptions.
There may be a few
isolated cases where a post office may see reduced hours or temporarily close
due to staffing issues,” the statement read.
globalnews.ca
Canada Post ramping up for holidays amid COVID pandemic, supply chain issues
Canada expands its list of vaccines accepted for travel
Canada becomes first nation to grant Johnson & Johnson COVID shot full approval
Canada supports plan for international pandemic treaty
Disaster Hits Canadian Supply Chain
B.C. flooding could be Canada's costliest disaster as cut-off Port of Vancouver
snarls supply chain
Goods
arriving to be sold ahead of Christmas and staples such as food supplies will
likely be stuck on ships and delayed in reaching store shelves
Extreme
rains that have caused mudslides, floods and devastation in British Columbia and
damaged road and rail links connecting Vancouver’s port to the rest of Canada,
could take a toll on the
country’s economic growth,
according to analysts.
The flooding in the Fraser Valley area
could rank among the costliest
natural disasters in Canada’s history,
both in terms of the bill to repair the damage and the broader costs to the
country’s economy, as containers laden with imports sit on anchored ships and
shipyards at the Port of Vancouver, which is now cut off from the rest of the
country, according to an economist.
“Thinking about this from a provincial and federal perspective,
this is an absolutely massive
disruption and there are going to be costs in terms of both construction and
lost economic activity
because of the hindrance on international trade,” said Kent Fellows, an
economist with the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. The extent of
the economic impact will depend on how quickly the Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd
and The Canadian National Railway Ltd lines connecting Vancouver to the rest of
the country can be repaired, he said.
The
Port of Vancouver is the
busiest port in Canada, moving $550 million worth of cargo each day.
The port did not respond to a request for comment on whether goods were able to
move out of the region.
vancouversun.com
Canadian Retail Sales Outperform Forecast
Retail sales fell 0.6% to $56.6 billion in September: Statistics Canada
Sales were down in seven of
11 subsectors, but food and beverage wasn't one of them
Canadian
retail sales fell 0.6%
to $56.6 billion in September as
sales of new cars slowed amid
limited supply due to the shortages
of semiconductor chips that have hurt production in the auto industry.
Statistics Canada also said Friday its
preliminary estimate for
October pointed to an increase in retail sales of 1% for the month,
but it cautioned the figure would be revised. CIBC senior economist Royce Mendes
said the September reading was
better than the consensus
forecast for a drop of 1.7%
and Statistics Canada's preliminary estimate for a loss of 1.9% for the month.
"Retail sales slumped in September, but only reversed a small part of the gains
from the prior month," Mendes wrote in report. "The outcomes for both September
and the October flash were
better than anticipated,
suggesting spending was somewhat more robust this autumn
than we had anticipated."
canadiangrocer.com
Food Supply Chain Resilience has a New Meaning in Canada with Ongoing Flooding
in BC
Holiday Shopping Season in Canada Expected to be Robust for Retailers as
Consumers Seek Experiences
Metro Q4 profit up from a year ago, sales edge lower
Walmart Canada Bolsters Ecomm Operations with Digital Data Platform Acquisition
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Mall Becomes Safe Haven During Active Shooter
Event
Vanderhoof, BC: Suspect arrested after RCMP issue active shooter alert
RCMP
have arrested a suspect
following an active shooter
situation in Vanderhoof, B.C.,
early Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to reports of a shooter with
a long gun targeting the RCMP
detachment on Columbia
Street and driving around the area just after 12:15 p.m. PT.
Richard Wruth runs the
California Dreamin' clothing
store out of the Co-op Mall in Vanderhoof.
He realized something was wrong after someone in his store got a phone call
about shots fired. Soon after, he then got a similar call from a family member.
"They said bullets were flying ... so that's when I
told my employees to lock the
doors. I went outside and I started telling people and kids to get into the
mall," Wruth said in an
interview. "It was lunch hour, so there were people everywhere."
Wruth said he
pulled as many as 30 people
into the building and shuffled them into the hallway of the mall,
away from the windows. Staff from the co-op store started handing out cookies
and water for the kids.
The all-clear came within an hour, but Wruth said everybody was shaken.
cbc.ca
Calgary, AB: Police seek dash cam footage in deadly shooting outside store
Police
are asking drivers who were travelling near the scene of a
fatal shooting on Monday to send their footage to investigators. Officers
were called to the 200 block of 28th Street S.E. just after 7 p.m. for reports
of a man with serious injuries. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene,
police said. No other injuries were reported.
"While it is still early in this investigation,
we believe that this was a
targeted attack,” said
Staff Sgt. Martin Schiavetta of the CPS Homicide Unit in a news release. “We
continue to comb through evidence and CCTV from the scene, and are looking for
the public’s help to collect potentially relevant dash cam footage.”
calgary.ctvnews.ca
$100K Jewelry Heist
Police looking for 2 suspects after $100K jewelry heist at Edmonton’s Southgate
Centre
Edmonton police are looking for two men involved in a mid-afternoon jewelry
store robbery last week. Police said at around 3 p.m. on Nov. 9, two men entered
the unnamed store in Southgate Centre. One man showed staff a handgun while the
other jumped over the counter and took an unknown quantity of gold necklaces,
police said. Investigators determined more than $100,000 of jewelry was taken
during the robbery.
globalnews.ca
Brampton, ON: Electronics stolen from store by group of men
Police looking for witnesses of Nov. 11 shooting in South Surrey
2 Winnipeg stores robbed on Saturday, police say
Thunder Bay, ON: Police Seize Machete After Robbery
Police seek mask-wearing suspect in convenience store robbery
Man armed with rifle robs Peterborough convenience store: police
Police investigating following a robbery at a Halifax grocery store |
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Fraudulent Online Orders Up 350%
Ecommerce retailers facing a 350% increase in fraudulent online orders
As the holiday shopping season hits full stride, ecommerce retailers across
Europe face a new era of malicious attacks spurred by a COVID-inspired
transformation in ecommerce and a 350% increase in
fraudulent online orders, according to data published by Signifyd.
Retailers can expect a more perilous fraud landscape through the holiday
shopping season and beyond. The heightened threat is thanks in part to the
growing sophistication and diversification of organized fraud rings.
The golden age of ecommerce fraud
●
A 350% increase in fraud pressure by mid-2021.
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A doubling of consumer abuse in the first half of 2021 —
including false claims that an online order never arrived or that an order that
did arrive was in unsatisfactory condition. Fraudsters and consumers make such
claims in order to keep a product while receiving a refund.
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A dramatic increase in fraud rings’ use of bots. Automated
fraud attacks increased 146% in 2020.
“Fraud is a moving target,” said
Ollie Marshall,
managing director of Maplin. “As fraud protection becomes more sophisticated,
fraud rings find new vulnerabilities to attack. We shut them down and they
move on. I have no doubt they’ll be back.”
Retailers facing historic fraud pressure
European retailers are facing historic fraud pressure at a time when the
payments landscape is undergoing upheaval due to the enforcement of PSD2’s
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirement. The addition of SCA’s robust
two-factor authentication process has been rolled out across much of Europe and
will be enforced in the UK beginning in March.
SCA was instituted to
protect retailers and consumers from online fraud. The beginning of SCA
enforcement across Europe has resulted in an average transaction failure rate of
26% post-SCA enforcement, according to payment services consultancy CMSPI.
helpnetsecurity.com
Amazon Set To Be #1 Delivery Service
Amazon on track to become largest US delivery service by early next year,
executive says
Amazon is on track to become
the largest U.S. delivery service by early 2022,
the company's worldwide consumer business CEO, Dave Clark,
told CNBC on Monday.
“We expect we will be one of the largest carriers in the world by the end of
this year,” Clark told “Squawk Box” host Becky Quick. “I think we’ll probably be
the largest package delivery carrier in the U.S. by the time we get to the end
of the year, if not in early ’22.”
Amazon's continued expansion in the delivery space
gives it greater control over how customers’ packages get to their doorsteps,
according to CNBC.
Clark added that the
company has been shipping goods to new ports to avoid blockages,
CNBC reported, giving it a major advantage during this holiday season.
“These things don’t happen overnight,” Clark told Quick. “We’ve been building
the logistics infrastructure, the technology platform that drives it, for two
decades now, so we walked into the pandemic in a really good place.”
The Silicon Valley giant now
oversees thousands of last-mile delivery companies,
an in-house network of planes, trucks and ships, and warehouses and air hubs
across the country.
thehill.com
Two ways Amazon plans to reduce the waste it creates
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Chicago, IL: Burberry store on Michigan Avenue hit by four thieves
Thieves
swarmed the Burberry store on Michigan Avenue Monday, making off with several
designer purses. Police said four men went into the store in the 600-block of
North Michigan Avenue at around 4:20 p.m., stealing multiple handbags from the
displays. While the thieves were fleeing the store, police said a 23-year-old
employee tried to close the doors and was pushed away. A 66-year-old tourist was
also hit by a door. Both refused treatment at the scene. No suspects are in
custody and Area Three detectives are investigating.
abc7chicago.com
Leominster, MA: Clothing Store Owner Says $40K in Merchandise Stolen in Burglary
Police
in Leominster, Massachusetts, are investigating a break-in at a clothing shop.
Surveillance cameras captured the moment three hooded men begin to ransack the
store. David Iacaboni, the owner of ATA Warehouse, got the alert on his phone
shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday. The first man who managed to get in the shop by
breaking a window is heard on the video speaking in Spanish, signaling to the
other two accomplices to come in through the back door. "They made three minutes
seem like forever," said Iacaboni.
nbcboston.com
Chicago, IL: Smash-and-grab thieves hit Bucktown BFF Bikes, get away with at
least 5 high-end bicycles
A Bucktown bike shop was broken into and burglarized Tuesday morning, according
to Chicago police. Police said they were called to BFF Bikes in the 2000 block
of N. Damen Ave., just before 7 a.m.
abc7chicago.com
Germany: Burglars knock hole in wall to steal Lego bricks
German police are looking for witnesses after burglars broke through the wall of
a toy store to steal dozens of Lego sets. Police said Tuesday that the theft
took place over the weekend in the western town of Lippstadt. The burglars left
about 100 empty cardboard boxes behind, German news agency dpa reported. It
wasn't immediately clear whether the burglars had taken the instruction books.
timesunion.com
Pierce County, WA: Thieves grabbed a hundred sets of keys, and drove off in 19
vehicles from Spanaway Auto Auction lot
Flowood, MS: 4 arrested, accused of shoplifting from Dogwood stores
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Shootings & Deaths
Warning: Violent Video
Tucson Police Fire Officer, Video Shows Fatal Shooting of Shoplifting Suspect in
Wheelchair
The
Tucson Police Department has fired Officer Ryan Remington in the fatal shooting
of a shoplifting suspect in a motorized wheelchair, as the incident was captured
on security and police body cameras, police said. The shooting occurred at the
Midvale Park Shopping Center on Monday night. The deceased man, 61-year-old
Richard Lee Richards, was suspected of stealing a toolbox from a Walmart in
Tucson, police said. When a Walmart loss prevention employee followed Richards
outside of the store and asked him for his toolbox receipt, Richards reportedly
pulled out a knife and said, "Here's my receipt," police said. The employee then
contacted police.
Video footage of a body camera worn by Officer Stephanie Taylor shows her and
Remington confronting Richards as he drives his chair towards the entrance of a
nearby home improvement store. In the police video, an officer tells Richards,
"Do not go into the store, sir." When Richards ignores the warning, Taylor says,
"Stop now. You need to—." Then, Remington shoots Richards nine times in the back
and side at close range, according to the police video.
Richards' body then slumps forward and falls out of his motorized wheelchair,
right in front of the store entrance. A police officer then starts requesting
medical assistance on the radio as Remington examines Richards' body, as if to
handcuff him. Richards died at the scene.
"[Remington's] use of deadly force in this incident is a clear violation of
department policy and directly contradicts multiple aspects of our use of force
and training," Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus said at a Wednesday news
conference, according to the Associated Press.
azcentral.com
Elkton, MD: 7-Eleven Employee shot dead inside store
A
gunman remained on the loose late Tuesday afternoon, after fatally shooting an
employee earlier that day inside an Elkton convenience store that is across the
street from the Elkton Police Department headquarters, police reported. The
fatal shooting occurred at approximately 4:45 a.m. Tuesday inside the 7-Eleven
in the 300 block of North Street, police reported. Numerous investigators worked
at the scene for several hours after the fatal shooting. Investigators
identified the slain 7-Eleven employee only as a 34-year-old woman. EPD Chief
Carolyn Rogers told the Cecil Whig late Tuesday afternoon that the agency was
temporarily withholding the murder victim's name, amid the ongoing
investigation.
cecildaily.com
Fayetteville, NC: Family, friends mourn 15-year-old killed in shooting outside
shopping center in Fayetteville
The 15-year-old found shot to death in a Fayetteville shopping center parking
lot on Monday night was a sophomore at Westover High School. Angela Canada
identified the victim as her son, XaeVion “Xae” Thorton. Thorton was at the
Glenreilly Village Shopping Center on South Reily Road around 8 p.m. when
someone shot him in the chest. Fayetteville police said responding officers
attempted life-saving measures but it wasn’t enough and that Thornton died at
the scene. Police said that the shooting didn’t appear to be random. In
Tuesday’s news release, police said that there was an additional victim in the
shooting. According to officials, homicide detectives were made aware that
another person had been taken to Cape Fear Valley hospital with gunshot wounds.
Police spoke with the victim and determined that they were shot at the same
location as the teen.
cbs17.com
Rochester, NY: Woman charged in Rochester convenience store murder pleads not
guilty
Texas City, TX: Estranged husband charged with murder after wife found stabbed
while working at Gas Station
Oklahoma board denies clemency for man convicted of killing 2 LaQuinta Inn
employees in 2001
NYC, NY: Police searching for suspects after teen clerk shot in NYC bodega
Robberies,
Incidents & Thefts
Chicago, IL: CVS, Illinois Attorney General announce use of time-delay safes to
prevent pharmacy thefts
CVS
Health representatives, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and law
enforcement officials gathered Tuesday to announce the rollout of time-delay
safes in CVS pharmacies throughout the state — a measure intended to prevent
pharmacy robberies in Illinois. All 392 CVS pharmacy locations in Illinois now
have the time-delay safe technology “up and running,” said Tom Moriarty, CVS
Health’s chief policy officer. That includes CVS Health’s pharmacies located
inside Target stores, he added. “We believe this step is a meaningful
contribution to our efforts to prevent prescription drug misuse and diversion
here in Illinois, and make every community where we sit a safer place,” Moriarty
said.
The CVS safes, which will be used for narcotics, operate on time delays that
shift each day, officials said. A code must be entered to start the timer, and
the safes cannot be opened until the timer expires. When the timer expires,
pharmacists remove only the drugs needed for that day. That means that if there
was a robbery, the rest of the pharmacy’s narcotics would remain locked in the
safe, which cannot be opened on demand, Moriarty said. Signage will alert
potential robbers to the presence of the technology, a measure intended to serve
as an additional deterrent to theft.
thesouthern.com
Martinez, CA: I-TEAM: Sheriff's office admits Walnut Creek Nordstrom theft
suspect released by mistake
The
Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office admits it made a mistake after the ABC7
News I-Team began digging into the release of a suspect in the mass retail theft
at the Walnut Creek Nordstrom. It all started when ABC7 News Reporter Melanie
Woodrow called defendant Joshua Underwood Monday and learned he and his family
believed his charges had been dropped. Now the Contra Costa County Sheriff's
Office says Underwood was released due to a "computer input error." On Tuesday,
he's back in custody.
Underwood's family member carried out his Louis Vuitton bag from Contra Costa
County Superior Court Tuesday after deputies cuffed him and took him back into
custody. Underwood is one of three suspects in the November 20 Walnut Creek
Nordstrom flash-mob style theft. The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office says
he was released from custody on November 24, the same day the DA's Office filed
charges. The ABC7 News I-Team called Underwood's home Monday. He and his mother
said they believed his charges had been dropped and initially knew nothing of
his court appearance. The ABC7 News I-Team also learned that Underwood admitted
to his involvement in another Bay Area burglary the same night as the Nordstrom
theft. "He made a statement to the police that prior to coming to Nordstrom in
Walnut Creek, he and other co-conspirators had engaged in a burglary of a
pharmacy in Alameda County," said Sanders.
abc7news.com
Duluth, MN: UPS facility 'ransacked' by burglar
The main UPS facility in Duluth was "ransacked" during a break-in Sunday
afternoon, police said. Officers were called to the warehouse and customer
service center at 111 Port Terminal Drive on the report of a burglary at
approximately 5:40 p.m., according to a statement from the Duluth Police
Department. The officers "located multiple items that were ransacked through"
and the department's crime scene investigations team was called in to provide
assistance. "The investigation is in its preliminary stages," the statement
said. "No arrests have been made at this time." Police declined to provide
specifics on the nature or volume of any items taken or damaged at the facility,
but a company representative indicated nothing was stolen.
duluthnewstribune.com
Gulfport, MS: Police searching for man wanted in multiple cities for burglaries,
fraud
Boston, MA: Charlestown man gets three years for illegal gun sales to area gang
members and others
Matthews, NC: Police launching 'Operation Santa Knows' in effort to catch
shoplifters
Cargo Theft
Polk County, FL: 2 Florida men steal 25 semi-trailers, $704K worth of wooden
pallets
Polk
County detectives say two men were part of an organized cargo theft conspiracy
that led to five businesses being defrauded. Officials also said the duo stole
25 semi-trailers and about $704,487 of wooden pallets. According to officials,
the stolen property, in total, was worth nearly $1 million. Detectives said they
began investigating in July after receiving a theft report for seven semi-trucks
from two different distribution centers: Saddle Creek Logistical Services in
Auburndale and the Walmart Distribution Center in Winter Haven. The stolen
property contained a large number of wooden pallets. During the investigation,
officials said they connected 45-year-old Bobby John Herrera, Jr. – who is from
West Palm Beach – to three semi-trucks with trailers filled with pallets They
said the pallets were either stolen or burglarized by him. He is the owner of
JCI Pallet in Plant City. Security cameras captured Herrera driving his
company's 2015 Freightliner semi-truck onto both facilities and illegally
removing semi-trucks filled with wooden pallets. Those stolen trucks were
waiting to be delivered to other distribution centers and businesses, detectives
said.
Polk detectives said between May and July, both suspects "planned and
coordinated the theft of 25 semi-trailers which contained almost 5,000 wooden
pallets…The victims of Herrara’s and Howard’s organized cargo theft
conspiracy were Saddle Creek Logistics, Walmart, 48Forty Solutions, and Monison
Pallets."
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AT&T – Waipahu, HI –
Burglary
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Auto – Athens-Clarke,
GA – Burglary
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Barber – Bronx, NY –
Armed Robbery
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Bike – Chicago, IL –
Burglary
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Burberry – Chicago, IL
– Burglary
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C-Store – Livingston
County, IL – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Hollywood,
FL – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Tulare
County, CA – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Franklin
Parish, LA – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Cape
Girardeau, MO – Robbery
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C-Store – Akron, OH –
Armed Robbery
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C-Store – NYC, NY –
Armed Robbery
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Clothing – Fort Worth,
TX – Burglary
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Clothing – Leominster,
MA – Burglary
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Clothing – Randolph,
MA – Burglary
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Clothing – Rockford,
IL – Robbery
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CVS – Bethlehem, PA –
Armed Robbery
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Gas Station – Bergen
County, NJ – Armed Robbery
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Jewelry – Ontario, CA – Robbery
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Jewelry – Austin, TX – Robbery
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Jewelry – San Marcos, TX – Robbery
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Jewelry – Brockton, MA – Robbery
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Jewelry – Bayshore, NY – Robbery
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Jewelry – Clarksburg, MD – Robbery
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Jewelry – Cincinnati, OH – Robbery
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Jewelry – Puyallup, WA – Robbery
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Lyft – Harris County,
TX – Armed Robbery
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Marijuana – Medford,
OR – Burglary
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Marijuana - Ashland,
OR – Burglary
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Restaurant – Santa Fe,
NM – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – San
Francisco, CA – Burglary
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Vape – Honolulu, HI –
Burglary
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7-Eleven - Elkton, MD
- Armed Robbery / Employee killed
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7-Eleven – Nashville,
TN – Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven – Fresno, CA
– Robbery
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7-Eleven – Anne
Arundel County, MD - Armed Robbery
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