ID Theft gang crime spree spans from South Florida to Atlanta  Three Florida men are in jail in Thomasville, Georgia after police find more than a dozen stolen I.D.'s and debit cards. Police believe they're taking cards from inside vehicles in gym parking lots. Their arrests come after police received a tip on Tuesday. Investigators say the men were in the YMCA parking lot on Dawson Street scoping out vehicles, targeting ones easier to get into, liked ones with unlocked doors. The men were spotted in a silver BMW. Officers tried talking to them at a Flash Foods store but they took off. They were eventually caught in some woods off Highway 122. The debit cards and I.D.'s were found in their wallets, and inside a bag full of clothes. (Source wtxl.com)

Three member ORC gang hits Walmart stores for over $40,000 in Plattsburgh, N.Y.  Three people were arrested Friday after $40,000 worth of merchandise was stolen from several area Walmart's, police said. Items were stolen from Walmart stores in Potsdam, Massena, Malone, Plattsburgh and Ticonderoga, according to the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office. On Jan. 23 and Jan. 27, the three allegedly stole electronics worth more than $24,000 from the store in Potsdam, police said. (Source wptz.com)

ORC inmate escapes police custody while being taken from jail to King County District Court in Bellevue, Wash.  Downs is considered by Bellevue police to be a dangerous man. He was in jail for first-degree robbery, first-degree theft, second-degree theft and second-degree organized retail theft. Windell Downs, 21, was on his way to a court hearing for a suspended vehicle license accusation when he took off running south from the courthouse at Southeast Sixth and 112th Avenue Southeast, according to Bellevue police reports. He is believed to have possibly hitched a ride with a vehicle driving away from the area with his girlfriend. (Source seattlepi.com)


It's a Family affair in Seminole County, Fla.
A family is behind bars after a retail theft spree in Seminole County. Police said Joseph Stanaitis, Dana Stanaitis and their mother Patricia Grosskurth were linked to numerous thefts from several stores throughout Sanford. They allegedly stole cartons of cigarettes and small electronics. Officers said the family members have also been linked to other crimes in Lake Mary and Casselberry. (Source mynews13.com)


UK: Thieves steal $489,000 worth of designer watches from a hotel in second central London smash and grab in a week  Four suspects wearing helmets and black clothing ransacked display cases inside the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel shortly after midnight. Police said robbers riding two high powered motorbikes rode up the hotel in Cadogan Place and two men ran into the lobby smashing display cabinets using a hatchet and a hammer. (Source standard.co.uk)