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 Fencing Operation Busted: Seven Roanoke store owners to be indicted
Seven Roanoke store owners will be indicted for buying stolen goods and
reselling them. The following stores involved are Pure Station, K&H Grocery,
Toni's Grocery, Community Grocery, P&N Market, Triangle Market, and M&S Stop
Mart. This is part of a year long investigation. Investigators say a group of
shoplifters stole items from stores then resold the products to the seven stores
listed above. According to investigators, that money was used to buy drugs.
Meanwhile, the businesses owners who bought the stolen items then resold them. (Source
wsls.com)
 Multi-State
Retail Theft Crime Ring Bust in Marion County, Florida Two men
arrested for stealing a couple hundred dollars of toiletries from a CVS in
Marion County opened up an investigation to a multi-state retail theft crime
ring. Willie Willis and Charlie Pitts are thought to be low level players
involved in stealing thousands of dollars of household and personal hygiene
items and then re-selling them for a lower price. Both men told detectives they
have traveled around Central and North Central Florida and parts of South
Georgia committing this kind of retail theft. The sheriff's office is currently
working with area stores to prevent this crime ring from succeeding. (Source
wcjb.com)
Baltimore Man sentenced to 4 years/$210,000 in shoplifting-gift card conspiracy
A Baltimore man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his
role in a shoplifting scam in which stolen goods were returned to stores for
gift cards. Forty-seven-year-old Mark Brunelle was also ordered to pay more than
$210,000 in restitution at sentencing Wednesday in federal court in Baltimore.
According to his plea agreement, Brunelle and others stole merchandise from
large retail stores in central Maryland, then returned the stolen items for
store gift cards. (Source
washingtonpost.com)
Saginaw
County Sheriff driving Honda Element 'taken from a theft ring' It may
not be as racy as the Ford Mustang or as classy as the Lincoln Town Car that
Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel drove on duty in the past. But the
sheriff's new ride has one thing in common with his former vehicles. The Honda
Element, dubbed "the toaster" by Federspiel and others at the
department, has the words "Taken from a theft ring" displayed on both sides of
the vehicle, along with gold Saginaw County Sheriff logos on top of black paint. (Source
mlive.com)
N.H. Retail Association offers info on organized retail crime; an updated
compilation of N.H. statutes relating to organized theft
Fayette County woman sent to prison for retail thefts in Lebanon County, PA
Smelterville, ID Police chase down shoplifters, accused of stealing over $1000
of merchandise from Walmart
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