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NYPD Band Opens New York Metro ORC Alliance Kickoff Event today in NYC - More D&D Daily Coverage Coming Next Week!  Today, the New York Metro Organized Retail Crime Alliance (NYMORCA) held its kickoff event in NYC - the first of its kind for the Big Apple. The NYPD's Jazz Band kicked off the event this morning with a roaring drumline performance. Check out the cool video! Thank you to Blue Montez, Director of AP & Risk Management, American Apparel, for submitting the footage. Learn more about the NYMORCA here.

16 indicted in North Texas smash-and-grabs that fueled ID thefts
Federal officials announced Thursday that 16 people have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of a smash-and-grab gang of thieves. Fourteen of them are from Florida, where police have said the so-called Felony Lane Gang originated. The name comes from the gang cashing stolen checks in the bank drive-through lane farthest from the tellers. A 76-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Aug. 13 charges them with federal violations that are believed to have caused more than $1.3 million in losses to banks, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas. (Source dallasnews.com)

Cedar Hill, TX Man Convicted Of Organizing ID Theft Ring
A 26-year-old North Texas man has been convicted on federal charges of organizing an identity theft ring that victimized more than 1,000 people. Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that Anthony Minor of Cedar Hill was convicted of nine counts that include bank fraud and aggravated identification theft. Prosecutors say he was the leader of a ring that included six others and operated over four years before Minor was caught in 2013 at a Dallas hotel. Stolen IDs and counterfeit checks were found in his hotel room. Five other defendants have been convicted while the sixth remains a fugitive. Minor is scheduled to be sentenced in January. (Source cbslocal.com)

Three Charged in Federal ID Theft Scheme in Boise, ID
Three people were indicted Tuesday on charges they stole more than a dozen people’s identities and then spent thousands of those victims’ money in southern Idaho stores. The three spent nearly $1,900 at the Twin Falls Best Buy and more than $25,000 at Boise-area stores, say documents from federal court in Boise. For about a year, starting in July 2013, the group devised a scheme to shop at a number of southern Idaho stores using credit cards with stolen information. The three got personal information from several victims in California, including their names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, addresses, driver’s license numbers and financial account information. They then ran credit reports to get the victims’ financial profiles and created fake IDs to open credit cards with the stores. Then they helped each other by sharing the fake IDs, shopping together with the credit cards and acting as “lookouts” during the credit applications and transactions. One woman spent nearly $1,900 at Best Buy using the store credit card and a fake ID on July 21. In Boise, two women spent more than $14,500 at Lowe’s stores, $4,000 at JC Penny’s, $4,300 at Sears and almost $1,400 at Victoria’s Secret. (Source magicvalley.com)

Bethlehem, PA man accused of stealing $1,600 in baby formula from Walmart
Carlos Lopez-Rodriguez, 40, of the 400 block of West Street was taken into custody on MacArthur Road as he fled from the Walmart, where store security spotted him taking the formula. Lopez-Rodriguez grabbed $372 worth of the manufactured food on Thursday, but dropped it when Walmart security officials approached him. Police apprehend Lopez-Rodriguez him outside. Walmart security was looking for him. Last Friday, he had shoplifted $773 worth of formula; on Monday, he took $231 worth; and on Tuesday, he stole another $231 worth, according to the police arrest affidavit. (Source mcall.com)