3 Arrested In Multi-State ORC Shoplifting Spree There are new details involving an upstate New York couple that targeted dozens of stores during a shoplifting spree. Theresa Warner, 40, her son, and 39-year-old Christopher Damaio were arrested on retail theft charges in Ross Township. Ross Township Police Sgt. Ben Dripps told KDKA-TV there were more stolen toys in the van than in Santa’s sleigh. Wednesday morning, police will take inventory of the van at a local fire hall. Police say the couple started their shoplifting in Little Falls, NY and then went west to Rochester, Buffalo, Erie and hitting several stores in Ohio before ending up in Ross Township. They even kept a diary detailing some of their stops, recording details about which stores had the best merchandise, the aisles where the merchandise was displayed and where the security cameras were located. They hit some of stores more than once. Police plan to hold a press conference at 10 am Wednesday. Warner is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail, Damaio is at Allegheny General Hospital and the juvenile is at the Schuman Center. (Source cbslocal.com)

Does stealing 90 pairs of jeans from Kohl's constitute ORC? Cottage Grove, MN Nov 30 2011 Local police busted three women and two girls for stealing nearly 90 pairs of jeans. Police say Caswana Miles, Antenese Baker, Lasonya Miles and the two girls were caught stuffing jeans into shopping bags at the Cottage Grove Kohl's store Nov. 17. Police stopped the women after they left the store. Officers say the women told them they were stealing the clothes for family members. In total, the jeans cost more than $4,700. Washington County prosecutors filed one count of aiding and abetting-theft against each of the three women. (Source privateofficerbreakingnews.blogspot.com)

Habitual shoplifter and accomplice using booster bags busted at Rhode Island's Emerald Square Mall A Rhode Island man, Russell C. Alves, 45, described in court as a convicted habitual shoplifter, allegedly sprayed Mace at a bystander who attempted to stop him from fleeing a store at Emerald Square mall during a busy holiday shopping weekend. Police recovered more than $1,000 in clothing from the Victoria's Secret and American Eagle stores and arrested an alleged accomplice, Florence E. Pompey, 26, of Providence. Pompey is accused of helping steal from clothing stores and driving the getaway car, police said. The pair allegedly used "booster bags," shopping bags designed to foil security systems, to steal the clothing until a store clerk at Victoria's Secret discovered them and chased Alves out of the mall. (Source privateofficerbreakingnews.com)

ORC 'grab and run' thieves and fence in Houston get busted after two week run. Over a series of what Houston police called "grab and runs," Perry Jamah White, 32, and Diamond Matthew Nelson, 22, allegedly managed to steal 337 pairs of pants, 117 shirts and 14 pairs of shorts from various retail stores around the city in recent weeks. The merchandise was swiped from more than 20 stores and totaled more than $20,000. On Monday White and Nelson were charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, according to court records. Police also charged 35-year-old store owner Morris Jones Jr. with the same felony crime, accusing him of being the "fence" that bought and sold the stolen clothes. Police learned of the crimes after they were contacted by a manager for Stage Stores, a company that owns retail businesses such as Palais Royal. The manager showed officers surveillance videos of some of the "grab and runs" and provided them with the license plate of the getaway vehicle used in the crimes, court records state. With this evidence officers located White. He admitted to his role in the theft operation and led police to Nelson, who also allegedly admitted his involvement in the crimes. Court records state White also told police that the pair would sell the stolen goods to a man named "Big Boy," later identified as Jones, who ran a store called Fresh White Tees in west Houston. After executing a search warrant, police found clothes that matched the description provided by the manager and recovered about $30,000 worth of stolen merchandise at the store - most of which appeared to be provided by Nelson and White. None of the men have yet been arrested, according to court records. (Source chron.com)

Second in Command of nation wide ID theft ring pleads guilty and tells all. For $5,000 to $7,000 customers got a legitimate Social Security card in someone else's name, escorted to various states to get out-of-state driver's licenses, open new bank accounts, and "build-up teams" would boost the credit scores associated with the identities allowing the customers to get credit cards and commit fraud. With 53 suspects arrested last year as a result of a multi-agency investigation triggered by a 2008 triple-murder, half of them have already plead guilty. Estimated to have reached well over $4 million through a variety of schemes. (Source northjersey.com)