Dayton, Ohio area Miami Township deputy police chief says ORC has gotten worse in the past two to three years. Dayton often is a target for those professionals — those who steal to turn a profit — because of its prime location between Interstates 70, 70 and 675, said Major John DiPietro, Miami Township deputy police chief. Boosters are known to make loops from Cincinnati to Dayton to Columbus in a single day, using the highway system for quick get-a-ways between crime scenes. In fall 2010, DiPietro spearheaded a regional task force to target the organized retail crime problem. Now in addition to employing mall security at the Dayton Mall, the mall and several loss prevention specialists from stores within the mall also have teamed up with the Miami Township Police Department. Loss prevention specialists now carry police radios and can communicate both with mall security and the local police department. (Source wdtn.com)

Members of shoplifting ORC ring get probation A convicted felon who participated in a theft ring that targeted Lowe’s pleaded guilty in an Indiana court on Dec. 6 to a single charge of corrupt business influence. Authorities said he was part of a shoplifting ring that made 381 fraudulent returns to Lowe’s stores in 11 states. The individuals would make returns without receipts by switching bar codes on previously purchased items. Members of the group also made their own, lower-priced bar codes for similar, more expensive items. The suspects would then obtain gift cards in amounts greater than what they had paid for the items. They used altered identification cards to get around Lowe's policy limiting the number of returns during a specific time, according to court documents. The four members were given suspended sentences and placed on probation with varying amounts of restitution ordered. (Source homechannelnews.com)

Flash Burglary in Houston's Galleria Hermes of Paris store that in 4 minutes gets tens of thousands. And an attempted simliar burglary at a Louis Vuition store in the same mall. (Source clickhouston.com)