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Gun wielding shoplifter on the lose in Albuquerque, N.M.,
hitting Wal-Mart stores multiple times and stealing
flat-screen TV's in one hand and a gun in the other.
Police are seeking the public's help in finding a man who
they said was caught on tape stealing a flat-screen
television. Detectives with Albuquerque Police Department's
Organized Crime Unit said the man already hit twice in just
a week.
(Source
privateofficerbreakingnews.com)
Friday Victoria's Secret in Boca Raton's Town Center Mall
got hit again for 600 pairs of panties - worth $6,300 - 9
days after busting two Miami-Dade women linked to an
"elaborate lingerie fraud targeting Victoria's Secret shops
across the area since October.
Surveillance video at the store shows two women, who appear
to be in their 30s, stealing the underwear around 2:30 p.m.,
according to Boca Raton police. Their Boynton Beach Mall
store got hit 11 times according to police and Tone Center
store at least four times. They went after bras from
Victoria's Secret's "Very Sexy" and "Miraculous" lines, as
well as "The Gorgeous Collection." Police have not said
whether they suspect Friday's heist is connected to others
in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach.
(Source
sun-sentinel.com)
Excerpts from
GAO-11-675: Efforts to Combat Organized Retail Crime
The Government Accountability Office report on Organized
Retail Crime, Dated June 2011
Retailers and Law Enforcement
Collaborate to Investigate Potential ORC Cases, and Federal
Agencies Are Taking Steps to Better Track ORC
State and Local Efforts
- Although retailers play a major role in
identifying and developing ORC cases, criminal investigation
of these activities largely falls on state and local law
enforcement, which typically prosecute retail crimes under
state criminal laws. However, four of the eight local law
enforcement agencies we spoke with noted that retail
theft—and property crime in general—is often viewed as a
lower priority than violent crimes. As a result, there are
generally limited resources to combat ORC at the local level
and any investigations are often conducted on a case-by-case
basis, weighing competing resource priorities and the
likelihood of successful criminal prosecution. According to
several retail and law enforcement stakeholders we
interviewed, individual detectives responsible for
investigating property crime are often the driving force
behind decisions to pursue potential ORC investigations,
sometimes due to prior experience with retail theft or pawn
shop cases. However, five law enforcement stakeholders noted
that there is increasing awareness that ORC is a serious
crime—rather than petty shoplifting—and is often linked to
other types of criminal activity.
(Source
gao.gov)
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