More Info on - Colorado ORC law targets criminal organizations that steal from stores in bulk to sell the goods illegally - an enterprise that costs state retailers an estimated $500 million a year. The bill signed this week stiffens penalties for triggering false alarms at stores, or preventing alarms from going off, as part of an organized effort to steal from businesses in mass quantities. Besides hurting businesses, lawmakers say it also harms the state, which loses about $15 million in tax revenue a year. (Source chron.com)

Professional Shoplifter/ORC or addict? Busted at Macy's in Philadelphia with two prior retail theft convictions and three she hasn't even gone to trial on yet. Danya Shorter, 43, was charged with felony retail theft and arraigned by District Judge Jan Vislosky late Wednesday. (Source phillyburbs.com)