Retail crime ring stealing laundry detergent, diapers in Puyallup, Wash. The group sends in two women who stuff their shopping carts with nearly a dozen bottles of Tide detergent and diapers, then put rolls of toilet paper on top. After looking around to make sure nobody is watching, they walk out of the store. Another man acts as their look-out, decoy and driver. It’s all been caught on surveillance video. Two of the recent burglaries happened close to midnight, just before one of the two Safeway doors are locked for the night. Three people have been arrested. (Source king5.com)


ORC ring leader who hit 70 Home Depots in New Jersey & New York admits to over $100,000 in theft - more information on this case - The investigation determined that Suarez led a ring that committed thefts at multiple Home Depot stores per day, stealing hundreds of dollars in merchandise by "under-ringing" items through self-checkout areas, Chiesa said. Three additional members of the ring pleaded guilty earlier this month and face jail time, while one member of the group remains at large, he said. Targeting approximately 70 Home Depot stores primarily in New Jersey, but also in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, the ring members allegedly stole items that were relatively expensive from the Home Depot stores by going through the self-checkout areas and not properly scanning the items, Chiesa said. Group members allegedly used various tactics to hide their "under-ringing" activity in the self-checkout area from security cameras and employees, including the use of a second ring member to distract store employees, he said. The ring members, who are from Central and South America, were based in Hudson County. (Source nj.com)

Multi-state ORC ring of two women hitting Walmart stores Fed Ex'ing stolen goods to Los Angeles busted in Minnesota. Two women are now accused of stealing nearly $100,000 of DVD’s from Walmarts in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The two women used an $80 suitcase to steal over 200 DVDs at a time, with one of the women distracting an employee while the other filled the suitcase. When the suspects left the store in Mankato, MN, they were stopped two hours later by State Police, but most of the merchandise had already been shipped off via FedEx to a home in Los Angles. Police asked FedEx to reroute the three boxes of merchandise back to Minnesota, where it arrived and is being held as evidence. (Source mankatofreepress.com)


Potential ORC ring of three men operating in Marion, IL hit Dillard's store Police are asking for the public's help in identifying three suspects in a retail theft at the Marion Dillard's in the Illinois Star Mall at around 8:30 p.m. on October 6th, 2012. Three men grabbed numerous Michael Kors handbags from the display counters before running. The suspects entered a vehicle described as a newer model, silver Chevrolet Malibu. Anyone with information is asked to please contact the Marion Police Department at (618)-993-2124. (Source wpsdlocal6.com)