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Phoenix, AZ., Police bust 7 for $50k of merchandise during 49 incidents of
theft in valley stores
The 7 people stole merchandise from Macy's, Burlington Coat, TJ Maxx, and
Marshalls stores in Pheonix, Glendale, Peoria, Gilbert, Chandler, Scottsdale,
and Avondale. Police say during the thefts, high-dollar merchandise, such as
designer handbags, clothing and sunglasses, were taken. The thefts occurred
between May 7 and September 3. During their investigation, police learned the
suspects entered the stores individually or as a group, and walked out with the
merchandise without paying.
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Baltimore, MD., Three Defendants Indicted in Counterfeit Credit Card Scheme
Dominici owned and operated JJ&M Enterprises, LLC, a business based in
Annapolis. Ledbetter worked at JJ&M. Price was a server at a restaurant in
Gambrills, Maryland. According to the seven count superseding indictment, from
at least July 2014 to February 9, 2015, Dominici obtained stolen or otherwise
compromised credit card numbers from several sources, including black market
"carding" websites where stolen credit card information can be purchased. Price
used electronic devices known as skimmers to fraudulently obtain the credit card
information of restaurant customers who paid by credit card. Price then provided
this stolen customer information to Dominici for use in producing fraudulently
re-encoded credit cards. Dominici and Ledbetter obtained stored value cards,
used special equipment to encode the stolen account information onto stored
value cards and then used the fraudulently re-encoded credit and stored value
cards to buy merchandise. justice.gov
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Service investigation in merchandise stealing operation nets 4 arrests in
Lancaster Co, NC; Walmart, CVS & Home Depot
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office worked with federal agency to uncover the
alleged crimes. Federal indictment alleges intricate scheme to resell stolen
items. As part of the scheme, a group of people known as "boosters" were
stealing merchandise from large retailers including Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's,
CVS Pharmacy, Dollar General, Family Dollar and Harris Teeter, including from
locations in North Carolina's middle federal district, according to an
indictment. These "boosters" brought the merchandise into Lancaster County and
sold it to the McManuses, McDonald and Montgomery - known as the "fences" in the
operation - at a fraction of its retail value. The "fences" then sold the
merchandise at a profit at locations in Lancaster County and elsewhere, the
indictment states. In March 2014, the McManuses purchased about $5,500 in stolen
merchandise that included flat-screen televisions, power drills, packages of
batteries and bulk packages of over-the-counter medication, court records show.
heraldonline.com
Edinburg, TX: Warehouse employee charged in snack theft;
$100,000 worth of snacks
A Pharr man was arraigned Tuesday in connection with the theft of more than
$100,000 worth of snacks after he turned himself in to the sheriff's office
Monday afternoon. Albert Sanchez was formally charged by Hidalgo County Justice
of the Peace Gilberto Saenz with a felony theft charge after sheriff's
investigators said the man stole more than $100,000 worth of Takis chips from a
local distribution company, spokesman J.P. Rodriguez said. Sanchez's bond was
set at $40,000. Rodriguez said Sanchez, who worked as a warehouse employee at
R&R Distributors, stole several pallets of merchandise over the course of more
than six months and then resold them at various locations in and around the
county.
brownsvilleherald.com
 Indianapolis,
IN: Central Indiana AT&T stores hit for tens of thousands in merchandise;
suspects identified
Police have one person in custody and are searching for a second person in
connection with the theft of tens of thousands of dollars' worth of phones
throughout Central Indiana. Police said the suspects were not only working
together, but were cousins. The two struck every AT&T store throughout the
county, some of them several times. The suspects, Lonnie Morton and Terry Henton,
had mastered the art of stealing cell phones, according to police. Investigators
said their crime spree began months ago when they targeted a far west side AT&T
store, where they learned to disable the wire security tethers of phones on
display.
theindychannel.com
Palm Beach, FL: Shoplifter apprehended with 23 items, valued at $550
A man was stopped by a store's loss prevention officer after taking five shirts,
sticking them into a large bag and leaving a store in the 3100 block of PGA
Boulevard without paying. Though the loss prevention officer only witnessed the
man place the five shirts in his bag, he actually had 23 items from the store
that he had not paid for. The items were worth nearly $550. He was arrested.
palmbeachpost.com
Oklahoma City, OK: Walmart ticket-switch lands a suspect in jail; search
uncovers, marijuana, meth and hydrocodone
Court documents said a loss prevention officer at the Interstate 240 location
witnessed 32-year-old Kendra Wolf taking labels off of merchandise discounted
for clearance. She was then spotted placing those labels on regularly priced
merchandise. The store claims Wolf then used the self-checkout lane to purchase
the items. The total loss for the store was $155.55.
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