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Nashua, NH: Sports Authority Employee charged with $20,000 theft over the last 3
years
Carol Koehler, 49, of Amherst, was charged with felony theft. Police said she
stole the items then sold them online for profit. They said her residence was
stocked with stolen merchandise. The scheme was uncovered when loss prevention
workers reviewed inventory logs and found discrepancies. Those workers contacted
police Wednesday and Koehler was arrested a short time later.
patch.com
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City, CA: Alleged family of Shoplifters caught on cam
Police are investigating after a family was seen on surveillance camera stuffing
merchandise into their shirts and bags. The store owner of Pony Express Western
Outfitters said four women, a man and 3 young girls came in as a group. The
theft occurred last Friday and the store owner has clear surveillance video and
recently posted it on Cathedral City Neighborhoods Facebook Group. The video
shows one clear instance of theft as a young woman blatantly sticks a pair of
boots in her purse. Other video segments apparently show additional family
members stealing items.
kesq.com
Effingham, IL: Wal-Mart shoplifters swipe $6,500 in merchandise
Police are investigating the theft of over $6,500 of merchandise stolen this
past weekend from Walmart. Det. Lange of the Effingham Police said Wednesday
that police were still searching for the men, thought to have stolen these
items: Four laptop computers, 19 BEATS brand headphones and wireless speakers,
18 Blu-Ray players, 31 bottles of perfume. Police said the value of the stolen
items was $6,511, adding that the men apparently gathered the merchandise in
tote bins and walked out of the store with them.
niagara-gazette.com
Portsmouth, VA: Serious crash leads to $4,000 credit card fraud investigation
First responders found a man and a woman badly injured inside a car on 164
westbound and had to cut one of them out of the Camaro in order to get them to
the hospital. Police also found about 150 credit cards, and a machine used to
print credit cards. Officers found a $4,000 receipt from Nordstrom on the
floorboard on the car.
wwlp.com
Altamonte Springs, FL: Two men Smash & Grab thousands of dollars in phones from
Verizon store
Brazen thieves smashed display cases and stole phones at an Altamonte Springs
Verizon store while customers were still inside. Two men barged into the store
at about 8 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the men smashed the display cases, threw
stuff around and stole thousands of dollars worth of phones.
wftv.com
 Fresno,
CA: Police seeking suspect who has hit Target at least 3 times
On three separate occasions this man was seen leaving the Target with a shopping
cart full of stolen merchandise. "We're only able to arrest this person for
petty theft if the dollar amount is less than $950 dollars", says Sgt. Mark
Hudson with the Fresno Police Department. The enforcement power of police
nullified by voter enacted prop 47. Sgt. Hudson says the crook barely tries to
disguise what he's doing before casually strolling out. Sgt. Hudson says,
"seeing it with the receipt in his hand he may not look suspicious in a sense,
so he may just continue to walk out".
yourcentralvalley.com
Longview, WA: Two arrested throwing nearly $800 of computers
over the Garden Center fence at Walmart
At about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, a man and a woman were seen throwing two computers
over a fence by the garden center, according to 911 dispatch calls. The
computers were worth $768 total. Both were charged with second-degree retail
theft and organized retail theft.
tdn.com
Bloomington, MN Kohl's LP Agent helps stop a Credit Card Fraud Team
Four suspects were stopped by Police after a fraudulent purchase at a GameStop
for $64. Police discovered another purchase was made on a different fraudulent
credit card for a gift card valued at $300. In total Police seized 19 gift cards
and a fake Alabama driver's license. The case began with a Kohl's LP Agent
contacting authorities after a failed attempt to purchase gift cards at the
Kohl's store in Bloomington.
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