California Highway Patrol Officer Honored, arrest lead to Victoria's Secret ORC International theft ring
California Highway Patrol officer Gregory Barker is credited with making one of the biggest "busts" ever out of the agency's Stockton office. The officer - in his sixth year of service - pulled over an unlicensed male driver who had had a female companion with him. He noticed a number of metal lined purses in the back seat. After running a warrant check, he found out they were suspects in a string of shoplifting incidents at Victoria Secret stores. A check of the trunk revealed $10,000 worth of stolen Victoria Secret bras. Walker followed up with Victoria Secret loss prevention officers. The end result: The man he arrested was operating a "fake" Victoria Secrets store in Honduras and was stealing bras from California stores to stock his shelves. That's why his fellow officers rib him for making a "big bust." mantecabulletin.com

Evanston, IL: Price Switcher at Target busted for $450 felony retail theft
A 30-year-old Chicago man attempted to steal about $457 in goods Tuesday morning from Target, 2209 Howard St.

The man placed his own price stickers over those on three toys, a duvet cover and flatware. He then used the self-checkout, with the total for the items adding up to $12.46 with the fake price stickers. A store security guard caught the man after he paid his price for the items; he is now charged one count of felony retail theft. dailynorthwestern.com

Lewis County, WA: Three Charged with Organized Retail Theft for Home Depot incident
Three were charged Wednesday as co-defendants in connection with the theft of power tools in Chehalis Tuesday.

On Tuesday, police received a report of a theft in progress at Home Depot. A person reported seeing two men run out of the store with arms full of tools, later identified as Milwaukee Drill sets valued at $499 each, and leave in a yellow vehicle. Officers obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and reportedly found the two new Milwaukee Combo Drill sets in the trunk, along with firearms, identification cards and account numbers belonging to people other than the three suspects. chronline.com

Chicago, IL: Neiman Marcus on Michigan Ave. the Scene Of Mass Handbag Grab
Neiman-Marcus on Michigan Avenue was the scene of a grab-and-run late Thursday morning, with thieves taking hundreds of dollars in high-end bags. Four men went into the Michigan Avenue store and grabbed several bags - most, if not all, were high-end Chanel bags. Within seconds, they hopped into a waiting car outside and fled. Neiman's spokeswoman says all high-end bags are tethered with a cable. Police say no one in the store was hurt. chicago.cbslocal.com

Cadillac, MI: Mount Pleasant woman facing life for retail fraud charges
A 34-year-old Mount Pleasant woman is facing up to life in prison on multiple counts of retail fraud in Wexford County. cadillacnews.com