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How Organized Retail Crime is Threatening the Retail Industry
 Organized
Retail Crime (ORC), the coordinated theft of merchandise for resale, has
grown exponentially in the U.S., necessitating increased security
measures and even causing store closures. The issue is projected to
escalate, demanding modern, tactical security solutions that allow
retailers and law enforcement to combat ORC while maintaining a pleasant
shopping environment.
Cloud video security is a powerful tool in
fighting ORC.
OpenEye's
comprehensive guide delves into the current methods for defining and
measuring ORC's impact on businesses and the economy. It explores
effective security strategies for mitigating inventory loss and
enhancing the shopping experience. The guide also highlights the
advantages of cloud video surveillance in tackling ORC, and how the
integration of other security systems can provide a more robust solution
for retailers.
Learn more
The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
ORC Enforcement Unit Expanding
Peel Police Brings Together Law Enforcement and Business Leaders to
Combat Organized Retail Crime, Announce Expansion of BEAR Unit
Peel Regional Police is hosting the Retail Organized Crime Conference
bringing together law enforcement agencies, retail industry leaders, and
public safety partners from across Ontario to strengthen
collaboration and advance efforts to combat organized retail crime.
By fostering cross-sector and multi-jurisdictional collaboration, the
conference, taking place on Oct. 6 and 7 in Mississauga, will feature
panel discussions, keynote speakers, and technology partners to
advance practical solutions and support coordinated responses to
this growing and evolving threat.
Expansion of the BEAR Unit in 2027
The conference comes as Peel Regional Police continues to build on the
success of its Break and Enter, Auto and Retail (BEAR) Unit,
a specialized enforcement team designed to
combat organized property crime and retail theft.
Originally launched as a pilot in September 2025 in Mississauga to
address break-and-enters and auto theft, the unit evolved after
investigators identified a growing need for a dedicated response to
organized retail crime.
Since spring 2026, the BEAR Unit has made 53 arrests, laid 263
charges and recovered more than $1 million in stolen property related to
retail theft. This demonstrates the impact of a dedicated,
intelligence-led approach to combating organized retail theft. Building
on this success, Peel Regional Police is planning to expand the unit
across all divisions in 2027, extending the BEAR model throughout both
Mississauga and Brampton.
Partnering with Retail Council of Canada’s
Organized Retail Crime Task Force
Peel Regional Police has worked closely with the Retail Council of
Canada (RCC) on coordinated efforts to combat retail theft across the
region, including participating in the national Retail Blitz program.
Partnering with the RCC's Organized Retail Crime Task Force, Peel
Regional Police have arrested 63 individuals, laid 158 charges and
recovered more than $29,000 in stolen property so far in 2026.
Peel Regional Police remains committed to working alongside the RCC and
retail partners to prevent victimization, disrupt organized retail
crime networks and enhance community safety across Peel Region.
peelpolice.ca
Retail Crime Videos Shift Liberal
Views
Crime videos push liberal voters toward stricter laws but not the
political right
When exposed to videos of retail crime, voters in a highly liberal
city adopted tougher, more conservative stances on local criminal
justice policies. The participants did not, however, alter their
broader political identities or overall ideological leanings. These
findings were published in the The Journal of Social Psychology.
University of San Francisco psychologist Violet Cheung-Blunden and her
colleagues wanted to see if fear-inducing media could sway voters in a
deeply liberal area. They designed two experiments to test whether
videos about local crime could alter decisions on Proposition 47.
The researchers also wanted to know if this exposure would change the
participants’ general political identities.
The participants who watched the crime video
proposed a markedly lower minimum and ideal dollar threshold for felony
charges compared to the group that watched the tourist video.
In practical terms, exposure to the crime footage prompted these voters
to adopt a stricter, more punitive stance on retail theft. They became
more conservative on the specific issue of criminal justice.
This shift toward a conservative policy position did not translate to
a broader ideological change. The participants’ self-reported
political orientation remained anchored to their initial beliefs, and
they did not shift toward the political right overall. A single exposure
to threatening media was not enough to uproot their overarching
political identities.
It is also difficult to know if the crime videos specifically triggered
a deep fear of mortality, as terror management theory suggests. The
footage might have simply provoked general anxiety about safety and
social order. Future studies will need to directly measure the
specific types of emotional discomfort that drive voters to change their
minds on public policy.
psypost.org
UK Unites Against Retail Violence
Retail week against violence
Four national campaigns are due to run in the week of November 9 to
15, to promote staff safety in shops. Running it are the police’s
National Business Crime Centre (NBCC), the trade body the Association of
Convenience Stores (ACS), the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied
Workers (Usdaw) and retail sector charity the Retail Trust.
Supt Lisa Maslen, the NBCC’s Lead, said: “Retail workers should be
able to go to work without fear of abuse, threats, or violence. The
new specific offence sends a clear message that this behaviour is
unacceptable and must be taken seriously. By bringing Safer Business
Action together with ShopKind, Respect Week and Let’s Respect Retail, we
can combine awareness, prevention, support, and enforcement. Strong
partnerships between policing, retailers and communities are vital. This
week is about turning that partnership into visible action and making
retail safer for everyone.”
The NBCC’s Safer Action Week brings together police forces,
businesses, Business Crime Reduction Partnerships (BCRPs), Business
Improvement Districts (BIDs), security partners, and others. The
ACS’s ShopKind campaign promotes kind behaviour towards shop workers,
and raises awareness of the impact of abuse, verbal or physical. Usdaw’s
Respect for Shopworkers Week campaigns against the violence, threats and
abuse experienced by retail workers, encourages members to report
incidents and states that abuse should never be part of the job; while
the Retail Trust’s Let’s Respect Retail campaign encourages shoppers to
show simple acts of courtesy, kindness and respect to create more
respectful shops.
The four, with the trade body the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and
16 major retailers such as supermarket chains, wrote to the Home
Secretary calling for the stand-alone offence of assault of a shop
worker to come into force as soon as possible. That was part of the
Crime and Policing Act, Labour’s first major law on crime prevention,
passed in April. See the letter at:
www.usdaw.org.uk/HomeSec9-26.
professionalsecurity.co.uk
Retailers Step Up De-Escalation
Training
Surge in abuse of retail workers tackled with training at Liverpool ONE
Staff at Liverpool ONE will receive training and support to deal with
rising levels of abuse. Liverpool ONE has partnered with the Retail
Trust to provide the training to retail staff, cleaners, security
workers, and guest services teams.
It comes as the British Retail Consortium’s 2026 Crime Report found that
retail workers face more than 1,600 incidents of violence and abuse
every day, including around 43000 physically violent incidents each
year.
Brendan Hattam, Centre Director at Liverpool ONE, said: “Every day, our
retail colleagues play an essential role in bringing Liverpool ONE to
life. It’s important that they feel supported, valued, and confident
that their wellbeing and safety are a priority.”
The partnership will give access to resilience and de-escalation
training designed to help staff manage difficult situations and
recover from challenging interactions.
This initiative follows the Retail Trust’s ‘Let’s respect Retail’
pilot campaign in 2025, which saw Landsec, the owner and operator of
Liverpool ONE, provide free training at four of its major shopping
destinations.
merseynewslive.co.uk
Police Presence & Enforcement is Key
Downtown crime data shows impact of police presence on arrests and
violent crime
The report stated there was a 47.8% increase in reported downtown
crime, but a 1.8% decrease in reported citywide crime. The Columbia
Police Department credits the increase in reported crime to the increase
in enforcement.
"You can't just look at the crime stats and make jump decisions about
what a number means," Schlude said. "If you do in this case, you'd walk
away and think crime is up 48% downtown, when in reality, enforcement
is up so much that it's driving the number up because we're detecting
more crimes."
According to the report, "Officer presence alone has not been enough to
deter shootings and large fights," but "enforcement has been
effective at limiting the number and severity of crimes downtown."
komu.com
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The Human Side of AP Investigations
The Interview: One of AP’s Most
Underrated Tools
 By
the D&D Daily Staff
Asset protection has no shortage of technology. Cameras can follow a
transaction across a store. Analytics can flag unusual refunds,
discounts and voids. Exception reporting can narrow thousands of
transactions down to a handful worth investigating.
But eventually, someone may still have to sit down and ask questions.
Investigative interviewing remains an important skill in loss prevention
and asset protection, particularly when dealing with internal theft,
fraud, policy violations and other workplace investigations.
And the objective isn't necessarily to get someone to confess.
Modern interviewing increasingly emphasizes gathering reliable
information, establishing facts and allowing the person being
interviewed to provide an account of what happened. That requires skills
that technology can't fully replicate: listening, building rapport,
recognizing inconsistencies and knowing when — and how — to ask the next
question.
That's also what separates an effective interview from simply
confronting an employee with evidence.
An investigator may already have video, transaction records or other
evidence pointing toward misconduct. But how that evidence is introduced
— and what questions are asked before and after it — can determine
how much additional information an investigation produces.
A good interview could uncover conduct that wasn't initially detected,
identify other people involved, clarify the scope of a loss or reveal an
entirely different explanation for suspicious activity.
Poor interviewing carries risks of its own. An overly aggressive
or poorly structured approach can create resistance, produce unreliable
information and expose an organization to unnecessary liability.
For AP leaders, that makes interviewing more than a specialized skill
reserved for major investigations. It's part of the human side of an
increasingly technology-driven profession.
Retailers will continue adding better cameras, smarter analytics and
more sophisticated detection tools. Those systems can tell investigators
where to look.
Knowing what to ask once they get there remains a different skill
entirely.
Managing People vs. Bots
Turns out, managing bots is just as annoying as managing people
Tech leaders sold an enticing vision
of AI agents in the workplace.
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan painted a picture of digital twins taking his
meetings while kicking back at the beach on a four-day workweek.
Salesforce teased a similar concept: the ultimate corporate sidekick
to fire off sales pitches and run your day.
For many workers, that future hasn't quite arrived. Instead, managing
bots can be just as difficult as managing people. Workers shared with
Business Insider a laundry list of growing pains that come with
managing agentic AI: "rot," long-running tasks derailed by a single
error, and agents duplicating one another's work.
Agents ≠ less work
Agentic AI is still far from ubiquitous in the workplace — but adoption
is rising. In a Boston Consulting Group report published in June, 30% of
respondents said their organizations had integrated AI agents into
workflows, up from 13% the year before.
Offloading tasks doesn't necessarily mean employees get more time back —
and that might be the biggest misconception embedded in the promise of
agents.
Cisco engineering director Sergio Freitas said agents haven't caused
him to work longer hours, but they haven't shortened his days either.
While traditional coding required focus, it felt like an immersive craft
that many devs enjoyed, he said. Orchestrating agents demands a
different kind of attention: more task switching and more oversight.
That can make the work feel more intense, he said.
"The fatigue comes from the ability to do more," Freitas said.
businessinsider.com
Walmart's 'Damage Control'
Walmart defends pricing practices, again
The retailer says it won’t renew a
key patent that could leverage scan-and-go tech to personalize prices.
It’s one of several that has drawn the attention of activists.
In Walmart’s most direct response yet, the mass retailer’s executive
vice president of corporate affairs is asking Groundwork Collaborative
President and CEO Lindsay Owens to “correct the record” on alleged
mischaracterizations regarding its pricing practices.
“Your recent public statements repeatedly mischaracterize Walmart’s
pricing practices and use of technology,” Walmart’s Dan Bartlett
said in a Monday letter directed at Owens, who leads the advocacy group.
“They leave audiences believing Walmart uses or is preparing to use
customers’ personal information or changes in the weather to charge them
more. Your account does not accurately describe our practices or our
plans.”
The executive reiterated that Walmart does not and will not use
digital shelf labels for individual or dynamic pricing.
“The confusion around Walmart’s pricing practices is of its own
making,” Owens said in a Monday statement responding to the letter.
“Walmart says one thing in its damage-control letters to customers,
another to its investors behind closed doors, and a different thing
entirely to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.”
retaildive.com
Mall Traffic Continues to Grow
Placer.ai: Mall visits — led by open-air centers — see gains in
September
Labor Day weekend helped increase
visits to malls in September to cap off a strong summer.
Placer.ai’s September 2026 Mall Index found that all three mall formats
saw year-over-year visit growth in September. Open-air shopping
centers led the pack once again with visits up 5.6%, continuing a
positive streak that has held all year.
Indoor malls were close behind at 5.5%, narrowing the gap with
open-air centers to its smallest margin of 2026. Outlet malls
bounced back from August's decline to post a 4.1% year-over-year
increase, which marked the sector’s strongest increase in visits since
February.
September’s mall visit growth was aided by when Labor Day fell this
year. Labor Day was on Sept. 7 this year, placing the full three-day
holiday weekend in September. In 2025, the Saturday and Sunday fell in
August.
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ACSI: C-store satisfaction sees small dip in 2026
Consumers’ satisfaction with convenience
stores dipped slightly in 2026, with mobile app quality and store layout
and cleanliness taking hits.
NJ Grocers Face Affordability Squeeze As Closures Mount
Nearly 30 grocery stores have shut their
doors over the last 24 months
Survey: Holiday shoppers to start early, seek value, go mobile-first
Consumer confidence shattered to 1990s low
Report: Belk sells The Limited brand to CP Brands Group
Another Mattel investor pushes for potential sale
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Sloth Lock and Fixture Security Additions Help Retailers Protect High-Risk
Merchandise
The New Reality of Retail Theft
 Today's
retailers face a difficult balancing act. Excessive security can cause friction
and frustrate shoppers, while insufficient protection can lead to unacceptable
shrink levels. Organized retail crime (ORC), grab-and-run incidents, and
opportunistic theft have forced retailers to seek solutions that secure products
while preserving open merchandising strategies that drive sales.
One of the most effective approaches is combining merchandise protection with
fixture-level security. CIS
Security Solutions has developed a strategy that addresses both challenges
through its Sloth Lock and a range of other fixture additions designed to allow
both accessibility and security, as well as appearance.
Meet the Sloth Lock
The Sloth Lock is simple, yet highly effective. It slows down unauthorized
product removal from retail displays by locking onto the rack and tethering the
item. The rack lock is engineered as part of the alarm top, which is used with
several styles of the CIS alarming tethers.
The Sloth Lock advantages:
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Discourages opportunistic theft attempts.
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Creates a visible deterrent effect.
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Gives associates more opportunities to engage customers.
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Supports open merchandising without requiring products to be
locked away.
Beyond the Product: Securing the Fixture
While merchandise protection devices receive most of the attention, thieves
often exploit the fixture itself. Displays, hooks, pegboards, and merchandising
hardware can become vulnerabilities when not adequately secured.
Recognizing this challenge, CIS Security Solutions offers a variety of fixture
additions that enhance overall display security, such as the Boot, the H-Run
Flex, the Sleeve, and the new Echo system.
Layered Protection Delivers Better Results
Loss prevention professionals understand that no single solution stops theft.
Operations and Merchandising want aesthetics and sales. The most successful
retail security programs use layered protection strategies to satisfy everyone.
The combination of using the Sloth Lock or other fixture additions combined with
the tethers supports this philosophy by:
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Delaying unauthorized product removal.
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Increasing offender visibility.
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Preserving customer engagement.
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Supporting associate intervention opportunities.
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Reducing shrink without sacrificing sales.
Security That Supports the Shopping Experience
Solutions that effectively slow theft while keeping products accessible are
important.
The Sloth Lock proves thoughtful security design can support Asset Protection
objectives and Operations/Merchandising goals. Retailers can create a more
secure environment while continuing to offer the open, interactive shopping
experiences customers expect and want.
For more information contact
info@cisssinc.com or 772-287-7999
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Cybercriminals Preying On Online
Shoppers
Fake brand discounts on social media prey on shoppers’ fear of missing
out
Cybercriminals are using fake discounts posted on Facebook and TikTok
to lure shoppers to phishing sites that steal their payment card
details and one-time passwords, Group-IB has warned.
The phishing kit called Milk Dragon (also known as NaiLong) has been
active since October 2025, and is linked to 258 phishing pages and
victims in 66 countries.
“Milk Dragon differentiates itself from the conventional phishing
playbook in a notable way,” GroupIB noted.
Its operators skip fake fines, parcel delivery problems and bank
alerts meant to cause fear and urgency. They post malicious links in
social media marketplace listings and tempt victims with big exclusive
discounts on popular brands and consumer goods.
“It hooks victims with a different kind of fear, the fear of missing out
(FOMO),” researchers wrote.
The fake shops impersonate 21 brands in cosmetics and fashion, food
and beverage, home and baby products and toys, along with regional
supermarkets. LEGO, Calvin Klein and Aeon Malaysia are among the names
used as bait.
Because the links appear in ordinary marketplace listings, users
don’t feel targeted and have fewer reasons to be suspicious, Group-IB
explained. The lures are designed to reach people while they scroll on
autopilot.
Some of the posts come from what appear to be fake profiles that carry
AI-generated content and may have bought followers. “Whether these
accounts are managed by the operators themselves or by an underground
distribution service is unclear at this moment.”
helpnetsecurity.com
Cybersecurity at ‘Machine Speed’:
AI accelerates both attacks and defenses
AI can help defenders keep pace with
increasingly automated threats but giving machines more autonomy creates
security risks of its own as well
Cybersecurity is entering a new cycle: attackers are using artificial
intelligence (AI) to move faster, defenders are deploying AI to keep up,
and those defensive systems are creating new risks of their own.
That was one of the clearest messages from a summit hosted by US
cybersecurity firm Fortinet, where speakers laid out how AI is
reshaping both security operations and the systems that protect them.
Society relies on a lot of digital systems. Most of us will
rarely see these cybersecurity defenses in action. But even so, it is
important that we understand the risks that these digital systems face
now, so we can decide for ourselves whether the risks involved with a
certain digital platform is acceptable or not for our various uses.
Fortinet security operations strategist Andrew Molly said many
organizations still rely heavily on manual triage and investigation,
even as security environments generate more alerts, more telemetry, and
more complexity. And the problem for cybersecurity teams and systems
now, he argued, is no longer simply gathering more data. It is making
sense of that data quickly enough.
That means understanding not just individual alerts, but the
relationships between logs, systems, behaviors, users, and threat
intelligence, and doing so at a pace humans may struggle to sustain.
The value of AI, in this context, is its ability to piece information
together and help security teams arrive at a judgment faster. This
becomes more important as attackers themselves begin operating at
“machine speed.”
rappler.com
Fighting AI Security Threats
White House AI task force faces expertise, partnership challenges
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency is nowhere to be seen in the government’s latest AI
security project.
The U.S. government is convening a task force to address AI’s
security risks while maintaining American competitiveness in the
emerging field, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday.
The “Super Intelligence Force” — which uses the president’s
preferred name for artificial intelligence — will “coordinate the
federal government’s engagement” with critical infrastructure
organizations, AI firms and civil society groups, Trump said in a Truth
Social post.
The creation of the task force comes as the Trump administration
seeks ways to head off the many security threats associated with AI
— from faster and more sophisticated hacking to custom bioweapons —
without regulating the AI industry. During a meeting with executives
from major AI companies on Sept. 29, Trump said he would “never stifle
the growth of technology that will be bigger than the industrial
revolution.”
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AI Becoming Popular Shopping Tool
Report: Amazon Prime Big Deal Days To Reach $9.9B
Consumer confidence may be a 12-year low, according to the Conference
Board, but people may not be as worried about finances after all:
Adobe forecasts that people will spend $9.9 billion on Oct. 6 and 7, a
9.2% increase from last year’s two-day event.
The Amazon event serves as a major kickoff for the holiday season,
especially as competitors offer their own deal bonanza. Walmart’s
Deals & More event runs through October 11, and Target’s Circle Deal
Days are also October 6 and 7.
Overall, Adobe anticipates that shoppers will spend $95.8 billion
online, an increase of 8% from October 2025. While that pales in
comparison to Adobe’s $275.1 billion total predicted spending for
November and December, it does show how much holiday-inspired shopping
is driving October gains.
Amazon is promoting this year’s event with a spot that makes precisely
that point. “Alexa, cancel everything,” says actor Kristen Bell as she
hops on a couch. “We’re gifting.”
Adobe expects discounts to peak at 19% below list price during the
event, a key driver of pre-season online spending, with electronics,
toys, TVs, apparel and appliance discounts ranging from 15% to 19%.
Markdowns are expected to be smaller for furniture (14%), computers
(12%) and sporting goods (9%)
Sales of popular gift items are likely to increase the most, with Adobe
anticipating a 190% increase in toy sales compared to September;
video games, up 110%, electronics (up 90%) and personal care products
(up 70%).
And while Americans may be losing their
appetite for AI in other ways, they seem pumped to use it to shop.
Adobe predicts AI traffic to U.S. retail sites (measured by shoppers
clicking on a link) to rise 48% year over year. In a survey of 5,000
shoppers, 49% say they intend to use AI tools for research, 41% for
recommendations, and 33% for deal-seeking.
mediapost.com
Gen Alpha Shoppers May Distrust AI, Panel Suggests
A panel of Gen Alpha shoppers at Shoptalk indicated that AI tools and
advertising may actually be a turn-off for consumers of that age.
“You’re not trying hard enough to get my money,” said one panelist. “I’m
a teenager. My money’s limited. I don’t want to give it to AI. Also,
with AI models, I don’t know if you’re lying to me right now.”
retailwire.com
Gap unveils AI-assisted shopping, three decades after its first website
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New York: Update: 13 Defendants Sentenced for Roles in $2M Organized
Retail Theft that targeted Home Depot in 9 States
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that 13 defendants
have pleaded guilty to felony charges and have been sentenced in
connection with an organized theft operation that targeted Home Depot
locations in New York and eight other states. Members of the
Queens-based theft crew stole building supplies, power tools, smoke
alarms and other goods in 319 documented thefts, totaling more than $2.2
million, during a 13-month period. The items were then sold to black
market retailers, known as fences, who resold those goods to consumers.
District Attorney Katz said: “This was a remarkable investigation that
spanned nine states and 128 Home Depot locations. These 13 defendants
stole and resold power tools, appliances and building supplies as part
of well-organized and disciplined operation that ultimately took $2.2
million in merchandise from the retailer. With today’s sentence of three
to six years in prison, ringleader Armando Diaz is the last of the 13
defendants to have pleaded to a felony and been sentenced. I thank our
partners at the New York State Police and my prosecutors for stopping
the criminal conduct and bringing a swift conclusion to the case.”
Armando Diaz, 52, of Flushing, pleaded guilty on July 1 to grand larceny
in the first and second degrees and criminal possession of stolen
property in the first and second degrees in satisfaction of the
indictment. Queens Supreme Court Justice Nestor H. Diaz sentenced him
today to three to six years in prison. Diaz was the last of eight
members of the theft crew to be sentenced with the others previously
receiving state prison or jail time ranging from 364 days to one to
three years. Five other defendants – the fences – have also all been
sentenced.
queensda.org
Los Angeles, CA: $1M in stolen train cargo recovered at Whittier store;
owner arrested
Detectives recovered $1 million in stolen freight property following a
multi-agency operation targeting train cargo theft in Whittier. The
extensive search resulted in the arrest of a local business owner and
the seizure of dozens of pallets of brand-name goods. On Wednesday,
September 30, detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s
Commercial Crimes Division-Cargo Theft Task Force executed a search
warrant at ‘Shoes n Shoes’ in Whittier. During the search warrant
execution, detectives contacted 45-year-old business owner Waseem Saman,
a resident of Placentia. Saman admitted to purchasing much of his
store's inventory from brokers or middlemen who operated as illegitimate
distributors of the recovered brands. The seized merchandise included
Yeti cups and jugs, Shark vacuums, JanSport backpacks, and footwear from
brands such as Nike, New Balance, Brooks, and Sanuk. Authorities
arrested Saman and booked him into the Van Nuys Jail for allegedly
receiving stolen property. Officials emphasized that the case highlights
the critical need for inter-agency collaboration to combat large-scale
cargo theft and protect supply chains. The operation was conducted in
collaboration with the Union Pacific Railroad Police, Burlington
Northern & Santa Fe Police, Alameda Belt Line Police, Los Angeles Port
Police, and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office Bureau of
Investigation.
foxla.com
San Francisco, CA: SF sports store repeatedly targeted in $19K thefts
The San Francisco Police Department announced Tuesday that its Organized
Retail Crime Task Force arrested five suspects in September who
allegedly stole $19,000 in merchandise from the REI store on Brannan
Street. SFPD said the five arrests come after three recent arrests for
thefts at the REI location. On Sept. 6, SFPD said officers arrested
28-year-old Henry Le for allegedly stealing nearly $6,000 worth of Yeti
products in 11 incidents between July 29 and Aug. 31. Le faces several
charges, including theft and burglary. On Sept. 23, 2026, police
arrested 36-year-old Benjamin Buckingham. He faces burglary and grand
theft charges for three incidents at the REI location between Aug. 4 and
Aug. 31. Police said he stole $3,900 worth of duffel bags.
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Atlanta, GA: Lululemon Burglary Suspect wore a bow tie to break-in
Peachtree City police charged Tavis Ward of St. Louis in connection with
a series of Lululemon store burglaries. Investigators linked Ward to
break-ins in Peachtree City, Peachtree Corners, and St. Louis after
surveillance footage caught a suspect dressed in a bow tie and patent
leather shoes. Authorities from multiple departments collaborated to
make the arrest and are working to identify an accomplice.
fox5atlanta.com
Collier County, FL: Florida Woman Accused of Stealing $3,472 From Target
by Using Self-Checkout During 18 Trips to Store
Toronto, Canada: Retail theft increasingly 'sophisticated' and now work
of organized crime, experts say
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Shootings & Deaths
Aiken County, SC: SLED Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Aiken County
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating an officer
involved shooting that occurred on Monday, October 5, 2026, in Aiken County.
Aiken County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a home on Scotch Lane in
Aiken, SC, following a hit-and-run. The hit-and-run involved a gray Chevrolet
truck hitting a convenience store earlier that day. Deputies also received a
call for service earlier that day involving a disturbance at a different
convenience store. Deputies confirmed the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run
was registered to a woman who lived at the home on Scotch Lane, and the same
woman was involved in the earlier convenience store disturbance. When deputies
arrived outside the home, a woman drove up in a gray truck, and deputies
approached the vehicle. The woman struck a deputy’s vehicle, drove off, and
deputies followed. After a short pursuit, the woman opened the driver’s side
door and shot a deputy. She then ran over the deputy with her truck. Deputies
returned fire and shot her. Both the subject and the deputy were taken to the
hospital for treatment. The subject died at the hospital, and the deputy is
recovering. The Aiken County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as Amanda
Buckner, 38. SLED was requested to investigate by the Aiken County Sheriff’s
Office.
sled.sc.gov
Lynnwood, WA jewelry store employee shoots at suspects during attempted robbery
A jewelry store employee shot at multiple suspects during an attempted armed
robbery in Lynnwood Tuesday afternoon. Lynnwood police responded to a reported
armed robbery with shots fired at 12:26 p.m. at 6501 196th Street Southwest.
There, officers learned a pickup truck was used to ram the front entrance of a
jewelry store, and multiple armed suspects tried to rob the store. During the
attempted robbery, Lynnwood police said an employee fired a weapon at the
suspects. It's unknown if any of them were struck by gunfire. The suspects then
fled the area in two separate vehicles: a black BMW SUV and a silver Toyota or
Infiniti sedan. Police said the black BMW struck a parked vehicle while fleeing
and may have visible damage to the front passenger side. No employees of the
jewelry store were injured.
fox13seattle.com
Las Vegas, NV: Police investigating shooting at southwest shopping center
A report of a shooting at a southwest valley shopping center on Tuesday appears
to have occurred as a result of road rage, according to Las Vegas Metro police.
The incident took place at 2:50 p.m. in the 7100 block of Arroyo Crossing
Parkway near Rainbow Boulevard and Roy Horn Way. No injuries were reported.
8newsnow.com
San Diego, CA: Shooting under investigation at San Diego store in Duval County
The Duval County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened
Monday night at a store in San Diego. Deputies said the shooting happened around
9 p.m. at the store located at 311 S. Dr. E.E. Dunlap. Investigators said
several people have been identified as part of the investigation. The Sheriff’s
Office did not identify them or said whether anyone has been arrested. Officials
are asking anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information about what
happened to contact the Duval County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office did
not release information about whether anyone was injured or what may have led to
the shooting. The investigation remains ongoing, and deputies said more
information will be released as it becomes available.
kiiitv.com
Camden County, NJ: Sicklerville Wawa shooting: Man charged with attempted murder
A fight broke out inside a South Jersey Wawa. Then a gun came out. One of the
men wounded in a shooting at a South Jersey Wawa on Sunday night now faces a
first-degree attempted murder charge after police say a fight inside the store
turned violent. Winslow police were called to the store on Sicklerville Road in
the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township about a man who had been shot.
Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said surveillance video shows two men
had a "dispute" inside the store that turned physical when Marcus L. Norman, 20,
of Sicklerville threw the first punch.
nj1015.com
Richmond, VA: Update: Suspect allegedly shot vape shop clerk before stealing
merchandise, per court documents
New court documents are shedding more light on how a store clerk at a Richmond
vape shop allegedly lost his life in a robbery turned deadly. The man accused in
the shooting appeared in court on Tuesday. Twenty-one-year-old Justin Regis’s
attorney told the judge on Oct. 6 that he’s going to ask that Regis be released
on bond at a future date. In the early hours of Saturday, Sept. 26, 30-year-old
Abidani Boye was working at the store located at 4203 North Ave. in the
Washington Park neighborhood. The store operated 24 hours a day. According to
new court documents obtained by 8News, Regis entered the store around 4:02 a.m.
and headed to the counter. He then asked Boye, who was standing behind the
counter, for something off the shelf.
wric.com
Silsbee, TX: Man convicted of shooting Silsbee store clerk during $114 robbery
in 2000 set to be executed Wednesday
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Tampa, FL: Fort Myers man sentenced for 2025 armed robbery spree across several
Florida counties
A Fort Myers man has been sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for a string
of armed robberies targeting convenience stores near Interstate 75 across
Southwest Florida. Javion Ward, 22, pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to
commit Hobbs Act robbery and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of
violence, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. U.S.
District Judge Steven Merryday also ordered Ward to forfeit the firearm used in
the robberies.
winknews.com
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C-Store – Toms River,
NJ – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Oakland, CA
– Armed Robbery
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Clothing – Atlanta, GA
– Burglary
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Clothing – San
Francisco, CA – Robbery
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Handbags – Wheaton, IL
– Robbery
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Hardware – Midland, TX
– Robbery
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Jewelry – Lynnwood, WA
– Robbery
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Liquor – Scappoose, OR
– Armed Robbery
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Liquor – Lubbock, TX –
Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Los
Angeles, CA – Burglary
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Restaurant –
Moorestown, NJ – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Chicago,
IL – Burglary
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Vape – Midland, TX –
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