RETAIL LOSS PREVENTION ROUND-UP BY; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
FLORENCE ALABAMA JUNE 30 2007-- Authorities are searching for a suspect accused of taking merchandise from a local business and injuring a security guard in the process.Florence police said the suspect is wanted in connection with a theft at Sears about 6:30 p.m. June 22."The suspect was seen taking four to five tape measures, valued at $120, and concealing them,'' said Florence police Detective Suzanna Taylor. "As he started to leave the business with the items, the suspect was stopped by loss prevention authorities.''Taylor said the suspect forced his way past the officers and ran down Ana Drive.She said one of the officers was treated for minor injuries."This started out as a misdemeanor for shoplifting and it escalated into a felony,'' Taylor said.The suspect is described as in his mid 40s, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, weighing 230 pounds with short brown hair.
MONROE LOUISIANA ----Plasma TVs are a must-have item nowadays and they are usually quite expensive. However, a dumb criminal in Louisiana tried to make the TV more affordable for himself. He carried a 42-inch Plasma TV to the checkout counter at a local Wal-Mart, but not before he changed the price tag from $989 to $4.88! Wal-Mart Loss Prevention officers saw the transaction and arrested him.
LAKELAND FL— Polk County sheriff’s detectives are seeking information about a theft at a Family Dollar store that occurred on June 3.About 11 a.m. that day, several people, male and female, entered the Family Dollar Store at 2770 U.S. 92 in Lakeland, and stole numerous items from the store. The suspects can be seen on video surveillance. The suspects may be responsible for stealing the items from one store and then fraudulently returning the items to another store.Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Scott Maginn at 1-800-226-0344 or (863) 499-2400.Anyone with information who wants to remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-TIPS (8477).
SANFORD FL---Mall security and police were alerted to a wandering bear at the local mall and found upon their arrival a 250 pound black bear running through the parking lot. Officers chased the bear who bumped into the glass doors of JC Penney and then bounded over and near cars and a dumpster. Officers cornored the unuaual mall shopper up a tree where he sat for more than three hours before being darted by a wildlife officer. No one was injured and the bear was transported to a safe area.
DES MOINES IOWA--S A Kmart employee and his aunt were arrested on theft charges in Des Moines Monday night when a cart full of merchandise went out the door without being scanned.Police arrested Derrick Devin Smith, 18, and his aunt, Eyvonne Marie Johnson, 29, both of Des Moines, on charges of second-degree theft involving some $1,082 in allegedly stolen property.Smith has been fired from his job at the store at 2535 Hubbell Ave.Police said a loss prevention employee watched the theft and captured it on a store camera.A police report says: "Derrick's aunt, Eyvonne Johnson, came into the store and put numerous items in a shopping cart and went through Derrick's check-out line. Derrick scanned a couple of items to make it look like Eyvonne paid for it all. Then Eyvonne walked out the front door with a cart full of unpaid property."Eyvonne Johnson was stopped in the parking lot and was escorted back into the store.Police said, "Derrick wrote on a statement form that he let his aunt come in his line and did not make her pay for things. Derrick admitted to letting his friends do this on several different occasions."Nephew and aunt were taken to the Polk County Jail where they were being held this morning on $9,750 bond.
ATHENS GA. Four woman who worked at Belk's has won thousands of dollars after they sued, claiming security guards used a hidden camera to watch them undress.
Two plaintiffs who worked full time for Makeup Art Cosmetics, a private contractor within the department store, were awarded $230,000 each Thursday. Two part-time employees will receive $180,000.
The jury decided to award the money after a weeklong trial.
"I hope it sends a message that you can't treat people this way," said Noel Spearman, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Store managers installed a hidden camera in a stockroom in 2005, catching the women on tape while they changed clothes before and after shifts.
Lawyers for Belk argued that it installed the camera to catch thieves and said the employees should have known it was there.
But the plaintiffs' attorneys said no one told them about the camera and blamed managers for not removing it even after taping the women undressing and after thefts from the stockroom dropped.
The employees suffered from sleeplessness, anxiety and paranoia due to the invasion of privacy, one of their attorneys, Jay Lewis, said during his closing argument Thursday.
He asked the Superior Court jury for "seven figure" actual and punitive damages for each of the plaintiffs.
But defense attorney William T. Casey said the women should not have expected privacy in the stockroom because the door did not lock from the inside and anyone could walk in; and because the store policy is that employees should only assume they are not being watched in restrooms and fitting rooms.
While arguing that the employees had no reasonable expectation of privacy, Casey urged the jury to award only "nominal" damages if they ruled in favor of the women.
CAL.----Five East Bay men were jailed in Solano County in connection with a series of burglaries in which thousands of dollars' worth of electronics were stolen during early morning hours from Bay Area Costco stores.
San Leandro residents David Demario Harper, 21, and Eric Len Purvis, 20; Oakland residents Devon Antione Jackson, 26, and Lawrence Edward Epperson Jr., 21; and Dontae Lamarez Brewer, 21, of Oakley were apprehended early Wednesday while racing from police in Vacaville, authorities said.
They were being held on suspicion of attempted burglary, auto theft and conspiracy while investigators work to tie them to recent Costco burglaries in San Leandro, Richmond, Livermore and Antioch.
Vacaville officers were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle at the Hume Way Costco at 4 a.m. Wednesday when they spotted a U-Haul truck strike a road barrier and then enter westbound Interstate 80.
Police were trying to stop the truck when five men jumped from the slowed vehicle and ran. The unoccupied truck crossed four freeway lanes before it crashed and stopped.
Shortly afterward, police spotted a gray sedan containing the five men entering the freeway. Officers stopped the vehicle and brought the men in for questioning.
Police said the U-Haul truck, which was stolen in the Bay Area, was used in attempted burglaries Wednesday at the Costco stores in Vacaville and Fairfield, and at Guns, Fishing & Other Stuff in Vacaville. At each location, the suspects unsuccessfully tried to pry open the doors of the businesses, according to police.
Fairfield police say the suspects stole a Costco security guard's 2006 Ford Ranger pickup at gunpoint during the burglary attempt in their city. The truck has not been recovered.
Antioch police Lt. Pat Welch said detectives in Antioch have been working closely with Vacaville since the arrests to locate stolen merchandise.
The Antioch Costco on Verne Robert Circle lost merchandise worth $43,000 on June 1 after burglars broke in with pry tools in a heist that took just over three minutes. When burglars couldn't pry open the door at Richmond's Central Avenue Costco on June 9, they backed up a van to break through and then stole $6,000 worth of television sets
NICEVILLE FL-----A shoplifting trip turned into a felony charge for a Valparaiso teen after a police officer found cocaine mingled with her loot.
A loss prevention officer at the Niceville K-Mart saw the 19-year-old put a box of Aquafresh Trays – a new teeth whitening product – in her purse on June 19, according to a Niceville Police Department report.
When the officer arrived and approached her, she admitted to stealing the product because she was “strapped for cash,” according to the report.
A further search revealed that the girl had also stolen Orbit Gum and Stacker 3 energy pills.
But the police officer also found something else – two baggies of cocaine, one capsule filled with cocaine and three pills of Xanax.
She was arrested on with shoplifting, which is a misdemeanor charge, and two counts of possession.
TALLAHASSEE FL ---A pharmacy technician working at Wal-Mart on Apalachee Parkway faces several charges of theft after a store detective reportedly caught him stealing on video. James Mitchell, 25, was arrested for grand theft greater than $20,000, money laundering greater than $20,000 and organized scheme to defraud more than $20,000.
On Tuesday, Wal-Mart's regional market asset protection director Mark Hart contacted Tallahassee police regarding the investigation. Investigators Adam Miller and Bob Todd met with Hart and were told that Mitchell had been stealing money and gift cards totaling more than $25,000.
The investigators reviewed video evidence reportedly showing Mitchell, a pharmacy technician, conducting fraudulent returns.
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MONROE LOUISIANA ----Plasma TVs are a must-have item nowadays and they are usually quite expensive. However, a dumb criminal in Louisiana tried to make the TV more affordable for himself. He carried a 42-inch Plasma TV to the checkout counter at a local Wal-Mart, but not before he changed the price tag from $989 to $4.88! Wal-Mart Loss Prevention officers saw the transaction and arrested him.
LAKELAND FL— Polk County sheriff’s detectives are seeking information about a theft at a Family Dollar store that occurred on June 3.About 11 a.m. that day, several people, male and female, entered the Family Dollar Store at 2770 U.S. 92 in Lakeland, and stole numerous items from the store. The suspects can be seen on video surveillance. The suspects may be responsible for stealing the items from one store and then fraudulently returning the items to another store.Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Scott Maginn at 1-800-226-0344 or (863) 499-2400.Anyone with information who wants to remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-TIPS (8477).
SANFORD FL---Mall security and police were alerted to a wandering bear at the local mall and found upon their arrival a 250 pound black bear running through the parking lot. Officers chased the bear who bumped into the glass doors of JC Penney and then bounded over and near cars and a dumpster. Officers cornored the unuaual mall shopper up a tree where he sat for more than three hours before being darted by a wildlife officer. No one was injured and the bear was transported to a safe area.
DES MOINES IOWA--S A Kmart employee and his aunt were arrested on theft charges in Des Moines Monday night when a cart full of merchandise went out the door without being scanned.Police arrested Derrick Devin Smith, 18, and his aunt, Eyvonne Marie Johnson, 29, both of Des Moines, on charges of second-degree theft involving some $1,082 in allegedly stolen property.Smith has been fired from his job at the store at 2535 Hubbell Ave.Police said a loss prevention employee watched the theft and captured it on a store camera.A police report says: "Derrick's aunt, Eyvonne Johnson, came into the store and put numerous items in a shopping cart and went through Derrick's check-out line. Derrick scanned a couple of items to make it look like Eyvonne paid for it all. Then Eyvonne walked out the front door with a cart full of unpaid property."Eyvonne Johnson was stopped in the parking lot and was escorted back into the store.Police said, "Derrick wrote on a statement form that he let his aunt come in his line and did not make her pay for things. Derrick admitted to letting his friends do this on several different occasions."Nephew and aunt were taken to the Polk County Jail where they were being held this morning on $9,750 bond.
ATHENS GA. Four woman who worked at Belk's has won thousands of dollars after they sued, claiming security guards used a hidden camera to watch them undress.
Two plaintiffs who worked full time for Makeup Art Cosmetics, a private contractor within the department store, were awarded $230,000 each Thursday. Two part-time employees will receive $180,000.
The jury decided to award the money after a weeklong trial.
"I hope it sends a message that you can't treat people this way," said Noel Spearman, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Store managers installed a hidden camera in a stockroom in 2005, catching the women on tape while they changed clothes before and after shifts.
Lawyers for Belk argued that it installed the camera to catch thieves and said the employees should have known it was there.
But the plaintiffs' attorneys said no one told them about the camera and blamed managers for not removing it even after taping the women undressing and after thefts from the stockroom dropped.
The employees suffered from sleeplessness, anxiety and paranoia due to the invasion of privacy, one of their attorneys, Jay Lewis, said during his closing argument Thursday.
He asked the Superior Court jury for "seven figure" actual and punitive damages for each of the plaintiffs.
But defense attorney William T. Casey said the women should not have expected privacy in the stockroom because the door did not lock from the inside and anyone could walk in; and because the store policy is that employees should only assume they are not being watched in restrooms and fitting rooms.
While arguing that the employees had no reasonable expectation of privacy, Casey urged the jury to award only "nominal" damages if they ruled in favor of the women.
CAL.----Five East Bay men were jailed in Solano County in connection with a series of burglaries in which thousands of dollars' worth of electronics were stolen during early morning hours from Bay Area Costco stores.
San Leandro residents David Demario Harper, 21, and Eric Len Purvis, 20; Oakland residents Devon Antione Jackson, 26, and Lawrence Edward Epperson Jr., 21; and Dontae Lamarez Brewer, 21, of Oakley were apprehended early Wednesday while racing from police in Vacaville, authorities said.
They were being held on suspicion of attempted burglary, auto theft and conspiracy while investigators work to tie them to recent Costco burglaries in San Leandro, Richmond, Livermore and Antioch.
Vacaville officers were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle at the Hume Way Costco at 4 a.m. Wednesday when they spotted a U-Haul truck strike a road barrier and then enter westbound Interstate 80.
Police were trying to stop the truck when five men jumped from the slowed vehicle and ran. The unoccupied truck crossed four freeway lanes before it crashed and stopped.
Shortly afterward, police spotted a gray sedan containing the five men entering the freeway. Officers stopped the vehicle and brought the men in for questioning.
Police said the U-Haul truck, which was stolen in the Bay Area, was used in attempted burglaries Wednesday at the Costco stores in Vacaville and Fairfield, and at Guns, Fishing & Other Stuff in Vacaville. At each location, the suspects unsuccessfully tried to pry open the doors of the businesses, according to police.
Fairfield police say the suspects stole a Costco security guard's 2006 Ford Ranger pickup at gunpoint during the burglary attempt in their city. The truck has not been recovered.
Antioch police Lt. Pat Welch said detectives in Antioch have been working closely with Vacaville since the arrests to locate stolen merchandise.
The Antioch Costco on Verne Robert Circle lost merchandise worth $43,000 on June 1 after burglars broke in with pry tools in a heist that took just over three minutes. When burglars couldn't pry open the door at Richmond's Central Avenue Costco on June 9, they backed up a van to break through and then stole $6,000 worth of television sets
NICEVILLE FL-----A shoplifting trip turned into a felony charge for a Valparaiso teen after a police officer found cocaine mingled with her loot.
A loss prevention officer at the Niceville K-Mart saw the 19-year-old put a box of Aquafresh Trays – a new teeth whitening product – in her purse on June 19, according to a Niceville Police Department report.
When the officer arrived and approached her, she admitted to stealing the product because she was “strapped for cash,” according to the report.
A further search revealed that the girl had also stolen Orbit Gum and Stacker 3 energy pills.
But the police officer also found something else – two baggies of cocaine, one capsule filled with cocaine and three pills of Xanax.
She was arrested on with shoplifting, which is a misdemeanor charge, and two counts of possession.
TALLAHASSEE FL ---A pharmacy technician working at Wal-Mart on Apalachee Parkway faces several charges of theft after a store detective reportedly caught him stealing on video. James Mitchell, 25, was arrested for grand theft greater than $20,000, money laundering greater than $20,000 and organized scheme to defraud more than $20,000.
On Tuesday, Wal-Mart's regional market asset protection director Mark Hart contacted Tallahassee police regarding the investigation. Investigators Adam Miller and Bob Todd met with Hart and were told that Mitchell had been stealing money and gift cards totaling more than $25,000.
The investigators reviewed video evidence reportedly showing Mitchell, a pharmacy technician, conducting fraudulent returns.
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