RETAIL LOSS PREVENTION NEWS ROUND-UP by:Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
CARLSBAD NM
Yvette Lara, 28, of the 500 block of West Maple, charged with shoplifting under $100.
Rebecca Graziano, 20, of the 1900 block of Boyd, charged with shoplifting under $ 100.
Rebecca Graziano, 20, of the 1900 block of Boyd, charged with shoplifting under $ 100.
ROANOKE VA.
Roanoke, VA - It's an attempt to make shopping at Valley View Mall safer, some major changes that will keep kids from coming to the mall without a parent. The new policy that requires anyone under 18 to have a parent with them on the weekends went into effect Friday.How people are responding to the changes depends on which side of the fence you fall. Many parents and adults love the idea, while kids feel their freedom is now gone. Security guards are now manning the doors, sending kids without a parent home.One Roanoke teen has taken her fight to the internet. 16-year old Courtney Lazore has started a website. It's a protest to the new policy at Valley View. She represents a number of teens, especially those 16 and 17 who feel if they can drive to mall by themselves, should be able to shop at the mall on their own.Mall officials say they've seen more trouble at the mall and something had to be done, but teens say they are being unfairly targeted.Courtney Lazore, Opposes New Policy - "I thought I would be able to just go when I felt like it or take somebody with me and just go when I felt like it, now I have to take my parent with me, what if they're not home, then I can't go and I'll find somewhere else to go.
BRAINTREE MA. First the cops helped the distraught dad find his missing 3-year-old toddler. Then, they busted him on a shoplifting charge. Braintree police arrested Jonathan Williams of Boston at the South Shore Plaza because of what they said he was doing when the boy wandered away, Deputy Chief Russell Jenkins said.The toddler was quickly found unharmed in Macy’s, police said.
But when Williams arrived at the store to pick him up, members of Macy’s security staff said they suspected him of stealing merchandise earlier. Stolen clothing was found in a bag that Williams had left at a customer service desk while looking for his son, Jenkins said.
He was arrested and charged with larceny.
His mother picked up the boy, and the cops picked up his dad.
But when Williams arrived at the store to pick him up, members of Macy’s security staff said they suspected him of stealing merchandise earlier. Stolen clothing was found in a bag that Williams had left at a customer service desk while looking for his son, Jenkins said.
He was arrested and charged with larceny.
His mother picked up the boy, and the cops picked up his dad.
MOULTRIE GA.
A Tifton woman was apprehended after she allegedly tried to steal several items and allegedly fought with an off-duty Albany police officer Tuesday afternoon. Two other women involved in the incident fled from the scene.
Emmie Brown, 17, of 115 W. 11th St. in Tifton, was charged with theft by shoplifting (fourth offense), criminal trespassing and battery.
Gary Ethridge and Mike Irwin reported they attempted to stop Brown and another woman as they tried to leave Belk’s on South Main Street at 12:44 p.m. Tuesday. The two men allegedly witnessed Brown and two other women stuffing clothing into their purses. One of the women left the store and went to a car as Brown and the other woman continued gathering items.
When Brown and the other woman tried to leave the store, they were confronted by Ethridge and Irwin. Both women become combative and allegedly began to fight with the two men when Ethridge identified himself as an Albany police officer.
Ethridge was able to apprehend the other woman, but he had to release her when Irwin allegedly screamed he had been bitten by Brown. The woman got away, but Ethridge was able to grab her purse before she left the store. She was found to be wanted in Tifton for shoplifting.
Brown was placed under arrest and taken to Colquitt County Jail. The other two women had not been apprehended at the time of report, but Ethridge stated the women left in a black Lincoln and gave a Moultrie police officer its tag number.
All three women involved in the alleged incident were found to have previous incidents at Belk’s, Moultrie police said. All three had been banned from all Belk’s chain stores for shoplifting, police said, but it was not known if those incidents took place in Moultrie or at another Belk’s store.
About $250 in clothing was recovered from Brown, police said, but it was unknown how much clothing the other two women may have stolen from the store.
Gary Ethridge and Mike Irwin reported they attempted to stop Brown and another woman as they tried to leave Belk’s on South Main Street at 12:44 p.m. Tuesday. The two men allegedly witnessed Brown and two other women stuffing clothing into their purses. One of the women left the store and went to a car as Brown and the other woman continued gathering items.
When Brown and the other woman tried to leave the store, they were confronted by Ethridge and Irwin. Both women become combative and allegedly began to fight with the two men when Ethridge identified himself as an Albany police officer.
Ethridge was able to apprehend the other woman, but he had to release her when Irwin allegedly screamed he had been bitten by Brown. The woman got away, but Ethridge was able to grab her purse before she left the store. She was found to be wanted in Tifton for shoplifting.
Brown was placed under arrest and taken to Colquitt County Jail. The other two women had not been apprehended at the time of report, but Ethridge stated the women left in a black Lincoln and gave a Moultrie police officer its tag number.
All three women involved in the alleged incident were found to have previous incidents at Belk’s, Moultrie police said. All three had been banned from all Belk’s chain stores for shoplifting, police said, but it was not known if those incidents took place in Moultrie or at another Belk’s store.
About $250 in clothing was recovered from Brown, police said, but it was unknown how much clothing the other two women may have stolen from the store.
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP OH.
The owner of a Springfield Township business shot at a getaway car carrying two shoplifting suspects, enabling in their arrest.
It happened at Casablanca Hip Hop Fashions, a store located on Hamilton Avenue in the Seven Hills Shopping Center.
9News obtained exclusive surveillance video from the business showing the thefts in progress.
It shows the two women with armloads of clothes.
At first, they look like any other customers, but as they quickly run towards the front doors, they go from shopper to suspect.
"We have good people, we have bad people, you know, you can't judge people," said Abdelhak Gheddara, the store's owner.
As the owner of Casablanca, Gheddara tells 9News he wasn't just going to let the suspects take off in a waiting escape car.
He pursued them into his parking lot.
But the waiting driver, thought to be a 14-year-old girl, struck him with the car as they fled, forcing Gheddara to take action.
"She pushed me with car, she cut my leg here, I had no choice, I shot tire," Gheddara said.
One shot into the car's tire was all it took.
With their car disabled, Springfield Township police found the three suspects nearby and took them into custody.
Gheddara tells 9News that despite being angry and injured, he never thought about aiming the gun at the suspects.
That would have been something he likely, legally could have done, since his life had been at risk.
"I don't want to shoot them, I can't do it. I don't want to take life, you know? I want to stop car," Gheddara said.
The three female suspects are 22, 20 and 14 years of age.
They all are from Dayton.
Gheddara says he thinks they might be part of an organized shoplifting ring from the Dayton area.
It happened at Casablanca Hip Hop Fashions, a store located on Hamilton Avenue in the Seven Hills Shopping Center.
9News obtained exclusive surveillance video from the business showing the thefts in progress.
It shows the two women with armloads of clothes.
At first, they look like any other customers, but as they quickly run towards the front doors, they go from shopper to suspect.
"We have good people, we have bad people, you know, you can't judge people," said Abdelhak Gheddara, the store's owner.
As the owner of Casablanca, Gheddara tells 9News he wasn't just going to let the suspects take off in a waiting escape car.
He pursued them into his parking lot.
But the waiting driver, thought to be a 14-year-old girl, struck him with the car as they fled, forcing Gheddara to take action.
"She pushed me with car, she cut my leg here, I had no choice, I shot tire," Gheddara said.
One shot into the car's tire was all it took.
With their car disabled, Springfield Township police found the three suspects nearby and took them into custody.
Gheddara tells 9News that despite being angry and injured, he never thought about aiming the gun at the suspects.
That would have been something he likely, legally could have done, since his life had been at risk.
"I don't want to shoot them, I can't do it. I don't want to take life, you know? I want to stop car," Gheddara said.
The three female suspects are 22, 20 and 14 years of age.
They all are from Dayton.
Gheddara says he thinks they might be part of an organized shoplifting ring from the Dayton area.
FLORIDA
A suspect accused of falsifying checks she stole from an elderly Lodi woman was arrested Tuesday on 15 felony counts of forgery, police said.
Frances Blaylock
Frances Blaylock, 38, of Thornton, was booked into the city jail on more than $56,000 bail around 12:15 p.m. after being arrested at her home, Lodi Police Detective Nick Rafiq said.Rafiq and Detective Steve Maynard went to Blaylock's house, and she allegedly hid in a closet behind clothes when the detectives arrived, Rafiq said. The detectives saw her hands and arrested Blaylock without further incident.Blaylock is accused of writing the checks during a four-day spending spree at grocery and department stores around Lodi, Galt and Stockton, racking up more than $1,648.92 in charges."Oh, praise God!" the victim, 83-year-old Thelma Weaver, said when she heard of the arrest.Weaver discovered the fraud when she began receiving collection notices. Her checks had been stolen from inside her home during a residential burglary in November. She closed the account, but in late May someone began using the checks.Weaver spent hours filling out sworn affidavits and mailing them to 15 companies that had been demanding money and threatening her credit. She said Tuesday that she was glad police made an arrest, "because nobody should have to go through this."Rafiq had given the News-Sentinel a surveillance photo of the suspect at Raley's, as well as a photo of a red Dodge van, though the license plate was blurry in the surveillance footage.Wade Heath — a Target security guard and News-Sentinel columnist — saw the article and photo, thought the woman looked familiar and called police, Rafiq said.The woman had written a check at Target for $180, but when she later tried to write another check, a cashier got suspicious, Rafiq said. The suspect fled, but she and the vehicle, along with a legible license plate, were captured on video, which Heath found.Rafiq tracked the vehicle's license plate to Oklahoma residents who said they had been in the area in late May to visit their daughter, who had used the van, Rafiq said. The fraudulent checks were cashed in late May.Prosecutors are expected to file formal charges against Blaylock later this week.
Frances Blaylock
Frances Blaylock, 38, of Thornton, was booked into the city jail on more than $56,000 bail around 12:15 p.m. after being arrested at her home, Lodi Police Detective Nick Rafiq said.Rafiq and Detective Steve Maynard went to Blaylock's house, and she allegedly hid in a closet behind clothes when the detectives arrived, Rafiq said. The detectives saw her hands and arrested Blaylock without further incident.Blaylock is accused of writing the checks during a four-day spending spree at grocery and department stores around Lodi, Galt and Stockton, racking up more than $1,648.92 in charges."Oh, praise God!" the victim, 83-year-old Thelma Weaver, said when she heard of the arrest.Weaver discovered the fraud when she began receiving collection notices. Her checks had been stolen from inside her home during a residential burglary in November. She closed the account, but in late May someone began using the checks.Weaver spent hours filling out sworn affidavits and mailing them to 15 companies that had been demanding money and threatening her credit. She said Tuesday that she was glad police made an arrest, "because nobody should have to go through this."Rafiq had given the News-Sentinel a surveillance photo of the suspect at Raley's, as well as a photo of a red Dodge van, though the license plate was blurry in the surveillance footage.Wade Heath — a Target security guard and News-Sentinel columnist — saw the article and photo, thought the woman looked familiar and called police, Rafiq said.The woman had written a check at Target for $180, but when she later tried to write another check, a cashier got suspicious, Rafiq said. The suspect fled, but she and the vehicle, along with a legible license plate, were captured on video, which Heath found.Rafiq tracked the vehicle's license plate to Oklahoma residents who said they had been in the area in late May to visit their daughter, who had used the van, Rafiq said. The fraudulent checks were cashed in late May.Prosecutors are expected to file formal charges against Blaylock later this week.
SALISBURY MD.
Three people were arrested on charges of shoplifting Sunday. 49-year-old Brenda Rigano-Guinn, a 14-year-old, and 18-year-old James Dodge were allegedly caught stealing at Walgreens in Easton.Police say Guinn tried to take items from the shelf and return them for cash. All were arrested on Theft and Theft Scheme. Guinn was also charged on several counts of possession.She is being held at the Talbot County Detention Center. The 14-year-old was released to juvenile service.
SPRINGFIELD MO.
Police on Monday said they are investigating the discovery of a body in the back seat of a car in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Springfield.
Officer Grant Story said a Wal-Mart employee reported an odor coming from a small car on the lot and called police. Officers found a body covered up in the back seat of the car, which is believed to have been in the lot for a few days.
Officer Grant Story said a Wal-Mart employee reported an odor coming from a small car on the lot and called police. Officers found a body covered up in the back seat of the car, which is believed to have been in the lot for a few days.
Police said the body was in such a bad state of decomposition that they'll have to wait for an autopsy before they can tell if it is that of a man, woman, or child. They do not know how the person died or whether foul play was involved.
JOHNSON CITY TN
Johnson City police arrested Ruth Anne Richards on felony shoplifting and drug possession last Thursday at Wal-Mart, 2915 W. Market St. at 5:37 p.m. Richards attempted to steal two computers, four picture frames, a rug and a mirror, totaling $1,336.24. Police found narcotics in her purse and held her at the Washington County Detention Center on $12,000 bond. She was scheduled to appear in court today.
WITCHITA KS.
A man called 911 Thursday evening after seeing a young boy panicking inside a locked truck. The boy's father was intoxicated and Wichita police say it was well over 100 degrees inside the truck.
The man and the 8-year-old autistic boy were found in a Wichita Wal-Mart parking lot around 6:30. The truck wasn't running and the windows were up.
Duane Moore says he first noticed the truck while walking into the Walmart. He called 911 when he came out an hour later and the truck was still there.
Moore says the 44-year-old father was incoherent and staring straight out the front windshield. Moore considered breaking one of the windows because the boy's face was extremely red and he was panicking.
"He was hitting on the dad and pawing on the window," says Moore. "He kept trying to slap (his dad) and motioned to roll the windows down."
The boy is fine and has been returned to his mother. She says he was dehydrated and shook up from the incident. The woman says she believes her ex-husband is on new medication and may have taken too much.
Police records show the boy's father had a blood alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit, and he didn't know where he was. He was arrested on counts of aggravated child endangerment and driving under the influence.
The man and the 8-year-old autistic boy were found in a Wichita Wal-Mart parking lot around 6:30. The truck wasn't running and the windows were up.
Duane Moore says he first noticed the truck while walking into the Walmart. He called 911 when he came out an hour later and the truck was still there.
Moore says the 44-year-old father was incoherent and staring straight out the front windshield. Moore considered breaking one of the windows because the boy's face was extremely red and he was panicking.
"He was hitting on the dad and pawing on the window," says Moore. "He kept trying to slap (his dad) and motioned to roll the windows down."
The boy is fine and has been returned to his mother. She says he was dehydrated and shook up from the incident. The woman says she believes her ex-husband is on new medication and may have taken too much.
Police records show the boy's father had a blood alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit, and he didn't know where he was. He was arrested on counts of aggravated child endangerment and driving under the influence.
MYRTLE BEACH SC
Two women have been arrested for stealing panties, socks and thongs from the Wal-Mart on Seaboard Street, according to a Myrtle Beach police incident report.
Kay'la Meyers, 17, and Patricia Curtis, 19, and a 12-year-old who was not arrested, hid about $72 worth of merchandise in a diaper bag and left the store without paying on Friday around 8 p.m., the store security guard told police.
The two were taken to the Myrtle Beach jail and charged with shoplifting, the report states.
Kay'la Meyers, 17, and Patricia Curtis, 19, and a 12-year-old who was not arrested, hid about $72 worth of merchandise in a diaper bag and left the store without paying on Friday around 8 p.m., the store security guard told police.
The two were taken to the Myrtle Beach jail and charged with shoplifting, the report states.
BECKLEY WV
Police arrested a man for trying to shoplift a DVD from a Beckley Kroger. Beckley Police responded to the Beckley Crossings Kroger around four this afternoon. store management told officers that Ricky Ray Workman attempted to steal a DVD by concealing it in his pants. When store representatives tried to approach Workman, he showed a knife and said he would not be taken into custody. He fled the scene in a white car. Workman was later arrested by the West Virginia State Police on Airport Road in Beaver. He faces charges of shoplifting and brandishing a weapon. Workman's wife was also arrested for obstruction of justice.
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