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Johnson Controls Appoints New Global VP, GM of Security
Products
Johnson Controls
has announced that David Grinstead has been named Vice President and General
Manager, Global Security Products, a newly created position within Johnson
Controls, to oversee all of the company's security products operations.
Grinstead leads Global Security Product's operations, and will be
responsible for the organization's sales, marketing, product management,
innovation, engineering and operations, which includes nearly 3,000
employees. In his new role, Grinstead will lead and direct technology
leadership growth in such market categories as access control, video
surveillance and intrusion and helping to accelerate these offerings from a
security perspective as part of the overall building management solution.
Grinstead most recently served as Vice
President, Global Sales, Tyco Security Products, for 10 years, where he
managed the global sales forces and consistently grew sales year over year.
Prior to joining legacy Tyco, David held commercial leadership positions at
such firms as Tucows, Sinclair Technologies and Voice Mobility.
Read more in our press release column below.
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First Quarter 2017
Update
First Quarter Senior LP/AP Job Report
62 LP/AP Executives Filled Q1 2017's Senior Roles 36 LP/AP New Pyramid
Heads & 26 Senior Support Leaders Named in Q1 Officer Level Appointments
Remains Steady
CVS Health, Ascena Retail Group, Meijer's, Weis Markets, Rexall Drug in Canada,
Denny's, Eddie Bauer, The Body Shop, AC Moore, Coinstar, Calgary Co-Op, and
Things Remembered all named new
senior pyramid head leaders in the first quarter of 2017. Obviously CVS was the
biggest job filled in Q1 followed closely by the Ascena Retail Group creating a
new VP Asset Protection & Safety position and consolidating all the brands under
one umbrella. Certainly the Meijer's, Weis Markets and Rexall Drug Stores in
Canada positions weren't close behind. But the Ascena Retail Group development
was actually the biggest AP
department story in the first quarter.
Of special note is
that the biggest job filled in Q1 at CVS was with a non-LP/AP executive.
Six executives were named Vice President
and five were named Assistant or Associate Vice President,
and the remaining 25 pyramid heads had various titles from Senior Director to
Director and Senior Manager. Therefore,
30.5% of the new executive roles were at the
officer level, which virtually matches the Daily's
2016 Senior LP/AP Jobs Annual Report
finding of 29% being named at
the officer level throughout the entire year. So the trend continues.
Senior LP/AP Roles Up
28.5% Q1 2016 vs. Q1 2017 Senior LP/AP Jobs
Q1 2016 showed 49 executives being
named to senior LP/AP roles. With once again 30.6%, 9, being named at the
officer level. Virtually the same this quarter at
30.5%.
With 13, 11, and 26 appointed last year in Q1 and 14, 22, and 19
respectively being named in Q1 2017, what we see is a
28.5% uptick in senior roles being named.
While this uptick is rather difficult
to explain given the state of main stream retail and all of the store closures,
Chapter 11's, and job cuts, the fact is it's happening. Which can only mean that
retailers are increasingly aware of and sensitive
to the increased violence, robberies, and social unrest
we're all experiencing. They're reacting by building and staffing the senior
roles they feel they need to manage the risk and hopefully impact store
safeness.
While many may view this as a positive development for the
industry, in the midst of such chaotic times, one has to recognize that the
motivating factors may be quite negative. Nonetheless, it does show industry
growth and, at the end of the day, that means
jobs.
The Biggest Job in 2017
Kroger's VP Job Still Open
25 senior LP/AP roles currently available
With 25 senior LP/AP jobs available in the market, it is a busy
marketplace with Kroger's VP spot still open and everyone wondering who'll end
up getting it, as it will be the biggest job of 2017.
Thousands of Store
Closures and Retail Job Cuts in First Quarter 40% Increase in Closures Since
Last Month Despite the growth in Senior
LP jobs, the first quarter of 2017
saw 3,829 store closures
and 31,389 retail
job cuts, according to publicly reported data.
Since our
previous report, the number of closures has increased by nearly 40 percent,
from 2,750 to 3,829. The numbers, seen in the charts below, are consistent with
what the retail sector has been experiencing for months.
It
remains to be seen whether these staggering cuts and closures will continue
or let up as the year progresses, but at this rate, it's possible that the
industry could see 10,000 store closures in 2017 - a drastic number.
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Top 3 ORC Cases of Q1
January 31:
Philadelphia, PA: Plastic Vendor crate theft is a $100 Million
problem
January 31:
Miami, FL: Strike Force Nabs 100+ In $60M Identity Theft Fraud
Investigation
March 10:
Chatsworth, CA: Burglars steal nearly $5M of make-up products
Stay tuned for the Daily's 2016
ORC Report and Q1 2017 ORC report.
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Senior LP/AP Job Postings
Slow Down
Now in stark contrast to the above information we have noticed a sharp decline
in senior LP/AP job postings on the internet over the last few weeks. With the
first one popping up today with one of Canada's top leading retailers. Actually
Canadian Tire helped lead the way in Canada's retail reinvention that has helped
fuel a resurgence in the older brands.
Tyco Security Products' iSTAR Ultra Video Takes
Home Top Honors in SIA New Product Showcase Awards
Tyco
Security Products, part of Johnson Controls, announced that its iSTAR Ultra
Video solution from Software House was honored with the Best New Product Award
in the Access Control Software & Controllers category of the 2017 SIA New
Product Showcase, awarded at ISC West in Las Vegas, Nev. Sponsored by the
Security Industry Association, the annual SIA NPS is one of the top accolades
for product innovation in the industry.
iSTAR Ultra Video delivers integrated, small site security scaled for
enterprise management and performance using
C•CURE 9000 Security and Event Management software from Software House
or American Dynamics'
victor Unified client. iSTAR Ultra Video brings access control and video
recording to the edge, allowing users to remotely control up to eight doors and
eight IP video cameras using a single appliance, without the need for server
software at each site.
For more information on the iSTAR Ultra Video, please visit
www.swhouse.com or visit
the Tyco Security Products Booth 20005 at ISC West 2017.
$8M MillerCoors Vendor Fraud
Ends With 2 More Guilty Pleas
The last remaining defendants accused of defrauding
MillerCoors LLC out of roughly $8 million by submitting invoices for fake
marketing events will not go to trial, with one pleading guilty Tuesday and
another set to plead out later this month.
Roderick Groetzinger, who operated several vendors that billed MillerCoors $2
million for events and promotions that either never took place or were vastly
exaggerated, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in Illinois federal court.
Groetzinger belonged to a group of eight people led by former MillerCoors Vice
President David Colletti who were indicted for their roles in the scam.
The fraud went on for a decade, prosecutors said, with Colletti coaching the
vendors on how to invoice the company and often signing off on the invoices
himself. Then he would collect his cut, sometimes in the form of cash and other
times in vacations and collectible firearms, according to court documents.
Ultimately the scheme resulted in 200 false bills coming from 15 vendors
controlled by the co-defendants from 2003 to 2013, according to Colletti's plea
agreement.
Groetzinger was facing up to 20 years in prison, but the plea deal said he is
more likely to face 41 to 51 months. As part of the deal, he will also agree to
have his assets seized to pay back the $2 million he is accused of stealing from
MillerCoors over the years. law360.com
Nebraska Furniture Mart
reduces fraud and increases customer safety
It takes a lot of planning to create a security system that performs the way it
is supposed to. Nebraska
Furniture Mart is reaping the benefits of a camera surveillance system that
was three years in the making.
"In an industry where a shrink rate of under 1 percent is the gold standard,
ours is 0.168 percent," says Jim Cahill, corporate security manager of NFM,
referring to the retailer's location in The Colony, Texas, a northern suburb of
the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
The 560,000-square-foot store, which is 40 percent larger than the company's two
other major locations, had a soft opening two years ago, and numbers measuring
the effectiveness of its 1,000-plus camera system are beginning to roll in.
Shoplifting in particular is not even his biggest concern when it comes to loss
prevention and asset protection. "We've got shoplifting, but that is nowhere
near our biggest loss," he says. "Our biggest loss is fraud - identity fraud."
nrf.com
Walmart Cuts 300 Jobs In
Local Tech Division, Sam's Club Also Cutting Staff
Sam's Cuts Club Auditors
Arkansas-based retail giant Wal-Mart in its re-organization of the Walmart U.S.
technology division is eliminating around 300 jobs in the Information Systems
Division (ISD). Insiders said the retailer is laying off about 10% of its ISD
workforce over the next few days. The layoffs at ISD in Bentonville began this
week and are expected to continue through the month.
Impacted employees said they received an email to report to a training room on
Tuesday where they were told their jobs were being eliminated in the company's
efforts to restructure. The layoffs appear to be across-the-board and include
officers.
Impacted employees said they will remain on the payroll for 60 days and may
apply for other jobs with the retailer. After the 60 days, a severance package
will be provided to those who have not found other jobs.
Walmart U.S. eCommerce CEO Marc Lore announced a restructuring of the division
on Jan. 31, which impacted around 200 division jobs. The jobs cut this week are
on top of that announcement, and is on top of the 1,000 corporate jobs slashed
by the retailer prior to Jan. 31.
Sam's Club is also streamlining its home office personnel with meetings
being held Wednesday (April 5) and Thursday. Sam's also eliminated all of its
club auditors this week.
ualrpublicradio.org
Stores Take Flight From
Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
Bergdorf Goodman. Tiffany & Company. Louis Vuitton. Fifth Avenue in Manhattan is
to shopping what Broadway is to theater, defined by the marquee names that for
decades have occupied some of New York City's most prized real estate.
But lately, the avenue's glittery window displays have been changing more
quickly, as retailers have streamed in and out. Tourism has slowed while
online shopping has sped up, making it harder for companies to justify
the cavernous spaces and sky-high rents along the shopping strip.
"The Fifth Avenue model seemed to work for a while, and then it got to a
point where it just doesn't work at this price anymore."
In recent years, a record number of brands along the upper part of the shopping
strip have shuttered or relocated, including Kenneth Cole, Juicy Couture and
H&M, according to an analysis from the brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield. From
49th to 60th Streets, the availability rate of leases - one gauge of turnover -
reached 15.9 percent at the end of last year, up from 6.1 percent five years
earlier.
"What's happening on Fifth Avenue reflects "the rebalancing of
brick-and-mortar and e-commerce that we're experiencing."
At the end of last year, the average asking price for a square foot of retail
space from 49th to 60th Streets was more than $2,900, up from $2,283 at the end
of 2012. Those figures make the area one of the most expensive in a city known
for the stratospheric cost of its real estate.
NYC & Company, the city's tourism and marketing agency, projects that 300,000
fewer international travelers will visit the five boroughs this year. It takes 4
domestic travelers to equal the spending of one international visitor.
crainsnewyork.com
Nike Hit With Wage Lawsuit
Over Required Store Uniforms
Nike Retail
Services Inc. is facing a putative labor law class action by California
store workers who allege that purchasing Nike-branded apparel on their own dime
was a condition of employment, according to the suit, which on Monday was
removed to California federal court. "Plaintiffs are minimum wage earners, yet,
are required to purchase the uniforms an average of four times a year and on an
ongoing basis and pay taxation on their value," the Feb. 17 complaint asserted.
law360.com
Urban Oufitters on Hook for
$530K After 'Reckless' Fabric Copying
A federal appeals court agreed with a manufacturer that Urban willfully and
recklessly copied a legally protected fabric.
Urban Outfitters
Inc. lost its latest court battle, with a panel of judges ordering it to pay
$530,000 for what it described as "reckless disregard" of a fabric design
copyright owned by a small
Los Angeles
manufacturer.
Urban is no stranger to infringement litigation and the retailer is facing a
trademark suit by Coachella, claiming the retailer is using the goodwill of
the annual music festival to sell "Coachella"-branded looks.
wwd.com
Associate Vice President,
Loss Prevention posted for Canadian Tire in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Associate Vice President, Loss Prevention is accountable for managing and
executing the Loss Prevention programs and will provide leadership to our Loss
Prevention teams across Canada for the Mark's, PartSource and Petroleum
divisions.
Canadian Tire is Canada's premier retail destination with $12.6B in annual
revenue. With 500 stores located within 15 minutes of more than 90 per cent of
the population and a world-class private label brand portfolio.
FGL Sports is Canada's largest national retailer of sporting goods with more
than 430 locations. Mark's - known as L'Équipeur in Quebec - is Canada's most
trusted provider of casual and industrial apparel and footwear with 380 stores.
taleo.com
Rue21 misses payments, heads
toward bankruptcy
The debt loan and ongoing sales slumps make it likely that rue21 will follow
apparel retailers
The Limited,
Wet Seal and
BCBG in filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this year, Basu
said. "Way too much leverage and declining mall traffic trends are just the
death knell," she said, adding that rue21 is a "poster child" for mall-based
apparel retail.
retaildive.com
7-Eleven buying 1,110
convenience stores from Sunoco
Forever 21 expanding F21
Red concept to 40 new locations
Bebe to shutter 21 stores,
mulling more closures
March Comp's
Costco U.S. comp's up 7%
The Buckle comp's down 10.1%
Cato comp's down 21%
Quarterly Same Store Sales
Results
CarMax Q4 comp's up 8.7%, sales up 13.4%, full yr comp's up 4.3%, sales up 9.3%
Bed Bath & Beyond Q4 comp's up 0.4%,
net sales up 3.4%, full yr comp's down 0.6%, net sales up 0.9%
Fred's Q4 comp's down 3.6%, net sales down 4.5%, full yr comp's down 2.2%, net
sales down 1.2%
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Scott Bringhurst retires
from Kroger's Fred Meyer Division
after 42 years!
Authored by John Velke, VP
Loss Prevention & Safety at Total Wine & More
 Very few senior loss prevention
executives can claim the experience, influence, and tenure Scott
Bringhurst brought to Fred Meyer until March 31st, 2017. Starting as
a part-time store detective in 1975 at Grand Central Stores, Scott
quickly rose to a full-time Security Manager position, and in 1978
became a District Security Manager. In 1984 Grand Central Stores
eliminated its Security department so Scott moved into the buying
department as an Assistant Hardware Automotive Buyer. A year later
Fred Meyer bought Grand Central Stores and Scott became the District
Loss Prevention Manager. In 1988 he was elevated to the Eastern
Region Loss Prevention Director position and in 1990 he became an
Assistant Vice President of Loss Prevention. In 1998 he assumed the
role of Vice President of Loss Prevention.
During his lengthy career he not only assumed responsibility for
typical Loss Prevention functions but was one of the first to
establish an in-house check collections department and built one of
the first proprietary UL approved central alarm stations. That
central station now handles the monitoring of alarms for all Kroger
stores and divisions in the United States. Scott is also justifiably
proud of the many individuals he supervised, influenced, and
mentored earlier in their careers who are now holding senior loss
prevention positions throughout the country.
When asked to share his secrets for career longevity he said, "Ask
for opinions sincerely and listen carefully - no one knows it all."
He then added, "Stick to your morals and integrity, make the best of every
change, and get behind and support your boss 100%."
Scott plans to spend time traveling with Jody, his wife of 36 years
and devoting time to serving as a mentor to under-privileged youth
in the Gresham, Oregon area.
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The Power of the Crowd: 3
Approaches to Sharing Threat Intel
Crowdsourced intelligence can help you build a stronger, more informed
cyberdefense. Here's how.
The fact is, the only way to really change the game in cybersecurity response,
and even threat prevention, is to understand how the adversary works, what their
end goal may be, and to predict where they might go next. Unfortunately, this
battle is nearly impossible to win alone. It requires intelligence from a
variety of sources, with the power of the crowd being an integral piece of the
puzzle.
Connected Communities
Connecting a community of similarly trained, like-minded, and trusted
individuals and organizations to solve the problem of a specific threat,
adversary, or industry target. There are some amazing organizations leading the
edge in threat intelligence sharing and collaboration such as
The Arizona Threat Response Alliance, Inc. (ACTRA). ACTRA is a hub for
collaborative cyber information-sharing between partners, industry, academia,
law enforcement, and intelligence.

So, how can more organizations overcome the obstacles to sharing - and most
especially the constraints on time? Here are three industrywide approaches that
can grease the wheels for sharing:
Learn from others. Make use of existing Information Sharing and
Analysis Centers (ISACs) and Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations
(ISAOs)
Leverage analytics. Rather than looking at one incident at a time and
then drawing conclusions to share, it's better to use data science and analytics
to surface the most relevant threats, especially when all indicators and other
threat intelligence is maintained in a single database.
Orchestration and automation. In an under-staffed industry like
cybersecurity, it is not surprising that many people are looking to
orchestration for efficiency with use cases like pushing indicators to the
firewall. Now, imagine applying that power to threat intelligence sharing. You
could create set rules to push the information out to your partners
automatically.
It wasn't so long ago that you couldn't go a day without seeing an article on
how the secret to getting ahead of cyberthreats was sharing. While in theory
that worked, it didn't go very far. It was all just too hard. But, crowdsourcing
threat intelligence - gathering it all in one place, leveraging analytics to
process it and using orchestration to share it further - has real potential to
make this a reality.
darkreading.com
One New Cyber-threat
Discovered Every Three Seconds in Q4
McAfee Labs
discovered one new cyber-threat every three seconds in the fourth quarter of
2016, although the number of new malware samples including ransomware slowed
during the period. The security firm's research team found an astonishing 176
new threats per minute in the period, it claimed in its
McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2017.
infosecurity-magazine.com
No More Ransom Collects More
Backers and Keys
The No More
Ransom project has confirmed that 15 new decryption tools have been added to
the platform, bringing the total offering to 39 decryption tools since its
launch nine months ago.
Having helped over 10,000 ransomware victims globally, the initiative has today
added AVAST,
CERT Polska and Telefonica's Cyber Security Unit 'Eleven
Paths' as associate partners, bringing the number to seven. Also, 30 new
supporting partners are joining the program to bring the total to 76, including
Interpol,
ENISA and the
Global Cyber
Alliance, and vendors
Crowdstrike, SentinelOne
and Verizon
Enterprise Solutions.
Statistics show that most visitors to the platform come from Russia, the
Netherlands, the United States, Italy and Germany. infosecurity-magazine.com
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Johnson Controls Appoints New Global VP, GM of Security
Products
David Grinstead brings
decade of Tyco sales leadership
MILWAUKEE
- (April 5, 2017) -
Johnson Controls
has announced that David Grinstead has been named Vice President and General
Manager, Global Security Products, a newly created position within Johnson
Controls, to oversee all of the company's security products operations.
Grinstead leads Global Security Product's operations, and will be
responsible for the organization's sales, marketing, product management,
innovation, engineering and operations, which includes nearly 3,000
employees. In his new role, Grinstead will lead and direct technology
leadership growth in such market categories as access control, video
surveillance and intrusion and helping to accelerate these offerings from a
security perspective as part of the overall building management solution.
"David's experience in leading our global sales organization uniquely
qualifies him to bring innovative security technologies to market, and
deploy them in an economically viable way to make improvements to the
everyday lives of our customers," said Bill Jackson, President, Global
Products, Johnson Controls.
 Grinstead most recently served as Vice
President, Global Sales, Tyco Security Products, for 10 years, where he
managed the global sales forces and consistently grew sales year over year.
Prior to joining legacy Tyco, David held commercial leadership positions at
such firms as Tucows, Sinclair Technologies and Voice Mobility.
About Johnson Controls Johnson Controls is a global
diversified technology and multi industrial leader serving a wide range of
customers in more than 150 countries. Our 130,000 employees create
intelligent buildings, efficient energy solutions, integrated infrastructure
and next generation transportation systems that work seamlessly together to
deliver on the promise of smart cities and communities. Our commitment to
sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the
first electric room thermostat. We are committed to helping our customers
win and creating greater value for all of our stakeholders through strategic
focus on our buildings and energy growth platforms. For additional
information, please visit
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us
@johnsoncontrols on Twitter.
About Johnson Controls'
Building Technologies & Solutions Johnson Controls' Building
Technologies & Solutions is making the world safer, smarter and more
sustainable - one building at a time. Our technology portfolio integrates
every aspect of a building - whether security systems, energy management,
fire suppression or HVACR - to ensure that we exceed customer expectations
at all times. We operate in more than 150 countries through our unmatched
network of branches and distribution channels, helping building owners,
operators, engineers and contractors enhance the full lifecycle of any
facility. Our arsenal of brands includes some of the most trusted names in
the industry, such as Tyco®, YORK®, Metasys®, Ruskin, Titus®, Frick®, PENN®,
Sabroe®, Simplex® and Grinnell®. For more information, visit
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Critical Incident Management
Mark Stinde,
VP of AP, 7-Eleven
Art Lazo, Dir of AP, 7-Eleven
Jim Passarella, Dir of AP, 7-Eleven

With a significant increase
in robberies across America, retail violence has been escalating for some time
now, and it's impacting the retail industry to the point where virtually every
LP executive across the U.S. is dealing with it on an almost weekly basis.
Joining us from 7-Eleven, Mark Stinde,
VP of Asset Protection, Art Lazo,
Director of Asset Protection - Western US, Canada, SSC Operations and
Investigations, and Jim Passarella,
Director of Asset Protection, talk about the programs and safeguards their teams
are implementing to provide a safe working and shopping environment.
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Van Carney, National Director, Safety &
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Staples exploring sale as
Amazon threat escalates
What has been something of a surprise in the months since the Staples-Office
Depot merger fizzled is Amazon's success in the business-to-business side, an
area thought to be more protected than the retailers' consumer retail sales.
"The impact that Amazon has had on Staples' consumer segment cannot be
underestimated, but what is more concerning is the impact that Amazon is
having within the B2B space," Sargent told Retail Dive in an email. "Amazon is
penetrating small, medium and large corporations within office supplies.
This is a red flag for Staples given that corporate office supplies are the
most profitable segment of Staples' portfolio."
Nearly a quarter of corporate buyers "frequently" shop at Amazon, according to
Magid's research. "This would not necessarily be a shock for small businesses,
but we found this to be true even in large businesses where 22% of buyers buying
for business over 250 employees indicated they use Amazon 'frequently.' When
seeing that 38% of Staples' customers use Amazon for business on a frequent
basis, it really hits home for the company."
A private equity sale could be tricky for Staples and could mean more closures
and layoffs, as well as more debt. Private equity debt has hobbled several other
retailers, including The Limited, American Apparel and Wet Seal, who were unable
to stage turnarounds under private equity control. retaildive.com
Midigator and Kount
Partner to Expand Scope of Chargeback and Fraud Prevention for Merchants
Midigator LLC, a leading chargeback and fraud technology platform used to
mitigate risk and recover lost revenue, and Kount, an industry leader of
innovative solutions for fraud and risk prevention, announced a
partnership to expand chargeback and fraud management solutions for
card-not-present (CNP) retailers. The partnership combines Midigator's
exclusive negative database of "friendly" fraudsters and patented technology
with Kount's award-winning, patented "decision engine" technologies for
detecting "true fraud" to create a protective barrier around online
merchants, preventing both sources of fraud.
The collaboration
between Kount and Midigator is the next step in the evolution of a
comprehensive chargeback and fraud technology solution that will further
empower merchants and payment processors, allowing them to focus on what
matters most: growing their business. This is done through scrubbing against
Midigator's highly relevant negative database while Kount analyzes hundreds
of variables and activity across the globe in less than 300 milliseconds,
enabling merchants to prevent fraud, reduce chargebacks and refunds, and
increase sales volume.
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Johns County, FL: ORC Burglary Gang hitting stores along Florida's I-95
A professional group of burglars using at least three cars was responsible for
several smash-and-grab burglaries in a shopping center off County Road 210 in
St. Johns County, deputies said. Investigators said the break-ins are part of a
growing trend of organized crime rings burglarizing businesses off I-95, often
hitting cellphone stores or retail sunglasses or clothing stores. They said the
thieves strike in the early morning hours, then jump onto the interstate and do
it again the next night. The crooks, who often use search engines and cellphones
to select their targets, sell what they steal on the black market, investigators
said.
news4jax.com
NJ Man Admits to Stealing
$20,000 of Canada Dry Drinks From ShopRite
A New Jersey man's scheme to pilfer thousands of soft drinks went flat after a
supermarket's loss prevention manager noticed $20,000 worth of soda was gone.
Abel Parra Pena, a ShopRite delivery driver, was arrested last Friday for
stealing roughly $20,000 in soft drinks, officials from the Jersey City Police
Department said Wednesday. Jersey City Police responded to the ShopRite
supermarket at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The store's loss prevention manager told
authorities about a discrepancy in the Canada Dry products that were being
shipped and billed to the store.
nbcnewyork.com
Miramar, CA: Drone store hit
again; 4th Smash & Grab in recent years
Sean Daniels the owner of EZ Drone in Miramar and says this is the fourth time
in four years that his store has been robbed. "They pried our door open,"
Daniels said. "They're falling all over each other. Smash the glass to our
display case. Grab what looks to be two cameras." The two men also stole
thousands of dollars in drones. "From time of entry until the time (they're)
gone is 28 seconds," Daniels said. "So they did more damage than they did
theft."
10news.com

Kootenai County, ID: Kootenai County Sheriff's
Office said two are in custody following theft at a Walmart
Per deputies, Jamie A. Heitman, 23, and Darren M. King, 24, were arrested Monday
after being stopped by deputies following reports they had entered a Walmart and
stole a shopping carts worth of merchandise, valued at $2,875. Deputies
recovered the stolen merchandise as well as a concealed pistol, marijuana, and
paraphernalia located in the car at the time they were stopped.
krem.com
Columbus, OH: Abercrombie
ORC Suspects return to the same store
Same 3 females that had successfully walked out with $1,934.00 worth of cologne
on 4.1.2017, successfully walked out with $1,550.00 worth of cologne on 4.5.2017
but merchandise was recovered by Polaris Mall Security.
Pala Alto, CA: On March 29, according to
police, someone ran into Victoria's Secret at New Park Mall, grabbed $1,000 in
bras and dashed out
Cranston, RI: Police searching for 2 women
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Shootings
& Deaths
Update:
Man accused of fatally shooting Walmart diaper thief to face judge
A 51-year-old man arrested Wednesday in connection with the Feb. 4 shooting
death of a teen shoplifter at an Orange County Walmart is set to face a
judge Thursday. Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff's Office
recommended Lonnie Leonard be charged in connection with the death in late
March. Arthur Adams, 19, was one of the people suspected of stealing diapers
at the Walmart on Clarcona-Ocoee Road. Adams was confronted by a Loss
Prevention employee from Walmart when deputies said a shopper stepped in and
some sort of argument took place, and Adams was shot. The shooter, later
identified as Leonard, allegedly told deputies he thought Adams was reaching
for a weapon. Adams was found at a nearby gas station, where he was taken to
the hospital and declared dead. Leonard was charged with manslaughter,
aggravated battery with a firearm and carrying a concealed firearm.
wftv.com
Apple
Valley, CA: Shooting outside Food 4 Less; man airlifted to trauma center
A 22-year-old man was airlifted after being shot in the Food 4 Less shopping
center at 8 pm, Wednesday night. A shell casing was located near the
entrance of the grocery story and was immediately cornered off by Sheriff's
crime scene tape. Prior to deputies arriving, the victim was being
transported by a personal vehicle to the hospital when it was intervened by
officials after running a red light. The victim was then transported by
ambulance to a local hospital where he was then flown by helicopter to an
out of area trauma center. The victim was alert and responsive at the time
of transport.
vvng.com
Battle Creek, MI: Man shot outside
Cliff Street Grocery; victim not cooperating with police
Robberies
& Thefts

Greenwood, IN: Macy's shoplifter pulls knife on
Loss Prevention, leads Police on chase
Paramedics transported a suspect for minor injuries from the end of a police
pursuit. Police officers chased him from Greenwood Park Mall after he
allegedly pulled a knife on a Macy's store security officer. An IMPD
supervisor had already pulled metro officers out of the chase. During the
chase, the suspect smashed into a bystander's van causing minor injuries to
the 3 occupants. The damage to the suspect's car forced the suspect to give
up.
wthr.com
Columbus,
OH: Woman posed as Loss Prevention, took $2,000 from Family Dollar
Columbus Police are looking to identify two suspects who reportedly tricked
several Family Dollar employees into giving them money. Police say an
unknown man called the store at 6480 Winchester Pike on Feb. 22, claiming to
be from corporate headquarters. The man reportedly told a store employee to
take money from the safe and put it into the night deposit bag. Some time
later, a female came into the store and said she was a loss prevention
officer. Police say she picked up the bag, which had nearly $2,000 inside.
Police say the female suspect is connected to other similar thefts.
nbc4i.com

Vero Beach, FL: Man claims he was being watched
by Target's LP, so he Shoplifted
The Indian River County Sheriff's Office received a call about a shoplifter
from the Vero Beach Target. The suspect, later identified as 21-year-old
Javarious Daquion Hargrove, walked out of the Vero Beach store with a $29 FM
radio. Hargrove told deputies that he was at the Target store in Vero Beach
and noticed he was being watched by loss prevention. He stated he got mad,
so he opened the package and took the radio.
sebastiandaily.com
Trenton, NJ: Sleeping
homeless man accidentally locked in CVS by employees eats snack, takes
watch; will face charges
A homeless man who ate a snack and took a pop and heart-rate watch after
inadvertently being locked inside a CVS by store employees is facing
charges. Trenton police responded to an alarm at CVS just after 1 a.m. April
1. The store's alarm company was monitoring the interior activity and
informed police they could see a man was walking through the aisles. The
report said the price of the pop is $1.19 and the watch $41.99. The opened
package of Fig Newtons cost $2.37 and the TruMoo milk $2.99. A regional loss
prevention officer for CVS told police the store wants to pursue charges
against the man.
thenewsherald.com

Claremont Man Charged as Habitual Felon
49-year-old Glenn Ervin Harrelson II was arrested at Publix by Hickory
Police shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday on one felony count of habitual larceny.
The subject had concealed meat valued at $123 on his person. The meat was
recovered by Loss Prevention.
whky.com

Brazil's Parallel Black
Market Economy;
authorities have seized $2.5 Billion in last 5 years
An investigation into Brazil's massive contraband trade highlights the scope
of the problem and the modus operandi of smuggling networks responsible for
economic losses of around $20 billion dollars a year. During a two-month
investigation called "Crime without Punishment," Brazilian newspaper Folha
de São Paulo traced smuggling routes from sellers in neighboring
countries to consumers in Brazil and charted the enormous economic impact of
the contraband trade.
insightcrime.com
UK:
Merseyside, England: Group was 'Organized and Ingenious' with ATM theft
methods; true James Bond style
With high-powered luxury getaway cars and an explosive method of blasting
the ATMs from the wall, the Merseyside-based gang was taking no chances. It
was only through the coordinated efforts of police in England and Scotland
that they were finally snared - but not before they managed to steal
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Their method of escape was ingenious:
while police officers searched the streets for a high-powered
getaway car, the gang simply drove into the back of a semi truck trailer
and, hidden from view, returned to England. Inside the trailer - stolen from
Liverpool - there were hammocks, toilet roll, diesel and enough space to fit
at least two cars.
eveningexpress.co.uk
Indianapolis, IN: Shoplifter pepper
sprays Carson Pirie Scott employees at Circle Centre Mall
Singapore: Department store employee
sent to jail for 3 years for theft of $180,000 in merchandise
Credit
Card Fraud
Holyoke, MA: Credit card fraud suspect
arrested at Kay's Jewelers in Holyoke Mall
Skimming
Theft
Centerville, UT: Skimming schemes
keeping law enforcement busy
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Armageddon Gun Shop - Janesville, WI - Burglary
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Coliseum Bingo and Games - Winston-Salem, NC -
Armed Robbery/ Shooting - suspect killed
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EZ Drone - San Diego, CA - Burglary
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Las Delicias - Peoria, IL - Burglary
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Liquor Store - St Johns County, FL - Burglary
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Mo's Convenience - Pittsburgh, PA - Armed Robbery
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Noble Gas - East Windsor, CT - Robbery
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Rivertown Fine Wine - St John's County, FL -
Burglary
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The Convenience Store - Lawton, OK - Armed Robbery
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Verizon - St Johns County, FL - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Colorado Springs, CO - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Niagara Fall, NY - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Newport News, VA - Armed Robbery
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Daily Totals:
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7 robberies
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6
burglaries
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1 shootings
• 1 killed
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