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Industry
Leader Kathleen Smith Retiring After Decades
in
LP & Law Enforcement
 After decades in the Loss Prevention/Asset Protection and Law Enforcement field,
industry leader Kathleen Smith will be retiring. Since 2001, Kathleen has served
with Albertsons-Safeway as the VP of Loss Prevention/Asset Protection.
Earlier in her career,
from 1974 to 1982, she served as a Deputy Sheriff with the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department.
As one of the leading women in the industry, she
was always involved and engaged with the community and willing to invest herself
in causes and efforts well beyond her duties.
As a role model and
mentor, there's only been a few of her caliber and abilities in the industry,
and we'll miss her passion and unrelenting willingness to help. She is what all
true leaders aspire to be: a great person, great executive, and a great leader
with humility and dignity.
The D&D Daily wishes her the best of luck in the next chapter of her life.
Have fun, Kathleen!
 A
Look Back on Kathleen's 2018 LPNN Appearance
In 2018, Kathleen joined Sacramento County District
Attorney Anne Marie Schubert for an LPNN episode about California's Prop 47 and
how reducing theft penalties impacts community safety.
The two leaders discussed how these laws have impacted employee safety and
violence in stores, and what retail LP investigators and executives can do to
make shoplifting and ORC cases easier to prosecute. The interview is as timely
as ever in today's environment.
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Protests & Violence
Pleading for a Safe & Healthy Work Environment in
NYC
Over 160 NYC CEO's Plead with DeBlasio to Crack Down on Crime
 The
heads of over 160 major corporations, from Macy's to MasterCard are pleading
with Mayor Bill de Blasio to finally crack down on crime
and address quality of life concerns so New Yorkers can return to work after the
coronavirus shutdown the city.
"There is
widespread anxiety over public
safety, cleanliness and other quality of life issues
that are contributing to deteriorating conditions in commercial districts and
neighborhoods across the five boroughs," the powerful business leaders wrote to
de Blasio Thursday.
"We need to send a
strong, consistent message
that our employees, customers, clients and visitors will be
coming back to a safe and
healthy work environment.
People will be slow to return unless their concerns about security and the
livability of our communities are addressed quickly and with respect and
fairness for our city's diverse populations," they wrote.
"We urge you to take immediate action to restore essential services as a
necessary precursor for solving the city's longer term, complex, economic
challenges," the letter added.
Shootings have skyrocketed
in the last few months with a
50 percent increase
over Labor Day weekend alone
compared to last year while
arrests for gunplay are down by about 13 percent.
The effort was organized by the Partnership for New York City, a business group
whose members employ over 1.5 million New Yorkers.
nypost.com
Looting Prep Drills
Chicago looting response practiced by police in public safety drills Thursday
 The Chicago Police Department held another series of public safety drills in
Bronzeville and Belmont Cragin, two neighborhoods hit by looters earlier this
summer, allowing them to practice their looting response tactics.
Training drills were conducted using looting as the scenario, although CPD did
not give out any tactics.
"It's a chess game for criminals, so we don't want to give away our moves to the
criminal elements so they can defeat what we are drilling for," CPD Supt. David
Brown explained.
Brown said the drills are not just about preventing looting, but being prepared to
arrest looters, which he said was difficult at the end of May. Officers face
criticism for allowing the looting to happen in some neighborhoods.
"It was not officers waiting and watching people loot, it was officers being
violently attacked, waiting for cover and then making arrests," he said.
abc7chicago.com
Police chiefs who have resigned or retired since George Floyd death
Police chiefs throughout the country have either resigned or accelerated their
retirements since the killing of George Floyd, which was followed by calls for
police reform coupled with growing animosity and distrust of law enforcement.
The May 25 death of Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed
his knee into Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, ignited a wave of nationwide
protests that have sometimes turned violent. Among the demands from activists
and some elected officials are greater accountability for law enforcement and
the defunding of police departments.
Here is a list of cities where police chiefs have stepped down in the midst
of a reckoning over race and police practices:
foxnews.com
Portland, OR: Mayor Bans Police Use Of Tear Gas At Protests
Federal prosecutors take over Seattle protester cases, concerning local
attorneys
Rochester demonstrators protest for eighth night, stage naked sit-in at City
Hall
COVID Update
US: Over 6.5M Cases - 196K Dead - 3.8M Recovered
Worldwide:
Over 28.3M Cases - 914K Dead - 20.3M Recovered
Private Industry Security Guard Deaths:
186
Law
Enforcement Officer Deaths: 101
*Red indicates change in total
deaths
Returning to Trade Shows & Your Health
Will Attendees Be Asked to Screen Themselves for Symptoms of COVID-19?
I wrote about how convention centers are preparing for the eventual return
of attendees by adding new technology like thermal imaging cameras that
will take the temperature of convention goers when they arrive onsite.
In addition to technology offered by meeting venues to help monitor attendee
health, associations-much like schools-may consider asking participants to
fill out a daily health questionnaire before they arrive for their day of
learning and networking.
Developed by 42Chat, HealthShield allowed attendees and staff to
respond to a three-question survey via text, which could be completed in
less than 15 seconds. After taking the survey, attendees either received a valid
green check mark to enter, or a red or yellow mark restricting their access or
asking them to take additional steps before entering.
Tradeshow service provider Fern also recently announced that it was partnering
with ShareMy.Health to
launch Fern Health Check, a digital platform that allows tradeshow and event
organizers to collect self-assessments from attendees, staff, and other
participants.
"The return to live events is going to be about shifting the mindset of
attendees, exhibitors, venues, and local jurisdictions to a place where they are
again comfortable hosting and attending events," said Jim Kelley, Fern's vice
president of marketing and industry relations, in a press release. "We believe
Health Check is a key tool that will help this occur."
associationsnow.com
CDC Says: Eating Out is Among Riskiest Activities During COVID-19
Going
out to eat is riskier than other activities during the coronavirus
pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday in a new
report.
In a study with 314 adults who were tested for COVID-19, the CDC found adults
who tested positive for the coronavirus were about twice as likely than
those who tested negative to have gone to a restaurant before getting sick.
"Findings from a case-control investigation of symptomatic outpatients from 11
U.S. health care facilities found that close contact with persons with known
COVID-19 or going to locations that offer on-site eating and drinking options
were associated with COVID-19 positivity," the CDC said.
The CDC said the
highest risk is having on-site dining indoors and outdoors without at
least 6 feet of space between customers and workers.
miamiherald.com
UK: Big story: Fears over a second wave
A second wave is at least possible, if not probable. The important things
will be how bad it is and whether retailers can cope with it better, or
at least as well, second time around.
Opinion is divided as to how much you can prepare for any second wave. "We
should be more experienced in knowing what products will be in demand" and
that any lockdowns seem more likely to be localized. But like Cheema, Chahal is
keeping his fingers crossed that any second wave is more manageable than the
first, and that the measures retailers took in haste in March and April will
be more familiar and easily implemented this winter.
talkingretail.com
California death toll tops 14,000, but new coronavirus cases continue to decline
California officials on Thursday reported that more than 14,000 residents have
died of COVID-19, but that new coronavirus cases continued to ebb statewide.
New cases have declined substantially since July 27, when the state recorded
nearly 11,000 of them.
Outbreaks on work sites in Los Angeles County, including warehouses and
retailers, spiked in July but are now abating, Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles
County health officer.
The county sent inspectors to 331 businesses, including restaurants, markets,
hair salons and barbershops over the Labor Day weekend and found "reasonably
good compliance" with health rules, Davis said.
In San Francisco, Mayor London Breed announced that the city was
accelerating its reopening and would permit indoor personal services and
indoor gyms with limited capacity starting Monday.
Orange County has moved into Tier 2 of the state's monitoring system, which
gauges a county's ability to reopen more fully.
latimes.com
West Coast Fires
End of Fire Season Months Away
Devastating toll from California firestorms:
12 dead, over 3,900 structures destroyed
 Another
dozen people were reported missing Wednesday in the area of the North Complex
fire - a massive blaze around Oroville that mushroomed this week into an inferno
that already has been
blamed for three deaths.
The massive complex of fires has scorched more than 252,000 acres and forced
some 20,000 residents in Plumas, Butte and Yuba counties from their homes.
Wildfires have burned more than
3.1 million acres statewide
this year - the largest amount on record.
So far this year, almost 7,700 fires have ignited statewide, according to
Berlant.
"Unfortunately, with several more months of fire season to go, this number could
continue to increase,"
he said
Thursday.
latimes.com
Massive August fire now largest in California history, at 471,000 acres and
counting
The massive August Complex fire is now officially the
largest blaze in California history, burning more than 471,000 acres,
another grim milestone in what is already the state's most destructive fire year
on record.
Across the state, 28 major wildfires have prompted more than 64,000 people to
evacuate, said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection.
latimes.com
Facial Recognition & Privacy
Facial Recognition Ban
Opposition Lining Up & Mayor Leaves Door Open
SIA speaks out on Portland's rigid facial recognition ban
SIA said facial recognition bans are
shortsighted
The Security Industry Association (SIA) said that the decision by the Portland,
Ore. city council to ban facial recognition technology use are shortsighted
decisions that do not consider effective and beneficial applications of facial
recognition.
"Turning back the clock on technological advancement through a complete ban on
private-sector use of technology that clearly keeps our fellow citizens safe is
not a rational answer during this period of social unrest in Portland," SIA CEO
Don Erickson said in the announcement.
SIA's Senior Director of Government Relations, Jake Parker, provided testimony
at the Portland city council hearing on Sept. 9 in opposition to these
prohibitions.
As part of the council's discussion, Portland Councilwoman Jo Ann Hardesty
stated prior to the vote, the council would revisit the ban where there is
technology that is not racially biased and is tested by independent third
parties.
SIA noted that such technology is available today, and in July, SIA
authored and submitted a letter to Portland's mayor and city council, noting the
National Institute of Standards and Technology's research that documented
high-performing algorithms perform equally well across different demographics.
securitysystemsnews.com
Portland Passes Strongest Facial-Recognition Restriction in U.S.
Still, local business groups urged officials to create exceptions to the
rules as they are finalized in the coming months.
"If you're a local retailer, and you can't use these technologies to
enhance your customer experiences, the benefits just head to another city,"
Mr. Isaacs, vice president of government affairs at the Portland Business
Alliance, said.
Mr. Wheeler, the mayor, said Wednesday that "Portland is far from an
anti-technology city" and that local officials could work with industry in
the future to advance facial-recognition products that are more accurate and
privacy protective.
wsj.com
LPRC CrimeScience
Podcast: Episode 21
The Future of Privacy: Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D'Onofrio, Tom Meehan, and Featured
Guest Peter Trepp of FaceFirst
 In
this special LPRC CrimeScience: The Weekly Review episode,
Peter Trepp, CEO & President of
FaceFirst,
joins us to give his take on the future of privacy, delving into expectations of
privacy, legislation, security, technologies, and more.
In addition, co-hosts
Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D'Onofrio
discuss upcoming LPRC collaborative initiatives, the recent Jacob Blake
incident, digital risk protection, Microsoft's Zero Trust security, ransomware,
D&D's
crime report, and the
global retail data.
 Peter
Trepp is a technology executive, investor, advisor, and thought leader. He is
currently the CEO of FaceFirst, a recognized leader in the facial recognition
market that provides AI-enabled identity solutions to commercial and government
organizations around the world.
Play
the episode here
China Store Insider Threat Fueled Counterfeit
Fashion
Tightening 'Fashion Houses' Budgets Increases Counterfeits
'The Pandemic Has Created a 'Perfect Storm' for Counterfeits.
Just Ask Louis Vuitton.'
COVID has hit
fashion brands hard this year, impacting investigator budgets too
On Chinese state television last week, Shanghai police unveiled a
major
counterfeit bust
that resulted in 62
arrests, as well as the
seizure of more than
30 items of
manufacturing equipment, 2,000 counterfeit bags and raw materials
worth more than 100 million yuan ($14.6
million).
The gang is accused of
producing sophisticated
counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags,
apparently with
insider assistance from a Louis Vuitton shop assistant working at a store in
Guangzhou. The
employee is said to have
passed new bag models
onto the counterfeiters,
giving them an opportunity to copy and sell high quality fakes at the same time
or even before the genuine models were available in Louis Vuitton stores. The
high-tech counterfeits
came complete with NFC (near-field-communication) microchips embedded;
when scanned, the customer would be redirected to Louis Vuitton's official
website.
Pandemic Has Decimated
'Fashion Houses' Investigative Budgets For Fighting Counterfeits Overseas
In a year in which the pandemic has decimated the bottom lines of fashion
businesses the world over, others are not so lucky.
Many fashion companies
have been hit hard and are no longer able or willing to hire him for
investigations and enforcement actions.
"Because the budgets of fashion brands are decreasing, we are
focusing more on pharmaceutical and food areas [right now],"
Henry Luo said with a shrug, adding that a
drop in investment from the fashion industry will inevitably see an increase in
counterfeits. Luo's
company, Roy IP Legal Consultant Limited, have deprioritised case work this year
for counterfeit fashion products.
"The
counterfeiters know
when the brands aren't striking
them as hard as before
and that
encourages them to
counterfeit more," he
explained, adding that while major e-commerce platform operators Alibaba and
JD.com have made inroads into stamping out fakes, counterfeit products are now
increasingly rife on up-and-coming e-commerce players, including Douyin and
Pinduoduo.
businessoffashion.com
Here's a First - Slowing Down U.S. Takeovers
Sen. Rubio Seeks Security Review of Chinese Bid for GNC
Over Access to U.S. Customers Health Data
In a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Sen. Rubio (R., Fla.)
noted that Pittsburgh-based GNC keeps health data on millions of U.S. customers.
Should the company be acquired by Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. or another
Chinese buyer, that data could fall into the hands of China's authoritarian
government, Mr. Rubio said.
Mr. Rubio's letter came as national security officials have grown concerned over
whether business acquisitions by Chinese investors could give that country's
government access to sensitive personal data of U.S. citizens.
wsj.com
Coresight Research
Store Tracker - Week 37
7,815 YTD Store Closures
3,352 YTD Store Openings
J Crew Emerges from Chapter 11
Whole Foods to offer pickup from nearly all of its stores by end of month
Quarterly Results
Chewy Q2 sales up 47%
FreshDirect Q2 sales up 46%
Kroger Q2 comp's up 14.6% excluding fuel, digital sales up 127%, total sales up
8%
Canada's Empire Co. (Sobey's) Q1 comp's up 8.6%, sales up 9%
Canada's Roots Q2 sales down 38%
Senior LP & AP Jobs Market
Director, Asset Management job posted for CHEP in Alpharetta, GA
 Fully
responsible for developing/executing nationwide CHEP USA Asset Recovery and NPD
strategy to increase the number of CHEP assets collected directly or indirectly.
Effectively utilize team of eighty employees and manage $49M budget solely
dedicated to recovery of company assets.
CHEP (Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool) is an international company
dealing in pallet and container pooling services, serving customers in a range
of industrial and retail supply chains.
indeed.com
Where Were You That Morning?
'Never forget' 9/11 vow still means so much to so many
 Andy
Card, chief of staff to then-President George W. Bush, said
in today's difficult
times, it's even more important to honor the dead.
"We all promised never to forget. I won't forget. It's deep in me," said
Card, a Holbrook native. "We have an obligation to remember and respect with
gratitude those who died."
Former Boston Police
Commissioner Bill Bratton said he's convinced "America has not forgotten"
the heroism. But, he did say
the "rhetoric"
surrounding police officers needs to be put in perspective.
"The actions of a
few should not taint the actions of 800,000,"
said Bratton, who has also headed police departments in New York City and
Los Angeles. "A lot
of Americans in their quest to have racial justice are forgetting that the
vast majority of cops are willing to risk their lives for citizens."
That will be the
message on this 9/11
in both New York City
and at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, where both President
Trump and Joe Biden are scheduled to appear.
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No Tags. No Keepers. No Locking
Cabinets.
No ORC!
The way merchandising was meant to be.
Click above to watch Tally's "movie trailer."
Tally Solutions LLC, works with retailers and solution providers to
discover and innovative technologies that reduce shrinkage and risk to increase
profits. Tally's leadership, has over 75 years of Loss Prevention technology
development, sales, and marketing experience.
Loss Prevention
The patented Smart Shelf platform alerts to potential ORC activity by measuring
the amount of product removed from the shelf. Once the predetermined amount of
product is removed, a pre-recorded announcement is played over the store P/A,
along with a text and email being sent. Subsequently a video is recorded and
uploaded to the Tally secure portal. Upon hearing the audio alert, offenders
oftentimes either put the product back on the shelf or abandon the product in a
different aisle and leave to store. The Smart Shelf does not require any
in-store labor to use, and does not affect the look of merchandising.
Inventory Control
Tally's Out of Stock monitoring applications allow store mangers, category
managers and DSD brand specialists to see item-level movements at the shelf,
judge customer behaviors, and eliminate out of stocks.
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Great Panel of Top Cybersecurity Leaders
Cybersecurity Leadership: The New Threat Landscape
CEOs and CISOs on How to Respond to Disruption,
Distortion and Deterioration
 Disruption,
distortion and deterioration - these cybersecurity threats are amplified by the
ongoing pandemic. Which poses the greatest threat and why? We asked this
exclusive panel of CEOs and CISOs, and their responses might surprise you.
Participating in the latest in a series of Information Security Media Group
cybersecurity leadership forums are:
CEOS:
Sahir Hidayatullah
of Smokescreen and
Lou Manousos
of RiskIQ.
CISOs:
Chris Roberts,
a researcher and hacker;
Kathy Wang
of VeryGoodSecurity;
Rebecca Wynn
of [24]7.ai; and Anne
Marie Zettlemoyer of
Mastercard.
In the latest Cybersecurity Leadership panel discussion hosted by ISMG and
CyberTheory, these CEOs and CISOs discuss:
• Risks
posed by disruption, distortion and deterioration;
• The
state of predictive analytics and
active defense;
• How
to defend against
AI-enabled phishing attacks.
govinfosecurity.com
Holidays Approaching - 1 Successful e-Comm DDoS
Attack & You're History
CISA Warns of Increased DDoS Attacks
Security Experts Say
Remote Workforce, Online Learning Create Opportunities
 The
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning of an
increase in targeted distributed denial-of-service attacks against financial and
government organizations worldwide. And security firms also are tracking the
incidents in these
and other sectors.
"With so much of the world still in a state of pandemic where school is virtual,
healthcare visits are remote and
shopping has gone
digital, the targets
are ripe for potential attacks," says Richard Hummel, manager for threat
research at Arbor Networks - the security division of Netscout.
"Education, healthcare and
e-commerce all saw
significant increases [in attacks]
as the world shifted to online education and shopping and the healthcare
industry was bombarded with the pandemic," Hummel says.
This CISA alert follows a similar warning the FBI issued in July about an
increase in DDoS attacks using amplification techniques (see:
FBI Alert Warns of Increase in Disruptive DDoS Attacks).
govinfosecurity.com
Follow the Money & Stopping the Cash Out
What happens to funds once they have been stolen in a cyberattack?
SWIFT and BAE Systems published a report that describes the complex web of money
mules, front companies and
cryptocurrencies that criminals use to siphon funds from the financial
system after a cyber attack.
The report highlights the
ingenuity of money laundering tactics to obtain liquid financial assets and
avoid any subsequent tracing of the funds. For instance, cybercriminals often
recruit unsuspecting job seekers to serve as money mules that extract funds by
placing legitimate sounding job advertisements, complete with references to the
organization's diversity and inclusion commitments.
Attackers using
untraceable money laundering techniques
They use insiders at
financial institutions
to evade or undermine the scrutiny of compliance teams carrying out
know-your-customer (KYC)
and due diligence checks on new account openings. And they
convert stolen funds
into assets such as property and jewelry
which are likely to
hold their value and less likely to attract the attention of law enforcement.
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Although there has been much research into the methods that cybercriminals use
to conduct attacks, there has been less investigation into what happens to funds
once they have been stolen.
Simon
Viney, Cyber Security Financial Services Sector Lead at
BAE
Systems Applied Intelligence said: "The
activity from cybercriminals and gangs across the world is estimated to result
in over $1.5 trillion dollars in annual losses.
"This
report focuses on money laundering related activities necessary for cyber
attackers to
conduct and 'cash out'
a successful attack and avoid the money subsequently being traced.
"As technology and criminals' techniques evolve at a rapid pace, so will the
need for institutions, both private sector and law enforcement, to collaborate
and maintain awareness of evolving money laundering techniques, in order to
reduce the opportunities for threat groups to benefit
from committing
high-value cyber heists."
helpnetsecurity.com
Zoom Brings Two-Factor Authentication to All Users
Zoom yesterday confirmed two-factor authentication (2FA) will now be available
for all users of the videoconferencing platform, which has come under intense
security scrutiny as employees around the world continue to work from home to
curb the spread of COVID-19.
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Amazon's 'No Innocent Bystander'
Amazon Inflated Prices on Essentials Amid Pandemic
Amazon.com Inc. charged inflated prices for hand sanitizer, disposable
gloves and other essentials months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a
consumer watchdog said in a report accusing the world's largest online retailer
of price gouging.
The report, released
Thursday by Public Citizen, examines roughly two dozen products on Amazon's
site. Relying on its own observations and data from price-tracking sites,
the nonprofit public interest group
documented price increases
of as much as 1,000% when compared with pre-pandemic levels or prices at other
large retailers.
The report challenges Amazon's public position that it's an innocent
bystander of price gouging perpetrated by a select few "bad actors" selling
products on its popular web store. It accuses Amazon of price gouging, as well,
on products the online retailer sells directly.
The U.S. company denied it engages in such practices.
post-gazette.com
The Start of a Major Trend & The Future is Now
The rise of 'dark stores'-and how they could save struggling retail
Whole Foods' newest store doesn't have any shoppers-and that's the point.
Located in Brooklyn and slightly smaller than a typical Whole Foods, the
store is dedicated solely to fulfilling online orders. It's the company's
first purpose-built online-only store. With longer aisles, no salad bar,
and missing those checkout candy displays, the store will be used to pack up
online orders, which have skyrocketed during the pandemic. Amazon, which owns
Whole Foods, says its
grocery sales tripled, year over year, for the second quarter of 2020.
Though six of its stores were temporarily converted to handle only online
orders.
More retailers are accommodating the shift of shopping from in-store to online
by turning their physical locations into so-called "dark stores"-miniature
warehouse-like spaces where online orders can be packed for pickup or delivery.
Retail experts say this is just the start of a major trend.
"Every chain in the world will be doing this in the future. And the future is
now, because COVID-19 has pushed the timeline up for a number of these kinds
of initiatives," says Ken Morris, managing partner at
Cambridge
Retail Advisors. "Every metro area will have some of these," he says. "In
the next five years, this will explode."
fastcompany.com
The Shift Will Outlast the Pandemic
Retailers See E-Commerce Investments Pay Off Big as Coronavirus
Keeps Shoppers Home
Online sales are
expected to break records this year as consumers avoid in-person browsing, a
shift expected to outlast the pandemic
U.S. e-commerce sales are forecast to grow 18% to $709.8 billion this year,
according to a June report from market research firm eMarketer. E-commerce is
expected to represent 14.5% of total retail sales this year-a record, according
to the firm.
"Online has really
become the front door to stores,"
said Fahim Siddiqui, senior vice president of information technology at Home
Depot.
Gartner Inc. has seen an "incredible surge" in interest in digital commerce
capabilities from IT executives at companies across many sectors, said Jason
Daigler, vice president and digital commerce analyst at the tech research firm.
Shoppers have chosen to experiment with new home-delivery methods and purchases
from online-only brands during the past few months, which is forcing businesses
to adapt to compete, Mr. Daigler said.
wsj.com
Medford, Ore., Greg Douglas, 38, Gets 16 Months Federal Prison for Threatening
Mass Shooting at YouTube Headquarters
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CC Fraudster Hits Lowe's Across East Coast
NY Man Admits Using Fake Credit Cards to Defraud Lowe's of More Than $183K
LARELL DAVID, 30, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S.
District Judge to one count of access device fraud stemming from a scheme
through which he defrauded Lowe's home improvement stores in several states of
more than $183,000.
from July 2017 through March 2018, David produced more than 100 counterfeit
credit cards in the name of "Kevin Douglas," but encoded with legitimate credit
card numbers belonging to other persons. He then used the fraudulent credit
cards to make more than
350 purchases of gift
cards and merchandise at Lowe's home improvement stores in Connecticut, Rhode
Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Florida.
A typical fraudulent transaction involved the purchase of one or more Lowe's
gift cards in the amount of $400.00, as well as store merchandise.
Lowe's suffered a loss
of $183,576.05
through this scheme,
including more than $21,000 in fraudulent transactions conducted at
15 Lowe's locations in
Connecticut.
David faces a maximum
term of imprisonment of 10 years.
justice.gov
Full-Time Shoplifter
Grand Rapids, MI: Shoplifting 'like a full-time job,' judge tells Dyson vacuum
thief sent to prison
An affinity for drugs and Dyson vacuums now has William E. Secrest in prison for
what a judge called an ongoing, seemingly relentless pattern of shoplifting that
has put him behind bars time and again. "Stealing from stores is like a
full-time job for you,'' Kent County Circuit Court Judge Curt Benson told
Secrest during a recent sentencing hearing. "It's something you do
persistently.'' While shoplifting crimes usually result in jail and probation,
Benson said the message has not gotten through to Secrest.
"Judges before me have sent you to jail no fewer than 21 times,'' he said. "And
yet you keep stealing from stores. You've never been to prison.'' Benson gave
Secrest a minimum prison sentence of about three years for retail fraud and
larceny. "It's only now the court's throwing up its hands and saying nothing is
getting through to you,'' Benson said. "It's time for prison.'' Secrest
celebrated his 36th birthday this week at the Charles Egeler Reception and
Guidance Center in Jackson. It's where he'll stay prior to placement in
Michigan's general prison population. "I just want to let you know that I'm
really disappointed in myself,'' Secrest told the judge. "I plan on changing my
ways.''
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Wichita Falls, TX: Man with 12 previous arrests arrested again for shoplifting
A man with five previous convictions and 12 arrests for theft is arrested again
for allegedly attempting to shoplift from Market Street. Christopher Brian
Rogers is charged with theft with two or more previous convictions. Police
officers said Market Street Loss Prevention notified them Rogers was in custody
for shoplifting on Wednesday, Sept. 9. They said Rogers was seen walking around
the store with an insulated shopping bag putting items into the bag without
looking at them or the prices. They said he approached the registers and became
nervous and then tried to go through them and out the store without paying. He
was stopped and found with about $189 worth of merchandise.
texomashomepage.com
Dearborn, MI: Target thieves working in tandem repeatedly hit store
Two men working in tandem have repeatedly teamed up to steal store merchandise,
which they then return for merchandise card refunds, a loss prevention employee
told police officers the afternoon of Sept. 7, at Target, 15901 Ford Road in
Dearborn. The employee said the men, both of whom are white, tag-teamed each
other: First one would shoplift merchandise, hiding items in his clothing, after
which he would exit the store. His partner would then return the items at the
service desk, where he would receive a refund in the form of a merchandise card.
The store official said a recent review of surveillance video shows that the
pair have committed the scheme at least three times recently. Copies of the
footage were provided to police detectives.
pressandguide.com
Hailey, ID: woman allegedly stole $1,100 in merchandise including a chainsaw |
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Shootings & Deaths
Chicago, IL: Walgreens Adds Security Guard To Wicker Park Store Following Murder
Of Olga Calderon
The Walgreens in Wicker Park where employee Olga Calderon was killed Sunday has
reopened with boosted security. Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso confirmed a
guard has been posted at the store, 1372 N. Milwaukee Ave., but he said he could
not elaborate for security reasons. "We are grateful to Chicago Police and law
enforcement for their efforts and will continue to work with authorities,"
Caruso said. "The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority.
We are continually evaluating our security measures in all our stores. The store
is has reopened with additional security measures."
blockclubchicago.org
Toronto, ON, Canada: One dead following daylight shooting outside Walmart
 A
male is dead following a brazen shooting in the parking lot of a Walmart in the
Junction on Thursday afternoon, Toronto Police say. At around 1:42 p.m, police
responded to reports of shots fired outside in the area of St. Clair and Mould
avenues, near Jane Street. A male was found with gunshot wounds in a Walmart
parking lot and succumbed to his injuries, police said. A witness from the
scene, who wants to remain anonymous, told CP24 that he was sitting in his car
in the parking lot when he heard two people arguing from behind an area where
carts are housed. "Thirty seconds later I heard two shots being fired. Then I
run over there and see one guy on the ground," the witness said. The witness
said the victim sustained a gunshot wound to his head.
cp24.com
Myrtle Beach, SC: Witness details what he saw during shooting, stabbing at
Coastal Grand Mall
 Lee
Knight made a special trip around 2 p.m. Tuesday to Coastal Grand Mall, hoping
to buy a new pair of jeans and a shirt. Shortly after that, Knight said he
witnessed a stabbing and shooting both inside and outside the mall. "On a
Tuesday afternoon, at a nice local mall, you don't see stuff like this
happening," Knight said. "The world's gotten mean. Be aware, cause you never
know, something like this could happen."
Knight said while walking through the food court area inside Coastal Grand Mall,
he saw a man with what he described as a serious stab wound. "He collapsed near
the doorway," Knight said. He said he saw a man nearby that he believed was the
suspect who stabbed the victim, leaving the mall. Knight and another man ran
after the suspect into the parking lot and that's when he said a black car
pulled up and that's when shots were fired.
wmbfnews.com
Memphis, TN: Man gets life in prison for killing owner and employee at tire shop
Richardson, TX: Gun store owner shoots would-be robber, scares off 3 others
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Euclid, OH: Ohio man released from prison on Drug Store Robbery/Kidnapping,
still fighting to clear name
 David
Rawls was a state prisoner since 1997, convicted of a crime he says he did not
commit. On Aug. 24, after maintaining his innocence since the beginning, Rawls
was paroled from prison. After spending 23 years in prison, he's now a free man.
"It's been a hard adjustment," he said. "It's beautiful to be home." Rawls is
working with the Ohio Innocence Project to clear his name. Since being in
prison, he was continuously denied parole until now.
Rawls was convicted of a 1996 robbery at a Marc's Discount Drug Store in Euclid
and charged with aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Despite being released,
Rawls does not see his fight as over - his goal is to clear his name. Police and
prosecutors say Rawls robbed the store in June 1996. Two store employees were
bound with shirts, leading to the kidnapping charge, and the assailant ran off
with almost $8,000.
The primary evidence
against Rawls was the employees picking him from a photo lineup. In July 2019,
Rawls filed a public records request regarding any fingerprint evidence in his
case. To date, it has never been ruled on and any fingerprint evidence the state
might have has not been provided.
heraldstaronline.com
Selma, CA: Cashier and Friend charged with $1,700 Robbery of Gas Station
 Two
women were arrested Thursday for a fake robbery at a gas station according to
the Selma Police Department. The clerk told officers that she believed the
suspect had a weapon. Officers later determined that the suspect was able to get
away with approximately $1,700 from the register. Through the investigation,
detectives say they became suspicious of the clerk's statements as they didn't
match up to video surveillance, as well as the clerk's actions leading up to the
robbery. Detectives say they saw the suspect arriving on scene in a vehicle
minutes before the reported robbery through surveillance video.
yourcentralvalley.com
Trumbull, CT: Suspect who drew knife on Champs employee in 2018 charged with
Robbery
Ramos was identified from video surveillance during previous thefts, including a
September 2018 theft of a television from the Westfield Target, police said.
Police got a warrant for his arrest and served it on Sept. 2 as he was in court
for an unrelated incident. He was charged with conspiracy to commit sixth-degree
larceny and second-degree robbery.
trumbulltimes.com
Chicago, IL: Thieves break into Jefferson Park jewelry store, police warn other
businesses in the area
Litchfield County, CT: USPS Employee Sentenced For Stealing $40K In Money Orders
Flatwoods, KY: Car takes off after hitting convenience store
Hong Kong: Hammer gang strikes in fourth Jewelry Store Smash and Grab totaling
nearly $500,000
Counterfeit
Los Angeles, CA: $650,000 of Counterfeit Apple AirPods seized at Los
Angeles/Long Beach seaport
Authorities at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport recently seized 16,620
counterfeit wireless earphones and charging cables arriving from China that
violated Apple's AirPod and Lightning protected trademarks, officials said
Wednesday. The items, which were seized on July 2 and July 15, included 2,400
pairs of counterfeit wireless earphones and 14,220 counterfeit charging cables,
said Jaime Ruiz of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. If genuine, the seized
merchandise would have had an estimated manufacturer's suggested retail price of
$651,780, Ruiz said.
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• 15 robberies
• 8 burglaries
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• 25 burglaries
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