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The Armed Robbery Epidemic:
How to Stay Safe
Dr. Read
Hayes, Director of LPRC
Robert Oberosler, Group VP of LP, Rite Aid
Kevin Larson, Sr. Manager of AP, Kroger

With armed robberies spiking nationwide, retailers like Kroger and Rite Aid are
working alongside the University of Florida's
Loss
Prevention Research Council to make robbery attempts tougher, riskier and
less rewarding for criminals. In this session, Read Hayes, PhD, Director
of the LPRC; Bob Oberosler, Group Vice President of Loss Prevention for
Rite Aid; and Kevin Larson, Senior Manager of Asset Protection for
Kroger, discuss how new research on offender decision making, anti-robbery
tactics, and other incident reporting is being used to help counteract violence
in retail.
Episode Sponsored By:

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Garret King, Business Development Manager for
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and solutions more productive and useful for their retail customers at both the
store and corporate level.
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Real Time - Right
Now - Today's New England LP Expo
Thanks Kevin Plante & Joe LaRocca
250+
Attend
11th Annual New England LP Expo
in Worcester, MA
Over
250 people attended the 11th annual New England Loss Prevention Expo in Worcester,
MA today. The conference brings together Loss Prevention, Security, Risk Managers and
Solutions Partners with law enforcement, prosecutors and policy
makers to learn more about how to keep stores, employees and customers
safe and secure.
Some of the subjects discussed are Organized Retail Crime, external
and internal theft, private/public sector partnerships, asset protection
technology, financial crimes and emergency preparedness.
See pictures below and
click here to learn more about the expo.
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Manager, LP Operations/Physical Security for Staples, take a quick
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Paul
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Bill Peters, Director,
Safety & Regulatory Compliance for BJ's Wholesale Club talks about
safety in retail.
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New England LP Expo
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Update:
Walmart To Cut 20% Of Leadership Staff - 300 Jobs
Walmart is in the process of cutting 20% of its leadership staff above store
level, as reported by a field executive for the retailer. Within the next three
weeks, the company will reduce its total number of regional markets from 450
to 350, which will eliminate approximately 300 executive positions by
the beginning of October.
This reduction in staff is reportedly the result of an edict to cut expenses
quickly. The cuts will save Walmart from having to pay out bonus money and
vested equity moving into Q1 2018.
When all the cuts are finalized, Walmart will have been reduced from six
divisions to four in the U.S. and from 50 regions to 40. Moving forward,
Market Managers will shift from managing approximately eight stores to 12-15.
"The entire field HR community is worried whether they will have a job and what
that job might be," the executive said.
retailtouchpoints.com
Former Macy's Herald Square Employees Sue Alleging Racial Profiling of Customers
Four former employees at Macy's Inc.'s flagship location in New York City's
Herald Square are suing the department store chain for firing them after they
objected to the company's "long and uncomfortable history of racial profiling."
According to their law firm, Wigdor LLP, the four plaintiffs were told by their
managers in Macy's cosmetics and fragrance department to refuse to sell
products to Asian customers "in the same manner that white shoppers were
permitted," because they assumed that Asian customers would buy in the
United States only to sell them at a markup "on the grey market" in their
home countries.
Some goods brought into China from other countries are sold on the website
Taobao, according to a person familiar with the practice, similar to how
Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. sell. Taobao is operated by Alibaba Group Holding
Ltd.
"Macy's has longstanding policies and practices that embrace and promote
diversity and inclusion and prohibit discriminatory conduct against its
customers, employees, vendors and business partners," a Macy's representative
said in an email. "Macy's denies the allegations in the lawsuit filed by the
former Herald Square employees. We are confident that the allegations in this
matter will ultimately be found to be without merit."
The plaintiffs allege that they were told to "look out for" and "not sell to"
Asian customers, Wigdor wrote, and that they were "regularly" told to sell
only one of each product to Asian customers despite the store's policy that
customers could buy up to six of each product. Members of Macy's loss
prevention department would "consistently" stare at Asian customers as they
bought their products.
No other racial or ethnic groups were subject to similar racial profiling
instructions, the firm noted.
When the plaintiffs complained repeatedly to both their union and to their
managers, within one week they were
fired "in a blatant act of retaliation against those employees who dared to
speak up against such unlawful racial profiling."
thestreet.com
Nine Sears Associates Awarded LPC Scholarships
Sears Holdings, in partnership with the
The Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) today awarded 9 Sears Holdings Asset &
Profit Protection Associates
scholarships designed to support their career advancement and personal
development while working at SHC. Sears Holdings takes great pleasure in every
opportunity to invest in the development of their teams.
SHC awarded the scholarships for certification-review courses and the final
exams, for both LPCertified (LPC) and LPQualified (LPQ), which will earn them a
widely-recognized certification within the loss prevention industry.
Scott Glenn, Vice President and CSO noted:
"It is a tremendous honor to be able to invest in the future leaders of our
industry. The associates selected for these scholarships are the future of our
organization and I am proud of each of them."
Congratulations to the following recipients of the LPQualified (LPQ) and
LPCertified (LPC) Scholarships:
● Art Mercer - National Manager, Asset Protection
● Brian Tolbert - Territory Manager, Asset Protection
● Jason Merwin - Area Manager, Asset Protection
● Daron Lindman - Regional Director, Asset Protection
● Casey Albright - Area Manager, Asset Protection
● Alfredo Caravero - Market Manager, Asset Protection
● Matthew Edwards - Zone Manager, Asset Protection
● Bill Boston - Zone Manager, Asset Protection
● Steffen Steudte - Asset Protection Manager
yourlpf.org
Hurricane Update
Irma could hit holiday inventories - $2.75B in
Lost Sales
Some Retailers May Not Fully Recover
Some $2.75 billion in consumer and retail sales (including restaurants) could be
lost to Irma, in addition to costs incurred by the damage caused directly by the
storm, according to Planalytics. Early storm Hurricane Harvey cost businesses
some $1 billion in that measure, Planalytics said.
The investment bank Cowen & Co. noted "medium-term concerns" on
hurricane-related disruptions of supply chains in all categories. That could
mean delays in holiday goods and inventories.
Retailers selling critical supplies tend to benefit from such storms, while
businesses like restaurants and apparel retailers have almost no business. But
it's all mostly temporary.
"What almost always happens when you get a big event like this is you really see
three phases from a retailer perspective," Those phases are the forecast
(when people tend to stock up), the storm itself (when retailers need to
decide how long to stay open - to help people who need supplies without
endangering workers), and the aftermath, (when people return to stores to
stock up on things they've run out of, and take up shopping again for things
they don't immediately need).
More than six million people were forced to evacuate the state of Florida, the
most on record, and more voluntarily left the state, according to Planalytics.
Cowen analyzed 19% of stores located in the Southeast region and based on their
rankings, Walmart, Costco and Target stood to benefit on balance, partly offset
by store closures forced by the storm. But Cowen analysts noted that post-storm
inventory-taking and damage assessment shouldn't be the only consideration, and
warned that some retailers may not fully recover. retaildive.com
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Will Damage Retailers'
Third Quarter Sales
Industry-wide retail sales in August and September will fall in the wake of
hurricanes Harvey and Irma, with apparel retailers such as Gap expected to take
a longer-term hit than restaurant operators including Starbucks.
U.S. same-store sales at apparel chains are expected to rise just 0.1% in the
third quarter ending October, compared with a 0.6% increase seen before the
hurricanes, according to Thomson Reuters data.
As residents in these states begin to rebuild houses, home improvement chains
including
Home Depot are well positioned to benefit.
Dunkin' Donuts, could lose some $17 million in sales if all its stores in the
storm-ravaged states of Florida and Texas are shut for a week, according to
Cowen & Co. That would amount to a little more than 10% of the chain's
quarterly U.S. sales.
In contrast, Starbucks, with about 3% store exposure to Texas and 5.6% to
Florida, could lose about $35 million in sales per week if all stores in those
states were closed, Cowen said. That is less than 1% of the company's
quarterly sales.
The worst hit by the delays are likely to be apparel retailers such as Gap
and J. Jill.
The hurricanes are expected to have a "modestly negative" impact on
Wal-Mart
and dollar stores including
Dollar
General as demand for food, batteries and water before and after the
hurricanes offsets losses from store closures.
Same-store sales at Home Depot and
Lowe's are
expected to rise 3.5% to 4% in the second-half of the year. fortune.com
Texas AG files lawsuit against businesses for Hurricane Harvey price gouging
Equifax Update
Biggest Incident in Credit Monitoring Industry History
Since the announcement last week of their response, and the denial that the
three executives who cashed in $1.8M in stock had knowledge of the breach, the
industry's and the Congressional responses have been dramatic. Couple that with
the long term impact on a national scale one has to begin wondering if Equifax
will even make it through this. Just a thought. Gus Downing
Equifax's New Discrepancy
Visa & Mastercard Notices Show Breach Started in Nov. 2016
Different then Equifax stated these notices to financial institutions show the
200,00 credit cards dating back to November 2016. But Equifax says the
accounts were all stolen at the same time - when hackers accessed the company’s
systems in mid-May 2017.
In this case Visa and MasterCard were unambiguous, referring to Equifax
specifically as the source of an e-commerce card breach.
The card giant said the data elements stolen included card account number,
expiration date, and the cardholder's name. Fraudsters can use this information
to conduct e-commerce fraud at online merchants.
Editor's Note: Another discrepancy on Equifax's part?
krebsonsecurity.com
Equifax breach: Identity-theft hackers exploited flaw experts flagged in March
Cybersecurity professionals who track down bugs discovered, created a fix for,
and told the industry about the vulnerability that allowed attackers into the
Equifax network two months before the company was hit by hackers.
"The Equifax data compromise was due to (Equifax') failure to install the
security updates provided in a timely manner," The Apache Foundation, which
oversees the widely-used open source software, said in a
statement Thursday.
usatoday.com
After Equifax Hack, Groups Press for Stronger
Data Breach Laws
In the wake of the enormous Equifax data breach, which first came to light last
week, a variety of associations are calling for stronger federal standards for
both data security and breach disclosure.
A coalition of groups representing a wide swath of economic sectors-including
retail, travel, real estate, and hospitality-sent
a letter to U.S. House and Senate leaders [PDF] urging Congress to pass
legislation that would make standards uniform across the country and across
industries.
The statement comes as 143 million people are worrying about the exposure of
sensitive personal information in a
wide-reaching data breach of the credit reporting agency. Equifax's response
has been widely criticized-both because it didn't immediately disclose the
breach and because the information it eventually did provide was confusing (its
dedicated website initially didn't make it clear whether a user's data had been
exposed). The company's CEO has apologized and
promised long-term changes.
It was against this backdrop that industry groups made a call for fundamental
changes to data breach laws. Signatories to the letter to Congress included,
among others, the National Retail Federation, the National Association of
Realtors, the U.S. Travel Association, and the American Hotel & Lodging
Association.
In a separate letter to congressional leaders,
Dan Berger, CEO of the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions,
wrote that the Equifax breach, "and the report that they had known about
it for weeks without notifying consumers, is yet another demonstration of the
need for a legislative solution."
Meanwhile, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and the
American Bankers Association are helping members with messaging in the wake
of the breach.
associationsnow.com
Equifax stock sheds nearly a third of their value
since Sept. 7
Is this the incident that pushes biometrics to
the forefront?
Security Footage Kills Nike Employees' Bag Check Suit
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted Nike summary judgment in a class
action alleging unpaid wages, ruling that retail workers hadn't proven they
spent more than a few seconds of off-the-clock time going through security
checks.
U.S. District Judge Beth Freeman said Nike store employee Isaac Rodriguez didn't
submit evidence contradicting Nike Retail Services Inc.'s study, based on 700
hours of security footage, which showed that most exiting employees spent zero
time waiting for their bags or jackets to be checked at the end of their shifts.
The evidence Rodriguez put forth - depositions from store managers who said that
security checks sometimes take a few minutes - showed that the time workers
spent waiting for checks was de minimis, or trivial, in the eyes of the court,
Judge Freeman said.
law360.com
Be Careful What You Wish For - Seattle's
"Armageddon"
Cities are in a vicious, $5 billion battle over Amazon's headquarters - here's
why they're crazy
Cities across America
are vying to be chosen as the site of a second Amazon headquarters, but the
opportunity also comes with some drawbacks.
Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik writes that
Amazon is taking advantage of the local communities that are putting
together bids - which will presumably include generous tax incentives.
"The company's approach is arrogant, naive and more than a teensy bit
cynical," Hiltzik writes. "Rather than be offered bribes to move its
headquarters into a community, Amazon should be made to pay for the privilege."
"Communities that boast of relatively modest costs of living and reasonable
labor costs as come-ons should recognize that Amazon's arrival will push up land
values, and therefore the cost of housing and office space, and produce
upward pressure on wages," Hiltzik writes. "That's good for workers, not so much
for existing employers."
Amazon's headquarters in Seattle has certainly caused some tension, with some
local residents calling the effects on traffic and housing prices "Armageddon."
Bloomberg
reported that Boston was the frontrunner for the new headquarters, a claim
Amazon subsequently denied. Cities like Chicago and Denver are also reportedly
in the running.
businessinsider.com
Target increases holiday hiring by 40%
100,000 Workers in 1,816 Stores + 4,500 in DC's
VA. Governor's task force to address civil unrest
holds first meeting
Motel 6 Under Fire - Calling ICE on undocumented
immigrants staying there
Amsterdam: Security Guards Throw LGBT Syrian Refugees Out of Zara Store After
They're 'Attacked' By Homophobic Customer
Retail E-commerce President Embezzles $300K -
Gets 9 Months Federal Prison
RFID in Retail
and Apparel Conference
Sept. 26 in New York
Learn
how leading retailers and their suppliers are using passive UHF RFID
and complementary technologies to improve store and supply-chain
operations, enable omnichannel retailing and enhance the customer
experience.
This is the only event where you will hear end
users-retailers and brand owners-presenting objective case studies.
Whether you are seeking to understand how RFID can benefit your
company, or want to meet solution providers that offer the hardware,
software and services you need, we're confident you will find what
you are looking for at RFID in Retail and Apparel 2017.
Register now
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S-Tron Verified as a Veteran
Owned Small Business
We are thrilled to announce that
S-TRON has been verified by the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA)
and the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) as a Veteran Owned Small
Business (VOSB). We have
always been proud of our connection to the US Military. We hire Veterans
whenever possible and over 25%
of our staff is former US Military
including Owner, Steven P. Dunn and
President, Peter Mattschull.
"It was an honor to have served our nation in the US Navy and now it is a
privilege to serve some of the top businesses in America. We look forward to
growing our client base to include government entities."
Steve P. Dunn
Owner, CEO
US Navy Veteran

S-TRON is a National Provider of Electronic Security Equipment, Service, Design
and Installations. We are
Licensed by the NYS Dept of State License No. 12000079391.
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"Silos Are Killing The Organization"
Rethinking IT and Security Organizational Structures
Companies are under constant pressure to innovate in today's fast-paced business
environment. That might mean creating a better product, improving efficiency, or
creating a better customer experience. Unfortunately, the security function
tends to be separate from the innovation process or, worse, after the innovation
has created a new vulnerability.
That problem will persist unless companies rethink their organizational
structures around IT and security. That's the message that Rapid7 CEO Corey
Thomas is delivering in his keynote today at the company's United 2017 event in
Boston. He believes that IT and security teams can work together effectively to
innovate, create a better user experience, and adopt new technology without
increasing the vulnerability surface.
Thomas sees security and IT functioning separately in most organizations.
"Siloes are killing the organization," says Thomas in an exclusive interview
with CSO. "Breaking down the siloes and engineering automation solutions to
solve some of the persistent vulnerabilities is a solvable problem."
How should IT and security work together?
IT and security clearly need to work well together, but that will be difficult
if they don't understand each other. "It is impossible to have both IT and
security function well without each having the context of the other," says
Thomas. Just passing security vulnerabilities "over the wall" to the IT team is
an inefficient process that no longer works, he adds. Thomas cites organizations
having success embedding security in core operations. "You see some success in
the devops world where some innovators look at how they build security into the
development process."
"Security cannot be successful separate of IT. The ability to have an
integrated view and apply security and IT operations closer together is key to
having success," Thomas says.
Thomas believes that communication and collaboration between IT and security are
important, but cautions against seeing that alone as a solution. "In some ways,
[focusing on communication and collaboration] is a distraction, because it gives
in to this notion that you can treat security as an appendage," he says.
What can an integrated IT/security organization
do to foster innovation?

The same data used to troubleshoot an environment from a security perspective -
collect log data, do forensics across the environment, identify what
applications and users are affected - is the same data used to troubleshoot
performance issues or which of your assets need to be updated. "An integrated
view of the environment will ensure that you have the right data to serve all
those domains well," Thomas says.
Thomas encourages security professionals to find opportunities to participate
in the innovation process. "Innovation tends to happen in clusters. The
extent to which you have people on that journey together really matters," he
says. "Security has done a good job of that historically."
Two other opportunities for security professionals might be more of a challenge.
The first is generating and contributing to data mastery and organization.
"Lots of security practitioners tend to create their own data siloes, which
contributes to lack of mastery of information and data that's so critical with
the types of challenges that we face," says Thomas.
Second, shift focus to addressing root causes of security problems. "Poor
management practice and technology management practices are the root cause of so
many security vulnerabilities that organizations have," says Thomas.
csoonline.com
The five biggest questions about Apple's new facial recognition system
This week, Apple introduced a new flagship phone -
the iPhone X - with a powerful new login system. Because phone's all-glass
front leaves no room for a home button, Apple is ditching Touch ID in favor of
a facial recognition system powered by a new camera array and a specially
modified A11 chip. Alongside the new technology, the new Face ID system raises
serious questions about surveillance and user privacy. Until the phone goes on
sale in November, some of those questions will be left unanswered - but this is
what we know so far, and what it means for anyone thinking of buying an iPhone
X.
● Will Face ID make it easier for police to unlock my phone?
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Could my face leak or get stolen?
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Will Face ID have a racial bias problem?
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Can you spoof Face ID with a picture of someone's face?
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Will Apple ever use Face ID for anything other than unlocking phones?
theverge.com
Like It or Not, Smartphones with Biometrics Will Soon Be the Norm
This week Apple unveiled a facial recognition feature called Face ID to be
included on its high-end iPhone X. The company explained that the device uses a
combination of light projection and an infrared camera to create a 3-D map of a
user's face. The announcement sparked more than a few responses that raised some
potential security pitfalls of Apple's facial recognition technology.
Unfortunately for those wary of the supposed infallibility of biometrics,
there's some bad news.
New research from Acuity Market Intelligence found that biometric technology
will soon be ubiquitous on smartphones. The firm projects that nearly
two-thirds of smartphones shipped worldwide this year will feature some sort of
biometric capability. But it also estimates that by 2019, all smartphones
worldwide will ship with biometric technology embedded in them.
emarketer.com
Home Depot Slams $18M Fee Request In Data Breach Deal
Home Depot Inc. told a Georgia federal court Tuesday that attorneys who secured
a $27.25 million settlement for banks and other financial institutions suing
over the retailer's 2014 data breach should not receive $18 million in fees
calculated using "mathematical alchemy."
law360.com
Trump Orders Removal of Kaspersky Products from Federal Systems
Chinese restaurant lets customers pay using their face
Report: IoT in Retail Market to hit $30B by 2024
US-CERT: Potential Phishing Scams Related to
Equifax Data Breach
Skills Shortage Gap - U.S. Gov. to Boost Cyber
Scholarship-for-Service Program
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Billions Of Dollars At Stake As Brand Online
Safety Comes Into Play
Earlier this year, Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer of one of the world's
largest brands, Procter & Gamble, famously gave a very harsh and stern warning
to agencies and in fact all of digital marketing: "The days of giving digital a
pass are over. It's time to grow up. It's time for action."
Pritchard made this bold statement at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's
annual meeting held in Hollywood, Florida. His comments included strictures on
brand safety, transparency, and outright fraud taking place with online
marketing platforms throughout the entire strata of the internet. And he didn't
pull any punches.
Of particular concern to Pritchard and others like him is the continuing problem
of inappropriate juxtaposition online. When a hate group page on Facebook is
filled with ads for well-known brands of soap, cereal, and car wax, the public's
perception of those brands goes markedly downhill like a skier down a slalom.
Both Google and Facebook initially told some of their biggest clients that new
algorithms would automatically take care of this problem. But they didn't.
Instead, dairy products were being touted on soft porn sites and children's
clothing brands wound up next to white supremacy rants.
What is needed, says Pritchard, is personal and individual oversight on all ads
at all times on all sites. Otherwise, he warned, advertising dollars would be
yanked from online platforms and placed with more traditional and more reliable
media. And that's a lot of money. Last year alone, over $72 billion was spent on
digital advertising in the United States. And for the first time ever, that was
more than was spent on television advertising. So a watershed has been reached,
but Pritchard and others may be on the verge of reversing that windfall for
digital advertisers.
forbes.com
The Two Biggest Obstacles to mCommerce Adoption
Are NOT Fraud or Security
In light of the mobile fraud statistics below, you might think online businesses
would be especially fearful of fraud risk in the rapidly-growing mobile channel.
● 60% of fraudulent transactions originate from a mobile device, based on
research from
RSA.
● The fraud rate for mobile commerce is twice as high as for conventional
eCommerce, according to
The Fraud Practice.
● $2.33 in costs for every $1 in fraudulent mobile transactions, per
LexisNexis estimates of the "true cost" of mobile fraud.
Not quite. The
Mobile Payments & Fraud: 2017 Report reveals instead that the top two
obstacles to merchants investing in mCommerce capabilities are:
1. The cost of implementing new technology - 45%
2. IT resources required - 44%
Fraud does finish in the top three, with "addressing how to manage fraud risk"
at 34%.
Note the pattern here-all three of these fears revolve around technology. Not
advertising, not inventory, not pricing. It seems mCommerce is perceived as an
IT obstacle course.
kount.com
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New job posting: ORC Manager for ULTA Beauty -
Bolingbrook, IL
The Manager, Organized Retail Crime is responsible for the development,
implementation and management of external loss protection programs and
investigations while driving profitability through shrink improvement. This
position will be responsible for managing various data points and analytics of
individual store losses, markets and across the enterprise to identify ORC
activity, investigate accordingly and recommend action steps. Under the
guidance of the Director Loss Prevention, train, coach, and develop field loss
prevention team on reporting, analytics and trends pertaining to ORC. kronostm.com
As of July 29, 2017, Ulta Beauty operates 1,010 retail
stores across 48 states and the District of Columbia and also distributes
its products through its website. ULTA Beauty's net sales increased 20.6% in Q2,
comparable sales increased 11.7%, retail comparable sales increased 8.3%.
ulta.com
ultabeauty.com
Knoxville, TN: Knox County Sheriff's officers
raid landmark Restaurant for Stolen Meats; Kroger ORC Team assists
American
flags wave from poles outside The Round Up restaurant on Sevierville Pike. And
inside customers for years have been served meats shoplifted by drug addicts
from a local grocery store. "A lot of this food was stolen at night and sat in a
car trunk all night," said Knox County Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief Lee
Tramel. Officers armed with a search warrant just before 2 p.m. Wednesday raided
the popular eatery that has served the community for decades. About a dozen
customers were finishing their plate lunches or ice cream when the Organized
Retail Crime Unit officers entered the restaurant.

Accompanying the sheriff's officers was an inspector from the Knox County Health
Department. By the time the operation was finished, officers led 57-year-old Sam
Tobea, who has owned the business since 2002, away in handcuffs. Tobea was
charged with one count of felony theft. Officers who have formed partnerships
with loss prevention units of national retail chains in August arrested suspects
who directed investigators to The Round Up, Tramel said. Officials from
Kroger provided the Organized Retail Crime Unit with meats that undercover
officers sold to Tobea. Tramel said a Kroger official who participated in
the raid was able to identify the Kroger-provided meats with the bar codes still
on the packages.
knoxnews.com

Eau Claire, WI: Holiday C- Store employee busted for
$6,000 theft
A local convenience store employee is accused of stealing thousands of dollars
while working there. Aaron Wielgesiak is charged with stealing close to $6000
while working at the Eau Claire Mega Holiday store. A store employee told police
money and merchandise had disappeared over the past year. According to court
records, Wielgesiak admitted to investigators when customers paid with cash he
would delete the item they paid, and pocket the cash.
wqow.com

Camarillo, CA: Police seeking prolific shoplifter; hitting
3 Target stores for over $3,500
Police are asking for the public's help finding a burglary suspect police
estimate has stolen more than $3,500 worth of merchandise from Target stores in
Camarillo, Ventura and Oxnard. Police said the man, estimated to be from 19 to
25 years of age, took high-end home appliances, including expensive vacuum
cleaners, before casually leaving the stores through an emergency exit during
store hours. The thefts happened from March through July, police said.
vcstar.com

Coralville, IA: Police are looking for four suspects who
they say stole hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from a department store
last week
According to an Iowa City Area CrimeStoppers, the theft occurred on Saturday,
Sept. 9, and the suspects stole approximately $500 worth of clothing and
merchandise from Scheels at the Coral Ridge Mall.
thegazette.com

Monroe, LA: Lowe's Employee busted in $3,000 pass- thru
thefts
Michael Anderson is behind bars after he was caught stealing items from Lowe's
while working there over a three month period. Anderson confessed to stealing
twenty items worth over $3,000. Surveillance footage showed Anderson passing
items to an individual that had not paid at the time of checkout.
myarklamiss.com
Goodyear,
AZ: Shoplifter may be linked to thefts in 5 other cities
A man arrested for shoplifting in Goodyear may be responsible for thefts in five
other Valley cities including Chandler, Peoria, Phoenix, Tempe and Surprise.
Goodyear police report that on September 7, they arrested 33-year-old Matthew
Steve Speck for thefts at Walmart and Target in Goodyear. Police say the thefts
occurred from July 19 to August 26. Speck would allegedly use a large item like
a tote, basket or hamper to conceal electronics items like modems and routers.
He would usually leave the store out of the back emergency doors and leave on a
skateboard before getting into an awaiting car. Speck reportedly accumulated
over $18,000 in products from all the stores.
abc15.com
Boise, ID: Boise Police thank Organized Retail
Crime Association for assistance in Credit Card Fraud case
Boise Police say they were contacted Monday by a loss prevention employee at a
local business who said they had received a report of fraudulent transactions
over the weekend on a local victim's credit card at two stores. Police thank the
Organized Retail Crime Association, whose members include retails outlets and
law enforcement throughout Southern Idaho, for getting the information shared so
quickly about the suspect.
idahopress.com
Auckland, New Zealand: Stolen meat a hot
commodity for synthetic drug users
Senior sergeant Richard Thompson said drug users were using meat as a commodity
to buy drugs. Police found a freezer load of meat during a drug raid in Ranui,
Auckland in July. The meat was being used to purchase drugs, police said. Crime
prevention software company Auror were aware meat was a popular item for thieves
to steal. Auror content and communications manager Kevin Ptak "Items like meat,
cosmetics, clothing, footwear and electronics are all popular with thieves." He
said retail crime cost the economy more than $2 million every day.
stuff.co.nz
Newark, DE: With young children in tow, woman steals
$1,200 worth of groceries from Acme store
Sentencings
Austin,
TX: Serial jewelry store robber gets 77 years in prison
A Texan blamed for more than a dozen jewelry store robberies or attempted
holdups must serve 77 years in federal prison and repay nearly $1.6 million.
Marvin Lewis was sentenced Wednesday in Austin for crimes during 2014 and 2015.
Prosecutors say the 40-year-old Lewis, who lived in Austin and Houston, targeted
jewelry stores in Texas and Ohio. Jurors in June convicted Lewis of 25 counts
including conspiracy, interference with commerce by threats or violence, money
laundering and firearms-related charges. Investigators say the heists included
$548,000 worth of diamonds stolen from a jewelry store in Strongsville, Ohio.
Other robberies or attempted holdups were in Austin and the Houston area.
kxan.com
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Kidnapping, Standoff & Deaths
Update: Spokane, WA: Cheney Police identify Uncle
and Niece as suspects in Marijuana shop kidnapping
Police have identified two of the three suspects wanted in connection with a
Sunday kidnapping at a marijuana store in Cheney, and then found the SUV owned
by the kidnapping victim abandoned in a field in Airway Heights on Tuesday. The
Acura SUV owned by 46-year-old Cameron Smith has been located in Airway Heights.
Cheney police said Smith was not with the car and is still missing.
yakimaherald.com
El Paso County, CO: SWAT situation in King
Soopers parking lot
brought to peaceful end
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office was called to the King Soopers just after
noon Wednesday to check on a suicidal person in the store parking lot. When
deputies got on scene, they found the man barricaded inside his car with
multiple guns and called SWAT to assist. The situation ended just after 1,
nearly an hour after EPSO got the call. While it was ongoing, law enforcement
worked to clear the parking lot to get people out of a potential line of fire.
King Soopers and other stores in the strip mall went on lockdown.
kktv.com
Nelson, B.C., Canada: Suspect wanted in Jewelry
store smash-and-grab involved in deadly car crash
The suspect sought for an early-morning jewelry store robbery in Nelson that
netted thieves stolen items and caused damage to the tune of $30,000 is believed
to be the same man involved in a car accident on Highway 3 east of Hope Monday
afternoon - an accident that left a 35-year-old mother of four dead at the
scene.
thenelsondaily.com
Colorado Springs, CO: Police arrest 16-year-old in
connection with murder during Liquor store Robbery spree; 2 other teens also
arrested
Robberies & Thefts
Sparks, NV: Home Depot Employee injured after
being pushed during robbery
Police are looking for a man and woman after an employee was pushed onto the
ground during a robbery Wednesday at a Sparks hardware store. Officers responded
to the Home Depot on Galleria Parkway just after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, to the
report of a robbery. They learned a man and woman entered together and made
their way to the power tool aisle, where the man took several items and hid them
in his clothes. As he approached an exit, a 70-year-old female employee
confronted him. The suspect forcefully pushed her, according to police, and she
hit her head on the concrete floor. She sustained an injury to her head and an
arm.
mynews4.com
Buffalo Grove, IL: Armed Robbers restrain a U
Haul employee;
leading Police on hour long manhunt
Three suspects who police say fled after restraining a store employee and
loading stolen merchandise onto U-Haul truck were arrested Wednesday. The
employee was restrained while the suspects stole items from the store and loaded
them onto the truck, police said. There were no injuries. The suspects took off
in the truck but were spotted by police; the truck crashed into three other
vehicles and the suspects fled on foot.
dailyherald.com
Vicksburg, VA: Dollar General Employee and gunman
charged in alleged hold up
Two people face charges in the Sunday night armed robbery of the Dollar General
Store, 2203 Clay St., Vicksburg Police Sgt. Johnnie Edwards said. He said police
Wednesday arrested Willie Montrell Clark, 18, and Shera Chentral White, 24, a
clerk at the store, in connection with the robbery. Clark faces charges of armed
robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, while White faces a charge of
conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
vicksburgpost.com

Maumelle, AR: Police Chase ends with 5 Walgreen's Pharmacy
burglars arrested
Five suspected burglars led officers with Maumelle Police Department on a chase
early Wednesday, after supposedly burglarizing Walgreens. Police link all five
to the burglary, all are from the Houston area. After searching the vehicle,
police say they found a substantial amount of narcotics inside that were taken
from the pharmacy.
katv.com

Modesto, CA: Correctional Officer who responded to Knife
welding man inside Costco will be awarded a Medal of Valor
Correctional Officer Kevin Machado was shopping at the Modesto Costco with his
girlfriend and his 1 and 1/2-year-old son on a Thursday afternoon last year when
an alarm began to sound in the store.
modbee.com
Montecito, CA: Pharmacy Owner increases security but keep
his business quaint event after Burglary
CVS Stores Robbed Across San Diego County; in Hillcrest,
Mira Mesa, National City, North Park, Rolando, and most recently, La Jolla
Madison, W: Police investigate series of smash-and-grab
burglaries
Pennington County, SD Sheriff's Office conduct Active
Shooter training at Rushmore Mall
Nashville, TN: Man Arrested For 539th Time; Robert Brown,
48, has been arrested an average of every two weeks since 1994
Caulfield, Australia: Pharmacist chases off Burglars with
a toy Samurai Sword
Sentencings
St Louis, MO: Man gets 2 years in Prison for Saks
Fifth Avenue $200,000
Smash & Grab Theft
A Chicago man has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay
restitution of more than $200,000 for his role in the smash-and-grab theft of
handbags at a St. Louis-area Saks Fifth Avenue store. A federal judge in St.
Louis on Wednesday sentenced 22-year-old Dejuan Wingard. He is the seventh of 13
people who have pleaded guilty in connection with the crime. Investigators say a
large group of people walked into the Frontenac, Missouri, store's Chanel
boutique in November, all with hooded sweatshirts over their faces. The suspects
grabbed 30 handbags and smashed fixtures before fleeing in two vehicles. The
handbags were valued at around $60,000. Wingard also told authorities he
participated in a similar crime at the same store in August 2016.
latimes.com

Aiken County, SC: Man pleads guilty to Dollar
General armed robbery, gets 30 years
Jimmy Ashley Jr., 25, pleaded guilty Wednesday to armed robbery, two counts of
kidnapping and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
He originally was charged with four counts of kidnapping, two counts of armed
robbery and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a
violent crime, but the State dropped some of Ashley's original charges in
condition with the guilty plea.
aikenstandard.com
Fresno, CA: 17 year old Armed Robber held up 3
stores in 50 minutes
It is now up to the District Attorney to decide whether a teen accused in three
Fresno convenience store holdups will be tried as an adult. Police say a
17-year-old used a gun to hold up workers at each of those stores. Officers say
a he took, cash, cigarettes and cigars. The teenager and his 22-year-old
girlfriend are now in custody.
kmph.com
Baltimore, MD: Convicted jewelry store
robber pleads guilty in murder case
Houston, TX: Man pleads guilty to killing
deputy at gas station
Salinas, KS: Man sentenced to 30 years in Prison for a
string of Armed Robberies at five businesses
Credit Card Fraud
Ottawa, IL: Two Chicago area men face
counterfeiting charges after a nearly month-long investigation
The two men were charged with multiple counts of counterfeiting debit card -
each a Class 3 felony according to Ottawa, IL, Police. Last month, Ottawa Police
detained three suspects allegedly involved in using counterfeit or fraudulent
credit cards to make purchases at the Ottawa Walmart. Authorities found 35
credit cards, a portable credit card reader and multiple receipts.
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Advance Auto - Dolton, IL - Armed Robbery / suspect shot
by customer
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AT&T - Santa Clarita, CA - Armed Robbery
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Boyd's Drug Mart - Pennington County, SD - Robbery
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C-Store - Battle Creek, MI - Armed Robbery/ Assault
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C-Store - West Valley, UT - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Muncie, IN - Armed Robbery
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Christopher Walling Jewelry - Aspen, CO - Robbery
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Circle K - Bar Harbor, ME - Armed Robbery
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CVS - San Diego, CA - Robbery
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Dollar General - Beaverdam, OH - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Gardendale, AL - Armed Robbery
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McDonald's - Hapeville, GA - Armed Robbery
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Sprint - Jennings, MO - Armed Robbery
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Star 21 Marijuana - Seattle, WA - Armed Robbery/Shooting
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Stone Fruit Coffee - Cornersburg, OH - Burglary
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U Haul - Buffalo Grove, IL - Armed Robbery
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Walgreens - Maumelle, AR - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Marlborough, MA - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - East Hartford, CT - Armed Robbery
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