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2015's GLPS's - Group LP Selfie's
Your Team - Your Pride - Our Industry
One Team at a Time
Co-op Retailing
System - Asset Protection Leaders
"Protecting People, Property and Brand"
Back
L- R - Marc Cayer, Interim Asset
Protection Manager, Heritage Co-op; Bruce Browne, Safety & Loss Prevention
Officer, Otter Co-op; Bob Young, Asset Protection Coordinator, FCL Home Office
Asset Protection
Middle row L-R
- Dave Monohan, Asset Protection Manager, Wetaskiwin Co-op; Greg Bell, Health &
Safety/Loss Prevention Manager, Pembina West Co-op; Brian Cook, Health & Safety,
Maintenance & Security Manager, New Horizon Co-op; Ray Ruiters, Asset Protection
Analyst, FCL Home Office Asset Protection; Jeff Haubrich, Asset Protection
Manager, Borderland Co-op; Stephen Elley, Asset Protection Manager, Wild Rose
Co-op; Ken Doerksen, Security Systems Support Coordinator, FCL Home Office Asset
Protection; Albert Bedard, Asset Protection Coordinator, FCL Home Office Asset
Protection; Trevor Pfeifer, Asset Protection Manager, FCL Home Office Asset
Protection
Front row L-R
- Nicole Anderson, Security Systems and Support
Analyst, FCL Home Office Asset Protection; Rick Myall, Loss Prevention/Safety
Supervisor, Red River Co-op; Travis Legare, Asset Protection Manager, Moose Jaw
Co-op; Arlene Whyman, Asset Protection Officer, Interlake Co-op; Veena Channan,
Corporate Asset Protection Manager, Central Alberta Co-op; Debbie Peterson, Loss
Prevention & Safety Manager, Swan Valley Co-op; Denis Sunderland, Asset
Protection Manager, Prairie North Co-op; David Knouse, Environmental Risk
Manager, Prince Albert Co-op; Heather Smith-Schenkey, Safety and Loss Prevention
Coordinator, Medicine Hat/South Country Co-op; Ron Wells, Occupational Health &
Safety, Asset Protection Coordinator, North Central Co-op
Retail LP Teams, send us your new Group LP Selfies!
Have some fun, show
your team pride, get a plaque,
and maybe win some free pizza!
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Florida
Retail Federation Hosts 2nd Annual
Loss Prevention Conference
Law Enforcement Officers
Recognized for Efforts in ORC
 The 2nd Annual Florida Retail Federation Loss Prevention Conference took place
on October 13th in downtown Tampa, attracting 200 attendees comprised of retailers and law enforcement.
Sheriff Wayne Ivey keynoted the conference (see picture) and stressed how important it is to
continue to promote law enforcement and to stand firmly behind what they provide
to their respective communities. He also stressed the importance of
collaboration and the sharing of information. Ivey is the newly elected President
of the
Florida Organized Retail Crime Association (FLAORCA). There were 12
breakout sessions and some of the more well attended include "Using Social Media
in Investigations", "Anatomy of A Critical Incident ( Active Shooter)",
and "New
Technology for ORC Investigations". According to conference organizers, the feedback from attendees was very
positive and the conference was successful.
Held in conjunction with the 2015 Florida Retail Federation Loss Prevention
Conference was the FRF's Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award Dinner.
Detective Jason Friday of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office was selected
as the 2015 Florida Retail Federation Law Enforcement Officer of the Year (LEOY).
Selected as the Runner-Up was Master Deputy Jeffrey Newcomb of the Orange
County Sheriff’s Office. Both are being recognized in part for their work in
preventing organized retail crime. Two officers were selected to receive
Honorable Mentions and will be recognized locally. They are: Detective
Kenneth DeWeese of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Detective Marcos
Rodriguez of the Miami-Dade Police Department.
The Florida Retail Federation Law Enforcement Officer of the Year program has
been an annual event since its inception in 1974. The purpose of the program is
to support and encourage outstanding law enforcement work throughout the state,
and to recognize the important contributions made by Florida's law enforcement
professionals, particularly as it relates to the retail industry.
For more information on the award winners, the event or the LEOY program,
visit
www.frf.org.
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FRF Law
Enforcement Officer of the Year Sarasota County
Sheriff’s Detective Jason Friday with FRF Chairman Sandy
Fortin (left) and FRF Loss Prevention Chair Dennis
Wamsley of Publix (right)
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FRF Law Enforcement
Officer of the Year Sarasota County Sheriff’s Detective
Jason Friday and to his left, Runner-Up Orange County
Sheriff Master Deputy Jeffrey Newcomb joined by FRF
Chair Sandy Fortin (far left) and FRF President/CEO Rick
McAllister (far right)
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Hy-Vee post Assistant Vice President, Loss Prevention
position in West Des Moines, IA
Accountable and Reports to: Senior VP Government Affairs & Business Innovations.
Positions that Report to you: Asst. Director Loss Prevention; Loss Prevention
Supervisor; Administrative Assistant; EBR Loss Prevention Analyst; Supply Chain
Security Manager; Corporate Security Supervisor; Corporate Security Officers;
Distribution Center Security. ziprecruiter.com
With sales of $8.7 billion annually, Hy-Vee ranks among the top 25
supermarket chains and the top 50 private companies in the United States,
employing 75,000 employees. Its more than 235 stores are located in eight
Midwestern states: Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Minnesota and Wisconsin. Distribution centers are in Chariton, Iowa, and
Cherokee, Iowa, with a third perishable operation in Ankeny, Iowa. Hy-Vee's
corporate office is located in West Des Moines, Iowa. hy-vee.com
Search Firm TriQuest Business Services, LLC - post Director of Loss Prevention
position in retail in San Antonio
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer - As The Director Of Loss Prevention,
You Will - ●Responsible for the execution of Loss Prevention initiatives
●Responsible for the execution of shrink reduction programs in high shrink
locations ●Participates in store associate training regarding approved Loss
Prevention initiatives and workshops. Salary Range: 80-100K
Editor's Note: The list continues along the same lines of typical Loss
Prevention responsibilities in a retailer. This may be the A'GACI position we
reported on earlier. As they may have just hired a recruiting firm to handle it.
linkedin.com
Update:
Director of Global Security, VF Corporation, reporting into legal department, in
Greensboro, N.C.
According to sources a lot of what they're looking for requires IT Security
experience. Hence the 'Security' term used in the title.
The primary responsibility of the Director of Global Security: develop,
implement, direct and manage cost-effective security programs, policies,
procedures and processes to protect the company from internal and external
threats to its people, businesses, information and reputation. This is the most
senior executive position in the Corporate Security Department with global
responsibility.
Today, VF is an $12 billion apparel and footwear powerhouse, with an incredibly
diverse, international portfolio of brands and products that reach consumers
wherever they choose to shop. VF is more than the world's largest apparel
company. We're a dynamic, global powerhouse with $12 billion in annual revenues,
over 30 dynamic lifestyle brands and approximately 57,000 associates working in
locations across the globe. Our brands are sold in more than 150 countries
through 47,000 retailers in all channels of distribution, from mass to
department to specialty retailers. In addition, we own and operate more than
1,100 retail stores. Many of our brands also sell products directly to consumers
over the Internet.
Editor's Note: This may be their first actual corporate effort that came to the
market looking for an external executive.
vfc.com
Sr. Director Global Safety and Security - Marriott Vacations Worldwide
Corporation in Orlando, Florida
The Senior Director of Safety and Security will report directly to the Vice
President of Resort Operations. The vast Scope of this position will frequently
require this role to work directly with other Department leaders and individual
Executive Committee Members. As a member of the Loss Prevention organization,
he/she contributes the highest level of safety, security and risk management
knowledge and expertise through their interactions with all resorts and/or
business offices.
mvwcareers.com
Securitas set to acquire Diebold division for $350m
Securitas has agreed to buy Diebold's North America-based electronic security
division for $350 million. The divestiture by Diebold is aimed to better
position it to pursue growth in the self-service industry, it said. Diebold has
current annual revenue of about $330 million, it said in a prepared statement.
It has about 1,100 employees, 55,000 monitored customer locations and 200,000
sites serviced. It will retain all its physical and consumer transaction
security businesses related to its core financial market, including automated
teller machine security, anti-fraud card solutions, bank branch facility and
drive-up systems, and related services, according to a prepared statement.
securitysystemsnews.com
Wal-Mart Shrinks the Big Box, Vexing Vendors - Wal-Mart's Merchandising Plan -
Great Article of Where They're Going
At the U.S. chief's direction, the retail behemoth has already removed about 15%
of store displays over the past year, and the average Wal-Mart supercenter-home
to around 120,000 products-has about 2,500 fewer items than a year ago. In the
process, Wal-Mart will revive its efforts to target more affluent customers'
households. "Globally we know growth will disproportionately come from middle-
and upper-income households in the years ahead," said Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon
in mid-October. In the past, Wal-Mart has tried to boost sales by uncluttering
aisles, targeting wealthier shoppers and cutting down on merchandise-to
disastrous effect.
Separately Wal-Mart is shaking up its store management around the country. About
30% of its regional stores managers have left, said Mr. Foran in mid-October,
speaking to investors. Several months ago a "few hundred" stores didn't have
managers, but the company is filling those vacancies quickly, he said. "I'm
guessing we've probably got 300 or 400 [stores] out there that I would really
rate as a fantastic shopping experience," said Mr. Foran. "Then we have got a
whole group in the middle that have improved, but we have got room to go
further."
wsj.com
55% of Retailers Filing Bankruptcy Over Last Ten Years End Up Liquidating -
The Slippery Slope Has Become Even More Slippery
According to a new study by AlixPartners advisory firm, 55 percent of all U.S.
retailers that have filed for bankruptcy over the past 10 years have ended up in
liquidation. By comparison, less than 5 percent of nonretail filings over that
period have had the same result.
In the old days a retailer would go into Chapter 11... [and] they would get rid
of all their bad locations by terminating the leases. They'd come out smaller,
leaner, meaner and they would negotiate a repayment plan with creditors," said
Ken Rosen, who leads the bankruptcy, financial reorganization and creditors'
rights department at Lowenstein Sandler law firm. "We don't see that anymore."
U.S. Bankruptcy Code in 2005 condensed the timeline in which retailers had to
garner approval for a sale or reorganization before they were pushed into
liquidation. Whereas retailers used to be able to spend a year or longer in
bankruptcy they now have 210 days to decide whether to hold onto or dispose of a
store lease.
While that sounds like a tight timeline, it's even tighter in practice. Because
it can take 90 days to hold a going-out-of-business sale, senior lenders often
attempt to make a decision as to whether they should liquidate or reorganize a
debtor in as little as 120 days.
A recent study found that among the 16 retail filings over the last 18 months,
only one - Brookstone Holding Corp. - successfully reorganized. By comparison,
10 of the 16 resulted in liquidation, and five were sold. Editors Note: There's
more reasons listed in the article. Leave it to say that if you're retailer is
possibly facing this you may wish to read this article.
cnbc.com
Another Off-Price store coming - Find@Lord & Taylor -
1st 30,000 sq.-ft. store in Paramus, N.J. -= HBC's 2nd one
HBC, owner of Saks Off Fifth is opening another off-pricer with 7 stores
planned on opening by Dec. '16. Find @ Lord & Taylor is going after younger
shoppers in their 20s and 30s. (Thus the @ symbol, which is meant to resonate
with shoppers who have grown up in the digital age.)
As the off-price space becomes more crowded-24 new Off 5th Stores are
scheduled to open in 2016, bringing the total to 110.
Sales at the major off-price chains are expected to total $42 billion in
2015, up from $27 billion in 2009. While those receipts lag behind the $59
billion in sales the major department-store chains are expected to have in 2015,
the gap is narrowing. Department-store sales have declined by 8% since 2009,
when they totaled $64 billion.
wsj.com
Take
a tour of Microsoft's new Fifth Avenue flagship store
Microsoft's first flagship retail store is opening its doors tomorrow in New
York City, located on Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street, just a few blocks from
Apple's iconic cube store. This isn't your typical Microsoft store: It spans
five floors in a grand building, and it'll sport a glass facade that offers a
direct view inside. You definitely won't miss it while walking down the street.
Upon entering the store, it's not hard to feel a sense of deja vu from Apple's
retail style.
engadget.com
Between 700,000 and 750,000 new seasonal positions will be filled this holiday
season - See the List
J. Crew has agreed to end on-call shifts nationwide
Pep Boys enters merger agreement with Bridgestone
- accelerating the global growth strategy of Bridgestone Corp. - world's largest
tire and rubber company and parent of Bridgestone Americas
Last week's most popular news article --
Penney cuts 300 HQ jobs in cost reduction move; The layoffs at J.C. Penney
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Companies need to start making security part of their brands, experts say.
Especially with IoT coming
As the number of cyberattacks continue to mount, security experts said Monday
that consumers are starting to demand that companies show they are taking the
issue seriously and are going to punish those that don't. Cisco Chief
Information Security Officer Steve Martino said companies also need to ensure
that security is considered from the moment they design and build a new product
- rather than waiting for something to go wrong and rolling out fixes.
"I think the vendor who is building that needs to have a process to say what am
I building, how I am protecting it and making a secure environment," Martino
said, adding that he envisions a time when security, like the endurance of a
product, will help anchor a company's reputation.
"Security is going to be an element of your brand," he continued. "Very shortly,
you are going to start to see companies say security is part of that brand. It's
quality. It's security. That is where it moves into the board, into the
company's strategy." foxnews.com
 Consumers
Don't Believe Retailers Will Keep Data Safe
Unfortunately, a recent report shows that there's a short supply of public faith
in retail cybersecurity. According to Capgemini Consulting's newest report,
"Privacy Please: Why Retailers Need to Rethink Personalization," 93 percent of
more than 220,000 consumers surveyed expressed serious doubts over retailers'
abilities to protect consumer data in the event of a cyberattack. Moreover, the
study found that retailers themselves acquired a negative connotation related
to data security when engaging in certain activities consumers viewed as overtly
negative, namely in-store traffic monitoring (84 percent) and facial recognition
(81 percent). pymnts.com
Home Depot has spent $232M in expenses related to data breach -
Figure will grow as legal fights continue
More than 50 lawsuits filed since the company disclosed in September 2014
it had been hacked have been consolidated into two suits, each seeking class
action status - one for consumers and the other for financial institutions such
as banks and credit unions. Experts say Home Depot is likely to settle
out-of-court to both avoid the millions in costs it will take to fight the
litigation and the public relations damage it could suffer if either case went
to trial.
Home Depot so far has sought to quash the lawsuits, which have not yet been
certified as class actions - a key step that would raise the stakes. Home
Depot's attorneys argued for dismissal of the suits Thursday in U.S. District
Court in Atlanta. A decision is pending. They called the litigation frivolous
and said plaintiffs for customers had not demonstrated harm to shoppers. As for
financial institutions, they said covering losses from stolen cards is a normal
course of business.
Attorneys for consumers and the banks countered that Home Depot was negligent in
protecting consumer information, despite being warned by workers that its
security was inadequate. ajc.com
Target Internal Probe Docs Largely Shielded In Breach Dispute
A Minnesota federal judge on Friday largely rejected a class of banks' bid to
force Target to produce documents generated during its internal investigation of
its massive data breach, allowing only communications updating the board of
directors about the incident to be revealed.
In his order, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey J. Keyes weighed in on the parties'
dispute over hundreds of entries on Target Corp.'s privileged document log that
the retailer contended were protected by either attorney-client privilege or
work-product protection because they related to internal investigations that
Target directed a specially formed task force as well as a Verizon unit to carry
out to help it prepare for and respond to the inevitable onslaught of
post-breach litigation.
law360.com
The Eye-Scanning ATM Is Here
Citigroup, Diebold to unveil new technology that eliminates the need for cards.
Citigroup Inc. is testing new technology with automated-teller-machine maker
Diebold Inc. that would allow customers to withdraw money with an eyeball scan
or a code on a smartphone instead of a card swipe.
Citigroup's experiment involves a new kind of cash machine that lacks a screen
or touchpad. Instead, customers would first check the bank's mobile app on their
smartphone or tablet ahead of time to sign in and select how much money they
want to withdraw. Then, they would approach the machine, which would quickly
scan their iris to verify their identity. The machine, which connects to the
mobile app, would spit out the right amount of cash. wsj.com
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Roadmap
for New LP Executives
Part
11:
Document Your Journey
 By
Mike Nagyhazy
Senior
Director of Loss Prevention,
24 Hour Fitness
Questions or comments can be emailed to
mnagyhazy@24hourfit.com
As a new Loss Prevention Executive, you will get a TON of things thrown your
way. Some may be projects from other company executives, your boss, things that
you observe yourself - it will hit you from all directions, at times. That's why
you're in this role; because you're strategic, you have the right attitude, and
you can handle it!
It's important that you document what you've accomplished in your new role, as
it happens. There have been many times that I sit at my laptop during the
company's self-review process, trying to think back on what happened 3 quarters
prior. With everything that we handle within Loss Prevention, remembering
projects and improvements accomplished from 3 quarters ago can be quite taxing!
Now that you're at a different level of Loss Prevention Leadership, your reviews
and your compensation plan have hopefully forced you to take the process very
seriously. Gone are the days of externals and internals - now you have to
creatively earn your seat at the table each and every day. Having said all of
this, it's important that you Document Your Journey. This can be as easy as an
ongoing Word document, Excel spreadsheet, notes on your tablet, or a good ol'
fashion notepad - whatever your style may be, make quick notes as things happen.
This will assist you during 1:1 meetings with your boss, it will help with
quarterly business updates, and it will certain help you write your review, in
order to maximize your personal financials. A few examples of brief
notes/accomplishments may be as simple as:
Aug. 2015 - Created Company Shrink Awareness Program, along with
Marketing Team, yielding a 12% shrink reduction trend (may be something that
you're still monitoring through the year, but document its' inception, anyway!)
Sept. 2015 - Engaged and assisted Procurement Team to renegotiate bulk CCTV pricing, reducing annualized spend by 8% ($47K)
Oct. 2015 - Implemented auditing via tablet for entire LP team, resulting
in office supply spend reduction of $32k
Etc., etc., etc.
Your list is your list. It should mirror the hard work that you're doing, it
should reflect the cost savings that you may be bringing to the table, and
should highlight the strategic projects that you've worked on. When it comes to
self-reviews, and sharing your hard work, sell yourself! Don't be shy and don't
hold back. You're at a level where others may not overtly praise you on a
regular basis, and no one will know what you've accomplished like you will. Make
great things happen, and Document Your Journey!
Read the Introduction and Parts 1-10
here
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Kroger's LP
Adding Value to a Retailer
In 2008,
Karl Langhorst
became the first Director of Loss Prevention for The Kroger Co., a decentralized
monolithic retailer that never had a true corporate LP program or function. Thus
began a 2-year transformation that involved rolling out the district LPM
position, taking the LP Specialist job in-house, managing corporate rollouts,
and developing relationships throughout the organization both corporately and in
18 different divisions. Hear how Karl was able to build a successful LP program
at Kroger through strong partnerships and realigning the company's thinking on
loss prevention.
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Dealing with financial threats to online transactions
One third of banks and payment services have failed to provide a secure channel
for all online payments. That's the latest finding from a survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International. Despite the increase in online tools to
make payments, the survey's results find that many banks and payment companies
are finding it hard to shield both themselves and their customers from the
ever-present risk of fraud. Going into greater detail, 65% of the organisations
said that customers are using a greater variety of devices to pay online but
only 53% have introduced two-factor authentication and only half have introduced
specialised, real-time solutions to combat fraud. Further findings discovered
that 42% extended this sort of solution to customer devices while only 67%
implemented secure connections for all online payments. Last year, Kaspersky Lab
and Interpol also found that about 500,000 users had encountered Android malware
which was designed to steal money at least once. The amount of banking malware
had risen 8.89 percentage points to 75.63% of all financial malware attacks in
2014. The same report also found that in 2014, financial phishing attacks (for
targets such as banks, payment systems and e-shops) accounted for 28.73 of all
phishing attacks.
thestack.com
Fight in global B2C e-commerce delivery gets tougher
According to the findings of secondary market research specialist yStats.com of
Germany, free shipping still remains the number one priority for almost two
thirds of online shoppers worldwide. In Asia, around half of digital buyers
would add items to a cart in order to qualify for the free shipping service and
in North America more than half of all online shoppers would choose longer
delivery times, as of early 2015. On the other hand, delivery speed is also a
major concern of global online shoppers. In response to this demand, online
retailers attempt to offer express delivery options, such as same day and next
day delivery. This leads to increased investment and intensified competition
among the merchants and logistics providers, as yStats.com's report shows.
indiatimes.com
Blockchain Alliance forms to tackle bitcoin crime
The Chamber of Digital Commerce and Coin Center recently announced the formation
of a public-private forum for the bitcoin community, the Blockchain Alliance.
The Alliance is made up of several companies and institutions that are meeting
in Washington, DC to discuss how to combat bitcoin and blockchain related crime,
according to a press release. The goal of the Alliance is to act as a resource
for law enforcement for technical knowledge on preventing bitcoin crime. It is
also designed to act as a forum for dialogue between law enforcement and the
bitcoin community.
mobilepaymentstoday.com
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Boise, Idaho: Multi-State Traveling Mexican Fraud Gang
Member Sentenced to 12 Months Federal Prison
According to the plea agreement, Miranda-Molina admitted that in March of
2015, he and two co-defendants traveled together from Mexico, through Montana,
to Idaho in a vehicle rented in Sonora, Mexico, for the purpose of using
counterfeit credit cards to make fraudulent purchases of merchandise and gift
cards.
In Montana, each defendant engaged in a number of transactions, using credit
cards that the defendants knew to be counterfeit, at stores such as Auto
Zone, TJ Maxx, Home Depot, Ulta, and others. The defendants jointly and
fraudulently obtained merchandise valued at approximately $8,184.01. In Boise,
the defendants again engaged in a number of transactions, using credit cards the
defendants knew to be counterfeit, at stores such as Lowe's, Sports
Authority, Barnes and Noble, Nordstrom Rack, JC Penney, and others. The
defendants fraudulently obtained merchandise valued at approximately $5,117.63.
The defendants were arrested in possession of approximately 84 counterfeit
credit cards embossed with their names, but encoded with victims' credit card
numbers, as well as merchandise purchased with the counterfeit credit cards,
including GoPro Hero 4 Cameras, Samsung Galaxy Nooks, and video game systems. justice.gov
7 suspects arrested for local Victoria Secret thefts - combined loss of $50,000
From October 20-23, 2015, Polk County Sheriff's Organized Retail Crime (ORC)
Unit detectives, working with Lakeland Police Officers, Lake Wales Police
Officers, and retail loss prevention personnel, arrested seven people during an
investigation of organized retail theft at two different Victoria's Secret
stores. In October 2015, PCSO ORC Detectives were contacted by loss prevention
partners from the two stores - one located at Lakeside Village in the city of
Lakeland, and the other one located at the Eagle Ridge Mall in the city of Lake
Wales - in reference to recent thefts taking place. The Victoria's Secret loss
prevention officers documented 26 separate thefts since July 2015 - 18 at
Lakeside Village, and 8 at Eagle Ridge Mall - for a combined loss of
approximately $50,000. "It looks like we were able to stop this 'panty raid'
just in time. These suspects traveled here to Polk County to steal from our
merchants, meanwhile some of them are collecting government assistance. They
clearly haven't gotten the message that we do not tolerate theft of any kind in
our county. If you're going to steal, stay out of Polk County." - Sheriff Grady
Judd.
wtsp.com
Riverside, IL: Chicago man grabs $5,000 of Cigarettes from a Delivery Truck
Northwest Side man was arrested for stealing $5,000-worth of cigarettes in west
suburban Riverside last week. Jesus A. Sanchez, 34, was arrested on Oct. 19. On
Oct. 16, Sanchez hopped into a delivery truck that was parked on East Quincy
Street near Harlem Avenue in Riverside and made off with boxes of cigarettes.
While he was running to his getaway car, a bystander spotted him, yelled out and
chased him, police said. Sanchez dropped the boxes before getting into the car,
which then sped away, but not before the bystander was able to snap a picture of
the car's license plate and report the incident to police.
suntimes.com
Mt. Juliet, TN: 2 arrested in connection to $3,500 Walmart theft
Walmart employees in Mt. Juliet helped stop shoplifters trying to get away with
more than $3,500 in merchandise. Two men are accused of stealing from the store
on Thursday. Authorities said they came back Friday and that's when employees
recognized the two and phoned police. A computer, a go-pro camera and 18 bottles
of cologne was recovered from their car.
wkrn.com
 Petaluma,
CA: Police Seek Kohl's Burglar who Stole $2K Worth of Vacuums
Police are
seeking a person in connection with a burglary at a Petaluma department store
Friday evening, in which over $2,000 worth of merchandise was taken. At 5:38
p.m., officers responded to a report of a burglary at a Kohl's Department Store.
When officers arrived, officers learned a man had walked into the store and went
to the vacuum display area of the store. The man then chose three vacuum
cleaners and placed them in his shopping cart. The man walked to the back of the
store with the shopping cart and exited the building through a fire exit. The
suspect then ran to a waiting pickup truck nearby.
patch.com
Loves
Park, NY: Police Look For Theft Suspects Caught on CVS Surveillance Video
Police need our help catching the people who stole hundreds of dollars worth of
items from a CVS Pharmacy in Loves Park. Surveillance cameras caught these women
in the CVS on two separate occasions. The first was on October 18, then the
women returned on October 21. Police say the ladies took more than $1,000 in
merchandise.
wifr.com
 Waynesboro,
VA: Kohl's hit for $400 in electronics caught on tape
Police are requesting help in locating a man who allegedly stole over $400 in
electronics from the Kohl's store in Waynesboro. On Oct. 9, 2015, an
unidentified white male entered the Kohl's store in Waynesboro and walked to the
electronics department. According to the Waynesboro Police Department, he
allegedly stole a set of Beats headphones, a Jam headset, and a wireless speaker
by removing them from their packages and concealing the property before leaving
the store.
whsv.com
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Canton, OH; Gabriel Brothers $227 shoplifting spree ends in a car crash for 3
Cleveland women
Three Cleveland women accused of shoplifting at Gabriel Brothers, one of whom
was pregnant, crashed as they pulled out of the parking lot and into oncoming
traffic Thursday. The pregnant suspect was taken to an area hospital to be
evaluated and one of her friends hid some of the stolen goods in a nearby
business entryway as investigators found more merchandise (possibly fro
Marshall's) that they believe had been stolen from other Jackson Township
businesses.
cantonrep.com
Racine, WI: Man with Past Drug Problem Steals 18 Inhalers
According to the criminal complaint, store security at Pick 'n Save was notified
by management that the inventory of Benzedrex inhalers was being depleted too
quickly. Surveillance video showed a man - later identified as Finneran - in a
white baseball hat with another individual who used a store loyalty card to
purchase items while Finneran stole inhalers. Finneran is accused of stealing 18
inhalers at $4.99 each for a total of $94.40.
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 Waukesha,
WI: Armed robbery at Verizon Wireless in Waukesha leads to lockdown, evacuation
of Walmart in New Berlin; two in custody
An armed robbery in Waukesha, and a subsequent pursuit of the suspect vehicle
led to a lockdown at the Walmart store on Greenfield Avenue in New Berlin on
Saturday, October 24th. It all began around 3:20 p.m. when New Berlin police
were advised of an armed robbery that had just occurred in Waukesha. Waukesha
police responded to Verizon Wireless on Silvernail Road. Three suspects fled the
store in an SUV. The suspect turned into a Walmart parking lot, 1 suspect was
immediate taken into custody, a second was arrested following a short foot
chase. The third suspect was believed to have enter the Walmart store. Police
evacuated the store. The third suspect remains at large.
fox6now.com
Livermore, CA: Manhunt under way for 2 suspects in CVS Pharmacy Shooting
The gunman, who fatally shot one person and injured the other at a CVS pharmacy
in Livermore, remains on the loose after several officers raided a home just
before 6 a.m on Sunday. A SWAT team stormed a house where 18-year-old Jason
Alexander Brown lives with his family, but the suspect was not found. The
manhunt for an 18-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a man and wounding
another at a Northern California shopping center continued Sunday after a search
of his Oakland home came up empty.
wfla.com
Lexington, KY: Shooting outside Dillards at Fayette Mall
A man wanted for shooting another man in the groin during a robbery on Friday
has finally been arrested. Officers say they arrested Stephon R-Kel Vanzant, 19,
on Saturday at the Dillards in Fayette Mall. On Friday, Vanzant and another man
allegedly met for a drug deal in a parking lot off Bright Avenue. Authorities
say Vanzant tried to rob the other man and then shot him. Vanzant is charged
with robbery and possession of cocaine.
lex18.com
 Farrell,
PA: Local Grocery store Shoplifter has Attempted Homicide warrant
Southwest Mercer County Regional police responding to a shoplifting ended up
arresting a man wanted for attempted homicide by McKeesport police. Jeremy D.
Carson, 19, of Pittsburgh was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated
assault, carrying a firearm without a license, reckless endangerment and
conspiracy in connection with a Sept. 19 incident in McKeesport. Southwest said
they were dispatched at 12:44 p.m. Wednesday to Farrell Golden Dawn on the
retail theft report. Carson, Kwame Washington, 20, and Davon Jones, 20, all of
Pittsburgh, ran from the store. They were arrested within minutes carrying store
merchandise worth $50.
sharonherald.com
New Lebanon, NY: Police arrest man for multi-state ATM skimming operation
A man is arrested in Columbia County, accused of being part of a widespread ATM
skimming operation. Ilie Sitariu was arrested in New Lebanon. Authorities say he
used a skimming device to rip off customers at Berkshire Bank, and a First
Niagara ATM in Chatham. They say he made off with hundreds of thousands of
dollars from ATM users. Investigators say he was part of an operation targeting
banks in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and possibly other states as well.
wnyt.com
 Jared
the Galleria, The Pointe at North Fayette, Pittsburgh, PA - Armed Robbery/ Smash
& Grab - $673,079.78
On Friday at 8:44pm, three subjects entered the Jared store while the fourth
subject stayed behind in the vestibule and held the doors open. The three
suspects then went to the diamond bay and began smashing the showcases with mini
sledge hammers that they carried into the store. The suspects removed several
components of diamond rings as well as loose stones. The suspects then exited
the store at 8:48pm carrying the merchandise in their hands.
Washington, DC: Credit card fraud protection is confusing, even for FBI
The FBI took a step backward over the past week in the effort to combat credit
card fraud. First, the agency told consumers a week ago that new
microchip-installed credit and debit cards designed to better thwart fraud might
still be vulnerable. Don't just sign your receipt, was the message of its
initial warning. Use your PIN with the new chip cards because "these cards can
still be targeted by fraud." But the FBI had to reverse field a bit this past
week: It turns out that most of the new chip cards in the U.S. don't use PINs.
The newly designed chip cards are known as EMV, a partnership of Europay - a
European credit card company - MasterCard and Visa to establish an international
security system for detecting credit card fraud. The technology in the cards
enables it to block information about a person's credit card account, if hacked,
from being used to replicate a counterfeit card for more purchases. U.S. banks
were supposed to issue new chip-installed cards by Oct. 1 to avoid fraud
liability. The microchip has already been in use in Europe and elsewhere around
the world. The recent hacks of Target, Neiman Marcus and other big retailers
have drawn attention to how widespread credit card fraud has become. In 2012, of
23.8 billion credit card transactions, less than 1 percent - 13.5 million, or
about .057 percent - were fraudulent, according to a study by the Federal
Reserve System. Likewise, less than 1 percent - .027 percent - of debit, prepaid
and ATM transactions, which require PINs, were fraudulent.
detroitnews.com
 Australia:
University student paid for her degree by Shoplifting from Department stores and
selling goods on eBay; 370 items sold in 8 months
A university student who was found with $11,000 worth of stolen brand name
clothing in her dormitory had already sold thousands of dollars worth of loot on
ebay before she was apprehended. Amanda Alice Monks, from Wollongong, south of
Sydney, faced Port Kembla Local Court on Friday after it was discovered she had
been stealing designer goods from local department stores, including retail
giants Myer and David Jones. The University of Wollongong student was able to
turn a considerable profit from the scheme after selling the stolen items to the
highest bidder on ebay.
dailymail.co.uk
Lexington, KY: Road closed for 2 hours, Beeping Foiled
covered EAS tag found on the roadway
A section of Man o' War Boulevard at Clearwater Way was closed for about two
hours Sunday night after a man reported a suspicious package near the road. The
man described the object as being wrapped in aluminum foil with several wires
poking out. The man also said the object was beeping. The site was near Tates
Creek Road. The hazardous devices unit checked out the object and determined
that store security tags had been wrapped in aluminum foil in an attempt to
prevent store alarms from sounding, according to Police. It is unclear what
store the tags came from because they did not have identifying markers, Police
said.
kentucky.com
UK: 'Mortified' blind woman is told to leave Asda
by a Security Guard for bringing her Guide Dog into the supermarket
UK, Manchester: Woman bites Security Guard and two
Police Officers at Marks and Spencer
Sandusky, OH: Macy's Loss Prevention Agent
assaulted during attempted apprehension: suspect fled
Saskatchewan, CN: Post Office Robbed for the first
time in 50 years
JB Robinson, Cottonwood
Mall, Las Vegas, Nevada was the victim of a Grab & Run, merchandise valued at
$1,459
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Family Dollar - Norfolk, VA - Robbery
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Family Dollar - Calhoun, LA - Armed Robbery
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Fast Mart - Lynchburg, TN - Armed Robbery
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Hilltop General - Tippecanoe, IN - Robbery
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In and Out - Toledo, OH - Armed Robbery
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Mac's - Moose Jaw, Sask, CN - Armed Robbery
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Sylvania Food Mart - Toledo, OH - Armed Robbery
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Trio - Bronx, NY - Shooting/ 1 killed
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Turkey Hill - Kingston, PA - Armed Robbery
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