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Hedgie Bartol

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Wouter Ubbels and
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ORC Leader Ed Fuentes
Using Global LP/LE Experience to Improve the
Industry
Ed
Fuentes' background in both Loss Prevention and Law Enforcement is extensive
and spans the globe.
His LP career began at Target, where he worked
as a multi-district AP Manager in the Bay Area within the Mervyn's division.
After the division was sold by Target, he was transferred to Dallas, where
he successfully assisted in closing down the Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana
Mervyn's stores.
In 2006, Ed started with Protiviti Risk Consulting
firm as a Project Manager, where he was assigned to conduct investigations
and physical security assessments for several Fortune 500 companies within
the firm's client portfolio. He successfully completed investigations and
physical security assessments in North, Central and South America, as well
as Scotland and England.
He was recruited by Toys R Us in 2009 and
joined the company as a Regional Asset Protection Manager. Three years
later, he was promoted to the National Manager of Investigations with the
responsibility of leading the Organized Retail Crime Investigations.

Just last month, the outstanding work of his Toys R Us Investigations
Team (pictured to the right) was recognized at
CLEAR's Annual
Conference, where the team won the award for Investigation of the Year. In
2012, The TRU Investigation team was also
featured in Time Magazine for playing a key role in a $2 million ORC
case involving the theft of Lego's. Since that time, a number of other high
value ORC investigations have been closed throughout the country. Ed also
served on the Loss Prevention Research Council's ORC Committee.
His
experience isn't just limited to roles in the LP industry.
Ed also
spent several years in Law Enforcement and received an Advanced Police
Officer Certificate. He held positions as Narcotics Task Force Detective,
Special Enforcement Unit Officer focusing on Street Gang Enforcement, Crime
Scene Investigator, Field Training Officer and Police Academy Instructor.
He has received formal training at the Department of Justice in
Sacramento, California and advanced officer training from numerous law
enforcement agencies throughout the State of California. Unfortunately,
after being involved in a major vehicle collision on duty, he was forced to
retire from the field.
His global experience has allowed him to
become a leader in the industry, focusing the efforts of his team on
reducing shrink in over 900 brick and mortar locations, pop-up stores, and
e-commerce. He believes the key to leading a successful team starts with
hiring the right leaders and ensuring they have the training, support and
experience to be successful
"I use retail partners as well as law
enforcement colleagues to assure I am merging my leadership between both
areas," Fuentes said.
Some of these law enforcement mentors include:
Capt. Captain Matt Madison, Lieutenant Dave Dubowy, Lieutenant Art Fuentes,
Sergeant Joe Dwyer, Officer Herb Fuentes and Officer Jack Pelletier. In the
retail industry, he has looked to Mark Stinde - VP of AP with 7-Eleven, Mark
Shoemaker - JC Penney, Chris Gillen - Instaply, Mark Robinson - Toys R Us,
and Steve Mick - Toys R Us.
He credits these individuals with
helping him ensure he is challenging himself and improving as a leader,
which he has continued to do throughout his impressive career.
Through hard work, a diverse set of experiences, and strong leadership
skills, Ed Fuentes is a stand-out leader in the LP field who continues to
improve the industry.
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Possible al-Qaeda
Attacks on Monday; U.S. Intelligence Warning
NEW YORK - A terrorist organization has warned they may target three states
the day before the Presidential election, CBS news reports. U.S.
intelligence has alerted joint terrorism task forces that al-Qaeda could be
planning the attacks, sources told CBS News senior investigative producer
Pat Milton. Though no specific locations are mentioned, the three states
targeted are reported to be New York, Texas and Virginia.

U.S. authorities have not confirmed the credibility of these threats but CBS
news reports that they are taking the threat seriously, and sources stressed
the intelligence is still being assessed. Counterterrorism officials were
alerted to the threats out of an "abundance of caution."
From the CBS news report:
A senior FBI official told
CBS News, "The counterterrorism and homeland security communities remain
vigilant and well-postured to defend against attacks here in the United States.
The FBI, working with our federal, state and local counterparts, shares and
assesses intelligence on a daily basis and will continue to work closely with
law enforcement and intelligence community partners to identify and disrupt any
potential threat to public safety."
Potential threats always increase during holiday seasons and when big events
are approaching, intelligence said.
Increased security was already planned for Election Day, as federal law
enforcement plan for "several worst-case scenarios."
fox40.com
wtvr.com
N.Y. authorities warned
of terror threat around U.S. election
Federal officials have warned New York City authorities about possible
attacks by the al Qaeda militant group around Election Day, putting local
law enforcement on alert the weekend before Tuesday's vote, officials said
on Friday. Both the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey were given the information, the local agencies
said. The NYPD said the threat report lacked specifics and was still being
assessed. "We are aware of the information. We have been working with the
FBI through the Joint Terrorism Task Force and our Counterterrorism and
Intelligence Bureaus," the NYPD said.
reuters.com
Ascena Reorganizes - Shared Services Expanding
- Loses 1 Senior LP Position
As reported in the
Daily on October 5th, Ascena publically reported in the
Wall Street Journal that they were forming four operating segments
focused on premium, plus, value and kids categories.
Premium Fashion - Ann Taylor, LOFT, and Lou & Grey
Plus Fashion - Lane Bryant and Catherines
Value Fashion - maurices and dressbarn
Kids Fashion - Justice
The Company also announced the creation of its new ascena Brand Services
(aBS) team, which will assume the responsibilities for its existing
centralized Shared Services Group functions, including supply chain,
logistics, sourcing, and IT, as well as additional brand support functions
to be developed through its Change for Growth program.
As a result one of the six Loss Prevention Director positions, specifically
the one covering their Catherine's division was eliminated.
Editor's Note: The real question is how much further does the
restructure go and does the upcoming fourth quarter sales performance have
an impact next quarter. As will be the case at a lot of brick and mortar
retailers.
wsj.com
Specialty Stores Cut
Jobs, Department Stores Boost Payrolls
Department stores sales down 6.4%
Apparel and accessories stores cut a seasonally adjusted 15,600 jobs from
payrolls last month to employ 1.36 million, while department stores added
2,800 jobs to employ 1.32 million. General merchandisers, a category that
includes department stores and discounters, added 9,800 jobs to employ 3.22
million.
In the broader
retail category, employers cut 1,100 jobs to employ 15.9 million on a
seasonally adjusted basis in October.
Apparel employers cut 1,800 seasonally adjusted jobs to employ 129,800,
while employment at mills making apparel fabric and yarn remained unchanged
at 112,200. Textile product mills shed 2,400 jobs to employ 114,300.
Retailers have been facing other headwinds in the past several months.
He also noted that
retail sales have been weak, which weighs on hiring decisions. On a
year-over-year basis through September, department store sales were
down 6.4 percent, "one of the largest year-over-year declines we have seen
in awhile," Hoyt said.
General merchandise stores posted a year-over-year decline of 2.5 percent in
September, while sales at specialty stores were up 0.7 percent in September
compared with a year ago. But Hoyt noted that specialty store sales have
been down on a year-over-year basis in four of the last seven months in that
sector.
"Overall workforce employment gains in October were healthy but
retail jobs dipped slightly, possibly reflecting retailers
adjusting for the edgy political environment, extreme weather, and
record-high average temperatures," said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist at
the National Retail Federation. wwd.com
Fossil will close some
stores, reorganize its business
Richardson-based fashion accessories maker Fossil Group said Thursday that
it's planning a multiyear overhaul of its business with a focus on fewer
products. The company also recorded a charge to cover costs of closing some
stores.
Fossil declined to say how many of its 610 stores in the U.S.,
Europe and Asia it plans to close. There are 284 Fossil stores in the U.S.
"We'll review and adjust our overall structure with an eye toward
streamlining the way we work to respond to the changing needs and demands of
our customers," said CEO Kosta Kartsotis.
Generally, analysts expect store closings across retailing to
accelerate as customer traffic continues to decline and online shopping
takes a bigger share of spending.
dallasnew.com
New York State Wants to
Fine UPS $872 million for cigarette smuggling
New York state and city authorities sparred with United Parcel Service Inc
(UPS.N) on Wednesday during closing arguments in a trial over whether the
world's largest package delivery company should be fined for allegedly
delivering untaxed cigarettes from smoke shops on Native-American
reservations.
The closing arguments came in a lawsuit over whether UPS illegally
shipped more than 683,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes, mostly from
reservation smoke shops. The suit is part of a broader effort by the state
to combat smuggling of cigarettes from lower-tax areas.
John Oleske, a lawyer for New York state, urged U.S. District Judge
Katherine Forrest in Manhattan to impose an $872 million fine. He said such
a steep penalty was justified because the company acted with an "entitled
sense of disregard" in failing to vet shipments from entities with a history
of dealing in contraband. reuters.com
Marijuana on 9 State Ballots - Security Issues?
With marijuana on nine state ballots next week our industry needs to be
aware of the potential security issues that it represents
for stores close to any shop that may open up.
It's well documented that we see an increase in armed robberies associated
with these stores. Especially with the fact that they can't use armored car
services and most banks won't do business with them yet due to federal
regulations.
The issues we've reported over the last year that Canada's seen with their
pot shops is evidence enough that these shops do in fact increase
security issues.
One of the key issues will end up being if the drug store industry ends up
selling it. Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada's largest drug store, just
applied to be able to sell it. No ruling has been made yet. But the
fact is they applied, and in our industry today an article poll
poops up in Drug Store News: Do you think community pharmacy is an
appropriate setting to host a licensed medical marijuana dispensary? You can
bet it'll be shared with legislators.
Make sure you read yesterdays article Tony Gallo with
Sapphire Risk Advisory Group wrote about the industry. As his firm has
been specializing in it from the beginning. Also should you have any
questions or concerns we would recommend you contact him directly. Just a
thought - Gus Downing
Weis Markets VP LP
Search Update
The
38 Food Lion Stores conversions Weis Markets has been managing over the
last two months has kept them rather busy and from what our sources indicate
it's impacted the search process for their new senior Loss Prevention
leader. Sources indicate that they have in fact narrowed the search down to
a short list of finalist.
But given that this is the fourth quarter and Thanksgiving is right around
the corner the search could extend into the New Year before anything is made
public. Especially with the fact that most external candidates, at this time
of year, would be concerned about leaving their current employer during the
holidays and secondarily, although probably not even discussed yet, those
annual performance bonuses require you to finish the calendar year and might
even require that you're employed up to Jan. 31st or even Feb. 28th. Which
could play into it later in the process.
Dollar Express - LP
Director Search posted on August 25th now shows 'Inactive'
The LP Directorship position they posted on August 25th is now listed as
'inactive' on company web site.
According to our sources an individual has indeed accepted the position
and starts shortly.
Dollar Express commented to the Daily today: Currently the day
to day Loss Prevention functions are being handled by Jeff Kluth ( Director of
Store Operations) and Tony Sullivan (SVP Operations, Real Estate and Loss
Prevention) ...The Director of Loss Prevention position is still open at this
time.
Dollar Express is the 330 stores in 36 states that Family Dollar had to divest
when they were purchased by Dollar Tree. They still fly the Family Dollar
banners by the way.
New -
Director of Security JB
Hunt in Lowell, AR
Under Administrative Direction, the position is responsible for the
oversight and management of corporate security including security programs,
investigations, security personnel, asset protection, and resource
management. Create and implement security standards, policies, and
procedures and coordinate security activities to safeguard company assets,
customer cargo, employees, guests, or others on company property. Research
and recommend security upgrades and changes to policies and procedures.
Foster positive relationships with company operations and support
departments to facilitate investigations and other initiatives.
We employ more than 20,000 people in 400 facilities across the lower 48
states, including our corporate office in Northwest Arkansas. As one of
North America's largest and best transportation companies. myworkdayjobs.com
'Live in NYC 2017' at
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Update on LP Leaders Episodes
We already have virtually half of the LP Leaders participants signed up for
episodes and it hasn't even been officially launched yet. Great response and
we're thrilled with some new LP leaders getting involved. Should make for
some great episodes.
Five solution providers have also jumped in before Monday's launch.
CarMax hiring 2,500
positions nationwide
October Comp's
Costco up 2%
Fred's down 3.4%
The Buckle down 15.3%
Quarterly Same Store
Sales Results
Starbucks Q4 U.S. comp's up 5%,
sales up 16%
bebe Q3 comp's down 3.2%, sales down 9.4%
Fossil Q3 comp's down 3%, sales down 4.2%, online sales up 50%
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Social media is a gold mine
for detectives busting scams
Social Detection, a search engine that runs deeper searches on social
networks and sites like Craigslist for cases.
Social Detection has been able to dig up users trying to hide with disguise
accounts, which have pseudonyms like their names spelled backwards or a fake
alias.
It works by connecting the "digital dots," Catron said, using the information
available from the claimant's lawsuit. The dataset typically includes a name,
phone number and address. From there, investigators have access to names of
relatives and possible friends, thanks to public records.
Even if there's a fake name, if the profile is friends with the claimant's
family members and the photos match, investigators using Social Detection can
put two and two together, Catron said.
It's often family and friends that help to inadvertently expose the lies, Catron
said. The tool helps investigators comb through posts from friends and family
members as well.
The team hopes to make Social Detection available on a subscription model, from
$200 to $1,000 a month, but exclusively for insurance fraud cases. Catron and
Petrie hope it could soon be used to help recent college graduates and job
applicants clean up their own social media messes before someone else finds it.
cnet.com
Study: Retailers Overconfident in Endpoint Cyber Security Despite POS Threats
Despite unique attacks on their sector, retail IT professionals participating in
Tripwire's study were overconfident in their ability to quickly collect the data
needed to identify and remediate a cyber attack. For example, seventy-one
percent of the retail respondents believed they could detect configuration
changes to endpoint devices on their organizations' networks within hours.
However, only fifty-one percent of the respondents knew exactly how long this
process would take.
According to Verizon's 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR),
ninety-nine percent of successful system compromises occurred within hours and
it took seventy-nine percent of retailers weeks or longer to discover that a
breach had occurred. It also found that eighty-nine percent of breaches
impacting the retail sector either had a financial or espionage motive, and
sixty-four percent of retail data breaches involved point-of-sale intrusions.
businesswire.com
Skepticism clouds
ballyhooed 'quick-dip' card payment enhancement
All four major U.S. credit card brands announced that they would release
software updates allowing shoppers to insert and remove chip cards in about
two seconds. Visa, American Express and Discover call the new technology
Quick Chip; MasterCard calls it M/Chip Fast.
Forfeiting
security
"Everything is the same. It's just the ability to
remove the card rather than leaving it in before the authorization code
comes back," according to Visa.

However according to a card reader manufacturer, skipping code transmission
until after the transaction is over "will denigrate some of the current
security features EMV heralded." The code's authentication of the card as
legitimate - the chief security advantage of EMV cards - "will be
forfeited," she wrote.
"If the [card] industry is ready to
accelerate EMV transactions, it should be done right this time," Hart wrote.
Since EMV cards still transmit the card number, expiration date and
cardholder's name without encryption just like magnetic stripe cards, the
card number should be removed "or at the very least encrypted" in addition
to speeding up the process, she wrote.
Despite the quicker
transactions, card companies are hearing from retail industry groups and
analysts asking why the solution was not available when the mandate for
retailers to switch to EMV or face increased liability for
counterfeit
card transactions took effect one year ago. nrf.com
As Artificial Intelligence
Evolves, So Does Its Criminal Potential
"The thing people don't get is that cybercrime is becoming automated and
it is scaling exponentially," said Marc Goodman, a law enforcement
agency adviser and the author of "Future Crimes."
The growing sophistication of computer criminals can be seen in the evolution of
attack tools like the widely used malicious program known as Blackshades. The
system, which was sold widely in the computer underground, functioned as a
"criminal franchise in a box," Mr. Goodman said. It allowed users without
technical skills to deploy computer ransomware or perform video or audio
eavesdropping with a mouse click.
The next generation of these tools will add machine learning capabilities that
have been pioneered by artificial intelligence researchers to improve the
quality of machine vision, speech understanding, speech synthesis and natural
language understanding. Some computer security researchers believe that digital
criminals have been experimenting with the use of A.I. technologies for more
than half a decade.
nytimes.com
Wi-Fi Networks Can Track
Your Mobile Calls
For a long time, law enforcement agencies and hackers have been able to track
the identity and location of mobile users by setting up fake cellular network
towers and tricking their devices to connect to them. Researchers have now found
that the same thing can be done much more cheaply with a simple Wi-Fi hotspot.
The devices that pose as cell towers are known in the industry as IMSI catchers,
with the IMSI (international mobile subscriber identity) being a unique number
tied to a mobile subscriber and stored on a SIM card. IMSI catchers can
be used for tracking and in some cases, for intercepting calls, but
commercial solutions, such as the Stingray used by the FBI, are expensive.
For the purpose of tracking only, Wi-Fi networks can also be used to trick
mobile devices into exposing their IMSI numbers. csoonline.com
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Supporting the LP Industry
Through Best-in-Class Service
One year
following Cam Connections' acquisition by Protection 1,
Garret King helps CCI take customer service to new heights,
while supporting industry efforts through the LPRC
Last June,
Protection 1, the largest full-service business and home security company in
the U.S., announced the acquisition of
Cam
Connections, Inc. (CCI), a full-service security systems integrator based in
Lakeland, Florida with satellite offices in Davie, Florida and Charlotte, North
Carolina. Joining forces with Protection 1 has helped extend CCI's reach to better
serve its customer base by leveraging Protection 1's national footprint. The two
companies offer similar technologies including intrusion and life safety
systems, access control, CCTV, video analytics and POS monitoring. 
Garret King, recently promoted to Business Development Manager for CCI,
has played an instrumental role in the company's growth and success. He started
with Cam Connections in 2008 as an Installation Technician, but has
since
transitioned to the sales side of the company. Leveraging his experience in
engineering and design, with an understanding of the latest retail technologies,
Garret excels in helping clients realize their vision. With the support of a highly trained team of systems designers and
national account project managers, Garret and Cam Connections are able to deliver tailored
security
solutions to meet their customers' specific needs.
"Since joining us almost 10 years ago, Garret has always brought a creative and
unique approach to our internal workflow and interactions with customers, helping
us strive to deliver on our mission to provide best-in-class service, solutions
and value," said Robert Bull, Vice President-CCI, a division of Protection 1.
"Garret continuously stays on top of industry developments and trending
technology that impact our field rapidly."
Alan DeRennaux, Asset Protection Manager for HD Supply, who has been working
with Cam Connections over the past year on a chain-wide CCTV and BA rollout,
speaks highly of Garret's character and work ethic.
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Incorporated in California in 1998,
WG
Security has been turning heads in the EAS and RFID industry with its
ingenuity and out-of-the-box thinking since its inception. In this LPNN
interview, Ed Wolfe,
VP of Business Development, shows off some of WG's latest innovations, including
their Multi-Detacher and the latest iteration of their popular Ninja Tag. Learn
how WG is able to service their EAS systems in a manner of minutes through
remote monitoring and tuning, why they offer an unmatched five-year warranty for
their products, and what else is on the horizon for them in 2016 and beyond.
LPNN Quick Take #12

With two sessions
coming up later in the broadcast on Organized Retail Crime,
MCs Joe LaRocca and Amber Bradley
chat a little about ORC. Joe tells us why he thinks the $30 billion estimate of
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Tech Bytes: Three
solutions to solve the 'card-not-present' conundrum
As retailers head
into their busiest season, they need to let consumers know their data is
being protected. Here are three tips to help keep con-sumers' holiday
"card-not-present" purchasing smooth during the holidays and all year long
• Do not embed URLs into promotional emails. Currently,
55% of shoppers will click a link from a known source, even if they weren't
expecting anything, according to Arbor Networks' study. A more secure solution is to send shoppers a
promotion code redeemable online - and then re-quire shoppers to visit the
site directly.
• Enhance online security methods.
Available through certain payment
sys-tems, the augmentative fraud prevention scheme authenticates pay-ments
using three-way validation: from the company where the purchase is being
made from; the acquiring bank, and the card issu-ers themselves. The result
is verified, secure transactions that pro-tect retailers and consumers from
card-not-present fraud.
• Be compliant with new chip
regulations. Until EMV chips are
commonplace across the industry, retailers will ex-perience friction across
the checkout process - from customers and as-sociates alike - especially as
ship-from-store services become more mainstream.
chainstoreage.com
The value of voice
biometrics for strong authentication in phone and web channels
The introduction of stronger online and mobile security practices means
criminals are now turning their attention to exploiting call centre
vulnerabilities to perpetrate fraud.
Criminals will call up to place orders using stolen credit card credentials or
personal identities -all of which adds up to stolen merchandise costs and
escalating chargeback fees for retailers. What's more, fraudsters are proving
adept at using call centres to initiate 'pre-fraud' activities - attempting to
trick agents into revealing more of a victim's information or provide access to
customer accounts.
Thankfully new approaches like voice biometrics - the recording and analysis of
unique voiceprints for authentication purposes - are proving highly effective in
combating the rising prevalence of phoney and fraudulent phone calls to call
centres.
Alongside being able to quarantine swindlers from sensitive customer information
and ensure agents aren't tricked into disclosing information or changing
customer contact information, retailers are also able to reduce fraudulent
transactions thanks to their ability to quickly identify - and re-route- calls
identified as potentially risky.
And it's not just the call centre channel that can reap the benefits of voice
biometrics technology. Online fraud detection rates can also be boosted by
asking shoppers to provide voice authentication to sign or authorise their
online or mobile app shopping transactions.
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Stratford, Conn., man
guility in $3.9M fencing scheme
A 42-year-old Stratford man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his
participation in a large-scale fencing operation.
According to federal officials, between January 2012 and December 2014
Matthew Harwood participated in a conspiracy to purchase stolen property
from "boosters," who typically were shoplifters with opioid addictions, and then
resell the property at online websites.
"Harwood and others instructed the boosters to steal certain items from retail
stores such as Petco, Staples,
Walmart, and Bed Bath & Beyond, and paid cash for the stolen items at
approximately one-third of their retail price. At times, Harwood provided
expenses for car rentals and spending money for overnight or out-of-state trips
to steal products,"
Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut and
Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of
the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, said in a release.
After receiving the stolen merchandise, Harwood and a co-conspirator stored the
merchandise at multiple locations, including his former residence in Durham, and
business locations in North Haven. Harwood and his co-conspirator then sold the
stolen products at online sites, including eBay and Amazon, usually in the names
of family members and associates.
Through this scheme, retailers lost more than $3.9 million.
Harwood pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit the interstate
transport of stolen property, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of
five years, and one count of interstate transport of stolen property, which
carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. He has been released on a
$100,000 bond since his arrest on July 15, 2016.
ctpost.com

West Sacramento, CA: Disturbing Surveillance
Footage Shows Child Held at Gunpoint during Robbery
A 10-year-old boy is recovering from a terrifying encounter that was caught on
camera when a man held him at gunpoint during an armed robbery at a cell phone
store in West Sacramento. The man then forced the boy to walk to the back of the
store, where the boys parents and the employees huddled around him as the
robbery suspect stole money and 40 cell phones. After the man took the phones,
he left the store.
fox40.com
Union, NJ: Dicks Shoplifters
Crash Following Police Chase
Two shoplifters took police officers on a chase through Union County before
crashing into a tractor trailer. On Nov 2 at 12:50 p.m. police were called to
Dick's Sporting Goods for a shoplifter that fled the store with a large bag of
clothing, jumped into a white van and escaped. Police spotted the van driving
erratically. "He was passing cars while driving on the shoulder, but he struck a
parked tractor trailer that was on the shoulder of the highway near Bloy
Street," according to police. Due to the crash, the van was disabled and the two
men in the car were transported by Union EMS to University Hospital, Newark.
patch.com
Kingsport, TN: Three arrest
in $770 theft at Kingsport Town Center
A trio of regional shoplifters were nabbed while making the rounds at the
Kingsport Town Center. Two of the suspects were stopped at Belk while attempting
to steal $770 in merchandise. In speaking with police, they ratted out an
accomplice from Kentucky who was outside in a vehicle. Police soon stopped that
driver and found "numerous other items" believed to have been swiped from "other
stores in the area." All three were arrested and a security tag remover located
in the SUV was seized as evidence.
timesnews.net

Phoenix police look for chain-saw thief who
threatened to shoot Home Depot manager
According to a Silent Witness news release, about 9:49 a.m. Oct. 18, a thief
took two chain saws off a shelf and attempted to leave a Phoenix Home Depot
without paying. The manager confronted the thief as he was running to the exit
doors, and the shoplifter threatened to shoot him, the manager told police.
According to police officials, the thief fled in the Durango with the
merchandise.
azcentral.com
Retailers and law
enforcement in Jackson, Mississippi hope Nov. 10 meeting will lay groundwork
for ORC group As the D&D Daily
reported in September, retailers and law enforcement in Jackson,
Mississippi are working together to develop an ORC organization in the
region.
Donny Blackwell, a Kroger ORC Investigator who covers
Western Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, and the
boot-heel of Missouri, told the Daily that there is a "real need" for such a
group, citing an influx of retail crime in the area.
In the first
step toward meeting this goal, the Madison/Rankin District
Attorney's office in Mississippi will be hosting an organizational meeting
and presentation on Nov. 10 in Brandon, Miss.
The meeting
will inform retailers and law enforcement in the Jackson area about how they
can utilize the A.L.E.R.T. program - an online, information-sharing tool
already being used by retailers and law enforcement agencies in other cities
across the country. Blackwell believes the tool "will allow for continued
cooperation between retailers and law enforcement" and could "greatly reduce
retail theft" in the region.
There is real momentum behind this
effort and Blackwell hopes the Nov. 10 gathering will be the first of a
series of monthly meetings that will ultimately develop into a fully
functioning ORC group.
To RSVP for the event, which will take place
at the Buchanan Room in the Brandon Municipal Complex, contact Vicki Wynn at
vwynn@rankincounty.org or
601-824-2585.
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Shootings
Hermitage,
PA: Walmart employee shot multiple times inside store by a former Co-Worker
A Walmart employee was shot multiple times by a former co-worker in
Hermitage, Pennsylvania, on Thursday. Police say that Zachary Thomas
McClimans, 22, quit his job at the retail store earlier Thursday. When he
returned that night, he shot another employee four times. Authorities
suspect an ongoing dispute between the two lead to the attack. "We believe
it's not a random shooting. It was -- at least at first it appears -- it was
a targeted shooting," said Hermitage Police Chief Eric Jewell. Police
responded to reports of an active shooter at the store around 10:30 p.m.
McClimans was found with a gun in a car in the parking lot. He was quickly
taken into custody without incident, Jewell said. The victim has not been
identified. The victim was flown to a hospital in Youngstown, OH, and is
listed in critical but stable condition. He's expected to survive.
syracuse.com
Tampa, FL: Smoke shop employee remains
unpaid after being shot on first day of job
Robberies
& Thefts
Armed
Suspects Used Sledgehammers in Miami-Dade Jewelry Robbery
Surveillance video showing armed suspects using a rifle and sledgehammers to
break open display cases during a heist at a Miami-Dade jewelry store was
released Thursday. The armed robbery happened back on October 23 at Gold R
Us at the USA Flea Market. Officials said five armed men accosted staff at
the jewelry booth. One of them pointed a rifle at the victims and told them
to get on the ground while the other robbers used the sledgehammers to break
open the display cases. One of the thieves also fired his weapon at a
display case. The suspect fled with an undetermined amount of cash and
jewelry.
nbcmiami.com
San
Antonio: Police release video of an Armed Flash Rob attacking 7-Eleven
Surveillance video from the store shows numerous young individuals standing
around the entry and within a few seconds, the store is swarmed with people
grabbing beer and snacks. During the brazen Oct. 1 robbery, one of the
suspects looks directly at the surveillance camera and points a handgun at
it. As the employee tries to stop some of the suspects at the door, one of
the people seen in the video smashes what appears to be a wine bottle over
the clerk's head. Within a few minutes, the store clears out leaving behind
a messy trail of beer cans.
kxan.com
Hackensack, NJ: 'James
Bond Gang' burglary ring members accept plea deals; trafficking stolen
property
An original member of a now-defunct New Jersey burglary ring known as the
"James Bond Gang" has accepted a plea deal. 49-year-old Bruce Anderson
pleaded guilty on Thursday to theft, trafficking stolen property and money
laundering charges. Four of Anderson's associates also accepted plea deals
Thursday in connection with 30 break-ins in 2014. Prosecutors will ask that
Anderson serve seven years behind bars. The group got its nickname by
equipping a BMW getaway car with secret compartments, a retractable license
plate and mounted halogen lights meant to blind pursuers.
northjersey.com
Marion County, FL: 20 Armed Robberies under
investigation
Eight Dollar General stores have been robbed by armed and masked men. All of
the robberies occurred in Marion County, specifically in and around Ocala.
The two latest incidents happened Wednesday night after 10 p.m., one on West
Silver Springs Boulevard and the other on South Highway 464. Wednesday night
and early Thursday morning, five more armed robberies occurred in Marion
County, bringing the total number to 20 in just over two months.
wesh.com
Parker, CO: Police Release Surveillance
In Gun Shop Burglary
Philadelphia, PA: Bearded man sought in
6 armed Philly store robberies
EZ Mart employee busted for $668
Lottery Ticket theft
Bulls Gap, TN: Kentucky woman sentenced
to eight years for Pharmacy robbery
Braselton, GA: Additional charges added
in Circle K Shooting investigation
Kay Outlet in the Tanger Outlets, North Charleston, SC reported an
Armed Robbery (Smash & Grab) on 11/3, items valued at $50,000
Zales in the Seminole Towne Center Mall, Sanford, FL repoted a Grab
& Run on 11/3, items valued at $7,568
Kay Jewelers in the Cottonwood Mall, Albuquerque, NM reported a Grab
& Run on 11/3, items valued at $4,398
Peoples Jewellers in the Southgate Mall, Edmonton AB, CN reported a
Grab & Run on 11/2, item valued at $179
Counterfeit
Goods
Queens,
NY: More than $250K worth of fake luxury goods seized from storage unit
Two Flushing residents were arrested and charged with trademark
counterfeiting after the Queens District Attorney's office seized more than
$250,000 worth of fake designer products from three storage units in
Ridgewood. According to Queens DA Richard A. Brown, dozens of boxes and bags
filled with alleged knock-off handbags, wallets, belts and cigarette
lighters - allegedly including fake Coach purses, Louis Vuitton handbags,
Chanel leather goods, as well as pocketbooks and accessories with the
Michael Kors, Tory Burch, Hermes, Gucci and Burberry labels - were
confiscated from the CubeSmart Self Storage.
queensda.org
qns.com
Credit
Card Fraud
Charleston, WV: Fourth
Chicago woman sentenced for credit card fraud
A Chicago woman was sentenced to five years of probation, with the first
eight months to be served on home confinement, for credit card fraud,
announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Stephanie Stevenson previously
pleaded guilty to possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices. A
counterfeit access device is a credit card that has been altered so that it
contains stolen information that has been re-encoded on the magnetic strip
on the back of the card.
huntingtonnews.net
Skimming
Reports
Juda, WI: A card-skimming device was
found on a gas pump in Green County
Card skimming found on gas pump in
Green County, WI
2 men wanted for putting skimming
device on Fishers, Ind., ATM
Philadelphia police searching for
skimming gang trio that hit Bustleton, PA., Bank |

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Advance Auto - Little River, SC - Armed Robbery
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Cash Store - Appleton, WI - Armed Robbery
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Check Cashing - Reno, NV - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Auburn, IN - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Santa Ana, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry Service Center - Kankakee, IL - Burglary
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Kay Outlet - North Charleston, SC - Armed Robbery
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Rite Aid - Lexington, KY - Armed Robbery
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Sprint - Indianapolis, IN - Armed Robbery
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Top Gift - Port Arthur, TX - Armed Robbery
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West Valley Pharmacy - Encino, CA - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Granger, IN - Robbery
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7-Eleven - Warren, MI - Armed Robbery/ Assault
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7-Eleven - Falls Church, VA - Armed Robbery/
Assault
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7-Eleven - San Antonio, TX - Robbery
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Daily Totals:
• 14 robberies
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1
burglaries
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0 shootings
• 0 killed
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• 104 robberies
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19
burglaries
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11 shootings
• 5 killed
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