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2018 GLPS - Group LP Selfies
Your Team - Your Pride - Our Industry
Building Industry Pride - One Team Selfie at a Time
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First Row (left to right): Cesar Ostolaza, APM; Barbara Mandes, APM;
Mirtalissa Colon, APM; Lucille Arroyo, AMAP; Dennisse Alvarez, ZMAP; Alex Sostre,
MMAP; Gina Colon, APM; Samuel Rosario, APM
Second Row (left to right): Miguel Rodriguez, APM; Robert Cruz, APM;
Simon Cruceta, APM; Juan Ayuso, APM; Joel Pagan, APM; Hector Crespo, APM;
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LPNN Season
10 Finale
Building a Culture of Adaptability and Resilience
Retail has undergone a seismic shift and the
ripple effect on loss prevention is undeniable. The list of challenges range
from e-commerce transformation to risk mitigation to the relentless pace of
cybersecurity challenges.
In this LPNN interview, Rich Giaquinto, Senior Director, and Jerett Sauer,
Director, Digital Loss Prevention, tell us how Gap Inc. has made
adaptability a core component of it its DNA, allowing them to mitigate risk and
position the company for future growth.
Episode Sponsored By:
'Live in Dallas'
2018 - Final Event Sendoff!
MCs Joe LaRocca and Amber Bradley wrap up
our "Live in Dallas" at NRF Protect 2018 shoot by recognizing all our
outstanding supporters who helped make this industry-only digital loss
prevention conference possible.
Thanks for watching and following along over the past couple months. If you
missed any episodes in our series, you can
catch up on all our videos here.
Stay tuned for our next LIVE broadcast at the NRF Big Show in NYC in January
2019!
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Los Angeles - The holiday retail season has begun in Los Angeles. But among
holiday shoppers are also gangs of organized thieves and shoplifters who steal
tens of thousands of dollars of merchandise. Now some retailers in LA have a new
tool to help combat those responsible for organized theft. Karl Langhorst,
Executive Vice President ALTO US, recently joined retail loss prevention and
security expert Joe LaRocca, and Commander Blake Chow with the Los Angeles
Police Department on Los Angeles FOX 11's "What The Hal" with Hal Eisner podcast
to discuss how ALTO US is bridging the gap between retail and law enforcement to
create safer environments and lower the crime rate in the community.
Los Angeles ranks as one of the top cities in the U.S. for Organized Retail
Crime (ORC), according to the National Retail Federation 2018 ORC survey. To
combat the problem, the City of Los Angeles is now using ALTO Alliance - an
innovative new approach that combines a proven strategy with technology-based
tools that proactively connect retailers with law enforcement and prosecution to
break the cycle of retail theft.
To listen to the Podcast for Android devices,
click here. To listen to the Podcast on iTunes,
click here.
The panelists were also recently featured on Fox 11's "In Depth."
Watch their video interview here.
It's an Amazing FaceID Small World After All
The Surprising Global Forward March of Facial Recognition - Part 3
By Tony D'Onofrio, Global Retail Influencer
In
Part 1, we introduced your face as the next computer cookie and discussed
USA/UK retail applications. In
Part 2, we faced the reality that more FaceID disruptions is coming to the
security industry, introduced healthcare applications, and concluded with GAFAM
insights (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft).
In Part 3, we explore more of the growing global facial recognition deployments
focusing on China which is THE world's FaceID innovation laboratory. Read
in this post about China installing over 600 million CCTV cameras, see the
fining of jaywalkers through video, the pace of Asia digital retail change, and
face recognition being deployed in 11,000 7-Eleven stores in Thailand.
● China is perfecting a nation-wide video surveillance network. 176 million
surveillance cameras were in use at the end of 2017 and 626 million are expected
by 2020. In a recent facial recognition experiment in the city of Guiyang (4.3+
million people), a BBC reporter was found within the city in just seven minutes.
● Police officers at the Zhengzhou East high-speed rail station, using facial
recognition glasses (opening image), identified seven fugitives related to
hit-and-run and human trafficking cases, plus spotted 26 cases of identity fraud
in February this year.
Read More Here
Mall shooting protest shuts down Highway 31 in Hoover,
Ala., Monday night
Several dozen demonstrators upset with the police shooting of a black man at the
Riverchase Galleria shopping mall in Hoover took their protest onto U.S. Highway
31 Monday night.
Protesters holding signs and chanting blocked the heavily traveled highway near
Interstate 459, not far from the mall where a Hoover police officer killed
21-year-old Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. on Thanksgiving night.
The protest eventually entered the mall and later exited, returning to the
original location near Hoover City Hall. The demonstration ended just before 9
p.m. There are no reports of any arrests at this time.
wvtm13.com
City of Hoover, police release
statement promising transparency in mall shooting investigation
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Riverchase Galleria in
Hoover
Hoover mayor shares update on deadly mall shooting probe
Self Checkout in Retail - Measuring the Loss
New Report Reveals the Extent of Losses from Self-Checkout and Identifies
Practical Ways to Manage it
 Today,
the ECR Community Shrinkage and On-shelf Availability Group (OSA) and NCR
launched a new comprehensive
report that assesses the potential impact of self-checkout (SCO)
technologies on retail loss and provides best practices and guidance on how to
address and balance risks. While the report "Self-Checkout in Retail: Measuring
the Loss" found that levels of stock loss are higher at SCO than at staffed
checkouts, it also points out that there are a variety of best-practice
operational techniques as well as a range of existing and emerging technologies
that retailers can use to keep shoppers honest and accurate.
"This is the first study that has been able to quantify the risks associated
with SCO technologies and the evidence shows that they present a wide range of
opportunities for customers to generate retail losses," explained Adrian Beck,
Emeritus Professor at the University of Leicester and author of the study. "It
was surprisingly difficult not only to obtain reliable, robust and verifiable
data on the losses associated with SCO systems, but also on the effectiveness of
the approaches being adopted to try and manage them."
Retailers count their stock loss typically as a percentage of their sales,
which, according to a prior ECR report, is about 0.67% of sales in grocery
retail. This new report suggests that a typical retailer can experience an
increase in stock loss of 1 basis point for every one percent of sales that go
through fixed SCO machines. For instance, a typical store with 25% of their
sales value going through fixed SCO could see additional stock losses of 0.25%
of sales value.
Stores using Scan-and-Go technologies could see an increase of between 0.7
and 10.4 basis points of additional loss for every one percent of sales
processed. In the study, the average utilization rate for Scan-and-Go was
2.8% of sales value, suggesting additional stock loss of between 0.01% and 0.29%
of sales value.
John Fonteijn, Chair of the ECR Community Shrinkage and On-shelf Availability
Group summarizes: "Retailing is becoming ever more dependent upon a host of
technologies, many of which are increasingly focused upon improving the customer
journey. This report will help retail organizations to continue to reap the
benefits that self-scan technologies can bring while doing so within a
sustainable business model."
The report goes on to consider ways in which SCO technologies can be controlled,
including the use of effective guardians and a range of emerging technologies.
The report also underlines the importance of monitoring data on the risk of loss
relating to SCO as well as adopting a more joined up approach to SCO management
and control.
The report is based upon data collected from 13 major retailers operating in
Europe and the US, including analysis of: 140 million Scan and Go transactions;
17 million transaction audits; video analytics of 72 billion euros of fixed SCO
transactions; and comparative stock loss data from thousands of retail stores.
It is the most comprehensive study to date on the scale and extent of stock
losses associated with SCO technologies. It focuses on highlighting the risks
and advocating a set of strategies that may help to minimize stock loss so that
retailers can better achieve the operational benefits and improved customer
journey enabled by SCO technologies.
Webinar on results for retailers
Retailers, academics and technology providers will discuss the findings,
implications and develop new responses during a global webinar at 1pm GMT on
Thursday, December 6, 2018, with a series of interactive follow-up workshops in
2019. Retailers can register for the webinar
here. The report is free to
download from the ECR Community Shrink & OSA group website. businesswire.com
Edesix teams up with UK's ASDA to enhance in-store retail
security
Body Warn Cameras - VideoBadges
Edesix has announced that it has teamed up with ASDA to enhance in-store
security. After a successful trial in 2016, there are now over
900 Edesix VideoBadges
being utilised in over 250 sites nationwide, with more growth expected soon.
Edesix collaborated with CBES, to design and install a tailored wearable CCTV
deployment suited to ASDA's needs. Edesix and CBES worked closely at ASDA's
national security centre and across four store deployments at so the cameras
could be rolled out in the remaining stores with minimum impact on store
efficiency. This system requires minimum training has enabled staff to integrate
the cameras into their daily working processes with reportedly minimal fuss.
As a result of this partnering strategy, ASDA has reportedly been able to
improve colleague security, diffuse aggressive and volatile situation and reduce
valued investigation time, thus reducing costs. Since the deployment, ASDA has
proven the viability of these cameras by securing numerous convictions relating
to theft and violence against staff.
Richie McBride, Managing Director of Edesix. "The aim was to improve the safety
of colleagues in public facing roles and shoppers within the stores, whilst
producing compelling evidence when needed. The Body Worn Cameras act as a
confrontation preventer, as it is proven that members of the public are far less
aggressive to staff members if they know they are being filmed." securitynewsdesk.com
Knox County's Organized Retail Crime Unit is working
harder than ever
This past Thanksgiving weekend, they arrested 66 adults, five minors and
recovered just under $25,000 in stolen or fraudulently purchased property.
 While
petty theft is common nationwide, organized retail crime is a particular problem
in East Tennessee -- and officials say it's related to the opioid epidemic.
Officials say the overwhelming majority of criminals they arrest for retail
crime have issues with addiction.
State Representative Jason Zachary passed a bill in 2015 that made the creation
of an Organize Retail Crime Unit possible for Knox County and other departments
statewide. "They've been able to make some significant busts over just the last
couple weeks, some of those related to entities out of state that have tried to
come in," said Zachary.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office reports so far this year, Belk, Home Depot and
Kohl's are the stores where they've recovered the most stolen merchandise.
Kroger is also a big target for these crimes.
Glenn Alred, manager for Kroger's Organized Retail Crime Unit, says they've
paired up with KCSO to bust several organized retail crime rings in Knoxville
and Oak Ridge.
Alred says the overwhelming majority of criminals they arrest have a problem
with drug addiction.
"As we began to move through this and pass legislation, we realized how
organized retail crime was directly linked to the opioid crisis," said Zachary.
But our local organized retail crime task force and those associated with bigger
chain stores are catching a lot of thefts before they get out of control.
wbir.com
Update: Martinsburg, WV
Macy's Fulfillment Center employees returning to work days after fire
A Macy's spokesperson has announced that "limited operations" resumed at the
company's Martinsburg fulfillment center Monday evening following a weekend
fire. "First and foremost, we are thankful that all of our Macy's colleagues are
safe and accounted for, with no injuries," said Andrea Schwartz. "Also, we are
grateful for the ongoing support and partnership of the local authorities and
community." Full shifts of employees resumed normal operations at 6 Tuesday
morning. "Additionally, we continue to utilize our extensive fulfillment
network, which includes 600+ stores and multiple mega centers nationwide, to
serve our customers at this time." The state Fire Marshal's Office has yet to
determine the cause of Saturday's blaze.
wvmetronews.com
Workplace Violence, Bullying May Increase Chance of Heart
Disease
Employees who are bullied or exposed to violence at work may be at higher risk
of developing cardiovascular disease than those who don't face these challenges
at work, according to a new
European study.
The study found that people who were bullied at work were 59 percent more likely
to develop heart disease or related diseases. Employees exposed to workplace
violence were 25 percent more likely to develop heart disease or related
diseases.
Regarding workplace bullying, 79 percent of bullies were colleagues, supervisors
or subordinates, and 21 percent were clients.
securitymagazine.com
Workplace violence against women commonly caused by
intimate partners
Forty percent of women who died as a result of workplace violence in 2016 did so
at the hands of domestic partners or relatives, compared with 2 percent of men,
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Men, who represented 82 percent of
the 500 workplace homicide victims last year, are most commonly killed by
robbers.
While 85 percent of companies have a policy about violence in the workplace,
only 14 percent address sexual assault and domestic violence, she said. "There
is a lot of shame and embarrassment associated with domestic violence," she
said.
She recommends that people who have been victimized by domestic violence get
orders of protection and provide security guards at their workplace with a
photograph of the individual. But it is also incumbent on bystanders to raise
the issue if they are aware a co-worker is having domestic problems, which can
manifest not only as physical abuse but also emotional or financial abuse, she
said.
oshatoday.com
GNC Wipes Out Vice President of Loss Prevention
Plans to close 700 to 900 stores over next three years of its 4,300 store base
in North America.
post-gazette.com
 Americans
Consider Companies' Charitable Work
New study indicates half (50%) of Americans say that they would switch to a
company that supports a cause they believe in.
New research from Mintel reveals that a company's charitable giving affects
three-quarters (73%) of Americans' purchase decisions. Whether truly altruistic
or merely aspirational, the majority (84%) of consumers say it is important to
them that a company supports charitable causes, with some willing to take it a
step further when corporate giving aligns with their own beliefs.
cstoredecisions.com
Small Business Saturday reaches $17.8B high
Tops Markets Emerges From Chapter 11
Quarterly Results
Hibbetts Sporting Goods Q3 comp's down 0.1%, sales down 8.7%
The Buckle Q3 comp's down 1.4%, net sales down 4.1%
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The
Retailers Association of Massachusetts
LP Committee Meeting:
 Wednesday, November
28th
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Axis Experience Center
300 Apollo Drive
Chelmsford, MA 01824
Agenda
a. Networking (light refreshments)
b. Key Findings of FBI Active Shooter Phase II Study (Kevin Foote)
c. New and Emerging LP Technology (Axis Communications)
d. Open discussion / information sharing
Individuals
interested in attending this meeting are asked to please RSVP by
email to info@retailersma.org
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CAP Publishes New Study of Retail Crime
Incidents in 6 Major US Cities
In this study, you will learn 209,907 reasons why CAP Index is the leading
authority for identifying retail crime risks. CAP Index's customers will benefit
from an enhanced ability to benchmark store-specific crime experiences against
over 200,000 address- specific events including robbery, burglary, and
shoplifting.
Contact our team of crime risk specialists to learn how leveraging key
industry insights and concrete data can empower you to implement successful
data-driven loss prevention strategies.
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Transforming into a CISO Security Leader
Are you comfortable with leading or managing the individuals that understand the
technology more than you do? Are you comfortable with leveraging and relying on
their insights and ideas for enhancing business practices? Are you willing to
spend time learning in addition to the "day job" to keep up with the
technologies?
The CISO role has evolved over the past 25 years from primarily technical
beginnings in many organizations to a role requiring more leadership, business
savvy, and data-awareness. CISOs are managing risk, reporting to the board,
managing security incident communications, planning strategies, and implementing
multiyear plans to increase the maturity level within their organizations. As
indicated in
recent culture of cybersecurity research from ISACA and CMMI Institute, 41%
of company boards of directors appoint an executive to own the cybersecurity
culture and 38% schedule one or more discussions about it each year.
Additionally, 55% of respondents place the cybersecurity culture ownership
responsibility on the CISO, compared with 43% on the CIO and 24% on the CEO.
 These
numbers clearly demonstrate the security leader is "on the hook" and needs to be
able to influence executive management to secure adequate funding to make a
difference in the cybersecurity culture. This results in preparation of many
presentations translating the business needs related to security requirements,
and explaining, and re-explaining, why the investments need to be made. Business
relationships must be made across the organization with an understanding of the
stakeholder needs. CISOs must embrace ambiguity and uncertainty as they navigate
the organization, with each department head vying for the same pot of critical
investment funds.
The technical background may be a basic requirement for many organizations
hiring their first CISO, as they may only be hiring one or two individuals to
start building out the program. However, once the team has been built, the
technical skills will not be enough for the individual to remain in the role.
Security professionals must decide where they would like to spend most of their
day and must be honest about the answer. That is the only path to true career
happiness. darkreading.com
How Meijer battles Big Data fatigue
Retailers are now experiencing a sort of "Big Data fatigue" following the
onslaught of hype over Big Data the past few years. They've listened to the "experts" and spent millions on infrastructure and business intelligence tools,
expecting to gain transformative insights. Unfortunately, in many cases that
promise has not come to fruition and it has left executives wondering how to get
the most out of their investments.
These days, top executives at retail and CPG companies are looking for a deeper
understanding of how to overlay data analytics, artificial intelligence and
personalization in a way that gets results quickly. Fortune 500 companies are
telling leading data analytics firms such as Teradata that they are fed up with
big analytics investments that haven't borne fruit.
It's these kinds of frustrations that motivated Teradata COO Oliver
Ratzesberger, the former analytics chief at eBay, to issue a mandate during his
company's annual user conference last month to retailers, CPG firms and other
companies looking to data analytics to reinvent their business models.
Stop buying analytics. Stop buying 'solutions' that over-promise and
under-deliver. Start investing in answers, answers that will change how your
business operates," Ratzesberger told a roaring crowd of 3,000 in Las Vegas in
October at Teradata Analytics Universe 2018. At the show, the 40-year-old
company unveiled a new logo, a new suite of software, and a promise to deliver "answers" to customers, not more analytics.
Mobile security trends: app containers, app
wrapping for BYOD
Threats evolve, and so should mobile security strategies. Mike Chapple explains
how an app containers and app wrapping can protect enterprise devices and
corporate assets.
One of the more important mobile security trends of recent years has to do with
the flood of personal devices entering organizations through both formal
bring-your-own-device programs and informal use of personal technology, which
pose significant risks to enterprise security. While organizations traditionally
relied upon mobile device management (MDM) technology to control both the apps
installed on mobile devices and the security configurations of the device
operating system, this approach does not offer the flexibility necessary for
bring your own device (BYOD) models. Users do not want clunky corporate software
that intrudes into their personal use of technology, and enterprise IT
departments don't want the support burden that comes along with such
heavy-handed management. App containers and application wrapping are gaining
steam as more
BYOD-friendly solutions for enterprises.
How app containers isolate corporate data
Application containerization seeks to build a secure enclave on a mobile device
that serves as a safe location for sensitive enterprise information. This
approach offers users an isolated workspace containing applications provided
through the IT department for use with corporate data. The containerization
software may be a native part of the mobile OS that allows users to "switch
personas" between personal and work environments while isolating the data in
each environment from the other. Other containerization approaches run as
applications on top of the mobile OS, providing an isolated, encrypted work
experience within a single application environment.
techtarget.com
Mobile checkout time decreases 12 seconds in Q2
The average time for e-commerce checkout using mobile devices is getting faster,
decreasing by 12 seconds to 2:25 minutes in the second quarter of 2018 compared
to the first quarter of the year,
according to the Checkout Conversion Index (CCI) report from Pymnts.com.
retaildive.com
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There's a New and Easy Way to
Share iPhone Photos and Videos
Texting
and emailing photos and videos from your iPhone can be a pain. In the newest
version of iPhone operating system, IOS 12, there is a feature call iCloud link,
which allows you to send photos and videos from your iPhone in a iCloud link.
This is very useful for sending groups of photos or video files.
How does it work? Simply select a photo or video (or a group of photos or
videos), then tap the Share button. You will then notice a new button in the
bottom titled Copy iCloud Link. Click on that and a link will be placed in a
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Cyber Monday breaks online sales record
The online shopping event was on track to hit a record $7.9 billion by the end
of the day, representing a 19.7% increase over last year, according to data from
Adobe Analytics (data is as of 7:00 p.m. ET.) Mobile transactions surged 55.6%.
Cyber Monday sales topped $7.9 billion, according to Adobe Analytics data,
"making it the single largest shopping day in U.S. history," said John Copeland,
head of marketing and customer Insights at Adobe. "Sales coming from smartphones
hit an all-time high of $2 billion and we saw a significant spike in the buy
online, pickup in-store trend."
● Golden Hours of Retail: The three hours between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00
a.m. ET on Cyber Monday were expected to drive $1.7 billion in online sales,
roughly $300 million more than an average full day during the year.
● Out-of-Stock Levels: 2.4% of product page visits saw an out-of-stock
message on Cyber Monday, up over a season average of 2.1%. This cost retailers
up to $187 million in potential sales. In comparison, Thanksgiving saw 3.3% and
Black Friday saw 2.8%, costing retailers up to $120 million and $177 million,
respectively.
● Main Sales Drivers: On Cyber Monday, direct website traffic ranked
highest for driving revenue at 25.3%share of sales (down 1.2% YoY), followed by
paid search at 25.1% (up 7.4% YoY), natural search at 18.8% (down 2.8%), and
email at 24.2% (up 0.5%). Similar to past years, social media continued to have
minimal impact on online sales, at a 1.1% share. chainstoreage.com
Amazon reports biggest shopping day on Cyber
Monday
Amazon Announces Record-Breaking Holiday Shopping Weekend:
Cyber Monday Once Again Becomes the Single Biggest Shopping Day
in the Company's History
With the Most Products Ordered Worldwide
Amazon customers globally ordered more than 18 million toys and more than 13
million fashion items on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the company said.
Sales by small and medium-sized businesses worldwide grew more than 20 percent
on Black Friday year-over-year.
Throughout the Turkey 5, Amazon.com customers ordered more than 180 million
items.
The best-selling products at Amazon 4-star and Amazon Books over the Turkey 5
weekend included the all-new Echo Dot, Becoming by Michelle Obama, the Amazon
Smart Plug, and the L.O.L. Surprise Series toys.
The best-selling products at Amazon Pop-Up device kiosks over the Turkey 5
weekend included the all-new Echo Dot and the Amazon Smart Plug.
The best-selling products across Amazon.com on Cyber Monday included the all-new
Echo Dot, AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing Ethnicity, Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic
Noise Cancelling Headphones for Apple devices, Becoming by Michelle Obama, Jenga,
and Instant Pot DUO60 - 6 Quart.
Biggest holiday shopping weekend ever for Echo devices, with millions sold
worldwide-all-new Echo Dot was the #1 selling product on Amazon globally, from
any manufacturer, in any category.
The best-selling products across all categories on Amazon.com included all-new
Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick 4K with all-new Alexa Voice Remote, and Fire 7 tablet
with Alexa.
Fire TV continues to be the #1 streaming media player family in the U.S., U.K.,
Germany, and Japan, across all retailers.
retaildive.com
Alibaba's Jack Ma is a communist
Why is Jack Ma a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC)?
We don't know how long he's been a member for, but we do now know that he is one
of approximately 88 million people who (are supposed to) pay monthly dues,
attend regular meetings and sometimes submit themselves to "self criticism" to
improve their ideological understanding.
Jack Ma is a strident defender of the way President Xi Jinping does business
when it comes to foreign firms - and American presidents - who complain about
getting access to markets in China.
To get ahead in China some might say you need to be in with the Communists; the
leaders, the bureaucrats, the officials. (Especially if you want to harness the
power of the newish, as it was back in 1999, internet to create the world's
biggest online retailer in a country that controls the internet.)
The Chinese call it Guan Xi. It means connections.
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Center Township, PA: Boscov's Loss Prevention
injured, dragged by car of fleeing suspects in $900 theft
Two Butler County residents are facing charges after police say a department
store employee was dragged while trying to stop a shoplifter. The incident
happened Sunday afternoon outside Boscov's at the Clearview Mall in Center
Township. State Police say it started when Scott Locke allegedly stole about
$900 worth of clothes. As he was walking out of the store, Locke was confronted
by a Loss Prevention officer who tried to grab him to stop him from getting into
a vehicle. While the officer had ahold of Locke, Kimberly Weibel is accused of
starting to drive away, in-turn pulling the store employee. The employee's leg
was injured in the ordeal. The two defendants did initially get away, but were
found by police later that day.
butlerradio.com
Tysons, VA: Black Friday Tysons Corner's Zara
store theft leads
to Pursuit and Crash
Four women were arrested this past Friday, accused of stealing items from a
store at Tysons Corner Center and then leading police on a chase the ended in a
multi-vehicle crash. The suspects, all of whom are between the ages of 18 and
20, are alleged to be part of a theft ring that has stolen from several
businesses in the area, according to an FCPD crime report.
tysonsreporter.com
Manchester, CT: Skateboard thief arrested
following assault on Zumiez employee at Shoppes at Buckland Hills; facing
second-degree robbery, second-degree strangulation and third-degree assault
The theft of five skateboards valued at $275 is going to cost 23 year old
Brandon Phillips a great deal. Phillips is now facing multiple charges for the
assault on a Zumiez store employee and is currently being held on $250,000 bail.
courant.com
Doylestown, PA: Duo charged with $4,000 theft of
merchandise from Kohl's
Columbus, IN: Mom with young child caught stealing over
$2000 worth of items from Kohl's
Hendersonville, TN: Police search for 2 suspects with
child in a $300 Gun store theft
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 Queens,
NY: Duane Reade Manager expected to survive a gunshot to the head in Armed
Robbery
A Duane Reade employee in Queens was shot in the head early Monday in an
attempted robbery and is miraculously still alive, police said. The suspect
entered the Woodside convenience store on Roosevelt Avenue around 3:30 a.m. and
got into an argument with the employee before shooting him in the head and hand,
police said. Cops believe the shooting was related to an attempted robbery but
said nothing was stolen from the store. The victim was discovered behind the
counter by a deliveryman and was transported to Elmhurst Hospital in critical
condition, police sources said. The employee has since stabilized and is
expected to survive, cops said.
abc7ny.com
Coweta County, GA: Shopping center shooting
caused by road rage
Investigators responded to the scene of a shooting at a shopping center in
Coweta County Sunday night where several shots were fired, according to the
Coweta County Sheriff's Office. Authorities tell FOX 5 the shooting happened
near a PetSmart and Five Below store inside of a pavilion shopping center after
a fight broke out. Stores closed down for a few hours while deputies started
their investigation. One male was shot and taken to the hospital. Investigators
are still working to learn what led up to the shooting.
fox5atlanta.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Philadelphia, PA: Armed Robbers steal $12K from Family
Dollar
Police say armed suspects stole $12,000 from a dollar store in Kensington. The
holdup happened at the Family Dollar on the 300 block of East Allegheny Avenue
around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Investigators say two men walked into the store armed
with a gun, stole the cash, and took off.
6abc.com
 Erie,
PA: Update: Search for suspects ongoing in Jared store robbery; $140,000 of
jewelry recovered
Police release surveillance video photos of two suspects in the Jared Galleria
of Jewelry heist. Millcreek Township police are still working to identify
suspects and to determine the quantity and value of stolen items in their
ongoing investigation into a smash-and-grab robbery at a township jewelry store
on Nov. 19. Millcreek Police recovered $140,955 worth of jewelry suspected of
being stolen from the store. Investigators are still working to determine what
was stolen from the store and the value of the items, Millcreek police Lt. Mike
Little said Monday.
goerie.com
Greenville County, SC: Social media tip leads to arrests
of 3 men in Greenville County armed robbery spree; two 7-Elevens, Little Caesars
and Spinx
Abilene, TX: police need help identifying 2 men they say
robbed 4 convenience stores
Kansas City, MO: Police looking for suspect who robbed
Family Dollar store
Altoona, PA: Logan Valley Mall targeted for thefts at
least 5 times in November
Passaic, NJ: Smash and Grab suspect steals $27K worth of
jewelry with customers in the store
Sentencings, Indictments & Charges
Man pleads guilty to West Michigan crime spree
Jacob Savickas is facing prison time for a week-long, two-state crime spree. He
pleaded guilty to charges including bank robbery and larceny. Savickas is
responsible for a series of crimes in 2017, including a hold-up at a northeast
Grand Rapids bank, and another robbery at a Walker McDonald's. Because of
previous convictions, Savickas is facing up to life in prison when he's
sentenced in January.
wzzm13.com
Fresno, CA: Man sentenced to 12 years, another pleads
guilty for theft of over 50 weapons from Gun Store
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C-Store - New Orleans, LA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Billings, MT - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Wichita Falls, KS - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Boston, MA - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Sidney, OH - Robbery
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Cellphone Store - Dover, DE - Burglary
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Dollar General - Carter County, TN - Armed Robbery
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Dunkin' Donuts - Salina, NY - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Pensacola, FL - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Philadelphia, PA - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Harrison Township, OH - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Salina, NY - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Spalding County, GA - Robbery
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Gas Station - Eureka, CA - Burglary
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Gas Station - Humboldt County, CA - Burglary
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Gun Store - Hendersonville, TN - Robbery
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Jewelry Store - Passaic, NJ - Armed Robbery
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Jewelry Store - Troy, NY - Burglary
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Pharmacy - Queens, NY - Armed Robbery/Employee shot
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Restaurant - Yakima, WA - Robbery
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Restaurant - San Diego, CA - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Garfield Heights, OH - Armed Robbery
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Rite Aid - Portland, ME - Robbery
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Rite Aid - Queens, NY - Armed Robbery
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Rite Aid - Queens,, NY - Armed Robbery
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T-Mobile - King County, WA - Robbery
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7-Eleven - Queens, NY - Armed Robbery
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99 Cent Plus - Ventura, CA - Armed Robbery
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