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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact


Retailer Wins Legal Fight Over Anti-Crime Facial Recognition
The ruling could pave the way for other major retailers to embrace this technology

Bunnings wins fight to use AI facial recognition tech to combat store crime, opening door for other retailers
Bunnings was reasonably entitled to use AI facial recognition technology to combat crime and staff abuse in its stores, the Administrative Review Tribunal has found. The hardware giant did not breach privacy laws in scanning customers' faces, but could have done more to notify them of the data collection, the tribunal said.

The ruling could pave the way for other major retailers to embrace this technology, according to one expert.

Australia's Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind determined in 2024 that Bunnings breached privacy laws by scanning hundreds of thousands of customers' faces without their proper consent. A review of that decision by the Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia has now found the opposite.

"We welcome the decision from the Administrative Review Tribunal regarding Bunnings' past trial of facial recognition technology," Bunnings managing director Mike Schneider said in a statement. "Our intent in trialling this technology was to help protect people from violence, abuse, serious criminal conduct and organised retail crime."

What if all retail stores used facial recognition technology?

Professor Mortimer also said he expected other major Australian retailers to follow Bunnings' lead in implementing facial recognition technology in their stores to increase safety and quickly identify potential criminal risks.

"This type of technology will become commonplace," he said. "It also has broader impacts outside of just retail."

"The AI system will identify if someone is loitering near a toilet area, the AI system will identify if somebody placed something inside their pocket or concealed a product. It's reasonable that clearer signage needs to be put in place — and that's maybe something that may have been overlooked in [Bunnings'] initial implementation of this technology."  abc.net.au


Canada Battles Theft Surge
Proposed bylaw provision targets shoplifting under $100

The lack of a proportionate enforcement option for theft under $100 has emboldened shoplifters, the notice of motion argues

Stealing something worth less than $100 could soon net you a $250 fine, if two Calgary city councillors get their way. A notice of motion coming to Tuesday’s executive committee meeting asks the city to draft a community standards bylaw amendment that would apply a fine or other penalty for shoplifting offences under $100.

Ward 10 Coun. Andre Chabot and Ward 2 Coun. Jennifer Wyness are co-sponsoring the notice of motion, which will have to pass a technical review before council formally votes on it later this month. Currently, minor shoplifting offences fall under the Criminal Code of Canada as theft under $5,000. The councillors argue that criminal charges for low-value, non-violent thefts are often withdrawn or deprioritized by the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service due to a lack of resources and prosecutorial triage protocols.

Despite this, responding to shoplifting calls eats up a lot of police officer time and resources, the councillors argue. According to their notice of motion, the Calgary Police Service has received more than 23,000 calls for service related to shoplifting since 2023.

Each shoplifting incident that proceeds through the criminal process requires about 2.5 hours of officer time, the councillors claim, and adds up to more than 12,000 hours annually for cases that rarely result in meaningful outcomes for victims.

The lack of a proportionate enforcement option for theft under $100 has emboldened shoplifters and contributed to “repeat offending, business frustration, public erosion of confidence in enforcement and front-line officer frustration,” the notice of motion states. calgaryherald.com


When Simple Shoplifting Becomes ORC
When Does Shoplifting Escalate to Organized Retail Theft in Arizona?
With law enforcement priorities shifting, the line between a minor shoplifting offense and a serious felony like Organized Retail Theft is becoming more critical for Arizona residents to understand. In response to retailers losing billions nationwide to organized retail crime (ORC), a crackdown is underway. The Tucson Police Department recently launched an aggressive public campaign against retail theft, signaling a zero-tolerance environment for offenders. This guide clarifies the distinctions between these offenses, the statutory thresholds, and the severe consequences of elevated charges in Arizona’s current climate.

What Legally Defines Shoplifting in Arizona?

To understand how a charge can escalate, it is essential to first establish the legal baseline for a standard shoplifting offense. Arizona law defines the crime with specific elements and classifies its severity primarily based on the monetary value of the goods involved. This foundation helps illustrate how additional factors can dramatically increase the legal jeopardy for an accused individual.

The Critical Role of Value: Misdemeanor vs. Felony Shoplifting

The primary factor that elevates a simple shoplifting charge from a misdemeanor to a felony in Arizona is the total value of the stolen merchandise. The law establishes clear monetary thresholds that dictate the classification of the offense and, consequently, the severity of potential penalties. While a low-value theft might result in probation and fines, stealing higher-value items can lead to significant prison time. This is a crucial distinction that defendants must understand from the outset of their case.

When Does Shoplifting Escalate to Organized Retail Theft?

The transition from a standard shoplifting charge to the much more serious offense of Organized Retail Theft (ORT) involves factors that go far beyond the value of the items taken in a single incident. Prosecutors build these cases by looking for patterns of behavior, evidence of coordination, and a specific criminal intent that indicates a commercial enterprise rather than a simple, impulsive act. This escalation is central to the current law enforcement crackdown in Arizona. lawfuel.com


Shoplifting Data vs. Perception
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Retail-Focused OSHA Guidance
OSHA Retail Safety Guidance Signals Steps Home Depot Should Adopt

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published retail-focused guidance covering crowd management, workplace violence prevention, material handling, and seasonal worker protections. The recommendations matter to Home Depot associates and managers because they offer specific, actionable measures to reduce injuries, prevent incidents during peak shopping events, and ensure training and reporting rights for all workers.

OSHA’s guidance for retail employers lays out a range of safety and security practices that retail chains and distribution operations can use to assess and strengthen protections for employees and customers. For Home Depot stores and fulfillment centers, the guidance addresses high-risk areas including crowd-control during sales events, workplace violence and robbery response, powered industrial vehicle operation, material handling, and protections for seasonal and temporary workers.

On crowd management and major sales events, OSHA recommends planning that includes trained security personnel, barricades or rope lines, clear emergency exits, occupancy control and pre-planned procedures to prevent injuries and chaos during peak shopping periods. Implementing those measures affects scheduling, security staffing and store layout decisions, and requires coordination between store managers and loss-prevention teams to minimize risk while maintaining throughput.

Workplace violence and robbery-prevention guidance emphasizes prevention planning and employee training in de-escalation, along with clear steps for safe response to aggressive customers or robberies. For associates who encounter verbal or physical threats, having formalized procedures and practiced drills can reduce on-the-job trauma and uncertainty while clarifying what managers must do to protect staff.

In warehouses and fulfillment centers, OSHA calls for safe stacking and ergonomic measures to limit repetitive lifting strains, thorough training on powered industrial vehicles such as forklifts and hi-los, and lockout/tagout procedures where relevant. The guidance also highlights hazards posed by compactors and balers, areas that require specific controls and supervision in distribution operations. Adopting these practices may mean additional training time, certification for powered-equipment operators, and investments in ergonomic aids.

Crucially, OSHA reiterates worker rights: employees can file safety complaints, are protected as whistleblowers, and employers have a legal responsibility to provide a safe workplace. Seasonal and temporary workers are entitled to the same training and safe conditions as permanent staff, and employers must deliver training in a language and manner the worker understands. That requirement affects hiring and onboarding practices during peak seasons when Home Depot relies heavily on temporary labor. prismnews.com


AI Pricing Controversy
Algorithmic And Surveillance Pricing Pushes Retail Into Legal Minefield

AI offers immense retail value, but its "surveillance pricing" practice, which uses personal data to set individualized prices, faces growing regulatory backlash.

More than its potential to boost revenue, AI is a power multiplier, giving retailers unprecedented ability to personalize consumer interactions to potentially deepen engagement, loyalty and customer delight. But as with any powerful tool, it can be used for good or ill.

Recent actions at the state and federal levels suggest regulators suspect malicious intent, especially regarding surveillance pricing and the privacy concerns it raises. Surveillance pricing, sometimes called personalized pricing, is a practice in which a retailer uses personal data and algorithms to set individualized prices for the same product. In effect, merchandise that the retailer buys at a fixed wholesale cost is sold to customers at different prices based on their data profile.

It’s easy to see the murky legal waters retailers enter with surveillance pricing. A once-level playing field in the prices people pay can be too easily titled in the retailer’s favor, raising concerns about fairness, discrimination, and potential consumer exploitation. It further casts doubt on how retailers collect, use and potentially misuse personal consumer information.

Surveillance pricing is a minefield and the mines are exploding,” warned Crowell and Moring litigation attorney Joanna Forster, as she sees more state attorneys general and consumer protection chiefs leaning into this issue, both around the fairness and privacy issues. And as states move forward, she expects the federal government, which has already moved in this direction, to pick up its pace. forbes.com


Thrift Retail is Having a Moment
You’ll Never Guess The Fastest-Growing Retail Sector — And Gen Z Loves It
Most retail industry captains are reporting sleepless nights lately, tormented by nightmares like tariff chaos, the AI stampede, and cranky investors — all while trying to just keep up with inflation. But there is one industry segment that has been on a roll for the past four years, clocking a blistering compound annual revenue growth rate of 15%, in spite of not making a profit … yet.

Meet the thrift and resale juggernaut that has been slowly eating into the consumer wallet share, especially in shoes and apparel. Meet the new face of sustainability and a puzzle for traditional retailers to solve.

At one end, there are timeless nonprofits like Goodwill Industries or Salvation Army, stores that have been around since the early 1900s. They help support foundations that provide social services, places with harsh fluorescent lighting that older generations remember visiting only in desperate times.

Today, thrifting is a widespread hobby among the Gen Z crowd, and often a first stop for a majority of Gen Z shoppers hoping for a surprise find, or a killer bargain. forbes.com


Bad Sign for Department Stores?
Is Saks’ Collapse Another Omen For Traditional Department Stores?
Saks’ trip to bankruptcy court has led to diatribes on the sad state of department stores, but a few other articles point to brighter days ahead for the channel.

In a New York Times article entitled “Can Department Stores Ever Be Fun Again?” Ginia Bellafante, the newspaper’s fashion critic, traces a first signal of department stores’ descent to the closing of B. Altman on Fifth Avenue in 1989, followed in New York City by the closure of Henri Bendel, Lord & Taylor and Barneys.

Beyond pressures from mass retailers and online selling, she argues that department stores’ problems over the last five decades come about as the shopping experience no longer inspires. Product offerings have become “lackluster” due in part to lost buying talent, as “ambitious young women with great taste” in the latter part of the 20th century began pursuing MBA programs over retail careers. Banners also lost their “identity” over the years, and now collectively embrace a “sterilized atmosphere” in carrying the same products as rivals, she added. retailwire.com


In-Store AI Robots
Ulta tests AI manicure robots in select stores

As AI moves into the physical world, Ulta’s robot manicurist offers a glimpse of what’s next.

Here at Ulta, the robot holding my hand was built by Boston-based startup 10Beauty. After six years of R&D and $50 million in venture funding, the company has created a machine meant to replicate the entire manicure process: polish removal, shaping, buffing, and painting. The company plans to roll the robots out to Ulta, Nordstrom, and high-end salons later this year. The manicures will be priced at $30—no tipping required.

But first comes the beta test. Ulta has agreed to pilot the machines in select stores, where customers can get free manicures while 10Beauty gathers real-world data. Human nail techs stand by to fix mistakes, ensuring customers still leave with salon-worthy nails. fastcompany.com


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Super Bowl Preps for Cyber Threats
NFL-Super Bowl prepares for potential AI cybersecurity threat
Before the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks face off at Super Bowl LX, Levi’s Stadium needed a tech upgrade package.

To equip the venue for Sunday's Super Bowl, the National Football League and the San Francisco 49ers laid down miles of fiber optic cable, set up hundreds of wireless access points and raised cyber defenses to fend off possible incursions.

The effort to prepare the stadium began in earnest more than a year ago.

Ahead of the game, the NFL has deployed its own cybersecurity safety squad to ensure that it goes off without a hitch. As part of the preparations, the NFL set up a makeshift cyber command center in the bowels of the stadium to monitor and intercept threats.

“So the threat actors will take an environment like this, just like a pickpocket,” NFL Senior Director of Cybersecurity George Griesler said.

This year, more than others, the cyber defense efforts are watching more closely for attacks that are powered by artificial intelligence, said Costa Kladianos, 49ers Executive Vice President, Head of Technology.

“Even up until last year, (AI) wasn't as big of a threat as it is this year,” Kladianos said.

One of the most significant updates for Super Bowl LX is the Wi-Fi in the stadium to cope with the voluminous amount of data that the roughly 65,000 spectators will generate during the game. All the social media posts, livestreamed video and other content will take an enormous amount of upload bandwidth to cope with. channelnewsasia.com


Business & Government Must Work Together on Cybersecurity
National cybersecurity strategies depend on public-private trust, report warns

An influential think tank urged governments to consult extensively with a wide variety of business stakeholders before making ambitious plans.

Governments should work closely with the private sector when designing and detailing their national cybersecurity strategies, a prominent think tank said in a report published on Monday.

Active participation from the private sector, particularly large technology, telecommunications, and cybersecurity firms, is critical throughout the strategy’s development,” the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law (CCPL) said in its white paper. “The private sector can help not only support but also deliver on the government’s cybersecurity objectives and is key to a secure and resilient nation.”

CCPL’s report comes as President Donald Trump’s administration finalizes its own national cybersecurity strategy, which it is expected to roll out this month. The five-page document is expected to address digital deterrence, regulatory harmonization, workforce growth, procurement reforms, emerging technologies and critical infrastructure protection. The White House will follow up the strategy with an implementation plan.

It is unclear how extensively the Trump administration collaborated with the business community in drafting the strategy. But CCPL’s white paper identifies several reasons why close coordination could make the difference between success and failure in implementing the administration’s plan. cybersecuritydive.com


Trump Administration to Private Sector: 'We Need Input From You'
National cyber director solicits industry help in fixing regulations, threat information-sharing

President Donald Trump’s chief cybersecurity adviser said a forthcoming national strategy will kick off ambitious projects.

The U.S. government needs the business community’s help crafting the right cybersecurity strategy, President Donald Trump’s top cybersecurity official said on Tuesday.

We need input from you,” National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said at an event hosted by the Information Technology Industry Council. “You know your regulatory scheme better than I do — where there’s friction, where there’s frustration with information-sharing, what sort of information is shared, the process through which it’s shared.”

The White House wants to revise the current patchwork of cybersecurity regulations “so that form follows function rather than [the rules being] a compliance checklist,” said Cairncross, who has led the relatively new Office of the National Cyber Director since August.

The administration intends to work with companies “to figure out a way that industry can best align its resources with the assets that it needs to protect,” he said. cybersecuritydive.com
 

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Online Returns Surge
Global online return volumes increased 18% in 2025

Online refund volumes and values surged last year as e-commerce continues to grow.

Annual refund volumes in the global retail sector increased 18.1 % in 2025 compared to the year prior, while refund value rose 12.7% year over year, according to global payment technology provider ACI’s annual "Global Ecommerce Report." Across all retail sectors, e-commerce transaction volumes grew 28.3% in 2025, while total transaction value increased 34.3% year over year.

The holiday season (November and December together) accounted for approximately 20% of all e-commerce refunds in 2025. December alone recorded a 2.89% refund rate, meaning nearly three out of every 100 purchases resulted in a return, compared with an average refund rate of 2.25% between January and October.

E-commerce payment volumes increased 28.3% in 2025, with transaction values up 34.3%, reflecting sustained consumer spending growth. While refund rates are rising more slowly than e-commerce transactions, ACI says the financial impact for retailers remains very high. Every $1 million in refunds typically translates into around $1.3 million in total costs once reverse logistics, inventory depreciation, payment processing fees and fraud-related overheads are accounted for.

The sharp rise in refund volumes is exposing a growing pressure point for retailers – one that directly threatens margins, especially during peak periods and extended return windows,” said Adriana Iordan, head of merchant product management and payments intelligence at ACI Worldwide. “Retailers need smarter, AI‑driven controls that spot abuse in real time and adapt policies dynamically, without adding friction for genuine customers. By bringing fraud and refund management together, merchants can curb losses, protect profitability, and still deliver a customer seamless experience – even as refund volumes continue to climb.” chainstoreage.com
 

Record-Breaking Delivery Speed
Amazon hits fastest-ever Prime delivery speeds – again

Amazon set a familiar record with its global Prime delivery service in 2025.

The online giant said that, for the third straight year, it delivered its fastest speeds ever to members of its Prime paid subscription service, with more than 13 billion items arriving the same or next day globally. In the U.S., Prime members received more than 8 billion items the same or next day, an over 30% increase compared to the prior year, with groceries and everyday essentials making up half of the total items.

According to Amazon, members saved $105 billion on fast, free delivery worldwide and $550 on average in the U.S. during 2025.

The company says its Prime delivery speed improvements have come primarily from placing products closer to customers. Personnel picking, packing, and driving to customers’ homes are doing the same work for orders that arrive the same or next day as orders that used to arrive in two or more days. chainstoreage.com


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Santa Monica, CA: Police bust $100,000 retail theft ring
The Santa Monica Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division executed multiple search and arrest warrants across Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties as part of a three-month organized retail theft investigation. The operation, conducted in coordination with specialized enforcement teams and regional law enforcement partners, resulted in five arrests and the recovery of approximately $100,000 in stolen merchandise. Partnering agencies included the Los Angeles Police Department Organized Retail Theft Task Force and the California Highway Patrol Border Division Organized Retail Crime Task Force. The investigation focused on an organized retail theft operation responsible for thefts from multiple retailers throughout Southern California, spanning from San Diego County to Santa Barbara County, including a Lululemon store in Santa Monica. The thefts occurred between June and October 2025.  smdp.com


Cranston, RI: Woman charged in multi-state Victoria's Secret thefts
The Cranston Police Department said a woman was arrested in connection with a multi-state theft ring of multiple retailers, including Victoria's Secret. 54-year-old Lisa Robertson was charged with receiving stolen goods and related offenses. The department said that the investigation began in October 2025 and alleged that Robertson "traveled throughout New England on weekends, stealing merchandise from major retail establishments and returning the property to her residence in Cranston." Robertson allegedly used rental vehicles, booster bags, and other tools designed to "defeat retail security systems." A search warrant for Robertson's residence was obtained on Jan. 22 and allegedly found approximately $30,000 in suspected stolen merchandise from multiple regional retailers, including at least 107 Victoria’s Secret items originating from 12 different store locations throughout New England thenationaldesk.com


Orland Park, IL: $5,000 in stolen merchandise found in car
Two Chicago men were arrested last month and charged with stealing more than $5,000 worth of merchandise from village stores, police said. Terrance K. Barber, 38, of Chicago, and Lawrence R. Coleman, 33, of Chicago, were arrested on Jan. 17 and charged with retail theft and seven other offenses at True Religion, 120 Orland Square, police said. Police said they observed two subjects whom they thought were females and later identified as male. Police said they found a large amount of merchandise in their vehicle. According to the police report, the vehicle had 98 stolen items from True Religion, Ross Dress for Less, Bath and Body Works, Victoria Secret, and Tilly’s. All told, police said they recovered more than $5,000 in stolen merchandise.  southwestregionalpublishing.com


Jonesboro, AR: Three women accused of stealing $4,000 in merchandise from Jonesboro stores
Three Northeast Arkansas women face felony theft and shoplifting charges for stealing more than $4,000 in merchandise from multiple Jonesboro retail stores. A judge found probable cause Monday to charge Mikayla James, Baylee Nicole Brown-Olloway, and Hannah Dawn Leach each with organized retail theft and shoplifting, both Class D felonies.  kait8.com


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Shootings & Deaths


Spencer, MA: Millbury Police Officer wounded, barricaded suspect killed in shootout at Spencer shopping plaza
A Millbury police officer is recovering after being wounded by a barricaded suspect during a shootout at a shopping plaza in Spencer on Tuesday night. The Worcester District Attorney’s Office says the suspect shot another person earlier Tuesday evening before leading police to the Big Y plaza on West Main Street. According to the DA’s office, just after 5 p.m., Spencer police were called to a multi-family home on Main Street. When they got there, they found a person who was suffering from a gunshot wound. Twelve minutes later, a person matching the suspect’s description was spotted near West Main Street. The DA’s office says when officers approached the suspect, he fired a gun toward them and ran into the Family Dollar store. Officers quickly evacuated the business. The CEMLEC SWAT team located the suspect hiding in a bathroom in the back of the store. “The suspect discharged a firearm towards police officers, striking and injuring a Millbury police officer who was a member of the CEMLEC SWAT team,” said Jeff Travers, the Senior First Assistant DA. “That officer is reported to be in stable condition at this time.” The DA’s office says the officers returned fire, killing the suspect.  boston25news.com


Renton, WA: Shooting inside Renton grocery store leaves one dead; suspect arrested
A 35-year-old man was shot and killed after a fight broke out inside a Mexican grocery store in Renton Tuesday night, police say. Surveillance video inside the Los Jalape?os grocery store showed the man in an argument with a 32-year-old man around 9:30 p.m. on the 3700 block of Northeast Fourth Street, said Renton police spokesperson Meeghan Black. The two got into a physical fight before the 32-year-old man shot and killed the 35-year-old, Black said. The 32-year-old drove away in a car before abandoning it a short while later and running away on foot, police said. Police searched for the man with a K-9 and the King County Guardian 1 helicopter while detectives began their investigation, but the search was initially unsuccessful, police said. During the investigation, police discovered the man lived close by, Black said. Officers set up a perimeter around the man’s home and arrested him once he returned around midnight.  seattletimes.com


Houston, TX: AutoZone burglary ends in deadly Katy Freeway feeder crash
A deadly crash shut down part of the Katy Freeway feeder road in west Houston overnight after investigators say three burglary suspects crashed into a wall following a break-in at a nearby auto parts store. The crash happened just after 3 a.m. Wednesday on the westbound feeder road of the Katy Freeway near Witte Road, close to Memorial City Mall. According to investigators, the three people were inside a maroon car that had been involved in a burglary at a nearby AutoZone, about two miles from the crash site. Authorities say the suspects were stealing car batteries and left the store shortly before the crash occurred. After loading the stolen batteries, police say the vehicle took off. Not long afterward, the car struck a wall along the feeder road with significant force, trapping all three occupants inside. Investigators say all three were believed to be in their 30s. Houston Fire Department crews had to cut the driver out of the car. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The other two people inside the vehicle were injured and taken to a nearby hospital, but their conditions have not been released.  khou.com


Toole City, UT: Tooele police shoot, kill man while investigating prior shooting
About 10:20 a.m., officers were near 1100 N. Main following up on a shooting investigation from Tuesday night when they were "confronted by a male in his 40s (who) presented a firearm," said Tooele Police Sgt. Colbey Bentley. Tooele officers shot the man and then rendered aid to him after it was determined to be safe to approach him, but Bentley says he was pronounced dead a short time later. The shooting occurred in a gravel parking lot. Police had been looking for a man suspected of shooting another man multiple times at a convenience store. About 11:10 p.m. Tuesday, officers were called to the parking lot of Quality Quick Stop, 188 N. Broadway, where they found a man in his 40s who had been shot multiple times.  ksl.com

 



Robberies, Incidents & Thefts


Gurnee Mills, IL: Woman charged in random car crash incidents, stabbing outside Gurnee Mills mall
A Wisconsin woman is facing charges in connection with two apparently random hit-and-run crashes and a stabbing outside the north suburban Gurnee Mills mall on Monday, police said. Katelyn A. Harmon, a 25-year-old Waukesha, Wisconsin woman, is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and leaving the scene of a crash. Police said Harmon drove a vehicle through a parking lot aisle, hitting a 79-year-old man, who was standing near his vehicle. The driver then hit another person, a 60-year-old woman. The man, who suffered serious injuries, was taken to Advocate Condell Hospital, and the woman, who suffered a non-life-threatening ankle injury, was taken to Lake Forest Hospital, police said. Harmon fled the scene before officers arrived, police said, but while officers canvassed the area, they saw a physical altercation between a 30-year-old man and a woman near the 6400-block of Grand Avenue. Officers ordered the two to separate, and that's when the woman, Harmon, stood up and aggressively approached an officer, who deployed a Taser, police said. Officers then took Harmon into custody.  abc7chicago.com


Clinton CT: Smash-and-grab robberies target several CT jewelry stores
An investigation is underway following a smash-and-grab robbery at a Clinton jewelry store on Tuesday evening, the latest in a series of jewelry store robberies across Connecticut. The robbery occurred at around 5:30 p.m. when police say two men smashed multiple display cases with a hammer, snatched jewelry and ran. Police have not said how much the thieves got away with as that is still being sorted out. Other Kay Jewelers stores in Connecticut have been targeted recently. There have been smash and grab robberies in places like Waterbury, Bristol, Milford and now Clinton. Lt. J. Paul Vance, retired and a law enforcement analyst for Channel 3, said agencies will work together to determine if the cases are connected.  wfsb.com


Kinston, NC: North Carolina man broke into Little Caesars after closing and started making and selling pizzas
A man in North Carolina has been charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly broke into a Little Caesars pizza shop after it had closed and began making and selling pizzas. The rogue pizza-maker, 41-year-old Jonathon Hackett, allegedly entered the Kinston-area shop while it was closed on Sunday, and kept all the profits from his pizza sales for himself, according to a statement from the Kinston Police Department. Hackett is reportedly a former employee at the shop, the Charlotte Observer reports. He may have gotten away with his alleged crime, but police say he tried to break into the shop a second time and was arrested.  the-independent.com


St. Petersburg, FL: Suspect Arrested After $45,000 Jewelry Store Burglary in St. Petersburg

Martin County, FL: Miami man among 3 arrested with fraudulent credit cards, fake military IDs

Hamilton, ON, Cananda: Police searching for 4 suspects who allegedly attempted to rob jewelry store in Stoney Creek, Ont. mall


 


 

Auto - Houston, TX – Burglary / Susp killed
Auto – Suffolk County, NY – Burglary
C-Store- Glenpool, OK – Robbery
C-Store – Kansas City, KS – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Central Valley, NY – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Woodbury, NY – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Lee County, FL – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Charlotte, NC – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Hempstead, NY - Armed Robbery
Clothing – Hinsdale, IL – Burglary
Grocery – Hannibal, MO - Robbery
Hardware – Huntington Beach, CA – Robbery
Jewelry - Clinton, CT – Robbery
Restaurant - Pacific Beach, CA - Burglary
Restaurant – Suffolk County, NY – Burglary
Restaurant – Chicago, IL – Burglary
Shoe – San Antonio, TX – Armed Robbery
Sport – Eden Prairie, MN – Robbery
Tobacco – Waterford, CT - Armed Robbery                        

 

Daily Totals:
• 13 robberies
• 6 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 1 killed



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