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Burlington man accused of stealing $600G in books, LEGO toys
A Burlington man is accused of shoplifting an estimated
$600,000 worth of books and LEGO toys from stores across
Massachusetts and New Hampshire over a period of seven years
and sold them online at substantial discounts, according to
the U.S. Attorney’s Office. John C. Strang, 67, was charged
yesterday with one count of interstate transportation of
stolen property. According to prosecutors’ charging document
filed in U.S. District Court, between 2007 and this year,
Strang allegedly ripped off retail stores including Barnes &
Noble and the Paper Store of books, audio books and LEGO
products, then sold them online at 40 to 50 percent off to
consumers across the country, prosecutors said. Prosecutors
charge Strang was pulling in approximately $4,000 a month
from the scam. (Source
bostonherald.com)
Shopper's tip leads police to bust suspected out-of-state ID
theft ring
An alert shopper’s tip that she had just seen what she
suspected was identity fraud at a Bensalem. Pa., store led
police to arrest four out-of-state residents on a variety of
charges. The customer reported seeing three people have
their credit cards rejected at the Kohl’s store in the 2300
block of Street Road shortly before noon Sunday. The tipster
described the man and two women to police and said they were
overheard saying they were from Indiana; she also described
the red Cadillac they got into in the parking lot. When
police approached the car in the shopping center parking lot
and asked its occupants for identification, the driver and
three passengers had plenty of names to choose from. Police
said they found numerous gift cards in the Cadillac as well
as a cookie tin behind the driver’s seat containing razor
blades, glue, and strips of paper with numbers written on
them to be used to alter identification cards, according to
the affidavit. They had hit Kohl's and Staples and one
suspect had 13 fraudulent checks in her purse. They had
warrants in California and Washington outstanding.
(Source
phillyburbs.com)
Four females sought in Saks Fifth Avenue theft at the St.
Augustine Outlets.
The St. Johns Sheriff's Office is seeking
four females involved in thefts at Saks Fifth Avenue on
Thursday. The four females removed a large amount of jeans,
hats and handbags valued at nearly $8,000, according to SJSO.
The suspects allegedly stole the clothing from the Saks
Fifth Avenue in the St. Augustine Premium Outlet Mall.
According to police, the four entered the store shortly
before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday with large shopping bags and/or
purses. (Source
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