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South Florida man accused of shoplifting
more than $2 million in toys and was
addicted to Toys R Us and Thanked CVS for
funding his worldwide travels Tamarac
man reportedly boasted he'd stolen enough
'to fill an entire Toys R Us' The
investigation began when nearly $900 of Lego
sets vanished midday from the Toys R Us
store in Boynton Beach. Before it was over,
authorities would be tailing the alleged
mastermind believed to have stolen more than
$2 million of toys from Toys R Us stores
from Maine to California. The suspect: a
47-year-old, globe-trotting Tamarac man who
lives with his mother and his nine cats —
what he calls his "cat family." Broward
sheriff's detectives say he accomplished his
personal goal of stealing in all 50 states.
His name is Ignatius "Michael" Pollara, and
he's suspected of being one of South
Florida's most prolific shoplifters. His
criminal case is one that leaves even
veteran law enforcement officers shaking
their heads in disbelief. In a span of about
200 days, reward cards linked to him were
handed to cashiers at 139 Toys R Us stores
in 27 states, according to court records.
There was one two-week stretch when the
cards were used up the East Coast from Palm
Beach Gardens to Bangor, Maine, and then
back down to Virginia — 23 stores in 11
states. A day before his August arrest,
Broward sheriff's detectives watched him and
an admitted accomplice visit 21 stores in
central Florida in less than 24 hours,
according to court records. They said they
found the bounty from that spree when they
searched Pollara's cluttered home strewn
with boxes and bags. He's spent the last 10
months in jail awaiting trial and writing
letters to the judge claiming all sorts of
things.
(Source
sun-sentinel.com) |
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Organized retail crime ring arrested in Sarasota
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has
arrested six people for stealing nearly $2,000 in
merchandise from Burlington Coat Factory. Sheriff officers
worked with the Burlington Coat Loss Prevention to
investigate thefts that occurred on May 11, May 15 and June
10. Officers were able to identify one of the suspects in
these thefts, Asia Rosier, after seeing her mug shot for
child neglect in the death of her three-year-old daughter.
(Source
wtsp.como)
ORC female hits Walgreens in Parsippany, N.J., led cops on
foot chase and tried to hide in ex-police chief's yard
Police recovered $1,177.59 worth of merchandise from
Deasia Youmans including 21 packages of Abreva, a cold sore
medication, and 22 packages of various razor blades. Youmans
was remanded to the Morris County Jail in lieu of $20,000
bail with no 10-percent option, police said.
(Source
nj.com)
ORC female serial shoplifter pleads guilty to hitting Target
in Coon Rapids, MN.
Hannah Mills, 28, has been busted 3 other times in 2012 for
stealing items she could re-sell to support her drug habit.
She also had a magnetic device commonly used to defeat
"spider wrap" security systems when she was apprehended
stealing Nintendo 3DS systems at Target on Dec. 5th.
(Source
abcnewspapers.com)
Baby Formula theft in Rancho Cucamonga sparks high-speed
chase.
Two suspects in the connection with
baby formula theft fled the Walmart store in Rancho
Cucamonga on Saturday afternoon, leading Police on a 30 mile
high speed chase. Speeds reached 95 miles per hour according
to the California Highway Patrols and San Bernardino County
sheriff's. The suspect’s tire went flat during the high
speeds, exiting the highway and losing control sending it
rolling and landing on its side. The driver and a passenger
were taken into custody. (Source
dailybulletin.com) |
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