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 Trotwood,
OH., ORC ring busted hitting Wal-Mart and Meijer stores for
$75,000 a month A massive theft ring busted in the
Miami Valley, police say the thieves were stealing up to
$75,000 worth of stuff a month. Three homes were raided, all in Trotwood. As officers were collecting
evidence, the yard of some of the homes filled with big
screen TVs, cameras and air conditioning units. A Miami
Township investigation uncovered the organized theft ring.
Investigators say members of the group would load up carts
and roll them right out of the open air garden centers of
stores like Walmart and Meijer and then load up their loot
in a U-Haul waiting outside. (Source
fox45now.com)
ATM and retail burglary ring of 16 sentenced in Worcester,
MA. - and had operated for over 5 years
Sixteen men and women, including several from Lowell,
Dracut and Pepperell, were sentenced Tuesday to probation or
prison in a widespread ATM and electronics-theft conspiracy
that spanned six counties and netted more than $300,000. In
March 2011, the 16 suspects were charged for their
involvement in an ongoing scheme to commit numerous
burglaries and break-ins across the state, including the
robbery of $340,000 from several ATMs, according to state
Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office. The crimes were
committed in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk, Middlesex, Franklin
and Worcester counties. An investigation into the string of
break-ins by the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit began
in April 2007 and merged with a similar investigation being
conducted by the FBI. Investigators discovered that a major
figure in the operation, Miguel Caraballo, 42, and
associates Michael Vasquez, 31 and Feliciano Colon, 39, all
of Lawrence, and Wilson Martinez, 35, of Pepperell, broke
into an electronics store in upstate New York. Using two
stolen delivery vans they transported the goods back to the
Lawrence area where they intended to sell the items in
Massachusetts. Caraballo and his associates also broke into
businesses in Dedham, Fitchburg and Leominster.
(Source
lowellsun.com)
A dozen suspects busted in check scam hitting Kroger,
Wal-Mart, Summit Market, and Save-A-Lot stores in Fort
Wayne, IN. A dozen people have now been accused of
collaborating to steal more than $14,000 by cashing fake
payroll checks last summer at Fort Wayne businesses. The
checks, all between $450 and $500, were passed at several
businesses in the city, including Kroger, Walmart, Summit
Market and Save-A-Lot. Angela Fett, the alleged ringleader,
was convicted of five counts of forgery in 2004. Fett told
police she had been cashing payroll checks for Washington
since 2004 and that he had a special printer and all the
supplies needed to make counterfeit payroll checks. Fett
said Washington had her recruit “crews” to cash the checks
and then she would supply names of people she recruited to
him. Police had her arrange another patch of names for the
suspect who made the checks and arrested him on June 14th.
Thanks to Lt. Tim Selviam CFI, Fort Wayne PD for providing
the Daily with this case. (Source
journalgazette.net)
Wisconsin man charged with shoplifting $2395 of fragrances
from Sephora in Gurnee Mills. Alfonso Carter Jr.
will appear in court on July 2, facing two counts of retail
theft for stealing $2395 worth of fragrances form the Gurnee
Mills Outlet store in Illinois on June 19.
(Source
patch.com)
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