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Burlington man guilty of stealing $600,000, reselling items
pleads guilty
Burlington man who stole books, Legos and other items from
retail stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire then resold
them online for about half their retail cost has pleaded
guilty. Federal prosecutors say 67-year-old John Strang
pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to interstate
transportation of stolen property. Prosecutors say Strang
shoplifted as much as $600,000 worth of goods _ primarily
books, audiobooks and Legos _ from various stores since
2007. He then sold them online for 40 percent to 50 percent
off the retail price and shipped them across the U.S. Strang
faces a maximum of 10 years in prison at sentencing
scheduled for Oct. 15. (Source
telegram.com)
ORC male duo from York, PA., busted who had 43 retail theft
convictions between the two of them
Police in Springettsbury Township arrested two York City
men one with 28 prior convictions of retail theft and the
other with 15 prior retail theft convictions and charged
them with retail theft on Friday. Lutzinger, 61, of 428 E.
Prospect St., remains free on $25,000 bail. His alleged
accomplice, Joseph Robert Corsa, 50, of 207 N. Hartman St.,
remains in York County Prison on $85,000 bail. The men
allegedly stole a pool filter system valued at $199, a pool
filter pack valued at $17 and an Igloo wheeled cooler valued
at $21, from Walmart, located at 2801 E. Market St., about
11:20 a.m. Friday, documents state. (Source
yorkdispatch.com)
5 females arrested after shoplifting at Home Depot in
Hermitage, Tenn.
Police arrested five females for shoplifting at a hardware
store Sunday afternoon. The arrests took place just after 2
p.m. at the Home Depot in Hermitage. Police reported that
some of the suspects were juveniles. The investigation is
ongoing. (Source
wkrn.com)
Former manager of Lorain County Community College’s
bookstore guilty of theft
The former manager of Lorain County Community College’s
bookstore pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of theft and
theft in office for selling stolen books on the Internet.
According to prosecutors, Farrell made $98,225 for selling
books she stole from the store on the Internet. About 1,600
books sold online by Farrell were listed as damaged in a
Feb. 18, 2009, fire in the tunnels beneath LCCC that caused
approximately $8.4 million in damage to the campus. She had
an accomplice, Tina McElravy who plead guilty last year.
School officials discovered discrepancies between a December
2009 audit of the bookstore’s finances and one that was
conducted in April 2010. The December audit valued books
damaged as being worth $100,953, while the second placed the
value at $52,447. (Source
privateofficerbreakingnews.com)
$250K Bond For Woman Charged With Robbery Of Beauty
Supply Store. A 21-year-old woman is accused of stealing thousands of
dollars worth of hair extensions and cash from a Morgan
Park beauty shop last month. Timesha Brown is charged
with robbing the store in the 11100 block of South
Western Avenue on June 3. According to police, the man
had a gun and filled a bag with cash from the register,
hair extensions and personal items from the two female
employees in the store. The woman sprayed a 57-year-old
store employee with pepper spray.
(Source
chicago.cbslocal.com)
Suspects Steal over $4000 in Perfume from JC Penney.
A group of shoplifters hit the perfume area of a Fort Smith
JC Penney store in the Central Mall several times over the
past few weeks. At times up to 4 shoplifters can be seen
caught on surveillance video. The suspects all remain at
large. (Source
5newsonline.com)
Tom
Thumb shoplifters in Texas steal $1600 worth of wine.
Police in Grapevine need help identifying some suspects who
allegedly stole baskets of wine directly off of the grocery
store shelf. The two crimes took place on June 23 and June
24, both at the Tom Thumb store. In the first theft,
officers were called about two men who allegedly took $1,000
worth of Duckhorn 2010 Merlot wine. The second wine theft,
which happened just one day later at the same location, the
man entered the grocery store and swiped about $600 worth of
various wine bottles from the shelf. Surveillance
photographs show the merchandise loaded into shopping
baskets. (Source
nbcdfw.com)
Two Cleveland area men accused of thefts from several
Walmarts.
Two men were apprehended by Police in Elyria
on Sunday after pushing a cart of merchandise valued at over
$600 out the door. Loss Prevention and Elyria Police were
waiting for them. One suspect admitted to Police that they
used criminal tools during the commission of this and past
thefts, and that the merchandise was sold downtown Cleveland
for cash and or heroin. (Source
thenews-messenger.com) |
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