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Collaboration main weapon in fighting ORC, RILA exec says and he
recommends LERPnet website
Speaking during a July 25 webinar sponsored by StopORC.org,
Gasse said members of RILA are on the frontlines of ORC, which has
been deemed a global epidemic. “Each retail sector has ORC
challenges. Collaboration is the key, and working together we can
make a difference,” Gasse said. RILA has two committees devoted to
ORC: Crime Against Business, or CAB; and Horizon, which engages
retail leaders “to facilitate tech development and drive true
innovative changes,” Gasse said. He recommends the LERPnet website,
an industry data-sharing platform for retailers to report, share and
analyze retail theft and critical incident data. LERPnet says it is
designed to be the national standard for sharing retail crime
information in a secure and confidential manner. Incident details
may be shared with law enforcement while retailers take advantage of
system tools including automated alerts and recent activity
notifications; intelligent link-analysis; investigative
collaboration tools; full text search capability; and advanced
system reporting. (Source
securitydirectornews.com)
Chicago Police designate two full
time Detectives to fight ORC full-time
Thank you Jerry Biggs, Director of
ORC, Walgreens for this vital piece of information. This
probably represents a $250,000 cost to the Chicago Police
Department, and as far as we know, is also an industry
first!
Las Vegas fencing operation - retail store - closed down A Las Vegas jewelry store owner pleaded guilty Monday to buying and
selling more than $196,000 in stolen luxury watches. Between
September 2011 and February 2012, Sakkab knowingly purchased stolen
Rolex and Tag Heuer watches from someone at a Las Vegas jewelry
store Sakkab previously co-owned. He then resold the watches, which
were stolen in other states, at the store and in private sales to
third parties for personal profit. The crimes were committed between
September 2011 and February 2012, according to prosecutors. The
investigation was launched as part of a federal and local law
enforcement effort to combat organized retail theft. Sakkab is
scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 28 at 10:30 a.m. He faces up to 10
years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count.
(Source
lasvegassun.com)
State wide baby formula case suspected with one couple leading it in
Fla. Investigators said the video shows Christopher and Krystal
Birchfield walking the aisles with their 10-month-old baby, stuffing
cans of formula into the cart at the Casselberry Wal-Mart store.
Authorities said the Birchfields tried to conceal 29 cans of formula
worth over $600 in their child's stroller. Investigators said the
couple is also responsible for formula thefts inside an Orange
County Walmart. When authorities searched their car, they found more
than 200 cans of additional formula. Investigators said they think
the couple may have hit other stores around the state, and it's
possible a statewide case could be built. (Source
wftv.com)
ORC arrest of 4 at Centralia Outlet Mall in Lewis County, WA. Ashley L. Leonard, 30, Adrianne R. Lindgrin, 27, and Rebecca C.
Wilcox, 41, all of Longview, were booked into the Lewis County Jail
in connection to organized retail theft at 5:41 p.m. Saturday for
allegedly stealing from the Centralia Outlet Mall on the 1200 block
of Harrison Avenue. Wilcox was also arrested for alleged possession
of methamphetamine. About $1,000 worth of property was stolen from
four different stores. The property was recovered from a vehicle
after it was stopped by a Washington State Patrol trooper near Exit
71 on Interstate 5. They were charged with ORC.
(Source
chronlone.com)
Four suspects lead Police on a high speed chase fleeing Walmart in
Hendersonville; the one male suspect dressed as woman.
Hendersonville police arrested four robbery suspects early Tuesday
morning after a brief chase on Vietnam Veterans Boulevard. Police
said the four suspects, three women and one man dressed in drag, had
stolen items from the Hendersonville Walmart about 1:30 a.m. Police
spotted the car and began pursuing the suspects onto Vietnam
Veterans Boulevard. Authorities used spike strips to stop the car
near the New Shackle Road exit. It was not revealed how much
merchandise had been stolen from the department store.
(Source
newschannel5.com)
Two suspects busted for stealing 30 blue ray disc's from Wal-Mart in
Muscogee County, GA.
Police and store employees gathered 30 discs total once all of
the discarded Blu-rays were added to the movies Ricks and Wright
still had on their person. The total worth of the goods was
estimated at $586.50. (Source
ledger-enquirer.com)
Three suspects ram Police cruiser attempting to flee Northgate Mall.
Armed with a foil lined bag, three suspects hit many stores in the
Northgate Mall in Cincinnati. When the three suspects attempted to
make their get-a-way, they rammed a Police car; the officer in that
vehicle was slightly injured. All three men were arrested at
gunpoint by police and now face charges of felony theft as well as
assault on a Police Officer. (Source
wlwt.com)
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