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 Organized retail theft ring busted operating in Chandler
and Mesa, Arizona Since June 2013, detectives from the Chandler Police
Department, in conjunction with
personnel from Fry’s
Food Stores, have been working a
case involving a retail
theft ring operating in Chandler
and Mesa. The suspects
in this case, Maria Guzman (29),
Manolia Guzman (32) and
Roman Dominguez (46) have all
been taken into custody
for trafficking in stolen
property. Maria Guzman and
Manolia Guzman are also being
held for ICE as they told
investigators they were
illegally in the United States
and had purchased fake
identification cards and social
security cards for their use.
The trio was involved in a
fencing operation (taking in
stolen goods and selling
them at a discounted rate)
located at a home. Through
the course of the investigation
it was determined the
trio was requesting items such
as Tide, Tide Pods, and
Huggies diapers size 4 and 5.
They requested that other
products, including electronics,
clothing, purses,
household products, baby
formula/drinks, tires, and
liquor, be brought to them so
they could sell the stolen
items. Thieves, knowing they
could sell the products to
the ”fence” would then go out to
local retailers and
commit large scale organized
thefts and bring the stolen
items back to the ”fence” where
they would be sold for
much less than the retail price.
It was further
discovered that Manolia Guzman
was also selling products
from her home in the 600 block
of South Hobson Street in
Mesa. Fry’s Food Stores, working
in partnership with the
Chandler Police Department,
supplied products, allowing
undercover officers to make
multiple “sales” to the
fence. Following the undercover
operation, search
warrants were served on the
residences where the stolen
products were being sold. In
each case, a portion of the
property that was sold during
the undercover sales was
recovered, along with a large
amount of cash. The total
dollar amount lost by Fry’s Food
Stores in the Chandler
area is approximately $7,000.
Fry’s and other valley
retailers have continued to work
closely with law
enforcement to combat organized
retail theft.
(Source
chandlerpd.com)
Polish "Gypsy" Theft
Organization Operating in Tenn.,
Georgia, Illinois, and
Ohio
Two males: one with a Canadian
ID and Polish passport
and the other from Chicago were
recently apprehended
with a jamming device on July
24th. The same group has
been very active in the Midwest
for quite some time with
previous arrests and family
members. One law enforcement
executive is looking to share
information and combine
resources for an ORC
prosecution.
(Source
linkedin)
Vancouver woman charged in ORC
gift card crime ring -
with ring leader/brother still
on the run
Amanda K. Engh, 33, faces
charges of money laundering,
criminal profiteering and
criminal conspiracy at her
Aug. 9 arraignment. Judge John
Nichols held her on
$30,000 bail. She was part of
the ring her brother Fred
Engh was operating. He is still
on the run. The crime
ring involved a network of
shoplifters who stole
merchandise and then returned it
for store credit on a
gift card, according to the
Clark County Sheriff’s
Office. The shoplifters, known
as “boosters,” allegedly
sold the gift cards to Fred Engh
for 40 percent to 75
percent of their value. Fred
Engh, in turn, allegedly
resold the gift cards online for
hundreds of thousands
of dollars in profit over at
least a three-year period.
He is charged with more than 50
counts, including
leading an organized crime ring,
money laundering and
theft. His sister was arrested
Thursday after an
extensive investigation of a
bank account allegedly
connected to the ring, as well
as text messages and a
recorded jail phone call between
the brother and sister.
(Source
columbian.com)
Reading, PA., ORC ring member
agrees to testify against
three others in theft ring
Milton Tyrone
Williams, 49, pleaded guilty to
theft charges on
Wednesday in Common Pleas Court
and was sentenced to
nine to 23 months in Chester
County Prison, plus an
additional three years
probation. He was convicted for
being part of a crew of thieves
who stole numerous items
from the Sam’s Club store in
Exton on two occasions in
December and January. As part of
his sentence, Williams
agreed to give truthful
testimony against three others
who authorities believe were
part of a ring that
allegedly preyed on retail
stores in Berks, Lehigh, and
Northampton counties. (Source
dailylocal.com)
Victoria’s Secret Thief makes off with
$1450 in panties.
Police are looking for the man got away
with approximately
100 panties from a Victoria's Secret
store in a northern
Ohio mall. Workers didn't have a
good description of the
suspect. Similar panty raids have
happened locally and
around the country with the thieves
taking the stolen goods
and selling them to women right on the
street. Police said
the incident happened on July 25 at the
South Park Mall in
Strongsville. (Source
newsnet5.com) |
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