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 Male-female
duo identified hitting female
shoppers at grocery
stores, stealing wallets, using
credit cards at various
retailers in 2 states and
DC According to
police, Karen Steelman is linked
to a total of six cases
in Anne Arundel County going
back to February 2012. In
these cases, the victim's
wallets were stolen and their
credit cards were fraudulently
used to make thousands of
dollars in purchases, say
police. Detectives say Karen
Steelman and Kenneth Harris are
suspects in similar
distraction thefts/credit card
fraud cases in
Washington, DC, Arlington,
Virginia and Gastonia, North
Carolina. Charges are pending
against them in several
jurisdictions. Anne Arundel
County police say Montgomery
County police helped with the
investigation. Officials
tell us that detectives from
Anne Arundel County
assisted Montgomery County with
a search warrant on the
suspects' home on Cheval Lane in
Upper Marlboro. Police
say that more than $50,000 of
merchandise that was
purchased using stolen credit
cards was recovered from
the residence. They also report
that they found some of
the victim's credit cards,
identification, and two
handguns. (Source
wusa9.com)
 Ulta
store in Oro Valley, AZ., hit by
ORC gang of 4 for
$3,500 worth of
perfume
Four suspects face felony
charges for allegedly running
an organized shoplifting ring in
which they escaped a
northwest side store with
approximately $3,500 worth of
beauty products. Forty bottles
of perfume were
reportedly stolen from the Ulta
store. The suspects
reportedly fled the scene in a
vehicle, which was later
located with the stolen products
inside. The Oro Valley
Police Department wants to find
more information on the
suspects. Anyone with
information is asked to call 911,
88-CRIME or (520) 229-4900.
(Source
tucsonnewsnow.com)
Dress With 'Inner Compartments'
Not Enough to Conceal
Theft
Despite preparation, a would-be
thief failed to make off
with the goods at a Best Buy
store in Florida. Tiffany
Ciecierska, 24, of Chicago, was
arrested Monday, July 29
and charged with aggravated
grand retail theft and three
counts of use or possession of
anti-shoplifting
countermeasure devices.
According to a Pasco County
Sheriff’s Office affidavit,
Ciecierska entered the
Wesley Chapel Best Buy store
with “electronic
anti-shoplifting countermeasure”
devices and wearing a
specially made dress with inner
compartments. Ciecierska,
working with two unidentified
males, used the dress to
conceal nearly $1,400 worth of
electronic products and
then tried to walk out of the
store without paying.
(Source
wesleychapelcommunity.com) |
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