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County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office Organized Retail Crime Detectives Arrest Lake
Wales Career Thief Polk County Sheriff’s Office Organized Retail Crime
detectives arrested 31-year-old Henry Earl Sanders, 203 West Orange Avenue, Lake
Wales, on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, and charged him with Felony Retail Theft.
After Sanders initial arrest however, other area law enforcement agencies linked
Sanders to several cases and added 2 counts of Credit Card Fraud, and Burglary
of Conveyance to his charges. On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Sanders walked into
the Wal-Mart Winter Haven, selected a blue Florida Gators tote bag, and then
proceeded to the baby section of the store where he loaded the bag with infant
clothing concealing it in the tote bag. All of this was caught on surveillance
cameras. (Source
polksheriff.org)
St. Paul's Police Department's ORC Unit 'outside-the-box' charges nail organized
retail thieves - Burglary charges A man walks into a St. Paul grocery
store, loads up a cart with four large jugs of laundry detergent and wheels them
out the front door without paying. The process takes less than four minutes.
Police say the 50-year-old caught on store surveillance cameras in the Midway
area is a professional shoplifter who has an "almost daily routine of boosting
merchandise from retail stores," according to a police report. While police had
several theft cases against Kelvin Dewayne Byrd of St. Paul, the value of the
items stolen wasn't enough to charge him with felony theft under state law (it
has to be at least $1,000), said Sgt. Charlie Anderson, who heads the St. Paul
Police Department's Organized Retail Crime Unit, which he started last year.
Instead, Anderson worked with prosecutors to take a different tack, charging
Byrd with felony burglary. When Byrd was caught shoplifting, stores had issued
"trespass" notices to him, which banned him from returning for one year. But
because police say Byrd kept going back in the buildings without permission and
stealing items, he was charged with two counts of third-degree burglary. The
maximum sentence for that offense is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The charge is "outside the box ... it's creative," Anderson said, but, he added,
Byrd's offenses fit the burglary statute. It's a strategy of the ORC unit to be
tough on "egregious, brazen, repeat" offenders who are tied to organized retail
theft, Anderson said. (Source
twincities.com)
Gibsonville, N.C., store owner accused of shoplifting, reselling merchandise
The owner of a Gibsonville store was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting and
reselling items from another store. Police allege Smith took merchandise from a
Hobby Lobby in Greensboro and resold them at her store, as well as on eBay.
(Source
wxii12.com)
Woman with 11 larceny convictions arrested again in Hickory, NC
A Newton woman with 11 prior larceny convictions was arrested again for larceny
Thursday afternoon, police said. Officers were called by loss prevention staff
at Sears in Valley Hills Mall in reference to a woman in their custody who shop
lifted, Aleia Burwell with the Hickory Police Department said. Loss prevention
told police the woman was seen concealing fragrances valued at $104 in her
purse. the suspect’s previous larceny convictions include nine in Catawba
County, one in Iredell County and one in Lincoln County. (Source
hickoryrecord.com)
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