Houston ORC Investigation uncovers $150,000 stolen cell phones.  Police arrested three men accused of stealing more than 300 cell phones from various retail stores around the Houston area. Police searched the business and recovered 160 phones worth a total of $88,000 that were stolen from a Sprint Store and over $60,000 from Radio Shack. Police believe the 60 Verizon cell phones, 92 cricket phones and 45 Boost phones are believed to be from burglaries in multiple states. (Source myfoxhouston.com)
 
 
  
  
Seattle area Store Owner sentenced to sixteen months for ORC. The GMS Market was paying local shoplifters for goods later sold at the store and web site. The owner’s wife was sentenced to 9 months of electronic monitoring and their son and daughter-in-law await sentencing. (Source phinneywood.com)