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Man admits to massive counterfeit exercise equipment scam out of Northern New
York Secret Service agents seized six tractor-trailer loads of
exercise equipment from a warehouse in Champlain, N.Y., six years ago. The 3,200
items carried brand-name labels, including Fitness Quest's Ab Lounge XL exercise
chairs, Perfect Pushup devices and Nautilus's Bowflex Exercise machines. But
they were cheap knockoffs masquerading as the real thing -- the latest
counterfeits in a Denver man's six-year scheme to profit off unsuspecting
Internet shoppers, according to court papers and federal prosecutors. Walid
Turk, 40, admitted in federal court today in Albany that he was getting them
from manufacturers in China and selling them on the Internet as if they were the
authentic items. Turk pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic in counterfeit
goods from 2003 to 2008. He faces up to five years in prison when U.S. District
Judge Lawrence Kahn sentences him in August. (Source
syracuse.com)
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Suspects charged with using foil to bypass security at a Best Buy in Mt Juliet,
TN Mt. Juliet police charged three shoplifting suspects Tuesday after
they were caught apparently wrapping merchandise in foil to bypass the security
system at Best Buy. According to Mt. Juliet police spokesperson Tyler Chandler,
the suspects were spotted by the store's loss prevention team at around 3 p.m.
as they apparently wrapped a cellphone and a set of Bose headphones in aluminum
foil to conceal the items enough to bypass the security system when they left.
He said store officials called the police, and when the suspects tried to leave
the store, loss prevention staff and officers stopped them. Michael Binkley, 48,
of Nashville, Amanda Jett, 18, of Hermitage, and Stephen Sandlin, 29, of
Madison, were each charged with theft of merchandise and possession of tools to
interfere with anti-theft security devices. (Source
mtjulietnews.com)
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Men Arrested in Bellefontaine, OH linked to thefts at 4 area Retailers
Bellefontaine Police Department found them with merchandise stolen from four
south end merchants. Heath Michael Brisson, 33, at large, was charged with four
counts of theft and a count each of resisting arrest and obstructing official
business. Rickie J. Anderson, 51, at large, was charged with theft and
complicity to theft. Around 1:30 p.m., officers were called to Label Shopper
after the men took clothing from the store. They were stopped while walking in
the 1200 block of south Detroit Street carrying a shopping bag. Mr. Brisson lied
about his identity, and while officers were handcuffing Mr. Anderson, he took
off running. Three men saw an officer fall during the foot chase and pursued the
suspect, catching him at 1400 S. Detroit. Officers found merchandise from Label
Shopper; Lowe’s Home Improvement; Big Lots.; and Low Phil’s Discount Tobacco.
(Source
examiner.org)
Detroit Lakes, MN woman gets prison for stealing five TV sets from Walmart
A Detroit Lakes woman was sentenced for felony theft after stealing five
television sets from the Detroit Lakes Walmart. 26-year old Corinne Ann DeVall
was sentenced in the Becker County District Court to 12 months and one day in
prison, stayed for five years. She will serve 71 days and pay a $1,000 fine and
$790 in restitution. According to the complaint, DeVall was one of two women who
were caught on surveillance video entering Walmart on the evening of June 6,
2013. The video showed them selecting five 24-inch TV’s, which they then placed
in cart and pushed out the door, loading them into a van and driving away.
(Source
wday.com)
 N.Y.
woman used 'booster bag' to steal $1000 of cologne from Abercrombie and Fitch in
Natick, MA Abercrombie & Fitch store security busted a New York woman
on Monday who tried to steal more than $1,000 worth of cologne. Nays Figueroa,
40, stole nine bottles of Fierce cologne valued at $118 each at 5:20 p.m.,
according to a Natick Police on Tuesday. According to the report, store security
began watching Figueroa and a man who came in with her. They recognized the man,
who was not named or arrested, as being an accomplice in a theft at a Peabody
Abercrombie & Fitch. The woman, identified as Figueroa, was carrying what
appeared to be a "booster bag," or a bag lined with material to block security
sensors. After filling the bag, Figueroa left but was stopped by store security
and brought back into the store, where Natick Police arrested her.
(Source
metrowestdailynews.com)
Two arrested with stealing $2,200 in razors from Sam's Club in Raleigh, NC
Police charged two men with stealing $2,200 worth of "Gillette razor packs" from
a Sam's Club on Tuesday night. Michael Bryan Strickland and Robert Hartford Bain
III both of Rocky Mount, were arrested about 9 p.m. at the Sam’s Club. Each was
charged with felony larceny, shoplifting and organized retail theft by
conspiring with the other. Both had been charged with misdemeanor larceny on
April 19. Bain was arrested on a Nash County warrant charging he did not show up
for a court date on a misdemeanor larceny charge in Nash County.
(Source
newsobserver.com)
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