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Fencing Operation Busted in Seattle - Convenience Store - Investigation Ongoing
- Retailer's Alert Seattle Police busted an alleged "fencing"
operation this week that was doing a brisk business in stolen laptops, cell
phones and cameras. Police had received information that a small, cluttered
convenience store on a busy street near Rainier Beach was doing a lot of fencing
in stolen goods -- buying and selling electronics, stolen in a rash of robberies
in the neighborhood. When officers walked into the store with a search warrant
on Thursday, that was the end result of a chain of events that had started when
robberies began to pick up speed in South Seattle toward the end of summer. When
police walked in with the search warrant and found the trove of stolen goods
they arrested the 48-year-old shop owner for trafficking in stolen property,
according to an SPD statement. Detectives requested that the exact location not
be disclosed as they continue their investigation. "It's pretty bad, the number
of phones we found here," said South Precinct burglary/theft Sergeant Steve
Daman. The back room was also stuffed with laptops and cameras. Investigators
also found new clothes, shoes and bed spreads still in their packaging. In
another room, a pile of bicycles sat next an inoperative industrial
refrigerator. Along with the more than 250 smartphones and hundreds of cameras,
computers, watches and instruments found in the store - a number of which
Robbery Detectives have already tied to crimes in Rainier Beach - detectives
also found $13,000 in cash, boxes of untaxed cigarettes illegally imported from
Vietnam, and cabinets filled with bags of Khat -- a plant leaf stimulant
classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule-1 controlled
substance. skyvalleychronicle.com
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gang of 8 busted in Polk County - For $6,500 in theft Six adults and
two teens were arrested last week in connection to a retail-theft ring
responsible for at least $6,500 in merchandise, the Polk County Sheriff's Office
said Monday. The merchandise was later sold, detectives said. In some cases,
undercover detectives purchased stolen property from the thieves, the sheriff's
officer said. Sheriff's detectives said the shoplifters targeted clothing at
retailers such as Bealls Outlet, Sports Authority, Hot Topic, Foot Locker,
Rainbow, Crush Boutique, Dillard's, Kohl's, Toys R Us, Cotton On, and Burlington
Coat Factory. The eight people arrested combined for 21 felonies and 17
misdemeanors, the sheriff's office said. All eight were given trespass warnings
that ban them from businesses, including at Lakeland Square Mall.
tbo.com
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Arrest Two Cleaning Crew employees for Theft At Marshall's in Cape Cod Mall Barnstable
Police say two men tasked with cleaning the Marshall's store in Cape Cod were
attempting to clean out the store of it's merchandise before they were caught
yesterday morning. Police responded to the store around 5:20 a.m. yesterday
after the store's loss prevention team contacted them about the theft. With
prior larceny issues, loss prevention members looked at security camera footage
and were able to identify the two men tasked with cleaning the store, as the
culprits. Police say the men were taking higher priced items off racks and
shelves, taking the tags off and were hiding them in their cleaning equipment.
The men, employed by TCM Incorporated, were also allegedly taking merchandise
and putting it in shopping carts to hide in closets.
capecod.com
Burglars steal $14K in golf equipment from Gold Galaxy in Madison, WI
Burglars who smashed a glass door to get into a business early Saturday stole
over $14,000 worth of golf gear. The break-in was reported at about 6:15 a.m. at
Golf Galaxy, 502 S. High Point Road, Madison police said in a news release.
Police were notified of the break-in when a burglar alarm went off at the store.
madison.com
Frankfort, KY Police release Video of Rifle Theft from Walmart
Frankfort Police released security camera video of a gun theft from a Walmart
that happened on October 11, 2014. Investigators said two men took an artificial
Christmas tree out of its box in the store and put stolen rifles in it and paid
at the register as if they were buying the holiday tree. Police said the
security alarm did go off as the men left the store, but when the employee
checked the receipt, it read that they had paid for the tree, so they were
allowed to leave.
wtvq.com
Taylor Alan Collins, 22, of Muskegon, Mich., 90 days jail, two years probation
for organized retail crime, $743.50 restitution/fees/costs
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