Buffalo Kmart shoplifting spree leads to arrest of five ORC suspects in a rented car Friday morning at 8am. The five were confronted by security as they left the store without paying for two high-definition TV sets, two mobile phones, video games and cosmetics, deputies said. (Source buffalonews.com)

ORC team of two busted in a multi-city and multi-state theft scheme last Tuesday evening that involves the JCPenney store in Ocala, Florida. Investigators for the Gainesville Police Department said the scheme appears to be a money laundering scam involving counterfeit $100 bills. And the same scheme was run earlier this fall, too, likely by the same suspects, police said. JCPenney employees at The Oaks Mall suspected the two men and a third person had used counterfeit $100 bills on Tuesday to buy items at JCPenney stores in Gainesville, Ocala, Lake City and two Georgia cities, then returned the items and received genuine U.S. currency, effectively trading fake cash for real money. Both men were charged with scheme to defraud and obtain property as well as organized dealing in stolen property. McKnight was additionally charged with unauthorized possession of a forged driver's license. On Wednesday, investigators were still looking for a third, unidentified suspect in the case. Police said the investigation was continuing in conjunction with investigators in several other locations as well as with federal officials. (Source ocala.com)