Starting next week, the Daily will be publishing weekly articles highlighting ORCAs in the U.S. There are currently 20 ORCA groups and two ORC programs across the nation with almost 10,000 public and private sector members. Each week the Daily will focus on one of these groups, looking into when they were founded, who they are made up of, and what they have done so far to stand up against organized retail crime.  If you are a part of an ORCA group and want to provide input for an upcoming article, please contact Katie.

Cincinnati Outlet Mall ORC shoplifters fight with police. The shoplifters got away with $7500 worth of merchandise from the LaCoste store. The manager was completing a police report approximately 30 minutes after the theft and then the shoplifters walked back into the store. Carlos Dorca and Carriion Navarette were indentified by the store associates and the police officer went over to question the two and a struggle ensued. The theft of the 57 shirts was on video. The police officer was not severely injured and now the two suspects and the boost bag they used are off the streets. (Source newstalkradiowhio.com)

Boston area woman attempts to steal formula from Target. Sally Rooney, 27, was stopped as she attempted to leave the Target in North Attleboro with 14 cans of baby formula valued at $215. Rooney has a previous record for theft offenses and assault. Her accomplice got away. (Source thesunchronicle.com)

Kohl’s cargo theft ends up being part of a murder investigation. Last week, a grand jury indicted Perez for first-degree murder, racketeering, two counts of insurance fraud and seven counts of cargo theft. He will be arraigned Tuesday in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. Perez ran a beauty supply store that authorities believe was used to buy property stolen from cargo trucks. One of the victims, according to the indictment, was Kohl’s Department Store. (Source miamiherald.com)

Two Romanians plead guilty to credit card hack. They, along with two others, are accused of a $10M scam that was aimed at stealing card data from payment terminals at hundreds of Subway restaurants and other merchants across the U.S. They were charged last December for hacking Subway vulnerable point-of-sale computers between 2009 and 2001, compromising more than 146,000 cards.  (Source theregister.co.uk)