ORC costs New York $75 million in lost taxes. Known to Ted Potrikus, New York State Retail Council, as "shoplifting on steroids," ORC is becoming a major problem all over the US. Along with Potrikus, Joe LaRocca, VP & Senior Advisor, Loss Prevention is also interviewed in this news video. (Source cbs6albany.com)


Iowa Best Buy associate steals $37,000 of iPhones, one per day. Over the last four months, Sandel Perez was responsible for he theft of 71 phones, he stole only one phone per day. (Source theledger.com)

$5000 of cologne stolen from Ulta in Greenville, SC and police are seeking two suspects. Greenville Police are looking for two women who allegedly stole a large quantity of items from a local salon. Greenville Police spokesman Johnathan Bragg said that two black women entered the Ultra Salon at 1125 Woodruff Road on October 13 and took $5,000 worth of cologne and perfume from numerous shelves. (Source foxcarolina.com)


Nordstrom in Cherry Hill hit for $20,000 in Burberry products. Three men focused on high end merchandise near the store’s exit have hit this location at least three times now. The three suspects simply run in and out of the store grabbing armfuls of merchandise. (Source courierpostonline.com)



San Antonio,TX Walmart computer thief nabbed, charged with theft and engaging in organized crime. Samuel Solano, 18 and two other suspects were arrested by San Antonio Police on warrants for the theft of electronics and computer thefts from a Walmart in Round Rock. The three are believed to have placed the merchandise into a large trash can then escaped with the items through the garden center doors. (Source kens5.com)

Radio Shack in Palm Beach, FL fools burglars with empty boxes. The thieves took the time to cut out the front display window to remove what they thought was a valuable display of headphones and cell phones. Turns out the display boxes were all empty, the Associates at Radio Shack smartly removed the contents before building the display. The boxes are worthless. (Source floridatoday.com)

Port St. Lucie, FL Police have arrested two Miami area men who allegedly stole cell phones from several stores in St Lucie. The two suspects reportedly hit the AT&T, Verizon and Radio Shack stores. As one distracted the store clerk, the other took merchandise. Police recovered between $5,000 and $6,000 of stolen phones. Police also found a list of accessories in their car to look for when they took the phones. (Source cbs12.com)



Burglars steal $6000 worth of generators in 3 minutes in Lufkin, Texas. Two men broke out the front window of a power supply store stealing six generators, loading them into a pickup truck and making a clean get-a-way. (Source ketknbc.com)