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DSW LP Recovers 57 Designer Handbags Worth $6,300 Using GPS Trackers
 Organized retail crime
is a huge enterprise and hits locations everywhere. Dallas, TX, and
the surrounding areas are no exception and the Loss Prevention Team
at DSW decided to take action to address the problem. While DSW
already employs sophisticated alarm and surveillance systems to
combat nighttime burglaries, ORC boosters tend to work so quickly
that they escape with the goods before police or security arrive at
the store. One effective solution is to be able to follow the
criminals and track them back to wherever they are storing the
stolen goods...this gives the possibility of catching the boosters but
also of busting an entire fencing operation and putting them out of
business. Using 3SI Security System's Asset Tracking Program, DSW
believed they could do just that. Using the covert devices when the
store is closed, the trackers lie silently in wait until they detect
a burglary. Burglars have no idea they are taking trackers along
with the stolen merchandise...their goal is to get in and out of the
store as quickly as possible so they don't take time to look for
security devices.
At 3:34 AM on January 13, 2016, approximately
$6,300 of designer handbags were stolen from the DSW store in
Lewisville, TX. The burglars didn't know that some of the bags
contained trackers. Multiple local PDs were alerted immediately that
the handbags had been stolen and could view the movement of the
stolen bags using the 3SI Secure Tracking Website. After DSW Loss
Prevention confirmed the break in with the alarm company, police
began a high speed pursuit with the vehicle, which was a stolen
Toyota Corolla. The DSW LP team was also actively monitoring the
trackers in real time. After several minutes of active pursuit the
suspects abandoned the car in a back alley and fled on foot. Police
were able to find the vehicle and recover all of the stolen
merchandise. No suspects were found in the area. Currently, the car
is being impounded and the GPS units were recovered.
 Total recovered
merchandise: 57 handbags for a total of $6,296.74. While no suspects
have been apprehended yet (a police investigation is ongoing), DSW
has successfully protected their brand and made their company a
hardened target for criminals. Criminals talk...and word will get
around to avoid hitting DSW stores and focus on easier prey.
Thank you to Greg
Dolcich, Regional LP Investigator, DSW, for this article submission!
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Louisville, KY: Heroin addiction behind husband and wife's $100,000 organized
crime spree
Police say a Louisville couple is among a group of nine people who stole
merchandise from local retail stores, returned them for gift cards and pawned
the cards for more than $100,000 in cash. Esperanza and Derek Sines were
arrested on Feb. 6, both charged with engaging in organized crime and theft for
a string of crimes that span from November 2013 to October of last year. In all,
the couple is alleged to have sold more than $100,000 worth of fraudulently
obtained gift cards. An arrest report states both admitted to the crime spree
and blamed it on a heroin addiction. Police say the two along with at least 7
others stole merchandise from stores like Home Depot, Lowes, Sephora, Walmart,
Target, Meijer and Macy's, among others, then returned the merchandise, where
they received more than 600 gift cards and later pawned them at locations off
Preston Street and Dixie Highway.
whas11.com
Ohio father, son arrested; Drugs, greed drive local black market for stolen
goods Heroin addiction and greed are being blamed for fueling the local
black market for stolen goods, including everything from heartburn medication to
laundry detergent. A father and son, Charles and Randall Cantrell, of Fairborn,
were convicted this week of receiving stolen property for selling Tide Pods at
Traders World Flea Market in Monroe. Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell
said the Cantrells believed they were buying the laundry detergent, which sells
for $4 for 14 units, that was stolen from a local Kroger. Early last year,
Kroger contacted the Warren County Sheriff's Office to report a significant rise
in thefts, said Fornshell, who added a sting operation led to the arrest of the
Cantrells.
daytondailynews.com
Albany, GA: Family Dollar employees arrested, charged with $3,000 theft
Two employees of the Family Dollar on the 100 block of Cordele Road were
arrested Thursday. 42-year-old Latasha Kennedy and 25-year-old Reginald Williams
were arrested by Albany Police and charged with felony computer theft. Both
employees stole thousands of dollars worth of goods. They had stolen
approximately three thousand dollars worth of merchandise over the course of
last month.
walb.com
 Fort Walton Beach, FL: Shoplifter tell Kohl's LP Agent, 'I am not going to make
this easy on you!'
A Fort Walton Beach woman, 37, accused of stealing several items from Kohl's by
stuffing them inside three comforters was arrested Jan. 15 and charged with
larceny and resisting an officer without violence. The store's loss prevention
associate observed the woman conceal multiple items inside the comforter bags
and then head to the check-out line where she paid only for the comforters. The
total value of the stolen merchandise was estimated at $1,235.93. When a
sheriff's deputy informed her she was under arrest, she began to pull away but
was eventually placed in handcuffs. The woman told the deputy, "I am not going
to make this easy on you!" the report said.
nwfdailynews.com
Warwick, RI: Target Shoplifter busted with $1,800 in merchandise, Wanted for
Domestic Strangulation
Warwick Police arrested a Providence man Jan. 21 at 2:30 p.m. at a bus stop at
Rhode Island Mall after he fled the Bald Hill Road Target carrying $1,856.87 in
stolen electronics, learning he was wanted for skipping court on a domestic
strangulation charge. Officer Darren Parrillo, who had been at a gas leak at
Rhode Island mall, received word of reports of a man who loss prevention
personnel at Target said had selected multiple electronic devices including
Polaroid cameras, headphones, external hard drives, and a dashboard camera, then
walked into the luggage department, selected a backpack and loaded the items
into it. From there, the man exited the store with the items.
warwickpost.com
Baltimore, MD: 3 charged in baby formula theft
Three Baltimore residents are accused of stealing more than $300 worth of baby
formula from a York County CVS as part of a suspected organized team that stole
thousands of dollars worth of the product. Andrea Denise Gilmore, 28, Dremus
Hall, 22, and Dawan Payton, 31, are charged with corrupt organizations, criminal
conspiracy to commit retail theft, retail theft, and receiving stolen property,
according to charging documents. On Nov. 4, 2014, at around 2 p.m., Northern
York County Regional Police responded to a report of theft at the CVS in
Manchester Township. The manager said three people working as a team stole
$338.46 worth of baby formula from the store using bags they brought in to
conceal the baby formula.
yorkdispatch.com
Garden Grove, CA: Six arrested in Garden Grove in
connection with robberies
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