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Colorado
Springs Computer store busted, center of Million dollar ORC
ring. Seven people were
arrested Friday morning as a four-month undercover investigation
yielded thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise. Detectives
first learned of stolen property being sold in a business back
in Nov. 2012. The business, Just Computers, was selling
shoplifted items, police said. It was also selling property
stolen from vehicles, homes and businesses. The investigation
started in December and involved the Colorado Springs Police
Department, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Fountain Police
Department, El Paso County District Attorney’s Office, Safeway
Corporation, Home Depot and the U.S. Postal Service. Police said
the business Just Computers, led by owner Clay Schaner, would
receive the stolen property and then resell it. According to
police, Schaner conducted more than $1.3 million in Ebay sales
in a four-year period. (Source
koaa.com)
Nearly
two dozen Retailers meet with Police in Clarksville, Tennessee
to focus on ORC. ORC groups
targeting retailers are in and out of a store within two minutes;
retailers in the Clarksville area believe they have stolen
nearly $30,000 of merchandise. Clarksville Police are hoping
more retailers will become part of this ORC Task Force and
increase the sharing of information. (Source
wsmv.com)
Three
arrested in Lane County, Oregon, outstanding warrants and theft
from Walmart and Fred Meyer. Over
$1700 in merchandise from Walmart was recovered following the
arrest of three suspects on Saturday. Fred Meyer Loss Prevention
apprehended one suspect with $48 in merchandise which led to the
Walmart recovery. A search of a Redmond motel room rented by one
of the suspects also turned up a firearm and drug paraphernalia.
(Source
ktvz.com)
Brothers in Utica busted for baby formula theft from CVS.
Video surveillance images released to the public resulted in the
arrest of two brothers in Utica for the theft of $500 in baby
formula from CVS as well as $250 of liquor stolen from another
area retailer. A tip following a media report resulted in
warrants being issued for the two suspects.
(Source
auburnpub.com)
Norfolk suspect gets 10 yr. in prison for $1M gift card scheme
A 21-year-old Norfolk man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in
federal prison for a scheme in which he tried to obtain more
than $1 million in major retailers' gift cards by posing as
nonprofit organizations. Dominique A. Hankins ordered the cards
from suppliers that sell them at discount to nonprofit
organizations. Charitable organizations in turn sell the cards
at face value to raise money, according to court documents.
(Source
hamptonroads.com)
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