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Atlanta Ga. May 15 2008

JACKSON TOWNSHIP OH Jasmine D. Henderson, 18, of 3115 W. Tuscarawas St., Apt. 1, was arrested Friday on a felony count of robbery, according to jail records. Police said she was involved in a shoplifting incident where the security officer was punched in the face at Macy’s at Westfield Belden Village mall

APPLE VALLEY CA— Two men were arrested after leading deputies on a high-speed pursuit after stealing a trash can-full of electronics from Super Target Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
The chase began at about 2:15 p.m. when Super Target employees called the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department to report two white males were filling a trash can with electronics and were putting them inside a Honda Pilot, officials said.
Apple Valley station deputies chased the vehicle at speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour westbound along Highway 18, according to sheriff’s officials.The two men doubled back and bailed out of the car near Highway 18 and Jacarilla Road, officials said.
The men ran north, but were quickly apprehended at gunpoint by deputies.No one was hurt during the pursuit.

Sioux Falls SD A robbery call this morning at the Sioux Falls Target ended with the arrest of two men, not for robbery, but for shoplifting.
Sioux Falls police Lt. Steve Haney said the two men stole about $400 in electronic equipment from the store and then fled in a car about 8:20 a.m. There were no weapons or threats used in the theft, he said.“They had a cigarette lighter that they were trying to use to burn off the security devices on the merchandise,” Haney said.Employees were able to provide officers with a description of the men, he said.Police are still trying to confirm the men’s names, Haney said.

Carlsbad CA.Carlsbad police are reporting a break-in at the JCPenney store in the Plaza Camino Real Mall. The report came in at 4:12 a.m., a dispatcher with the Carlsbad Police Department said.
Another JCPenney was burglarized in Escondido Wednesday and the store has reported at least 9 other burglaries throughout the state and a loss of $2million in fine jewelry.
Authorities are at the store. It is not known yet what, if anything was taken, or if the break-in is related to the other crimes.

Bridgeton NJ Douglas J. McBride, 19, of North 4th Street, was charged Friday with shoplifting. He was released on his own recognizance

MIRAMAR FLA. Shoplifting suspect nabbed: A security officer at the Wal-Mart at 1800 S. University Dr. told police he saw a man put DVDs into a portable file container at 4:48 p.m. April 24. He said he followed the man to the garden department, then called police. Officers questioned the man, who said he was protecting the DVDs from the mulch and soil he was about to buy. Officers arrested him anyway after a records check showed multiple cases of larceny

Albany NY An illegal immigrant accused of shoplifting at a Queensbury Wal-Mart is expected to face deportation. 21-year-old Juan Carlos Jimenez-Lopez is charged with petit larceny for stealing a $7.97 necklace from the store on Upper Glen Street. Jimenez-Lopez, a native of Mexico, currently lives in Whitehall, and is in the county illegally. He’s been released on an appearance ticket and U.S. Border Patrol Agents are now investigating.

Miramar Fla. A loss prevention officer at the Wal-Mart at 1800 S. University Dr. told police she recognized an alleged repeat shoplifter when he came in about 4:25 p.m. April 25.
She said she had not been able to catch him before, but April 25 looked promising when she said she saw him stick a man’s watch down the front of his pants in the jewelry department.
At the clothes rack, he allegedly removed four pairs of work pants from hangers and found room for them in his pants.
When he walked past the registers without paying, the security officer and her manager were behind him.
As he drove away in a maroon Dodge van, they noted the license plate, which was registered to a Miami Gardens address.
Miami Gardens police said they found the truck at the address but the shoplifter was not home.
When Pembroke Pines police officers drove the Wal-Mart personnel to the truck, they identified the work pants in plain view in the truck.
The suspect’s mother opened the truck for the officers and said her son had gone out the back door when the Miami Gardens officers were knocking on the front door.

VINELAND NJ-Levon D. Hallenbeck, 27, of Regency Apartments, South East Avenue was charged with shoplifting deodorant, toothpaste and garlic powder, total value $9.77 at the Delsea Shop Rite Sunday.

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