Child run down by mother fleeing shoplifting in critical condition www.privateofficer.com

 

Centerville GA May 25 2013 A 25-year-old Macon woman allegedly fleeing store security ran over her 4-year-old son in the parking lot of the Houston County Galleria in Centerville.
Arkebia Albury faces multiple charges, and the boy is in critical condition with injuries to his head and internal organs, Centerville Police Chief Sidney Andrews said.
“The child is in bad shape,” Andrews said. “It wasn’t looking too good.”
The youngster remained in critical condition late Friday afternoon.
Thursday night, a Belk loss prevention officer followed Albury into the parking lot as she, the boy and a younger child were heading toward her car.
As the officer told her to stop, she cranked up the four-door 2001 Toyota Camry, but only the younger child, who is about 2, had made it into the passenger side, Andrews said.
As the security officer rushed to the injured boy, the mother got out and tried to pick him up, ignoring the officer’s pleas to leave him where he was until an ambulance could get there.“She picks the little boy up and throws him in the car and drives off,” Andrews said.
A Centerville patrol officer stopped the car on nearby Wilson Drive, and emergency medical workers were called to the scene.
The chief said contrary to media reports, Albury’s sister and niece were not charged in the case, as they had stayed in the car and were not involved in the alleged theft.
Andrews said he wasn’t sure exactly what was taken, but noted nothing would be worth hurting a child.
“I believe it was a couple of T-shirts. I do know it was clothing. It was a misdemeanor amount,” he said. “This certainly was not worth it.”
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the accident, he said, and has charged Albury with serious injury by motor vehicle, failing to stop at an accident with injuries, driving with a suspended license and two counts of child seat belt violation.
Centerville police charged her with two counts of cruelty to children, reckless conduct and theft by shoplifting.
Andrews, who has two children, said: “These kind of cases are hard for us.” Source- the telegraph

Habitual Providence shoplifter sentenced to prison www.privateofficer.com

 

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. My 20 2013– A 64-year-old Providence man was remanded to the Adult Correctional Institutions Monday following his arrest over the weekend on charges of shoplifting more than $100 in Gillette razors from the Stop & Shop supermarket on Mineral Spring Avenue.

The police described Raymond E. Henderson of 160 Broad St., Providence, as a habitual offender who was already on a year’s probation on another charge of shoplifting brought in February by the Cranston police.

After his arrest on Friday, Henderson complained of chest pains and was evaluated at Fatima Hospital. He was eventually taken to North Providence police headquarters and arraigned before a justice of the peace.

Source- Providence Journal

Men arrested for shoplifting items tomake explosive device www.privateofficer.com

 

Gainesville Fla May 20 2013 Two men were arrested for shoplifting items from Walmart that could be used to make an explosive device, Gainesville Police Department said.

On May 7, police interviewed Mason Scott Beuning, 18, for shoplifting BBs, flare guns and other items from a Walmart Supercenter with 18-year-old Wolfe O’Meara, authorities said. Beuning told them he had already made an explosive device or a “homemade firework” but had been scared to detonate it, police said.

Bomb Disposal Team members went to his house and found a cardboard tube containing an black, explosive powder, police said.

“The tube was sealed at both ends and contained a fuse,” police said in a statement.

The device was taken for further analysis.

Beuning faces charges including  possessing a destructive device, which is a third-degree felony, police said.

O’Meara, who was with Beuning, faces charges with misdemeanor shoplifting and possession of drug paraphernalia, authorities said.

“In the wake of recent national tragedies, the Gainesville Police Department is taking no chance when it comes to explosives” Police Chief Tony Jones said in a statement.

Beuning remained in jail Monday on a $45,000 bond, while O’Meara had been released on his own recognizance, a jail official said.

It wasn’t immediately known if they had attorneys.

Source-NBC Florida

Yuba County Walmart shoplifting suspect nabbed after rock attack www.privateofficer.com

Yuba County CA May 18 2013 A Marysville woman punched a Walmart security agent in the face before pelting him with numerous rocks on Thursday as she tried to get away with lotions and body spray stuffed in her purse, Yuba County deputies said.
An apparent getaway car abandoned Evalee Havanna Hawkins as she left the store in the 1100 block of North Beale Road just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, said Undersheriff Jerry Read.
“The loss-prevention officer was taking pictures of the vehicle, and the driver apparently decided he didn’t want any part of what was going on and left,” Read said.
Hawkins then tried to get into another vehicle, which also drove off, leaving her alone with the security guard, who asked the woman to return the lotions.
“Then she punches him in the chin and tries to walk away,” Read said.
Several more guards stepped in as Hawkins began striking the same guard with multiple rocks.
The guard was not seriously injured.
Sheriff’s deputies detained Hawkins, who was booked into the Yuba County Jail on $50,000 bail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and robbery. She was still in custody Thursday.

source- http://www.appeal-democrat.com

‘Professional’ shoplifters cause headaches, hassle for retailers www.privateofficer.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. May 19 2013—Gangs of shoplifters are stealing some of the most basic items from stores in the Kansas City metro area and customers are paying the cost of it.
In two cases in Kansas City already this year, thieves took several hundred thousand dollars worth of merchandise. Overall, experts calculate shoplifting to be a $30 billion per year industry.

Carol Keplinger said her Overland Park, Kan., store, Timeless Traditions, lost $1,600 worth of Yankee Candles to thieves in a matter of seconds four years ago.

“They have pockets inside their coats and they just started stuffing the candles inside their pockets,” she said.

Keplinger said the thieves that hit her store were professionals. The Missouri Highway Patrol said something similar happened at the Zona Rosa shopping district in February, when three thieves took 450 pairs of high-end sunglasses from Vision Works and Lens Crafters.

“The retail value of those were almost $100,000,” said Sgt. William Lowe of the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Police and private security experts said they’re fighting a growing problem of organized retail crime, something they call ORC. They said low-level shoplifters go from store to store around the country, stealing name-brand items, everything from high-end handbags to Tide detergent.

An affidavit from the Missouri Highway Patrol said three men from California took the sunglasses from the Zona Rosa thefts, including 113 pairs of Oakley and 92 pairs of Ray-Ban glasses to a swap meet in California.

“It’s very lucrative. It’s fairly low-risk and high-reward,” said Chad Sellers of Midwest Digital Systems.

Sellers, a veteran of the loss-prevention business, installed security at Timeless Traditions. He said when some of these shoplifters are caught, others soon follow in their footsteps

Kansas City has an organized retail crime coalition that meets every other month. Police and retailers are targeting the high-level thieves buy said they said they can’t catch them all.

“If there’s a lot of shoplifting, then I have to raise my prices,” said Keplinger. “I really don’t want to raise my prices.”

She said she now shares her surveillance pictures with other stores in hopes of keeping everyone safe and stopping the thieves from hitting again.

“If they worked as hard at a job as they do shoplifting, they would be very successful,” she said.

Most big retailers have private investigators that work with police to catch thieves.

source- http://www.kmbc.com

Two arrested in Broadway Mall robbery www.privateofficer.com

Hicksville NY May 15 2013 Two Brooklyn men were arrested on Friday for an alleged robbery that occurred in Broadway Mall in Hicksville, police said.

According to authorities, Theodis Cole and Omar Sharpe, both 36, were seen by store security concealing an unknown amount of clothing in a bag at Macy’s in Broadway Mall.

As the two men exited the store, two security officers attempted to detain them in the parking lot. Sharpe then fled with the proceeds on foot through the parking lot, while Cole physically prevented the security officers from stopping Sharpe, police said.
As the security officers where escorting Cole back to Macy’s he began to kick and punch one of them causing a minor laceration to his hand. Police then arrived and placed Cole under arrest.

Sharpe was located by officers at the Hicksville Rail Road Station and arrested, police said.

Sharpe and Cole were charged with second-degree robbery

Cubs Food security officer injured by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

 

ROCHESTER, Minn. May 12 2013 – Police have a man in custody after they were called to the Cub Foods after a security agent was assaulted by a shoplifter.

Rochester police say just after 6 p.m. Thursday, 39-year-old Antonio Conway tried taking off with some groceries.

A Cub Foods security guard tried to stop him and according to police Conway began fighting the security officer trying to escape.

During the confrontation the security officer’s hand was injured.

Conway has been arrested and ticketed for theft and 5th degree assault.

Springfield Target store security agents busy with shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Springfield PA May 12 2013According to police, Springfield Mall security caught a man trying to use wire cutters to break the security chain on items at the mall’s Target store. Security transported the man to the Springfield Police, where he was found to be in possession of marijuana, police say. The man is charged with taking $200 in merchandise from the store.

Springfield Mall security reported that a man was seen leaving Target without paying for various items. Officers apprehended the man and delivered him to the Springfield Police Department, according to reports. Police say that the man was in possession of narcotics when search. He is charged with taking $209 in merchandise from the store.

According to Target Security, a man was seen leaving the Baltimore Pike store without paying for a number of DVDs. Officers checked the area but could not find the unknown man. The items are valued at $100.

Target Security in the Springfield Mall reported that they had a male in custody for Retail Theft at the store. According to reports, Springfield police took the individual into custody and transported him to the Springfield Police Station. The person was cited with retail theft for taking $39.99 worth of merchandise from the store and was later released, police say.
Police reports did not identify the shoplifters.
Source- Springfield Patch

Fla. Siblings Charged With Stealing Frito-Lay Chips From Factory www.privateofficer.com

Ocala Fl May 12 2013 Two Citra, Fla., siblings were arrested and charged with burglary and grand theft after police caught the pair with a van full of allegedly stolen Frito-Lay brand products.
Police said they spotted Darren Hagerman, 25, and Jessica Huggard, 22, Thursday evening pulling away from industrial area of Ocala, Fla., where many factories are located. The siblings were pulled over when police noticed a 2-year-old jumping around in the backseat of their vehicle, according to the the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
When an officer looked inside the car, he noticed it was packed with hundreds of bags of Frito-Lay brand chips, ABC Orlando affiliate WFTV reported.
“There were potato chips, and Cheetos, and pork rinds all over the van,” Marion County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Judge Cochran told WFTV.
Hagerman reportedly told the officer he and Huggard took the chips from a dumpster behind the Frito-Lay factory near where they were stopped as a way to make money, the news release stated.
While factory workers told authorities that the security gate was locked, police found that Hagerman had a master key that worked on the gate lock at the Frito-Lay plant, according to the news release.
Some Frito-Lay employees at the distribution center told WFTV that they’ve been chasing Hagerman away from the plant for years.
Both Hagerman and Huggard were booked at the Marion County Jail just before 12:30 a.m. on Friday morning. They were charged with burglary and grand theft, and their bonds were set at $10,000 each.
While Huggard bonded out, Hagerman remained in custody.
The toddler in the vehicle was given to a relative, the sheriff’s office said.

South Bend shoplifters using pepper spray flee security www.privateofficer.com

 

SOUTH BEND IN May 11 2013  – Police are searching for shoplifters armed with pepper spray after two separate incidents this week in which police say a female shoplifter escaped with stolen goods by dousing a security officer with a chemical spray.

Detectives are still trying to determine whether the two cases are connected. In the first instance, a security guard at Meijer on Portage Road reported that he saw a young woman in a group of three shoplift several items Wednesday afternoon, South Bend Police Sgt. Ian McQueen said.

The security guard reported he chased them out of the store and tried to stop the women from leaving in a vehicle, McQueen said. The woman who allegedly shoplifted sprayed the security officer in the face with pepper spray from inside her vehicle when he pursued them, the police report said. A person nearby tried to stop the group from leaving by barricading the car with shopping carts, but the woman blasted through and drove away, sending carts flying, McQueen said.

In the second case, a security officer at the Wal-Mart on Ireland Road reported that he saw a man and a woman stuff about 16 DVDs in a bag and try to leave without paying around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. When the security guard tried to stop them, the woman sprayed him in the face with a chemical believed to be pepper spray, McQueen said. The security guard was temporarily blinded, and the two escaped the store with the DVDs, McQueen said. T

he security officer was treated at Memorial Hospital. Detectives are reviewing the store’s surveillance video. “Police are seeing if there is a possible connection between the two cases,” McQueen said. “It’s a natural line of inquiry.” Source- South Bend Tribune

Huntsville shoplifter arrested for robbery after assaulting security agent www.privateofficr.com

 

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. May 10 2013 – A man has been arrested for stealing several power tools from a Walmart and assaulting a loss-prevention officer.

James Kenneth Winkles Jr., 40, was confronted by a loss-prevention officer working for Walmart who observed Winkles attempting to leave the store without paying for the merchandise, according to HPD.

According to police, when the loss-prevention officer confronted Winkles, he was physically assaulted.

The loss-prevention officer suffered only minor injuries.

Police were able to locate Winkles on Oakwood Ave., arresting and charging him with Robbery 3rd, Resisting Arrest, and Prowling.
Source-WHNT

Laurel County shoplifter used police badge to get away www.privateofficer.com

 

Laurel County KY May 9 2013 When employees at The Dollar Store in Laurel County confronted a shoplifter, he claimed to be a deputy, showed them a badge, and left the store in what looked like a Ford Crown Victoria, a car often driven by police officers.

Less than an hour after Laurel County Sheriff John Root’s office posted a surveillance photo of the man on its Facebook page Thursday, a resident responded with information that led police to a suspect’s home, a news release said.

When deputies arrived at the home of Robert C. Trabish Jr,, Trabish’s friend Marie M. Belle Richardson allegedly took the badge the thief had used and ran into the woods to try to conceal it from deputies, police said.

Trabish, 28, of London was charged Thursday with impersonating a peace officer and tampering with evidence in the Sunday shoplifting case. Richardson, 52, of London was charged with tampering with evidence. Richardson and Trabish were taken to the Laurel County jail, the news release said.

Shoplifter pepper sprays security agent while holding baby www.privateofficer.com

 

Little Rock AR May 9 2013 A mother who was holding her 6-month-old child is accused of pepper-spraying an employee at a Little Rock department store who moved to stop her from shoplifting, authorities said.

Gabrielle Haney, 22, is facing charges of robbery and endangering the welfare of a minor. Haney was arrested about 1 p.m. Sunday at the Kohl’s department store at 13909 Chenal Parkway in west Little Rock. According to an arrest report, Haney and another woman were confronted by a loss prevention associate after they stole unspecified items from the business.

Haney then “pepper-sprayed the female loss prevention officer in the face” while holding her 6-month old, the report said. No arrest report was on file for the other woman said to be with Haney. It wasn’t clear whether she was charged.

Haney remained in the Pulaski County jail Monday morning with bail set at $16,000. A court date is set for May 13.

S.C. bill would increase maximum shoplifting penalty, lower felony threshold www.privateofficer.com

 

COLUMBIA, SC May 9 2013
It’s a full-time job keeping up with the growing and costly crime of shoplifting.

“They actually film these boosters who are going into our retail establishments and taking the products and bringing them out to the fence and to the higher level folks,” said Lisa McGill Sweatman with the South Carolina Retail Association.
Investigations into shoplifting rings can go on for years, often without much consequence to those caught. That’s because South Carolina has a $2,000 felony threshold for shoplifting.
“What we have are folks, individuals, who have 11 misdemeanors and never gets a felony because of that,” said Sweatman.
A bill progressing rapidly through the State House aims to increase the maximum shoplifting penalty from 5 to 10 years, and lower that felony threshold.
The bill also aims to criminalize product code tampering, something that’s drained millions of dollars from retailers like Home Depot.
“We’re looking at $15-20 million being stolen from them in just one case,” said Sweatman.
But small businesses are also feeling the sting of missing merchandise.
“A business making about $2 million a year, you’re looking at $15,000 to $30,000 worth of stuff that just disappears,” said Agata Chydziskni, a manager at Cromer’s Peanuts.
Much of that stuff can end up just down the road at flea markets discounted up to 75 percent.
“Unfortunately, the flea markets are heavily involved in this,” said Sweatman.
Unfortunately, consumers feel the impact of large scale theft where it hurts most: our wallets.
“So when we have this volume of theft that’s being taken from us, unfortunately we have to make up the difference on what’s being taken for us, and so it does go back to the consumer,” said Sweatman.

Stockton shoplifter pulls gun on store security www.privateofficer.com

 

Stockton CA May 8 2013
Police say that a woman pulled a gun on a loss prevention officer during a shoplifting incident Monday afternoon.
The woman was seen putting some items in her purse at a store near Carolyn Weston Boulevard and Manthey Road around 4:17 p.m. She then tried to leave the store, only to have a security guard confront her.
But, the woman allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at the guard – telling him to “back off.”
She was last seen heading down Manthey Road.

WANTED: ROBBERY Raleigh NC www.privateofficer.com

 

 

RALEIGH, N.C. My 6 2013  – Raleigh police need help in identifying two men who made off with hundreds of dollars in power tools from a Lowe’s home improvement store. 

The two suspects stole power tools valued a more than $800 from the Lowe’s store at 4601 Capital Blvd on April 15. The theft was discovered after the fact, but the suspects’ involvement was documented by surveillance cameras.

The next day, the suspects returned to the same store and attempted to repeat the shoplifting plan — again targeting expensive power tools — but their scheme was detected by store security personnel. The suspects resisted and managed to flee the store before they could be detained.

The first suspect is a white male who stands about 6 feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds. His hair was cropped extremely closely, and he had a goatee.

In addition, his upper left arm bears a large tattoo. Police say the second suspect is a white male who has brown hair, stands about 5 feet 10 inches tall, and has a thin build.

Anyone who believes he or she may be able to identify one or both of the suspects is asked to either call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at (919) 834-HELP or to go to the CrimeStoppers Web site at www.raleighcrimestoppers.org for instructions on how to report a tip online or by text message. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for anonymous tips that help solve cases.
Source- WTVD

Home Depot shoplifter steals police car www.privateofficer.com

Snellville GA May 5 2013 It all should have ended when a Snellville police officer put an accused shoplifter into the back of his patrol car. But instead, the handcuffed woman worked her way into the front seat, put the car in drive and hit the officer before she crashed the police car into the front of Home Depot shortly after 4 p.m. Friday afternoon, according to Snellville police.

Then, Demetra Clay fought with officers and tried to injure herself before she was again placed in a police car.

This time, she was taken to the Gwinnett County jail. The incident started when Clay attempted to shoplift about $90 worth of merchandise from the store on Scenic Highway, according to Snellville police Chief Roy Whitehead.

Store security workers called police, who arrived and placed Clay under arrest.

An officer had handcuffed Clay and placed her in the back of his patrol car, but hadn’t had time to get in himself when Clay worked her through the inside window and to the front seat, Whitehead said. Clay managed to get the car in gear and drive a short distance, plowing into a front pillar of the store, according to police.

But it didn’t end there, police said. Clay allegedly continued to fight with officers and injure herself before several officers got her into another patrol car. Clay allegedly hit her head against a patrol car and choke herself with a seatbelt, Whitehead said. She admitted to officers she was on drugs, he said.

Clay was arrested and transported to the Gwinnett jail, where she faces a long list of charges, including three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of obstruction, interference with government property and theft. She was being held Friday night without bond

Lawrenceville GA Kohl’s manager arrested for peeping into dressing rooms www.privateofficer.com

 

Lawrenceville GA May 5 2013  Police have arrested a department store manager who customers said was peeking over the wall into a women’s dressing room.

Police said they arrested 54-year-old David Ronald Williams for invasion of privacy.

A police report said Williams removed some ceiling tiles in a women’s dressing room at the Kohl’s on Collins Hill Road in Lawrenceville. Police said two women and a 13-year-old girl were trying on clothes in the dressing room.

“The daughter had looked up and noticed someone up in the ceiling that was looking at them. And she told her mom, ‘There’s someone up in the ceiling that’s looking at me,”‘ said Lawrenceville police Capt. Greg Vaughn.

When police came, they saw ceiling tiles missing, and questioned a manager fitting the description from the women. “He was asked was he looking over the ceiling into the fitting room. And of course our suspect said no he was not, that he would never do anything like that,” Vaughn said.

“Creepy” was the main word Channel 2’s Jeff Dore heard from women he spoke to outside the store about the incident. “People do anything these days.  It’s ridiculous. I mean, really? That’s kind of sad,” said customer Ivary Knight. “I think that’s pretty pathetic, myself.

I think it’s pretty sad that anyone would have to go that far to be that perverted,” said Darlene Whitson. Police urge women to be more cautious in dressing rooms and take a good look around. Channel 2 Action News has learned that Williams no longer works at the store.

Source- WSBTV

Douglas Wal-Mart employee charged in theft cases www.privateofficer.com

Douglas AZ May 5 2013 A Wal-Mart employee was arrested last week and charged with one count of theft following the disappearance of a purse at the local store.

Ernesto G. Espino File photo

According to Sgt. Jose Duarte of the Douglas Police Dept. at approximately 2:10 p.m. Thursday a member of the Douglas Police Department took a report of a missing purse which has happened while the lady was shopping at the Douglas Wal-Mart.
The victim reported to police that she had been shopping at the store at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon and that she may have forgotten or left her purse in the shopping cart.
Duarte said the female described her purse to police and reported that her purse contained all her identification, credit cards and some currency.
Douglas Police Officers conducted follow up investigations at the store and the officer was able to identify the suspect Mr. Ernesto G. Espino, 57, a Wal-Mart employee, who had an address in Agua Prieta Mexico.
Duarte said dDuring the investigation, it was determined that the victim had left the purse in the store shopping cart in the parking lot. Espino, who was picking up store shopping carts in the parking lot, was given the purse by another customer who had found it, but rather than turning in the purse to customer service, he placed the purse in his own personal vehicle.
Douglas Police Officers were informed by Wal-Mart management that Espino was still on duty and was called to meet with police. Officers met with Espino, where he was taken into custody without incident and officers were able to recover the missing purse without any property being reported as missing.
Espino was charged with one count of theft, a class one misdemeanor. He was cited and released at the scene.
source- Douglas Dispatch

Thieves net $30K worth of electronics in Northland smash-and-grab

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KANSAS  CITY, Mo. May 4 2013 —A smash-and-grab at a Northland Best Buy store netted thieves  an estimated $30,000 worth of electronics.

The heist happened just  after 2 a.m. Kansas City police said the thieves crashed a Jeep into the store  near Interstate 29 and Tiffany Springs Parkway and began grabbing computer  equipment.

Authorities said the three  people were in and out of the store within 3 minutes. They got away by using  another vehicle parked in back of the store.

Store officials have  turned over surveillance video to police.

Anyone with information on  the theft is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

source- http://www.kmbc.com

22 more people arrested in PA. organized retail crime ring, total now 133 www.privateofficer.com

West York Borough PA May 4 2013 The West York Borough Police have been charged twenty-two people for their involvement in a major organized retail crime ring.

James Giuffrida of West York, the leader of the organized crime ring, was previously arrested.

Officials say the number of arrests is now 133.

The following people, who reside in York, Lancaster, Adams and Perry Counties were charged in March with conspiracy to commit retail theft, conspiracy to commit theft by deception, conspiracy to receiving stolen property. Those arrested told police they committed the crimes to support their illegal drug addictions.

•Wesley Bentzel, 25, Spring Grove
•E. Allen Braun, 31, Airville
•Bradley Breon, 31, York
•Walter Brown III, 58, York
•Jackie Chronister II, 24, Hanover
•Nikki Collins, 31, Duncannon
•Crystal Colon, 25, Lancaster
•Kayla Crespo, 19, East Berlin
•Douglas Dahlen, 28, Hanover
•Jennifer Gibboney, 28, Duncannon
•Joshua Gorsuch, 21, Gettysburg
•Brittaney Harris, 20, Spring Grove
•Clinton Mann, 31, York
•Randall Meisen Jr, 25, McSherrystown
•Bobby Perez, 33, Lancaster
•Eric Rentzel, 35, York Haven
•Izayah Reyes, 18, Lancaster
•William Rivera Jr., 30, Lancaster
•Joel Robinson, 27, York
•Jennifer Sipe, 34, Wrightsville
•Jamie Reedy, 28, Delta
•Peter Trochin, 39, West York
The criminal charges for over 120 people, who were previously arrested, have been bound over to county court for trial, including James Giuffrida. The remaining suspects are still awaiting preliminary hearings.

On November 12, the West York Borough Police shut down James Giuffrida and the retail crime ring, which he operated out of his ‘Power House Graphix’ storefront at 1415 West Market Street.

Source-CBS21.com

Woman charged for stealing bible from bookstore www.privateofficer.com

 

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – May 2 2013
Police say a Powder Springs woman is facing charges after they say she attempted to steal a bible from a bookstore on Friday.

Investigators say at around 1 p.m., Ashley Chacari Fleming tried to steal the bible from the Barnes & Noble located at 2952 Cobb Parkway in Cobb County. They say she left the store without paying for the holy book.

Fleming has been charged with theft by shoplifting, and her bond has been set at $1,000

Safeway security agent assaulted by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Baltimore MD May 1 2013 A warrant has been issued for a robber who assaulted a security guard while trying to steal food from Safeway.
According to Baltimore police, at 2:18 p.m., April 22, a robber was trying to take $40.81 worth of food from Safeway, 2401 N. Charles St.
As the robber was trying to get away with the stolen items a security guard confronted the robber. The robber then assaulted the security guard and ran from the scene.
However, while assaulting the security guard the robber’s identification was dropped. An arrest warrant has been issued for the robber.

Virginia police searching for sunglass theft suspect www.privateofficer.com

 

RICHMOND, Va. April 30 2013 – Police released a picture of a woman they called a “person of interest” in a recent rash of thefts at a Richmond mall.

Police said since mid-April, thieves have taken 11 pairs of sunglasses from stores at Stony Point Fashion Park in South Richmond. Police said on Thursday, April 11 a woman put six pairs of sunglasses from the Sunglasses Hut in her purse and walked off.

One week later, police said, two women stole five pairs of sunglasses from Solstice Sunglasses. Police described the thieves as women in their late 20s to early 30s and asked anyone with information to call Detective Charles Kane at (804) 646-1069 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 780-1000. Source- WTVR

Man stole Walmart gun, refused to leave bathroom www.privateofficer.com

 

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. April 29 2013

A normal day of shopping was interrupted at a North Carolina Wal-Mart store after one of the shoppers was involved in a domestic dispute that soon turned dangerous.

Police responding to the call for assistance from store employees say that while on the way to the situation they were advised that the man, later identified as 44-year-old Ricky Edward Frazier, of 1705 Shamrock Lane armed himself with a rifle.

Rocky Mount police officers quickly responded to the store located at 1511 Benvenue Road on Saturday at 2:43 p.m. in reference to the domestic disturbance but found that Frazier had went into the sporting goods section of Wal-Mart, smashed a glass gun case and took out a rifle. Frazier ran into the men’s restroom with the rifle at the back of the store and barricaded himself and refused to leave.

Police not knowing whether or not the man had ammunition, cleared out employees and shoppers and were eventually able to take Frazier into custody.

Frazier is charged with larceny of a firearm, going armed to the terror of the public, and damage to property. He also faces charges for multiple outstanding warrants for driving violations.

He was placed in Nash County Jail under a $20,000 bond.

Shoplifter rams Georgia police car www.privateofficer.com

 

SNELLVILLE, Ga. April 29 2013 (AP) – Police in metro Atlanta say a woman has been arrested after driving a police cruiser into the front of a Home Depot store.

Authorities say the unidentified woman was accused of trying to steal about $90 worth of goods from the Snellville store and was eventually taken into police custody. Authorities say the woman was handcuffed and climbed into the front of a police cruiser before an officer closed the cage and put the car into drive.

The woman pinned an officer between the car and the curb and he was hospitalized with a broken arm. Police Chief Roy Whitehead says officers were trying to get the woman’s foot off of the gas pedal.

Several officers subdued the woman and placed her in a paddy wagon.

Rock Hill Target shoplifters bit worker, hid in trunk of car www.privateofficer.com

ROCK HILL SC April 28 2013 — Two Rock Hill sisters face shoplifting and assault charges after police say they stole from Target and then fled to a gas station before one hid in the trunk of a car and the other bit a store employee Monday.
At about 6:30 p.m., police searched the area between Dave Lyle Boulevard and Tinsley Way after receiving word of two women who shoplifted from Target and then ran toward the gas station on Tinsley Way, according to a Rock Hill Police report.
An officer saw Ladorea White, 32, and her sister, Damaria White, 29, walking behind the gas station’s garbage bin, the report states. Police approached both women and managed to detain Ladorea White, but Damaria White took off running.
Ladorea White struggled with officers and had to be taken to the ground before she was handcuffed, the report states. A bystander told police that Damaria White got into a green Ford Taurus that drove off.
Officers found the Taurus, made a traffic stop and spoke with the front-seat passenger, who said she had nothing to do with the Target theft, according to the report. She said Damaria White jumped into her backseat and said, “Go, go, go,” before she hid in the trunk of the car.
An officer opened the trunk and found Damaria White inside, the report states. The driver didn’t know Damaria White, but a passenger did, said Rock Hill Police Executive Officer Mark Bollinger. When Damaria White saw them, she flagged them down for a ride.
Once in the car, she pulled down the back seat of the Taurus and climbed into the trunk, Bollinger said.
Police took both sisters back to Target at the Manchester Village Shopping Center to identify them, the report states. They found two shirts worth $50 in Ladorea White’s purse, and a baby bottle and accessories worth $34 in Damaria White’s purse.
The loss prevention officer told police that he tried to stop Ladorea White while she was shoplifting but she bit him on his left arm, breaking into his skin, according to the report.
The store employee went to Piedmont Medical Center for evaluation, where doctors gave him shots and antibiotics, said a victim’s advocate during Ladorea White’s Tuesday afternoon bond hearing.
“The injuries you’re charged with caused a great deal of difficulty for this gentleman who was doing his job,” said Rock Hill Magistrate Ray Long before setting Ladorea White’s bond at $28,000.
She is charged with second-degree assault and battery, shoplifting and driving under suspension after police learned her license was suspended when she initially drove her sister to Target.
Damaria White was charged with shoplifting. Police learned that she also had an outstanding warrant for shoplifting in Lancaster. She received a $1,000 bond Tuesday morning before she was taken to the Lancaster County Detention Center, where she received a $5,000 bond. Source- heraldonline.com

Royal Palm Beach woman charged in theft-fight at Walmart www.privateofficer.com

Palm Beach County Fla April 28 2013 A scuffle with security at a Greenacres Walmart lead to the arrest of a Royal Palm Beach woman and girl, 16, on Thursday.
Greenacres police say Tiyler K. Scharmer, 20, and the girl stole phone chargers, sleeping pills, sandals, and Caesar salads.
The Sun Sentinel is not identifying the juvenile because of her age and the nature of the crime.
The fight broke out when security stopped the two outside, according to the report. Other employees helped security, but the duo also fought them, according to police.
Scharmer faces charges of robbery, battery, resisting arrest, drug possession and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was booked into Palm Beach County Jail on Thursday where she is held in lieu of $10,000 bail. The juvenile faces charges of robbery, battery and resisting arrest.

Source- Sun Sentinel

Fleeing shoplifter crashes in Wilmington Del www.privateofficer.com

 

WILMINGTON, Del. – April 25, 2013 — A Philadelphia man is facing a long list of charges after allegedly crashing his car on Concord Pike while fleeing from a shoplifting.
47-year-old Lewis A. Maye Jr. is charged with Theft: Organized Retail Crime, Terroristic Threatening, Possession of Shoplifter’s Tools, Shoplifting Over $1,500, Conspiracy Second Degree, and numerous traffic offenses.
Police say it was 1:00 p.m. Wednesday when Maye entered the Kohls store located at 401 Rocky Run Parkway.
According to investigators, Maye used a booster bag, a bag designed to evade store security sensors, to conceal over $2,500 worth of merchandise.

When a store employee confronted Maye he allegedly left the store and threatened to shoot the employee.
Maye then fled south on Concord Pike in a white 2007 Chevrolet Impala.
As the vehicle approached the intersection with Nichols Avenue, Maye attempted to pass southbound vehicles by driving in the northbound lanes. In doing so, he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a sign for Art Fitness.
Maye ran from the vehicle to a nearby McDonalds where he was found hiding in the bathroom by police.
After his arrest police were able to link Maye to an April 6 incident where he and another male allegedly ran out of the same Kohls store with almost $2,000 worth of merchandise.
Maye was charged then released after posting $3,000 secured bail.

Source- WPVI

Target security agent assaulted during shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Philadelphia PA April 25 2013 A 20-year-old Philadelphia man faces simple assault, harassment and other charges after police say he assaulted a security officer while running from the Target store in the 800 block of Baltimore Pike last Monday.
According to police, Target security reported a man had just fled the store at 12:51 p.m. on April 15. Police say the store reported that the man was involved in a “retail theft incident and assaulted the security officer before fleeing.”
A Springfield patrol officer found the man in the 1200 block of East Woodland Avenue. Police say the man was identified by security and arrested.
According to police “the man was charged with Retail Theft for taking $108.09 worth of merchandise from the store, Simple Assault, Harassment, and Disorderly Conduct. No one was injured during the incident. The incident is under investigation.”