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Wal-Mart shoplifter has more than 40 felony arrests www.privateofficer.com
February 2, 2009
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Fort Smith AR Feb 2 2009
A man with more than 40 felony arrests has been arrested by Van Buren police for allegedly stealing from at least two different Walmart stores at least three times in the last two months.
A man with more than 40 felony arrests has been arrested by Van Buren police for allegedly stealing from at least two different Walmart stores at least three times in the last two months.
Drawing on a term from Greek mythology, Van Buren police Lt. Brent Grill said Shane Deramo was able to steal more than $500 worth of items from Walmart by pulling a “Trojan horse.”
Buren police were contacted by a store loss-prevention officer, who showed authorities a segment of store surveillance video from Jan. 5.
Buren police were contacted by a store loss-prevention officer, who showed authorities a segment of store surveillance video from Jan. 5.
The video showed a man believed to be Deramo selecting a leather shave kit, a razor, bottle of lotion, nose and hair clippers, a tool box, pliers, a package of cable ties, a butane torch tool and a truck box.He put everything inside the truck box, which he then closed with the cable ties.Deramo then went through a checkout line and paid only for the truck box, according to a police report.
Another video segment from Jan. 6 showed the same man selecting a Samsung Blu-Ray DVD player, a package of cable ties, diagonal pliers, a truck box and numerous items from the men’s clothing department, and repeating the process of the day before at the checkout line.
Police arrested Deramo on Wednesday at the office of his parole officer in Fort Smith on suspicion of felony theft of property.Deramo also is suspected of stealing items from a Fort Smith Walmart, Grill said.
Police have recently learned Deramo pawned items stolen from a Fort Smith Walmart.In 1998, Deramo was convicted of shoplifting at an Alma Walmart, according to Van Buren authorities.
In 1999, Deramo was convicted of shoplifting at a Fort Smith Walmart and as part of his sentence was ordered not to ever go into a Walmart again, police said.
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Best Buy employee charged with theft over $10,000 www.privateofficer.com
December 28, 2008
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Best Buy employee charged with theft over $10,000 http://www.privateofficer.com
Fort Smith Ark. Dec 28 2008 – An 18-year old Best Buy employee faces theft charges after store officials discovered more than $10,000 worth of electronic products were missing, according to a Fort Smith police report.
Gary Brown Jr. of Van Buren was arrested Sunday on a charge of felony theft. Officials at the Best Buy at 4195 Phoenix Ave. told police that over the past three weeks, 39 iPods, two cell phones, a laptop computer and a digital camera were taken.
Brown has been released from the Sebastian County jail on a $3,500 bond. It couldn’t be determined Wednesday if formal charges have been filed.
The police report listed six other Best Buy employees as suspects, but no other arrests have been made, according to police records.
Police spokesman Sgt. Levi Risley said one of the suspects, Cory Evans, 18, of Muldrow, Okla., was arrested Sunday on an unrelated felony shoplifting charge that also involved Best Buy merchandise. Jail records show he was released Sunday after posting a $1,500 bond.
The police report stated Brown admitted taking several items. He said he unloaded trucks at the store and would put items in an empty box and throw it into a large trash compactor. When the compactor was full, he would climb in to collapse the boxes in it and would place the stashed items in his pockets and leave with them.
He said he sold many of the items.
Brown told officers he threw the items into the compactor because he knew there were surveillance cameras in the loading area but that inside the compactor was out of their range.
Store officials became suspicious because products ordered were missing, the report said. Surveillance camera footage showed suspicious activity, but the thefts were not witnessed because there were no cameras in the compactor.
Gary Brown Jr. of Van Buren was arrested Sunday on a charge of felony theft. Officials at the Best Buy at 4195 Phoenix Ave. told police that over the past three weeks, 39 iPods, two cell phones, a laptop computer and a digital camera were taken.
Brown has been released from the Sebastian County jail on a $3,500 bond. It couldn’t be determined Wednesday if formal charges have been filed.
The police report listed six other Best Buy employees as suspects, but no other arrests have been made, according to police records.
Police spokesman Sgt. Levi Risley said one of the suspects, Cory Evans, 18, of Muldrow, Okla., was arrested Sunday on an unrelated felony shoplifting charge that also involved Best Buy merchandise. Jail records show he was released Sunday after posting a $1,500 bond.
The police report stated Brown admitted taking several items. He said he unloaded trucks at the store and would put items in an empty box and throw it into a large trash compactor. When the compactor was full, he would climb in to collapse the boxes in it and would place the stashed items in his pockets and leave with them.
He said he sold many of the items.
Brown told officers he threw the items into the compactor because he knew there were surveillance cameras in the loading area but that inside the compactor was out of their range.
Store officials became suspicious because products ordered were missing, the report said. Surveillance camera footage showed suspicious activity, but the thefts were not witnessed because there were no cameras in the compactor.
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Arkansas teacher arrested for shoplifting www.privateofficer.com
June 21, 2008
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FORT SMITH, Ark. June 21 2008
BY: Bryan Hill
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
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Police officers were called to Kohl’s department store Wednesday night after store security stopped a woman who had concealed merchandise and tried to leave the store without paying for it.
Police officers were called to Kohl’s department store Wednesday night after store security stopped a woman who had concealed merchandise and tried to leave the store without paying for it.
Fort Smith police said a Mansfield teacher was taken into custody and arrested after a complaint from loss prevention agents.
She was booked on charges of shoplifting.
Police identified the school teacher as Deborah Ludlow.
Officers said they found clothing and other merchandise in her purse.
Police identified the school teacher as Deborah Ludlow.
Officers said they found clothing and other merchandise in her purse.
Ludlow was taken to the Sebastian County Jail where she later posted bond and was released.
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