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Macy employee nabbed burglarizing store www.privateofficer.com
March 25, 2009
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Gainesville Fl Mar 25 2009
By: Rick McCann
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Police sat that it was an employee of a local store, not a burglar who tried making off with hundreds of dollars of merchandise in the dark of night.
At 5:42 a.m. the burglar alarm sounded at the Macy’s store at the Oaks Mall and security officers quickly responded and discovered a male subject exiting the store with two garbage bags full of store property.
Kolby J. Williams, 22, an employee at the store, was stopped by security officers and Gainesville police soon arrived and arrested him according to a report.
Williams had a key to the store and knew the alarm code but was not supposed to be at work at that time.He had entered the store and filled the trash bags and then set off the alarm.
He was charged with burglary of $511 worth of merchandise.
By: Rick McCann
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Police sat that it was an employee of a local store, not a burglar who tried making off with hundreds of dollars of merchandise in the dark of night.
At 5:42 a.m. the burglar alarm sounded at the Macy’s store at the Oaks Mall and security officers quickly responded and discovered a male subject exiting the store with two garbage bags full of store property.
Kolby J. Williams, 22, an employee at the store, was stopped by security officers and Gainesville police soon arrived and arrested him according to a report.
Williams had a key to the store and knew the alarm code but was not supposed to be at work at that time.He had entered the store and filled the trash bags and then set off the alarm.
He was charged with burglary of $511 worth of merchandise.
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Shoplifter breaks security officer’s ribs www.privateofficer.com
March 6, 2009
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PALO ALTO, Calif. Mar 6 2009 — A 20-year-old man who allegedly stole shoes from a Macy’s store in Palo Alto Wednesday afternoon and broke a security guard’s ribs before falling in a creek eventually surrendered because he needed help out, according to police.
Around 1:20 p.m., Adam Fritsch ran out of the Macy’s men’s department at the Stanford Shopping Center with a stolen pair of $80 Ed Hardy sneakers on his feet, police Agent Dan Ryan said.
Security guards chased Fritsch to the bank of a creek at the end of the parking lot and cuffed one of his wrists, but he got away, Ryan said.
During the struggle, he allegedly kicked one of the security guards and broke his ribs.
“That’s when his $80 pair of shoes turned into a felony because he used great bodily force, which turns the crime into a strong-arm robbery,” Ryan said.
Fritsch started running down the creek, which is about 4 feet deep, but Ryan said, “I don’t think he appreciated how deep the water was and the fact that it just rained.”
Fritsch started floating downstream and struggling with the tide while police followed along the bank.
About a third of a mile downstream, Fritsch allowed police to help him out of the water, Ryan said.
He was taken to the hospital and treated for hypothermia.
After he recovered, police took him into custody.
Around 1:20 p.m., Adam Fritsch ran out of the Macy’s men’s department at the Stanford Shopping Center with a stolen pair of $80 Ed Hardy sneakers on his feet, police Agent Dan Ryan said.
Security guards chased Fritsch to the bank of a creek at the end of the parking lot and cuffed one of his wrists, but he got away, Ryan said.
During the struggle, he allegedly kicked one of the security guards and broke his ribs.
“That’s when his $80 pair of shoes turned into a felony because he used great bodily force, which turns the crime into a strong-arm robbery,” Ryan said.
Fritsch started running down the creek, which is about 4 feet deep, but Ryan said, “I don’t think he appreciated how deep the water was and the fact that it just rained.”
Fritsch started floating downstream and struggling with the tide while police followed along the bank.
About a third of a mile downstream, Fritsch allowed police to help him out of the water, Ryan said.
He was taken to the hospital and treated for hypothermia.
After he recovered, police took him into custody.
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Macy’s shopper caught with the goods www.privateofficer.com
January 30, 2009
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JENSEN BEACH FLA Jan 30 2009
By: Rick McCann
http://www.privateofficer.com/ — Sheriff deputies have arrested a Port St. Lucie woman accused of stealing hundreds of dollars worth of clothing from Macy’s, according to an affidavit released Monday by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
The affidavit states Elizabeth Guitierrez Ruiz, 34, of the 500 block of Southeast Sunny Brook Terrace, purchased shoes and other items from Macy’s at the Treasure Coast Square mall Friday afternoon.
According to store security agents, after making the purchases, Ruiz began walking around the store and put a watch and bottle of perfume in her Macy’s shopping bag, the affidavit states. A security watched, she then removed 11 items of women’s clothing from a rack and brought them into a dressing room.
Store security later observed Ruiz leave the dressing room carrying two Macy’s bags and stopped her as she exited the store without paying. More than $600 worth of unpurchased items were found in the bags.
Ruiz was charged with felony retail theft and booked into the Martin County jail.
The affidavit states Elizabeth Guitierrez Ruiz, 34, of the 500 block of Southeast Sunny Brook Terrace, purchased shoes and other items from Macy’s at the Treasure Coast Square mall Friday afternoon.
According to store security agents, after making the purchases, Ruiz began walking around the store and put a watch and bottle of perfume in her Macy’s shopping bag, the affidavit states. A security watched, she then removed 11 items of women’s clothing from a rack and brought them into a dressing room.
Store security later observed Ruiz leave the dressing room carrying two Macy’s bags and stopped her as she exited the store without paying. More than $600 worth of unpurchased items were found in the bags.
Ruiz was charged with felony retail theft and booked into the Martin County jail.
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Macy’s employee charged with theft www.privateofficer.com
December 11, 2008
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WHITE PLAINS NY Dec 11 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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http://www.privateofficer.com Authorities say that security agents at Macy’s have arrested a cashier at the store yesterday, accusing her of stealing a total of $670 from his cash register over the past two weeks.
Police were called to the store by loss prevention agents who had conducted an internal investigation and determined that employee Marquan Leggett had been stealing from his register.
Security agents from the store, located in the Galleria mall, confronted Leggett after noticing that his register had come up short several times.
Police said Leggett, 19, of 32 Persur Place, Yonkers, was charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor, after admitting that he’d been taking money.
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http://www.privateofficer.com Authorities say that security agents at Macy’s have arrested a cashier at the store yesterday, accusing her of stealing a total of $670 from his cash register over the past two weeks.
Police were called to the store by loss prevention agents who had conducted an internal investigation and determined that employee Marquan Leggett had been stealing from his register.
Security agents from the store, located in the Galleria mall, confronted Leggett after noticing that his register had come up short several times.
Police said Leggett, 19, of 32 Persur Place, Yonkers, was charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor, after admitting that he’d been taking money.
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Macy’ security officer charged in theft scam www.privateofficer.com
November 20, 2008
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MIAMI TWP OH Nov 20 2008 — A loss prevention officer responsible for preventing thefts at Macy’s in the Dayton Mall has been arrested for assisting shoplifters, including his sister, with stealing $10,000 worth of clothing from the store Tuesday night, Nov. 18.
John DiPietro, deputy chief of the Miami Twp. police, said the 24-year-old West Carrollton man had been working at the store since February and had duties such as monitoring surveillance cameras from the store’s security office.
The loss prevention officer intentionally looked the other way when a group of four thieves he apparently knew came into the store between 9 and 10 p.m. Tuesday and carried away $10,000 in merchandise without paying for it.
“This was a man I had worked with; somebody who was entrusted to be a loss prevention officer,” DiPietro said. “I’m very angry about this. I just hope it isn’t a sign of the times.”
Police, who were alerted to the theft by another Macy’s security employee, confronted the thieves in the parking lot and recovered the stolen goods.
DiPietro said the five people taken into custody Tuesday night had not been formally charged as of Wednesday morning, so their names were not released. The suspects face charges of felony theft and complicity to felony theft, and DiPietro said evidence in the case will be reviewed with Montgomery County Prosecutors Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning.
DiPietro said Tuesday night’s theft was discovered because a loss prevention manager who supervised the arrested loss prevention officer had suspected the man for some time and had been watching him.
DiPietro said it is extremely likely that Tuesday night’s theft was not the only time the group of thieves and their inside accomplice had stolen merchandise.
“We don’t know yet what they were doing with the clothes they stole,” he said. “We don’t know if they were connected with some kind of fencing operation. They might have been returning the clothes to other stores trying to get cash. All that will be clearer once we’ve had some time to investigate.”
In addition to the loss prevention officer from West Carrollton, police arrested four people from Dayton who they believe took merchandise from the store. They included a 28-year-old woman with a criminal record who was the loss prevention officer’s sister. The others were a 29-year-old woman and two 22-year-old men.
John DiPietro, deputy chief of the Miami Twp. police, said the 24-year-old West Carrollton man had been working at the store since February and had duties such as monitoring surveillance cameras from the store’s security office.
The loss prevention officer intentionally looked the other way when a group of four thieves he apparently knew came into the store between 9 and 10 p.m. Tuesday and carried away $10,000 in merchandise without paying for it.
“This was a man I had worked with; somebody who was entrusted to be a loss prevention officer,” DiPietro said. “I’m very angry about this. I just hope it isn’t a sign of the times.”
Police, who were alerted to the theft by another Macy’s security employee, confronted the thieves in the parking lot and recovered the stolen goods.
DiPietro said the five people taken into custody Tuesday night had not been formally charged as of Wednesday morning, so their names were not released. The suspects face charges of felony theft and complicity to felony theft, and DiPietro said evidence in the case will be reviewed with Montgomery County Prosecutors Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning.
DiPietro said Tuesday night’s theft was discovered because a loss prevention manager who supervised the arrested loss prevention officer had suspected the man for some time and had been watching him.
DiPietro said it is extremely likely that Tuesday night’s theft was not the only time the group of thieves and their inside accomplice had stolen merchandise.
“We don’t know yet what they were doing with the clothes they stole,” he said. “We don’t know if they were connected with some kind of fencing operation. They might have been returning the clothes to other stores trying to get cash. All that will be clearer once we’ve had some time to investigate.”
In addition to the loss prevention officer from West Carrollton, police arrested four people from Dayton who they believe took merchandise from the store. They included a 28-year-old woman with a criminal record who was the loss prevention officer’s sister. The others were a 29-year-old woman and two 22-year-old men.
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3 Arrested in seperate shoplifting incidents www.privateofficer.com
November 14, 2008
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Braintree Ma NOV 14 2008
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Police made three arrests for shoplifting and larceny at the South Shore Plaza on Nov. 8, Deputy Chief Russell Jenkins told the Forum.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m., officers responded to Filene’s Basement to investigate a report that two women were stealing cologne.
Loss prevention followed the women, later identified as Eunice Innocent, 21, and Shaquel S. Thomas, 20, both of Dorchester, out of the store after observing them allegedly conceal $382 worth of cologne in a baby carriage that Thomas was pushing.
The women were brought back to Filene’s Basement where Officer Michael Want placed them under arrest for larceny over $250.
Innocent was also charged on an outstanding arrest warrant for operating after suspension.
Less than 15 minutes later, a man sitting in his car in the parking lot while waiting for his wife called police to report a woman running from Macy’s with stolen merchandise.
The man later told police that the woman, later identified as Suzanne B. Reed, 31, of South Boston, ducked behind a parked car when she saw a Plaza security vehicle approach her.
“The man, a 50-year-old resident of Randolph, also told officers that he could see coats hanging out of her shopping bags and one of them still had the security tag attached,” Jenkins said. “He reported that the woman was walking toward Granite Street.”
Officer Brendan McLaughlin, who was working a traffic post at Granite Street and Forbes Road, reported locating the woman at the Mobil on the Run gas station across from the Plaza.
Coats stolen from Macy’s totaling over $500, along with $250 worth of additional merchandise stolen from Victoria’s Secret, Express, and Gap Kids, were recovered by officers, Jenkins said.
Reed was charged with one count each of larceny over and larceny under $250.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m., officers responded to Filene’s Basement to investigate a report that two women were stealing cologne.
Loss prevention followed the women, later identified as Eunice Innocent, 21, and Shaquel S. Thomas, 20, both of Dorchester, out of the store after observing them allegedly conceal $382 worth of cologne in a baby carriage that Thomas was pushing.
The women were brought back to Filene’s Basement where Officer Michael Want placed them under arrest for larceny over $250.
Innocent was also charged on an outstanding arrest warrant for operating after suspension.
Less than 15 minutes later, a man sitting in his car in the parking lot while waiting for his wife called police to report a woman running from Macy’s with stolen merchandise.
The man later told police that the woman, later identified as Suzanne B. Reed, 31, of South Boston, ducked behind a parked car when she saw a Plaza security vehicle approach her.
“The man, a 50-year-old resident of Randolph, also told officers that he could see coats hanging out of her shopping bags and one of them still had the security tag attached,” Jenkins said. “He reported that the woman was walking toward Granite Street.”
Officer Brendan McLaughlin, who was working a traffic post at Granite Street and Forbes Road, reported locating the woman at the Mobil on the Run gas station across from the Plaza.
Coats stolen from Macy’s totaling over $500, along with $250 worth of additional merchandise stolen from Victoria’s Secret, Express, and Gap Kids, were recovered by officers, Jenkins said.
Reed was charged with one count each of larceny over and larceny under $250.
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Shoplifter sues Macy’s over excessive force www.privateofficer.com
September 9, 2008
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Houston TX. Sept 9 2008
A woman stopped for shoplifting at a local department store is blaming the security guard for being too forceful during her apprehension.
A woman stopped for shoplifting at a local department store is blaming the security guard for being too forceful during her apprehension.
According to the complaint, Holli Johnson of Tomball in Harris County was at the Macy’s store at Parkdale Mall when she was apprehended on suspicion of theft as she exited the store on April 14.
“The security guard employed by defendant employed excessive and unreasonable force by taking Ms. Johnson to the ground causing severe injuries to Ms. Johnson’s head requiring staples and to other areas of her body,” the original complaint states.
Johnson filed a personal injury lawsuit against Macy’s on Sept. 4 in Jefferson County District Court. Macy’s is responsible for the incident, the suit alleges, because of its failure to exercise reasonable care in hiring, training and supervising the security guard in question and is responsible through the theory of respondeat superior for its security guard’s negligence actions and excessive use of force.
The plaintiff claims to have incurred hospital and medical expenses and experienced physical pain, suffering and mental anguish in the past and for an undetermined length of time in the future and probably for the rest of her life.
James Payne of Provost Umphrey is representing the plaintiff.
The case has been assigned to Judge Milton Shuffield of the 136th District Court.
Case No. D182-350
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Kidnap, rape suspect released by court after shoplifting arrest www.privateofficer.com
August 27, 2008
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MILFORD CT AUG 27 2008 – A Fairfield man who was free on $1.25 million bail while waiting to be sentenced for the rape and kidnapping of a Fairfield woman may have his bond revoked after being charged with larceny.
Anas Hourani, 24, was arrested Friday in connection with the alleged theft of a $400 pair of earrings from Macy’s in the Westfield Connecticut Post mall, police said. He was charged with fifth-degree larceny and held on $3 million bail after court officials determined Hourani violated the terms of his release.But Hourani was free again Monday afternoon after the bail for his shoplifting arrest was reduced to a conditional promise to appear in Superior Court.Superior Court Judge Michael Hartmere let Hourani walk out of court with a monitoring bracelet but ordered him to go directly to the bail commissioner’s office at Superior Court in Bridgeport to notify them of his arrest.
The move essentially puts the decision of whether to recommend Hourani’s original bail be revoked or increased to Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Cornelius Kelly in Bridgeport.”You are to notify Mr. Kelly in Bridgeport of this decision and if they wish to move ahead … that would be their decision,” Hartmere said. Kelly could not be reached to determine if Hourani had appeared in Bridgeport court Monday.
Assistant State’s Attorney Kevin Russo unsuccessfully argued that Hourani’s bail remain at $3 million, saying the new arrest exposes Hourani to a more severe sentence of 35 years, increasing his flight risk.Hourani previously pleaded guilty under the Alford doctrine to attempted aggravated sexual assault, first-degree assault and first-degree burglary in Bridgeport.
Under an Alford plea, the defendant does not admit guilt but concedes there is likely enough evidence to produce a conviction. He agreed to a maximum sentence of 25 years, but his attorney, Richard Silverstein, has the right to argue for a lesser term when Hourani is sentenced on Oct. 3. Since his recent arrest the judge could impose a more serious sentence or revoke his bail pending the sentencing.
In court Monday, Silverstein recognized what could happen because of his client’s arrest, but said it was up to the Bridgeport court to make the decision. Hourani is accused of attacking a woman in Fairfield in 2003.
The case went to trial in 2006, but the jury was dismissed after a hangman’s noose was found drawn on a blackboard in the deliberation room. Hourani was also ordered to wear an electronic monitoring anklet and has a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew pending his sentencing.
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Woman arrested for running over security officer www.privateofficer.com
August 11, 2008
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Colerain Township OH Aug 11 2008
A Lincoln Heights woman is behind bars on $100,000 bond, accused of stealing clothes from a Macy’s department store and running over the mall security guard who tried to stop her.
Talechia Willis, 44, is accused of taking several items from Northgate Mall on Friday, according to Hamilton County court records.
A loss prevention officer and mall security guard followed her into the parking lot, where she hopped into her car, officials said.
Ignoring their requests for her to stop, police say, Willis put her car in reverse and hit the security guard five times.
A Lincoln Heights woman is behind bars on $100,000 bond, accused of stealing clothes from a Macy’s department store and running over the mall security guard who tried to stop her.
Talechia Willis, 44, is accused of taking several items from Northgate Mall on Friday, according to Hamilton County court records.
A loss prevention officer and mall security guard followed her into the parking lot, where she hopped into her car, officials said.
Ignoring their requests for her to stop, police say, Willis put her car in reverse and hit the security guard five times.
He was pinned under the vehicle until Willis pulled forward.Just as the guard was able to stand up, Willis put the car in reverse again, knocked him to the ground and ran over both his legs, officials said.
Colerain Township Police Officer Matt Ashcraft identified the security guard Monday as Mike Chappell.
He said Chappell was released from University Hospital and is recovering at home.
Colerain Township police spotted the SUV at a Lincoln Heights home Friday, but no arrests were made.
Surveillance camera footage helped link Willis to the alleged crimes.
Willis appeared in court Monday for arraignment on aggravated robbery and felonious assault charges.
Willis’s lawyer said Willis is schizophrenic and lives with her mother.
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Fleeing shoplifter runs over security officer www.privateofficer.com
August 9, 2008
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Colerain Township OH Aug 9 2008
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Colerain Township police say a woman caught stealing from the Macy’s store at Northgate Mall ran over a security officer who was trying to stop her as she tried to get away.
Andy Demeropolis, of the Colerain Township police, said that one of the two security guards trying to stop the woman was on a bicycle.
“She continued to back up, then his bike got caught under the tire of the vehicle and he started screaming at her, “Please stop,’” said Demeropolis.
Demeropolis says she did not – and ran over both of his legs.
A number of people in the parking lot witnessed what happened and took down her license plate number. Many called 911 on their cellphones and police and emergency rescue personnel were immediately dispatched.
Police used the information from witnesses to track her to Lincoln Heights where she allegedly went inside a house there.
According to police, she refused to exit the ehouse and was hold up and refused all police commands so police had the SUV towed.
They also say that Macy’s had surveillance video of the woman.
In the meantime, they will gather enough evidence so that a judge can issue a warrant for her arrest.
Demeropolis says instead of facing a shoplifting charge, she now faces a felony robbery charge and felonious assault on the security officer.
Colerain Township police say a woman caught stealing from the Macy’s store at Northgate Mall ran over a security officer who was trying to stop her as she tried to get away.
Andy Demeropolis, of the Colerain Township police, said that one of the two security guards trying to stop the woman was on a bicycle.
“She continued to back up, then his bike got caught under the tire of the vehicle and he started screaming at her, “Please stop,’” said Demeropolis.
Demeropolis says she did not – and ran over both of his legs.
A number of people in the parking lot witnessed what happened and took down her license plate number. Many called 911 on their cellphones and police and emergency rescue personnel were immediately dispatched.
Police used the information from witnesses to track her to Lincoln Heights where she allegedly went inside a house there.
According to police, she refused to exit the ehouse and was hold up and refused all police commands so police had the SUV towed.
They also say that Macy’s had surveillance video of the woman.
In the meantime, they will gather enough evidence so that a judge can issue a warrant for her arrest.
Demeropolis says instead of facing a shoplifting charge, she now faces a felony robbery charge and felonious assault on the security officer.
The security officer was transported to an area hospital with leg injuries and is in stable condition.
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Smash and grab thief takes $10,000 jewerly from Macy’s www.privateofficer.com
July 22, 2008
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Tyler TX July 22 2008
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A burglar who took less than two minutes to smash through a side door at Macy’s department store and grab several thousand dollars worth of jewelry is being sought by Tyler police.
A little after 6 a.m. Saturday morning, Tyler Police Department officers responded to a burglar alarm call in the 4700 block of South Broadway Avenue.
Two officers working another burglary alarm call nearby arrived at Macy’s to find that a door by the southwest entrance of the building was broken out
A burglar who took less than two minutes to smash through a side door at Macy’s department store and grab several thousand dollars worth of jewelry is being sought by Tyler police.
A little after 6 a.m. Saturday morning, Tyler Police Department officers responded to a burglar alarm call in the 4700 block of South Broadway Avenue.
Two officers working another burglary alarm call nearby arrived at Macy’s to find that a door by the southwest entrance of the building was broken out
“They (the officers) cleared the building and determined the suspect had left,” said Tyler Police Department Sgt. Bill Goecking.
Goecking said that, once inside the store, the suspect ran immediately to the jewelry counters where he removed the dust curtains and broke the glass on three display cases.
He then allegedly used a bag he took while in the store and carried out the jewelry the same way he came in.
Goecking said the suspect set off the motion detectors when he entered the store. His image was also captured on security video.
Tyler police have not released a description of the suspect because they are waiting for a video specialist to enhance the images captured by surveillance camera.
“He was inside and out in less than two minutes. We consider this a professional who isn’t wasting any time,” Goecking said.
Police said store managers estimate the loss to be more than $10,000.
Anyone with information or who may have been in the area and witnessed this crime is asked to contact the Tyler Police Department at 903-531-1000.
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Man dies in struggle with security www.privateofficer.com
June 4, 2008
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PLEASANTON CA June 4 2008 A 32-year-old man who collapsed after a struggle with security officers at Stoneridge Mall Macy’s in March died of cardiac arrest, according to the Alameda Coroner’s Office.
Alex Gomes of Fresno was confronted by store security on the evening of March 27 after officers say he stole a hat from the department store’s men’s section. Security officers told police that when they tried to detain him, Gomes put up a struggle and then collapsed. No Tasers or weapons were used during the confrontation.
When police and paramedics arrived, security was providing medical attention to the unconscious Gomes.
He was taken to ValleyCare Medical Center in Pleasanton, where he was pronounced dead soon after he arrived.
Gomes, who weighed more than 400 pounds, had an enlarged heart, the coroner’s office said.
Tests done after his death also indicated that Gomes had a blood alcohol level of .15 at the time of his death.
No one was arrested in the incident.
Alex Gomes of Fresno was confronted by store security on the evening of March 27 after officers say he stole a hat from the department store’s men’s section. Security officers told police that when they tried to detain him, Gomes put up a struggle and then collapsed. No Tasers or weapons were used during the confrontation.
When police and paramedics arrived, security was providing medical attention to the unconscious Gomes.
He was taken to ValleyCare Medical Center in Pleasanton, where he was pronounced dead soon after he arrived.
Gomes, who weighed more than 400 pounds, had an enlarged heart, the coroner’s office said.
Tests done after his death also indicated that Gomes had a blood alcohol level of .15 at the time of his death.
No one was arrested in the incident.
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Macy’s employee arrested in refund scheme www.privateofficer.com
April 27, 2008
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Skoie IL. April 27 2008
By: Rick McCann
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www.privateofficer.com Investigators with the loss prevention department of Macy’s and the police have arrested a Macy’s employee today after an investigation into a refunding scheme.
Police say that Benjamin Vazquez, 36, of 9050 Lacrosse, Skokie, was arrested on felony theft charges stemming from an investigation conducted by store loss prevention agents.
Vazquez is scheduled to appear in court April 18 on a felony retail theft charge resulting from incidents between the morning of June 23 and the night of April 9 in Macy’s at the Old Orchard mall.
Police said Vazquez, a Macy’s employee, refunded merchandise that he had stolen from the store and that was not his own and then credited his credit card account.
The internal investigation showed that Vazquez took more than $50,707 from last June to April.
Authorities call this a large retail theft case but would not say if any other employee of Macy’s was involved in this refund scheme.
Vazquez is scheduled to appear in court April 18 on a felony retail theft charge resulting from incidents between the morning of June 23 and the night of April 9 in Macy’s at the Old Orchard mall.
Police said Vazquez, a Macy’s employee, refunded merchandise that he had stolen from the store and that was not his own and then credited his credit card account.
The internal investigation showed that Vazquez took more than $50,707 from last June to April.
Authorities call this a large retail theft case but would not say if any other employee of Macy’s was involved in this refund scheme.
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Is the internet fueling shoplifting? www.privateofficer.com
April 7, 2008
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Atlanta Georgia April 7 2008
By: Rick McCann
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Some argue that before the internet, Ebay and other popular internet auctions sites, personal stores and Craiglists, shoplifters had a much harder time diposing of their stolen wares.
They would either have to sell them to friends and realitives or hock them at a flea market, Chris Hughs, Senior Investigator for a large retailer said during a recent interview. But now, the internet has certainly changed all of that he continued. With just a few clicks of the mouse and an ad post here and an ad post there and you’ve got access to millions of buyers and unfortunately they’re not too dicriminating. Meaning that they’ll buy because of price and not be worried about where the products came from or how the seller got them Hughs added.
A substantial increase is reported as thieves sell hot items online according to the National Association of Private Officers, Loss Prevention division.
Merchandise is flying off store shelves, but a good chunk of it is not being sold by the clerks. It’s the shoplifters who are making the sale. The growing number of store thieves are cashing in by turning to cyberspace and reselling the booty in online auctions. “We’re seeing across the country a significant increase in organized retail crime,” said Michael Krueger, a corporate spokesman for Target, referring to the practice of coordinated groups of thieves boosting merchandise and selling it via online auction sites. “It’s lucrative, anonymous, stealable,” said Krueger, adding that Target, which has a store in Charleston, will prosecute criminals and seek civil penalties. “It’s attracting criminal elements that would normally not have been involved in shoplifting.”
Staten Island merchants lost at least $50 million to theft last year, mirroring a disturbing national trend.
Major retailers around the country reported theft losses of almost $40.5 billion or nearly 1.6 percent of total retail sales in 2006, according to a University of Florida survey. With such staggering losses, retailers say they can’t turn a blind eye to shoplifters, who accounted for $13 billion of the total amount. So, steal sweats from Target, pinch perfume from Macy’s or filch fleece from Sears and be prepared to pay the price. The cost could be penalties up to $500, jail time or both.
The $40.5 billion that major retailers, including department stores, apparel shops, electronics outlets and jewelry stores lost to theft in 2006 represented a $3 billion increase from the year before, according to the University of Florida study. More than 151 corporate retail chains responded to the survey.
But retailers are fighting back and being more aggressive than ever said Hughs. Many retailers use to let shoplifters who took merchandise under twenty five or fifty dollars go without prosecution in hopes that they learned a lesson while the retailer maintained a customer. But not anymore. Stores are prosecuting teenagers, mothers with children, grandmas and the pros all the same Hughs said.
They have resorted to fighting fire with fire and besides the criminal prosecution, many also seek civil damages through their attorneys. Soon after being caught, the shoplifter often gets demands for civil restitution as much as three times the value of the merchandise taken plus attorney fees or they face being sued and having a judgement placed against them.
Under state law, shoplifters can be held liable for the retail cost, up to $1,500, of any item which is damaged or can’t be recovered. Even if the goods are returned whole, merchants can seek penalties of five times the amount of the purloined item, up to $500. Some retailers try to collect the penalties themselves, while others farm out the work to collection firms, according to the National Retail Federation.
But retailers are fighting back and being more aggressive than ever said Hughs. Many retailers use to let shoplifters who took merchandise under twenty five or fifty dollars go without prosecution in hopes that they learned a lesson while the retailer maintained a customer. But not anymore. Stores are prosecuting teenagers, mothers with children, grandmas and the pros all the same Hughs said.
They have resorted to fighting fire with fire and besides the criminal prosecution, many also seek civil damages through their attorneys. Soon after being caught, the shoplifter often gets demands for civil restitution as much as three times the value of the merchandise taken plus attorney fees or they face being sued and having a judgement placed against them.
Under state law, shoplifters can be held liable for the retail cost, up to $1,500, of any item which is damaged or can’t be recovered. Even if the goods are returned whole, merchants can seek penalties of five times the amount of the purloined item, up to $500. Some retailers try to collect the penalties themselves, while others farm out the work to collection firms, according to the National Retail Federation.
With the slowing economy, merchants have apparently become more diligent in guarding their wares, Hughs said. Retailers budgeted about 0.43 percent of their total retail sales, or just over $11 billion, on security and loss-prevention, the University of Florida survey said. That figure actually represented a decrease from prior years.
But enforcement of shoplifting laws, many of which are felonies is increasing and being taken more serious by many law enforcement agencies including the FBI. In recent years with the increase of organized shoplifting gangs and internet sales of stolen merchanside, law enforcement have applied federal statues against these shoplifters. Instead of facing simple theft charges, many now face grand larceny, burglary and robbery charges when force is used in their escape from a loss prevention agent. When stolen merchandise is sold or transported across state lines federal charges are now applied and the culprits face much stiffer penalities. Racketeering charges, once reserved for “the mob” and criminal enterprise statues have also been added to against numerous organized “shoplifting enterprises” whose only job is to steal from retails and dispose of the goods usually via the internet.
While police admit that they do not have the manpower to actively prowl the internet for those who might be selling stolen goods, they do take tips and leads from other agencies and loss prevention agents more seriously and will begin an investigation and follow it through to arrest and trial.
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Shoplifter gets no sympathy from judge www.privateofficer.com
April 4, 2008
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ANDERSON SC April 4 2008 — A Spartanburg woman found no sympathy in an Anderson city court after pleading no contest to stuffing $600 worth of purses inside her dress at Belk’s in Anderson Mall.
Norvella Brown, 48, was arrested at 2:30 p.m. Friday, according to the Anderson police.
Monday, she pleaded with Judge Ken Mattison to allow her time to pay the $1,087.50 fine so that she could get out of jail and keep her job as a “chef at Hardee’s.”
“You have an extensive record of thievery all over this part of the world,” said Judge Mattison in denying her request.
According to the incident report, Ms. Brown used wire cutters Friday to remove security wire from the purses and attempted to hide the purses in a rack of clothes when confronted.
Monday, Ms. Brown begged the judge to trust her.
“I don’t trust you,” Judge Mattison said. “You’re a thief, ma’am.”
At that, Ms. Brown returned to her seat in the Anderson Municipal Court, sobbing at a level that caught the judge’s attention.
“Ma’am, please be quiet,” he said. “This is not your first rodeo.”
Norvella Brown, 48, was arrested at 2:30 p.m. Friday, according to the Anderson police.
Monday, she pleaded with Judge Ken Mattison to allow her time to pay the $1,087.50 fine so that she could get out of jail and keep her job as a “chef at Hardee’s.”
“You have an extensive record of thievery all over this part of the world,” said Judge Mattison in denying her request.
According to the incident report, Ms. Brown used wire cutters Friday to remove security wire from the purses and attempted to hide the purses in a rack of clothes when confronted.
Monday, Ms. Brown begged the judge to trust her.
“I don’t trust you,” Judge Mattison said. “You’re a thief, ma’am.”
At that, Ms. Brown returned to her seat in the Anderson Municipal Court, sobbing at a level that caught the judge’s attention.
“Ma’am, please be quiet,” he said. “This is not your first rodeo.”
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Cop pleads guilty to sex crimes www.privateofficer.com
April 4, 2008
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. April 4 2008 — A former East Windsor police officer pleaded guilty to using the Internet to lure an 11-year-old girl to have sex with him, federal prosecutors said.
Darren Dempsey, 39, of Mansfield, who is also known as Darren Seligman, appeared in New Haven federal court Thursday and pleaded guilty to one count of using an interstate facility to transmit information about a minor.
Dempsey will be sentenced June 18.
Darren Dempsey, 39, of Mansfield, who is also known as Darren Seligman, appeared in New Haven federal court Thursday and pleaded guilty to one count of using an interstate facility to transmit information about a minor.
Dempsey will be sentenced June 18.
The FBI arrested Seligman at the East Windsor Police Department, where he was an officer. Dempsey has been jailed since his arrest in October and resigned from the police department Nov. 9.
U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor said the prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which tries to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation.
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Professional wrestler sentenced to life in prison www.privateofficer.com
April 3, 2008
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ATLANTA Ga. April 3 2008 — A former professional wrestler convicted of leading a sex trafficking ring has been sentenced to life in prison.
Forty-two-year-old Harrison “Hardbody” Norris of Cartersville was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta.
Prosecutors say Norris ran a scheme to force women into prostitution.
Norris was convicted last November of numerous charges including conspiracy, commercial sex trafficking and witness tampering.
Four other people were previously sentenced in the case, two for having roles in the scheme and two for lying to investigators.
Norris has claimed he just ran training camp for women to become professional wrestlers
Forty-two-year-old Harrison “Hardbody” Norris of Cartersville was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta.
Prosecutors say Norris ran a scheme to force women into prostitution.
Norris was convicted last November of numerous charges including conspiracy, commercial sex trafficking and witness tampering.
Four other people were previously sentenced in the case, two for having roles in the scheme and two for lying to investigators.
Norris has claimed he just ran training camp for women to become professional wrestlers
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April 3, 2008
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A student who brought a disposbale camera to school is now facing serious criminal charges after police say he intended on using it as a weapon, a homemade taser gun.
Police said a 14-year-old student who goes to the Morgan High School student is accused of attempting to fire the device at another student. Police said the device was made entirely from a disposable camera.
Sometime during class the school resource officer was made aware of the camera and came to investigate. That’s when the officer decided that it was a little more than a prank and took the student into custody.
But the teen’s father said that the school and police are blowing the incident out of proportion.
The boy’s father, Bret Haughwout, said that his son hadn’t modified the camera in any way, that he had just opened it up.
“All he did was bring a disposable camera, take it apart, demonstrate that if you press this button you get shocked,” Haughwout said.
The student has since been charged by the school resource officer with possession of a weapon at school, breach of peace and attempted assault.
Police said a 14-year-old student who goes to the Morgan High School student is accused of attempting to fire the device at another student. Police said the device was made entirely from a disposable camera.
Sometime during class the school resource officer was made aware of the camera and came to investigate. That’s when the officer decided that it was a little more than a prank and took the student into custody.
But the teen’s father said that the school and police are blowing the incident out of proportion.
The boy’s father, Bret Haughwout, said that his son hadn’t modified the camera in any way, that he had just opened it up.
“All he did was bring a disposable camera, take it apart, demonstrate that if you press this button you get shocked,” Haughwout said.
The student has since been charged by the school resource officer with possession of a weapon at school, breach of peace and attempted assault.
“When dealing with electricity, you can cause injury or harm. We want to stress that these aren’t toys,” said Sgt. Jeremiah Dunn of the Clinton Police Department.
Officers said no one was injured in the incident.
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Man arrested for filing dog’s teeth down www.privateofficer.com
April 3, 2008
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McMINNVILLE, Tenn April 3 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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Authorities in this small rural community say that they have arrested a man for what they are calling one of the worse cases of animal abuse in the county and possibly in the state of Tennessee.
Police that the man is accused of filing a dog’s teeth almost to its gums.
The dog, named Lucas’ was absoultely abused by the owner, Chris Barnett, who now faces felony charges of aggravated animal cruelty. Joy Percell, who testified at the preliminary hearing Tuesday, said she witnessed the filing on Feb. 16.
She said she was working on a dairy farm where Barnett was renting a home. She said what she was sickening.
“I saw him strike the dog several times in a row and then whatever this thing was he had in his hand, he put in the dog’s mouth and then he began to run it back-and-forth through the dog’s mouth. … Its head was jerking back and forth,” she said.
During testimony, some Warren County Humane Association representatives wept.
Maxwell Vincent, who rented the dairy farm, testified to what happened after the beating.
“He picked the dog up about chest high and said, ‘See, it’s alive.’ When he picked it up, a lot of blood came out of its mouth. And then he picked it up about chest high and then he tossed it back down on the ground,” he said.
Vincent said that Barnett told him that he filed the dog’s teeth because he was chewing on some wire fencing around the home.
While the defense tried to explain Barnett’s behavior, the judge was not sympathetic.
“It was just a sadistic beating,” said General Sessions Court Judge Larry Ross. “You don’t teach a dog to not chew by beating him and then filing his teeth off.”
The case was bound over to a grand jury.
Aggravated animal abuse charges could mean a $3,000 fine and two years in prison if a conviction is reached. The allegations of abuse of Lucas the dog garnered worldwide attention.
The Warren County district attorney said the office has received hundreds of phone calls from around the country in support of Lucas. A Web site has also been set up.
Police that the man is accused of filing a dog’s teeth almost to its gums.
The dog, named Lucas’ was absoultely abused by the owner, Chris Barnett, who now faces felony charges of aggravated animal cruelty. Joy Percell, who testified at the preliminary hearing Tuesday, said she witnessed the filing on Feb. 16.
She said she was working on a dairy farm where Barnett was renting a home. She said what she was sickening.
“I saw him strike the dog several times in a row and then whatever this thing was he had in his hand, he put in the dog’s mouth and then he began to run it back-and-forth through the dog’s mouth. … Its head was jerking back and forth,” she said.
During testimony, some Warren County Humane Association representatives wept.
Maxwell Vincent, who rented the dairy farm, testified to what happened after the beating.
“He picked the dog up about chest high and said, ‘See, it’s alive.’ When he picked it up, a lot of blood came out of its mouth. And then he picked it up about chest high and then he tossed it back down on the ground,” he said.
Vincent said that Barnett told him that he filed the dog’s teeth because he was chewing on some wire fencing around the home.
While the defense tried to explain Barnett’s behavior, the judge was not sympathetic.
“It was just a sadistic beating,” said General Sessions Court Judge Larry Ross. “You don’t teach a dog to not chew by beating him and then filing his teeth off.”
The case was bound over to a grand jury.
Aggravated animal abuse charges could mean a $3,000 fine and two years in prison if a conviction is reached. The allegations of abuse of Lucas the dog garnered worldwide attention.
The Warren County district attorney said the office has received hundreds of phone calls from around the country in support of Lucas. A Web site has also been set up.
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Arrests made for threats on security officer www.privateofficer.com
April 3, 2008
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Dunn NC. April 3 2008
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Police responded earlier in the week to the Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital to assist the security officer because he said several people had threatened to assault him.
When officers arrived the suspects had fled but the security officer said that he felt great bodily harm would have come to him had he not gone into a hospital building and secured the door.
The four male suspects were faired to have been local gang members and could have been armed the security officer said.
Police investigated the threats further and were able to make arrests in this matter.
Four people have now been charged in this incident.
According to Dunn Police Lt. Rodney Rowland, Antonio Blake Bethea, 16, of Sandhills Apartments in Dunn and Donavan Derrell Covington, 20, of 2nd Street in Erwin were both charged with communicating threats.
Mr. Bethea was issued a citation while Mr. Covington was taken to the Harnett County Jail with an additional charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors.
He was held under $5,000 bond.
Lt. Rowland did not immediately know the ages of the two male juveniles charged, but said they’d been placed under juvenile disposition.
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Teacher charged with benefits fraud www.privateofficer.com
April 3, 2008
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Baltimore MD. April 3 2008 A federal grand jury has today indicted a Baltimore County public school teacher from Middle River for allegedly using a second Social Security number to defraud the government out of more than $180,000 in benefits.
Beverly J. Beard, 52, was arrested today after being indicted Wednesday on four counts of Social Security fraud and making false statements.
She illegally collected supplemental security income, Medicaid and federal housing assistance payments, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
She has worked since August 2001 as a full-time teacher with the Baltimore County public schools, prosecutors said.
The school system confirmed today that Beard was currently employed as a teacher, but schools spokeswoman Kara Calder said she was unable to determine where Beard worked. S
chools were closed today for spring break.
Prosecutors said Beard obtained two separate Social Security numbers in 1969 and 1970, and later used one of them to claim benefits that she was ineligible to collect.
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Security guard arrested for posing as police www.privateofficer.com
April 3, 2008
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Victorville CA. April 3 2008
Justin Wayne Henson worked for a private security firm called California Housing Patrol and was responsible for watching over a Victorville apartment complex, officials said.
But the San Bernardino man is suspected of pretending to work for a much better known CHP — the California Highway Patrol.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials said Henson, driving a Crown Victoria equipped with red and blue lights, stopped a driver and collected personal information, and later harassed patrons at a High Desert roller rink.
Henson, 25, whom deputies suspect is a San Bernardino gang member, was arrested at his Pumalo Street home Wednesday night. He was held on charges of false imprisonment and impersonating a peace officer to benefit a criminal street gang, officials said.
During a search of his home, detectives found police computers, scanners and radios, lighting equipment and uniforms resembling those worn by officers in the Sheriff’s Movement Against Street Hoodlums, or SMASH, team, said Deputy Josh Conley, a member of the Sheriff’s Department’s gang team.
Henson is suspected of wearing a green shirt with shoulder patches and a cloth badge last Saturday near Victorville’s Holiday Skate Center. He had stopped a car in the area, taken the driver’s license and copied the personal information into a notebook, Conley said.
After letting that driver go, Henson pulled into the skating rink’s parking lot and used his car’s public address system to tell patrons to leave, Conley said. When an employee asked whether Henson was with the CHP, meaning the California Highway Patrol, he said yes, Conley said.
“He just looked suspicious,” Holiday Skate Center manager Dasha Luke said by phone Thursday. “We have a lot of kids at our facility, and we just wanted to verify he was an officer of the law. Apparently, he wasn’t.”
Someone wrote down the license-plate number of Henson’s black Crown Victoria. The car appeared to have been spray-painted by hand, officials said.
Henson was found in the area that night and questioned, but he was not arrested.
Sheriff’s detectives in Victorville gathered more evidence and obtained a search warrant for his home, then arrested him Wednesday. He was taken to jail, and bail was set at $50,000.
“He could have made a lot more contacts that we don’t know yet,” Conley said.
Conley said a motive has not been determined.
Justin Wayne Henson worked for a private security firm called California Housing Patrol and was responsible for watching over a Victorville apartment complex, officials said.
But the San Bernardino man is suspected of pretending to work for a much better known CHP — the California Highway Patrol.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials said Henson, driving a Crown Victoria equipped with red and blue lights, stopped a driver and collected personal information, and later harassed patrons at a High Desert roller rink.
Henson, 25, whom deputies suspect is a San Bernardino gang member, was arrested at his Pumalo Street home Wednesday night. He was held on charges of false imprisonment and impersonating a peace officer to benefit a criminal street gang, officials said.
During a search of his home, detectives found police computers, scanners and radios, lighting equipment and uniforms resembling those worn by officers in the Sheriff’s Movement Against Street Hoodlums, or SMASH, team, said Deputy Josh Conley, a member of the Sheriff’s Department’s gang team.
Henson is suspected of wearing a green shirt with shoulder patches and a cloth badge last Saturday near Victorville’s Holiday Skate Center. He had stopped a car in the area, taken the driver’s license and copied the personal information into a notebook, Conley said.
After letting that driver go, Henson pulled into the skating rink’s parking lot and used his car’s public address system to tell patrons to leave, Conley said. When an employee asked whether Henson was with the CHP, meaning the California Highway Patrol, he said yes, Conley said.
“He just looked suspicious,” Holiday Skate Center manager Dasha Luke said by phone Thursday. “We have a lot of kids at our facility, and we just wanted to verify he was an officer of the law. Apparently, he wasn’t.”
Someone wrote down the license-plate number of Henson’s black Crown Victoria. The car appeared to have been spray-painted by hand, officials said.
Henson was found in the area that night and questioned, but he was not arrested.
Sheriff’s detectives in Victorville gathered more evidence and obtained a search warrant for his home, then arrested him Wednesday. He was taken to jail, and bail was set at $50,000.
“He could have made a lot more contacts that we don’t know yet,” Conley said.
Conley said a motive has not been determined.
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April 3, 2008
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Mobile AL. April 3 2008
Mobile Press
The Mobile Police Department wants to ban the sale of a specific kind of hooded sweatshirt that zips over the face and has been used in several recent robberies.
At a Friday afternoon news conference, two cadets modeled the hoodies the police were going after. One was adorned with logos of the rap duo the Insane Clown Posse, and the other was designed to look like an Egyptian sarcophagus.
Unlike ordinary hooded sweatshirts, which zip up to the neck, these garments zipped all the way to the top of the head. Designs were printed on the fabric covering the face, and the shirts had eyeholes cut into them.
I’m almost to the point of outrage concerning the hoodies,” Police Chief Phillip Garrett said. “I don’t think these should be sold. The only reason you would buy one is to disguise your identity.”
The Police Department is looking into writing an ordinance outlawing the sale of the clothing, Garrett said.
The chief also asked that parents go through their teenagers’ closets and cars to see if they own any hoodies. Even if they are not committing a crime, kids wearing the outfits could put themselves at risk of being mistaken for criminals by police, Garrett said.
“I don’t want anybody to get hurt, the child or the police officer,” Garrett said. “But that’s going to happen at some point if this doesn’t slow down.”
Deputy Chief Jim Barber said the hoodies are not just offering camouflage to hardened criminals. Normally good kids are committing crimes because the hoodies give them a feeling of invulnerability, he said.
“This is what’s motivating people who otherwise would not commit crimes to commit some very serious crimes, armed robbery in particular,” Barber said.
But while the hoodies have been worn in a number of recent crimes, Barber said, robbers wearing hoodies are not part of an organized gang.
“There is no hoodie gang,” he said. “There is a hoodie garment that seems to be motivating people to do a lot of things they otherwise wouldn’t.”
Mobile has a mask ordinance that outlaws people covering their face in public outside of Mardi Gras activities. But police officials said it doesn’t apply to the hoodies until they are zipped up, and by then it’s often too late.
At a Friday afternoon news conference, two cadets modeled the hoodies the police were going after. One was adorned with logos of the rap duo the Insane Clown Posse, and the other was designed to look like an Egyptian sarcophagus.
Unlike ordinary hooded sweatshirts, which zip up to the neck, these garments zipped all the way to the top of the head. Designs were printed on the fabric covering the face, and the shirts had eyeholes cut into them.
I’m almost to the point of outrage concerning the hoodies,” Police Chief Phillip Garrett said. “I don’t think these should be sold. The only reason you would buy one is to disguise your identity.”
The Police Department is looking into writing an ordinance outlawing the sale of the clothing, Garrett said.
The chief also asked that parents go through their teenagers’ closets and cars to see if they own any hoodies. Even if they are not committing a crime, kids wearing the outfits could put themselves at risk of being mistaken for criminals by police, Garrett said.
“I don’t want anybody to get hurt, the child or the police officer,” Garrett said. “But that’s going to happen at some point if this doesn’t slow down.”
Deputy Chief Jim Barber said the hoodies are not just offering camouflage to hardened criminals. Normally good kids are committing crimes because the hoodies give them a feeling of invulnerability, he said.
“This is what’s motivating people who otherwise would not commit crimes to commit some very serious crimes, armed robbery in particular,” Barber said.
But while the hoodies have been worn in a number of recent crimes, Barber said, robbers wearing hoodies are not part of an organized gang.
“There is no hoodie gang,” he said. “There is a hoodie garment that seems to be motivating people to do a lot of things they otherwise wouldn’t.”
Mobile has a mask ordinance that outlaws people covering their face in public outside of Mardi Gras activities. But police officials said it doesn’t apply to the hoodies until they are zipped up, and by then it’s often too late.
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April 3, 2008
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Baltimore MD. April 3 2008
A federal grand jury indicted a former employee of a Baltimore County law firm and accused him of stealing $1 million from his employer and then setting the offices on fire to cover his tracks, prosecutors said yesterday.
George Michael Perez, 32, of Dundalk faces wire fraud, arson and money laundering charges in connection with alleged thefts from Wittstadt & Wittstadt P.A., and the three-alarm fire at the firm’s former offices at 40 S. Dundalk Ave., according to the indictment.
A message left with Mark H. Wittstadt, the firm’s managing partner, was not immediately returned yesterday afternoon. The firm focuses on real estate law, specifically foreclosures and evictions, according to its Web site
According to the indictment, the firm deposited profits from the sale of foreclosed properties in an escrow account at First Mariner Bank, which could be managed via online banking.
Perez, who worked in the firm’s accounting department, would meet monthly with Wittstadt to review account statements. At those meetings, Perez supplied his boss with altered Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that showed normal activity to conceal transfers into Perez’s personal bank account at Bank of America, according to the indictment.
From Dec. 12, 2005, to April 12, 2007, the indictment alleges, Perez made 14 wire transfers totaling $1.04 million from the First Mariner account to his personal one, and then set fire to the office on April 23, 2007, 11 days after the last transfer.
The fire, which was reported about 1:30 a.m., caused an estimated $800,000 in damages to the six-story building, said Donna Welsh of the Baltimore County Fire Department.
The fire was started “at multiple points” and brought under control at 3:44 a.m., she said. One firefighter was taken to Mercy Hospital with minor injuries.
Perez faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each of the 10 wire fraud counts; 10 years for each of the five money laundering counts; and a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison for arson, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for Maryland.
A federal grand jury indicted a former employee of a Baltimore County law firm and accused him of stealing $1 million from his employer and then setting the offices on fire to cover his tracks, prosecutors said yesterday.
George Michael Perez, 32, of Dundalk faces wire fraud, arson and money laundering charges in connection with alleged thefts from Wittstadt & Wittstadt P.A., and the three-alarm fire at the firm’s former offices at 40 S. Dundalk Ave., according to the indictment.
A message left with Mark H. Wittstadt, the firm’s managing partner, was not immediately returned yesterday afternoon. The firm focuses on real estate law, specifically foreclosures and evictions, according to its Web site
According to the indictment, the firm deposited profits from the sale of foreclosed properties in an escrow account at First Mariner Bank, which could be managed via online banking.
Perez, who worked in the firm’s accounting department, would meet monthly with Wittstadt to review account statements. At those meetings, Perez supplied his boss with altered Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that showed normal activity to conceal transfers into Perez’s personal bank account at Bank of America, according to the indictment.
From Dec. 12, 2005, to April 12, 2007, the indictment alleges, Perez made 14 wire transfers totaling $1.04 million from the First Mariner account to his personal one, and then set fire to the office on April 23, 2007, 11 days after the last transfer.
The fire, which was reported about 1:30 a.m., caused an estimated $800,000 in damages to the six-story building, said Donna Welsh of the Baltimore County Fire Department.
The fire was started “at multiple points” and brought under control at 3:44 a.m., she said. One firefighter was taken to Mercy Hospital with minor injuries.
Perez faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each of the 10 wire fraud counts; 10 years for each of the five money laundering counts; and a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison for arson, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for Maryland.
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April 3, 2008
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Tipton TN. April 3 2008
A Drummonds mother apparently has been enlisting her 13-year-old son as her shoplifting sidekick, police said this week.
In early March, an Atoka liquor store’s surveillance camera captured Melissa Rodriguez, 32, sneaking bottles of alcohol to her son, who stashed them under his jacket, investigators said.
Wednesday, police charged Rodriguez — who has many aliases — with theft under $500 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was released from the Tipton County Jail on $5,000 bond.
The mother’s arrest stemmed from a purse-snatching investigation in Munford, police said.
On March 21, two boys stole an elderly woman’s purse in the parking lot of Fred’s on Munford Avenue, said Munford Police Chief Jim Harger. “They said, ‘Hi,’ then stole her purse.”
Someone recognized the boys and called police, Harger said. Investigators tracked down the boys, 13 and 14, and found the woman’s purse and wallet.
Thursday, the boys were being held on theft charges in Memphis juvenile detention, police said. They have a court hearing in Tipton County Monday. Tipton does not have a juvenile detention facility.
Rodriguez may be charged with helping her son and the other boy in the purse-snatching, Harger said.
This week, a Tipton County Sheriff’s investigator recognized the 13-year-old boy from the shoplifting at Atoka Wine & Spirits. The teen faces charges in that case, Atoka police said.
Investigators said the mother and son may be linked to other shoplifting cases.
Contact Sherri Drake at 529-2510. To read more stories on the Web by this reporter, go to commercialappeal.com, click on Contact Us at the top of the home page and then click on her name.
A Drummonds mother apparently has been enlisting her 13-year-old son as her shoplifting sidekick, police said this week.
In early March, an Atoka liquor store’s surveillance camera captured Melissa Rodriguez, 32, sneaking bottles of alcohol to her son, who stashed them under his jacket, investigators said.
Wednesday, police charged Rodriguez — who has many aliases — with theft under $500 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was released from the Tipton County Jail on $5,000 bond.
The mother’s arrest stemmed from a purse-snatching investigation in Munford, police said.
On March 21, two boys stole an elderly woman’s purse in the parking lot of Fred’s on Munford Avenue, said Munford Police Chief Jim Harger. “They said, ‘Hi,’ then stole her purse.”
Someone recognized the boys and called police, Harger said. Investigators tracked down the boys, 13 and 14, and found the woman’s purse and wallet.
Thursday, the boys were being held on theft charges in Memphis juvenile detention, police said. They have a court hearing in Tipton County Monday. Tipton does not have a juvenile detention facility.
Rodriguez may be charged with helping her son and the other boy in the purse-snatching, Harger said.
This week, a Tipton County Sheriff’s investigator recognized the 13-year-old boy from the shoplifting at Atoka Wine & Spirits. The teen faces charges in that case, Atoka police said.
Investigators said the mother and son may be linked to other shoplifting cases.
Contact Sherri Drake at 529-2510. To read more stories on the Web by this reporter, go to commercialappeal.com, click on Contact Us at the top of the home page and then click on her name.
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Walmart shopper arrested for voyeurism www.privateofficer.com
April 2, 2008
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Shreveport LA. April 2 2008
By: Rick McCann
Ntl Assoc. Private Officers
A Shreveport man is in trouble and has been arrested over the weekend for taking pictures of women’s derrieres at a local store.
Police say that they were called to the store after the husband of one of the women saw a man following his wife and taking pictures. He confronted the man and dialed 911.
Police say that Ernest Anye, 36, was using a camera to take about 30 pictures of parts of the women’s bodies as they shopped at the Wal-Mart on Shreveport-Barksdale Highway Saturday night, police said
Police say that they were called to the store after the husband of one of the women saw a man following his wife and taking pictures. He confronted the man and dialed 911.
Police say that Ernest Anye, 36, was using a camera to take about 30 pictures of parts of the women’s bodies as they shopped at the Wal-Mart on Shreveport-Barksdale Highway Saturday night, police said
Store security was able to locate him still on Walmart property and took him into custody and detained him until police arrived.
He was arrested after officers determined that he had been taking pictures of womans rear ends and he was later booked on a charge of video voyeurism.
Police Department spokeswoman Kacee Hargrave said Anye told officers he intended to use the pictures for self-gratification.
Police have seized the camera.
Police Department spokeswoman Kacee Hargrave said Anye told officers he intended to use the pictures for self-gratification.
Police have seized the camera.
It was not made known whether Anye posted bond or if he confessed to other similar crimes.
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April 2, 2008
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From Aiken Standard
Aiken SC April 2 2008 An Aiken County man who has made a habit of running from police had an unexpected visit from South Carolina, Georgia and City of Aiken law enforcement officers Friday morning, according to officials.
William M. Fields, 37, of Warrenville, was captured shortly before noon at the Georgia Inn on Belair Road in Columbia County, said a spokesperson with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Fields waived extradition late Friday and Aiken Public Safety brought him back to Aiken and is now being held at the Aiken County detention center.
For several months in 2006, Fields was listed as one of Aiken Public Safety’s Most Wanted suspects on allegations he was the leader of a well-orchestrated shoplifting ring.
After narrowly escaping arrest several times, Aiken Public Safety investigators said the man contacted them in August 2006 and said he would turn himself in, but police gave the suspect a deadline to surrender, and that day came and went, officials said.
Shortly after that, while still on the run, Fields contacted the Aiken Standard to take issue with the Public Safety’s description of him as the “ring leader” behind the operation.
“I’m not saying I wasn’t involved … I might be accessories to one or two of the charges they’re talking about, but I ain’t never walked out of the store with stuff,” he said in September of 2006.
Fields was able to avoid capture until December 2006 when Public Safety, working with a number of other local and state agencies, including Aiken and Edgefield counties sheriff’s offices, arrested him after a footchase near a mobile home just outside of North Augusta in Edgefield County.
He was jailed but was out on a $75,000 bond when his case went to court in December 2007.
The day after the jury was selected, the Warrenville man skipped out on his trial, and police, once again, began searching for the man.
On Friday the chase came to an end, officials said.
“Our investigation led us to Columbia County and he was picked up immediately,” Aiken Public Safety Detective Kirk Owen said. “He didn’t put up a fight.”
Fields is accused of stealing merchandise valued at more than $7,000 from the Target on Whiskey Road in June 2006 and, along with a man and two minors, is accused of stealing an estimated $1,500 worth of goods from an Aiken Bi-Lo grocery store the following month, according to arrest warrants.
Public Safety officers spent several months in 2006 looking for Fields, eventually arresting a number of his alleged cohorts.
He is charged with felony shoplifting, shoplifting of more than $1,000 and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Other charges may be pending.
Aiken SC April 2 2008 An Aiken County man who has made a habit of running from police had an unexpected visit from South Carolina, Georgia and City of Aiken law enforcement officers Friday morning, according to officials.
William M. Fields, 37, of Warrenville, was captured shortly before noon at the Georgia Inn on Belair Road in Columbia County, said a spokesperson with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Fields waived extradition late Friday and Aiken Public Safety brought him back to Aiken and is now being held at the Aiken County detention center.
For several months in 2006, Fields was listed as one of Aiken Public Safety’s Most Wanted suspects on allegations he was the leader of a well-orchestrated shoplifting ring.
After narrowly escaping arrest several times, Aiken Public Safety investigators said the man contacted them in August 2006 and said he would turn himself in, but police gave the suspect a deadline to surrender, and that day came and went, officials said.
Shortly after that, while still on the run, Fields contacted the Aiken Standard to take issue with the Public Safety’s description of him as the “ring leader” behind the operation.
“I’m not saying I wasn’t involved … I might be accessories to one or two of the charges they’re talking about, but I ain’t never walked out of the store with stuff,” he said in September of 2006.
Fields was able to avoid capture until December 2006 when Public Safety, working with a number of other local and state agencies, including Aiken and Edgefield counties sheriff’s offices, arrested him after a footchase near a mobile home just outside of North Augusta in Edgefield County.
He was jailed but was out on a $75,000 bond when his case went to court in December 2007.
The day after the jury was selected, the Warrenville man skipped out on his trial, and police, once again, began searching for the man.
On Friday the chase came to an end, officials said.
“Our investigation led us to Columbia County and he was picked up immediately,” Aiken Public Safety Detective Kirk Owen said. “He didn’t put up a fight.”
Fields is accused of stealing merchandise valued at more than $7,000 from the Target on Whiskey Road in June 2006 and, along with a man and two minors, is accused of stealing an estimated $1,500 worth of goods from an Aiken Bi-Lo grocery store the following month, according to arrest warrants.
Public Safety officers spent several months in 2006 looking for Fields, eventually arresting a number of his alleged cohorts.
He is charged with felony shoplifting, shoplifting of more than $1,000 and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Other charges may be pending.
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April 1, 2008
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Boston MA. April 1 2008
Shoppers at a local Lord & Taylor’s store on Boylston Street in Boston Mass. were friegtened and scared when a shoplifting apprehension got out of hand and the shoplifter began to yell that he was armed and would open fire if security personnel didn’t back off.
.“Don’t make me pull this out!” Mark W. Coburn, 33, of Boston, allegedly warned security personnel while reaching for his waist. The officers backed off and Coburn bolted from the department store, according to police.
Boston police officers responded and combed the area near the store and was able to locate a male subject that matched the description of the shoplifter.
Police arrested the suspect at the corner of Clarendon and Stanhope streets, charging him with shoplifting and armed robbery, police report.
Police did not say whether or not they recovered a weapon from Coburn.
.“Don’t make me pull this out!” Mark W. Coburn, 33, of Boston, allegedly warned security personnel while reaching for his waist. The officers backed off and Coburn bolted from the department store, according to police.
Boston police officers responded and combed the area near the store and was able to locate a male subject that matched the description of the shoplifter.
Police arrested the suspect at the corner of Clarendon and Stanhope streets, charging him with shoplifting and armed robbery, police report.
Police did not say whether or not they recovered a weapon from Coburn.
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March 30, 2008
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LAWRENCE NJ March 30 2008 — An alert Quaker Bridge Mall security officer is being credited with foiling a burglary after she witnessed the alleged crime Thursday morning via a video surveillance camera, police said.
Township police said they received a call at 7:19 a.m. Thursday from Crystal Brown, a security officer at the Route 1 mall, advising that through security cameras she was watching three people break into the Piercing Pagoda kiosk.
While individual stores are not open for business at that hour, the mall itself is open for use as an exercise venue by so-called “mall walkers,” police said.
Brown told police she had watched on the cameras as the suspects walked around different parts of the mall in what police believe was an effort to blend in with the exercise-seekers.
Lawrence officers, aided by West Windsor officers, quickly secured the mall’s exits. Two of the suspects — Dantay Robinson, 38, of Philadelphia and a 17-year-old male whose name was not released — were detained as they tried to leave by Officers Robert Loveless, Richard Laird, Ronald Buchanan and Thomas Everist, police said.
The final suspect, Jerome Faison, 39, of Philadelphia, was followed on the surveillance cameras by Brown and, after a brief foot chase, was arrested by Sgt. Timothy Drew and Detective Joseph Lech, police said.
Police said the trio had stolen about $470 worth of jewelry from the kiosk.
All three were charged with burglary, theft, and possession of burglary tools, police said, noting that Faison was also charged with resisting arrest and both he and Robinson were charged with employing a juvenile in the commission of a crime.
Lech and Officer Ed Budzinski are continuing the investigation.
Township police said they received a call at 7:19 a.m. Thursday from Crystal Brown, a security officer at the Route 1 mall, advising that through security cameras she was watching three people break into the Piercing Pagoda kiosk.
While individual stores are not open for business at that hour, the mall itself is open for use as an exercise venue by so-called “mall walkers,” police said.
Brown told police she had watched on the cameras as the suspects walked around different parts of the mall in what police believe was an effort to blend in with the exercise-seekers.
Lawrence officers, aided by West Windsor officers, quickly secured the mall’s exits. Two of the suspects — Dantay Robinson, 38, of Philadelphia and a 17-year-old male whose name was not released — were detained as they tried to leave by Officers Robert Loveless, Richard Laird, Ronald Buchanan and Thomas Everist, police said.
The final suspect, Jerome Faison, 39, of Philadelphia, was followed on the surveillance cameras by Brown and, after a brief foot chase, was arrested by Sgt. Timothy Drew and Detective Joseph Lech, police said.
Police said the trio had stolen about $470 worth of jewelry from the kiosk.
All three were charged with burglary, theft, and possession of burglary tools, police said, noting that Faison was also charged with resisting arrest and both he and Robinson were charged with employing a juvenile in the commission of a crime.
Lech and Officer Ed Budzinski are continuing the investigation.
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October 24, 2007
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Akron Oh. Oct. 23, 2007
Loss prevention officers at an area mall said that they have heard many reasons why a shoplifter says that they shoplift but recently an apprehended suspect gave them a new reason. One that was as funny as it was dumb. It seems that the suspect who was later identified as
Johnny Otis Brown, 55, of Barberton, was charged Oct. 10 with theft. He is accused of taking a $60 earring from Macy’s in Summit Mall . When loss prevention agents attempted to detain Brown he immediately resisted an a struggle ensued but he was finally taken into custody and admitted that he had taken some jewelry. Police said Brown told them he took the earring because it ”gave him something to do.”
Police and loss prevention personnel are investigating how many other times Brown might have been looking for something to do as they determine what else he has shoplifted from area retailers.
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