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Dominique Foster, 24, also allegedly knocked a customer down while running from the store, according to an affidavit from police Sgt. Carnell Williams presented during a court hearing Friday.
Deputy Prosecutor Cymber Gieringer said an off-duty police officer asked for assistance after he saw Foster run from store security officers, who reportedly saw her take an item from one department, walk into another department, and put the item in a Walmart bag.
Williams reported that the store employees stopped Foster and asked her to come with them to the security officer and she pushed both employees and struck them in the face, causing injuries to one person.
Foster also reportedly knocked a customer down before the off-duty officer could take her into custody, Gieringer said. The item found in the bag was a DVD which was returned to the store.
Circuit Judge Rob Wyatt Jr. set a $5,000 bond for Foster, who Gieringer said had no prior convictions, and told her to come back to court Jan. 5.
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Lenoir County NC
Julie Kaye Tacinelli, 26, 125 Rockwood Drive, Kinston, May 27, misdemeanor shoplifting. Bond: Written promise. Arresting officer: K. Dunham.
Amy Sandlin, 31, 3331 Anita Drive, La Grange, May 27, misdemeanor shoplifting. Bond: Written promise. Arresting officer: K. Dunham.
Taunton MA
Devon Byrd, 41, 91 Summer St., was arrested for shoplifting in Sears.
Vineland NJ
Police issued a shoplifting charge for Montoya Key for an incident at Save-A-Lot in the 700 block of North 2nd Street. Key, 32, lives in Bridgeton. A store employee in court for another matter recognized Key, who was appearing on another matter.
Michael Jesse Roberts, 40, of East Mulberry Street, was arrested Wednesday at Walmart on a shoplifting charge. He also was charged with hindering. He was taken to Cumberland County Jail on unrelated warrants from Merchantville Borough ($2,149) and Camden ($500, $150). He also was sought on a Vineland warrant for shoplifting and a Franklin Township warrant for hindering.
MIRAMAR FL
A 66-year-old employee at Wal-Mart, 1800 S. University Dr., was checking receipts at the door when a man walked past the registers without paying about 10:20 p.m. May 11. The employee asked him for a receipt and the man showed him a receipt from earlier in the day. When the employee found it ”suspicious” and tried to detain the customer, the man hit him with the cart knocking him to the ground. The shoplifter ran into the parking lot with another man and they left in a blue car with dark tint. The surveillance video showed one of the items was a boxed car seat and the other items could not be identified.
FRAMINGHAM MA – A Worcester man faces shoplifting charges after a Friday night arrest, police said.
Joseph Wilson, 21, of 26 Timrod Drive was arrested after police said he stole more than $100 worth of merchandise from Marshalls.
Gastonia NC
A Gastonia man accused of shoplifting faces an additional charge of identity theft after he allegedly gave police another man’s name and birthdate Friday.
Francisco Javier Lopez, 23, of 1639 Greenview Drive, pocketed a Bluetooth wireless earpiece inside Target on New Hope Drive, according to a magistrate’s order affidavit. He also allegedly tried to break open a camcorder box, but placed it back on a store shelf after failing to open the packaging. The Bluetooth kit is sold for $69.69, the affidavit states.
Lopez gave Gastonia Police Officer J. Alfonso another man’s name and date of birth inside the store, Alfonso wrote in the affidavit. He provided his correct name when taken to the Gaston County Jail.
Lopez was charged with shoplifting-concealment of goods, injury to personal property and identity theft. He was jailed under a $2,500 secured bond.
MANATEE COUNTY Fla – At first, it seemed that a man who set fire to racks of clothes at a Manatee County Wal-Mart store Thursday was just an angry customer who had been refused a refund at the service desk.
But later, Manatee investigators learned the man was was actually trying to return stolen merchandise from what may be an organized shoplifting ring.
“It’s absolutely ridiculous,” said sheriff’s spokesman Dave Bristow. “He went in there, stole their stuff, then comes right back in and goes to customer service and tries to exchange what he just stole and then gets upset over that.”
Damage to merchandise and loss of sales at the Wal-Mart at State Road 70 and U.S. 301 could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Wal-Mart officials said Friday.
After the fire in the men’s department, the Wal-Mart was closed for 11 hours. No one was injured in the fire.
Deputies say the fire was started around 4 p.m. Thursday; the man who set the blaze escaped.
About two hours later, Manatee deputies arrested Phillip R. Wright, 41, of Monroe, Louisiana at a Wal-Mart on Lockwood Ridge Road and University Parkway where he was again trying to return the same items he tried to return earlier.
Wright has been charged with first-degree arson and retail theft as well as possession of crack cocaine after deputies found drugs on him, arrest reports said.
Deputies also arrested Chester Hayes, Jr., 49, of West Monroe, La., on charges of retail theft. Police say Hayes acted as an accomplice, waiting outside the store in a car and staying in contact with Wright by two-way radio.
According to Wal-Mart security, Wright walked around the State Road 70 Wal-Mart store with a cart picking up soda bottles, some water filters and accessories.
He picked a baseball cap and put it on his head.
He then bagged the items in a Wal-Mart plastic bag and left the store without paying.
He returned about 10 minutes later and tried to get a refund for the items valued at around $250.
Staff refused because he did not have a receipt. Wright threatened them before heading to the menswear department.
Surveillance video shows Wright bending down for a few seconds beneath three clothes racks in the men’s department, said Wal-Mart security guard Christopher Foy.
“I observed him crouched down on all three racks that caught on fire,” Foy said.
“The flames were anywhere from 15 to 20 feet. It was quickly contained; the associates acted very well,” he said.
Foy called nearby Wal-Mart stores with a description of the man and the items he was trying to refund.
He soon received a call from the Wal-Mart store on Lockwood Ridge saying they had a customer waiting in line at the customer service desk matching the description.
Foy called deputies and Wright was arrested while still waiting in line.
Bristow said the use of an accomplice and two-way radios suggested an organized operation.
“That tells us they’re maybe not first-timers doing this,” said Bristow.
“The fact he’s out-of-state tells us maybe he’s been been doing in other areas.”
Wal-Mart officials would not say exactly how much damage the fire caused, but said they lost sales when the store was closed from 4 p.m. Thursday until 3 a.m. Friday.
“We have loss of sales; we have clothing that we have to take into account we had to change out all the air filters in the conditioning units,” said Dana Cox, store co-manager.
JACKSONVILLE, FL — The surveillance system at a local department store did its job Wednesday.
A loss prevention officer at the Kohl’s store in Mandarin says he saw two people take things into the dressing room and emerge in a suspicious way.
By the time police got there, they knew the car they were looking for, and somebody was inside. He was detained by officers, who then waited for the two suspects to leave the store.
Melissia Ann McDonald, 19, came out first. The loss prevention officer in the store had seen her go into a dressing room with two GPS units. He says she came out of the dressing room, put the boxes under some clothes in a shopping cart, and left the store.
Police were waiting for her as she got to the car. They found the GPS units under her clothes, and some new shoes on her feet. She had not paid for any of the items.
She told police she stole all of the items to sell on the street.
Keven Smith, 27, came out next. The loss prevention officer had watched him follow a similar pattern, taking something into the dressing room and covering up the box upon his exit.
As he was walking toward the car, he saw the police officer. The officer didn’t find anything on Smith, but walked back to the spot from which Smith had spotted him, and found a digital camera.
The serial number on the camera matched the serial number on a box found under a pile of clothes in a shopping cart.
He says he didn’t go into the store with McDonald because he knows she’s a thief.
While the first person police found in the car was released, police arrested McDonald and Smith.
Kennesaw GA
The wife of a Kennesaw city councilman is facing shoplifting charges after she allegedly took more than $300 worth of merchandise from an Acworth department store.
Sandre Killingsworth, wife of Councilman Tim Killingsworth, was charged May 29 with one felony charge of shoplifting, according to the Marietta Daily Journal. She was released on $2,500 bond, according to the Cobb Sheriff’s Office
Killingsworth allegedly stole one pair of pants, a shirt, one dress and several swimwear items from the Kohl’s department store on Cobb Parkway, the Journal said.
“When all the facts in this case are discovered, we believe they will certainly clear up any confusion,” Tim Killingsworth told the Journal.
Utica, N.Y.
Two Dolgeville residents are facing charges for allegedly stealing food from the Price Chopper Supermarket in North Utica.
According to Utica police, Jeffrey Winters, 52, and Pamela Van Slyke, 48, both of Howard Street, Dolgeville, entered the store on May 1 and were seen on the video surveillance system loading a grocery cart full of food items and leaving the store without paying for it.
According to police, Winters, who was charged with petit larceny, sixth-degree conspiracy and trespassing, was arrested previously for shoplifting at Price Chopper and was warned not to return to any Price Chopper store.
Van Slyke was charged with petit larceny and sixth-degree conspiracy.
Somers Point NJ
Angela Nicole Espey, 32, of Absecon was arrested May 27 by Ptl. Nelson Denan and charged with shoplifting from Kmart.
Richard Michael Bolitski, 37, of Somers Point was arrested May 27 by Sgt. Anthony C. DiSciascio and charged with shoplifting from Kmart.
Alexander Almonte-Gonzalez, 32, of Pleasantville was arrested May 29 by Ptl. Scott Handson and charged with shoplifting from Kmart.
Kimberly Anne Plasket, 37, of Somers Point was arrested May 29 by Ptl. Richard Dill and charged with shoplifting from Kmart.
Jessica Arlene Flores, 32, of Northfield was arrested May 29 by Ptl. Richard Dill and charged with shoplifting from Kmart.
E Dundee IL
An assistant manager at Walmart in East Dundee tried to outwit the store’s video surveillance system but was caught trying to steal $1,500 from the store, according to police.
Jacqueline E. Vanovermeiren, 55, of the 4900 block of Butterfield Road in Hillside, was arrested and charged with felony theft, which typically carries a sentence of two to five years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines.
Police say Vanovermeiren took $4,000 from the store’s safe and used $2,500 of the cash to replenish the store’s ATM. She then returned the remaining money to the safe, turned off the video camera in the safe room, removed the $1,500 and turned the camera back on, according to police.
Vanovermeiren gave a written statement to police admitting the theft, police said. East Dundee Police Chief Terry Mee said his department learned of the theft when it was contacted by Walmart security.
Vanovermeiren asked to be represented by a public defender at a Wednesday morning bond hearing.
She will have to post $1,500 to be released. Vanovermeiren told a judge she would be able to post bond by the end of the day Wednesday.
Her next court date is set for June 16 at the Kane County courthouse.
Vernon Hills IL
Three female suspects were arrested for shoplifting on May 23 at the GAP, 818 Hawthorn Center. Tyeisha L. Henley, 21, of 1010 W. 51st, #1, Chicago, was charged with retail theft and possession of stolen property; Laporsha Holloway, 21, of 6651 S. Clairmont, Chicago, was charged with retail theft, possession of stolen property, obstructing, and unlawful possession of theft detection device remover; and Mary McNair, 28, of 6603 S. Campbell, Chicago, was charged with retail theft. No court date information was available on the three suspects.
Maria A. Gutierrez, 45, of 204 E. Wildwood, Round Lake, was charged May 24 with retail theft at Carson Pirie Scott, 3 Hawthorn Center. She reportedly left the store without paying for $65 worth of accessories. She was released after posting $100 cash bond and awaits a June 10 court date in Waukegan.
Two female suspects were arrested May 25 on shoplifting charges at JC Penney, 4 Hawthorn Center. Charged with retail theft and possession of stolen property were Katerina Mandryk, 44, and Yevgena Polyulyak, 46, both of 8632 N. Nordica, Chicago. Reports say the female suspects left the store without paying for $374 worth of clothing, and the suspects were also found in possession of $1,359.50 worth of clothing taken from other area department stores. No court date information was available.
Katherine Chelcun, 20, of 442 Sommerset, Grayslake, was charged May 26 with retail theft and possession of stolen property at JC Penney, 4 Hawthorn Center. Reports say the female suspect left store without paying for $134 worth of clothing and jewelry and was also found in possession of property that was stolen from Macy’s. She was released on $75 cash bond pending a June 15 court date in Mundelein.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Starting in approximately January, 2007, investigators with Macy’s started to note a loss of inventory in several specialty items. Investigators started to monitor these items and monitor eBay sites advertising these specialty items.
The sleuths say they were able to determine that large amounts of merchandise – similar to the merchandise being stolen from their stores – was being sold on eBay by a subject identified only as Louise Corbin.
During Macy’s investigation, they report being able to observe an adult female subject stealing several high end clothing items on several occasions, but where unable to make an arrest.
At least once, they were even able to see the suspect getting into a vehicle via surveillance cameras and were able to obtain a license plate. This was later used to help determine that the vehicle was registered to suspect Corbin.
In September 2007, Corbin was arrested at a Nordstrom Store in Portland, for shoplifting over $1,000.00 in high-end clothing items. She has since been found guilty of that theft.
Investigators say the arrest of Corbin at Nordstrom did not stop her from stealing. She reportedly continued to steal high-end merchandise at Macy’s. In October, 2008, Corbin was arrested for shoplifting at the Clackamas, Macy’s store.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office became involved in the investigation and began working closely with investigators with Macy’s and Nordstrom. As a result, the Sheriff’s Office was able to obtain a search warrant for Corbin’s residence, in West Linn. During the execution of this search warrant, hundreds of suspected stolen clothing, accessories and jewelry items were seized as evidence.
Additional evidence seized included information that Corbin was selling stolen items on eBay under a business she called ‘Fifi’s Boutique’. Corbin was conducting her business out of her home in West Linn.
It is suspected that Corbin is responsible for over $150,000 loss to Macy’s and Nordstrom over the past year-and-a-half. All indications are that Corbin worked alone during this criminal activity.
The case was presented to the Clackamas County Grand Jury in May 2008, and an indictment for Louise Corbin was returned. She is charged with 17 counts of first-degree Theft, 3 counts of first-degree Theft by Receiving, 13 counts of Computer Crime,and one count of second-degree Theft.
An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday, 06-02-09, for Louise Marie Corbin; age 62. Corbin was arrested by Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office investigators on the newly issued warrants at her home on Woodsprite Court, in West Linn. She was lodged on the existing warrants today, with a total bail amount set at $100,000.
Louise Marie Corbin is scheduled for arraignment on these charges today, Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the Clackamas County Circuit, in Oregon City.
It is also reported that Corbin was found guilty in 2008 in Multnomah County for shoplifting from Nordstrom (Theft I) and was placed on misdemeanor probation for that conviction.
Somers Point NJ
Tanha Patel, 18, of Somers Point was arrested June 9 by Ptl. Michael Price and charged with shoplifting from Kmart.
Nicholas Henry Chickadel, 31, of Ocean City was arrested June 9 by Ptl. Richard Dill and charged with shoplifting from Wawa and possession of a hypodermic needle.
Linda Jeanne Vassallo, 49, of Margate was arrested June 12 by Ptl. Richard Huenke Jr. and charged with shoplifting from Kmart.
Richard David Driscoll, 47, of Waretown was arrested June 14 by Ptl. Nicholas Wagner and charged with shoplifting from Boston Market.
SPRINGFIELD OH — A local woman was arrested after fleeing the scene where she was allegedly shoplifting, then later contacting deputies to get her purse back.
Jaimie L. Dowler, 20, of 401 N. Western Ave., was arrested on a charge of theft Sunday, June 14, according to a sheriff’s report.
Dowler allegedly put some makeup and perfume in her purse while shopping at a store in the 2700 block of East Main Street around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the report.
An employee stopped Dowler as she attempted to leave, and she said she had to go out to the parking lot to tell her mother she was in trouble and the employee kept her purse, according to the report.
The employee kept Dowler’s purse and later turned it over to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
Dowler contacted the sheriff’s office and asked for her purse back because her keys were in it, according to the report.
When Dowler arrived at the sheriff’s office to get her purse, she was taken into custody, according to the report.
She was ordered into court.
NASHUA NH – A Manchester resident faces a felony charge for allegedly shoplifting from a store in Nashua.
Richard Noel, 43, of 10 Dunton St., Manchester, was being charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, Class B felony, police said.
At 5:46 p.m. Saturday, police responded to J.C. Penney, at 310 Daniel Webster Highway, for the report of a shoplifter in custody.
The store’s loss prevention personnel told police that they had stopped Noel after he left the store without paying for several dresses, police said. Noel was arrested on scene without incident.
A criminal records check revealed the Noel had several prior theft-related convictions, making this shoplifting incident a Class B felony.
A Class B felony is punishable by up to seven years in prison plus fines.
Noel was released on $2,500 personal recognizance bail, pending arraignment at the Nashua District Court on June 23.
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Rockingham NC
Two recent shoplifting incidents and one arrest have been reported by the Rockingham Police Department.
At a store at Falling Creek Plaza Shopping Center, Rockingham, suspects stole $65.12 worth of items in one incident and $57.61 worth of items in the second incident.
Both times the items were recovered.
Mary Faith Collins, 46, Smith Street, Rockingham, was arrested in connection with a shoplifting incident on a misdemeanor charge. Her bond was set at $300.
Sumter SC
The 13th time proved to be unlucky for a man described by police as a habitual shoplifter.
Clarence Lowery, 39, of 366 McDuffie St., was caught by employees at the Save-a-Lot grocery store, 674 W. Liberty St., after he was spotted stuffing three packages of pork ribs, valued at a total of $36, inside the waistband of his pants and walking out with paying for them at 9 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Employees detained him until police arrived.
He was charged with property crimes, third or subsequent offense, and taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.
The emphasis in this case should probably be on “or subsequent” because, according to a police report, this was Lowery’s 13th shoplifting offense.
Redmond WA
Redmond Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he tried to break free from two security guards with stolen merchandise at the Target in the 17700 block of Northeast 76th Street last Friday at around 4:30 p.m.
The store’s security manager identified himself and approached the suspect after he broke an MP3 player out of the packing and put it in his pocket, according to Jim Bove, Redmond Police spokesperson.
The suspect tried to run away, but the store manager, along with the help of an assets protection guard, were able to contain the suspect, Bove said.
The suspect assaulted both security guards in his attempt to break free before he was handcuffed and taken to a back office for questioning.
The store manager then called Redmond Police, which showed up at the scene, searched the suspect and found, in addition to the MP3 player, some mini DVDs. Police also found some “throwing stars” and a “folding knife” on the suspect, Bove said.
Goose Creek SC
An 18-year-old Summerville man is charged with 15 crimes in connection to shoplifting case and get away at a Goose Creek Wal-Mart on Thursday.
Authorities believe he and a juvenile accomplice took $12 worth of bath products.
Arrested in the case was Johnny Arthur Byrd, 18, of North Maple Street in Summerville. He faces a variety of charges ranging from being a felon in possession of a firearm, to hit and run and three counts of assault with intent to kill.
As they attempted to flee, they reportedly caused a crash that wrecked four parked vehicles, triggering thousands of dollars in damage.
Byrd was taken to Trident Hospital for a mental evaluation and was later released and taken to the Berkeley County detention center, awaiting a bond hearing being scheduled.
A 15-year-old juvenile was also taken into custody and charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and shoplifting.
Buffalo NY
A Buffalo woman has been charged with petit larceny after being accused of stealing, along with another woman, about $300 worth of clothing from the J.C. Penney’s store in the Eastern Hills Mall on Thursday.
Store security officers detained Joni M. Jones, of Newburgh Street, Buffalo, and Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies Daniel Brinkerhoff and Robert Rine charged her with petit larceny and conspiracy.
Jones and her accomplice, who was not caught, are accused of bringing a couple of shopping bags with them and filling them with clothes before trying to leave the store without paying late Thursday afternoon.
ABERDEEN NJ Police have arrested a 46 year-old Keansburg man and charged him with robbery and shoplifting from the ShopRite located on Lloyd Road on May 19, officials said.
Stephen Rafferty, of Hancock Street is charged with robbery and shoplifting and then released on $2,500 bail.
Shop Rite store officials notified Aberdeen police at 2:45 p.m. that Rafferty was fighting with the store’s loss prevention officer after he had been approached about stealing goods.
Aberdeen police officer Matthew McDow arrived to find that Rafferty had resisted the loss prevention officer and fled on foot into a wooded area behind the store.
Officer Michael Plant eventually found Rafferty and took him into custody. An investigation revealed that Rafferty had tried to take $129 worth of food and other items from the store.
Assisting in the investigation were Sgt. Raymond Sosa and Detective Michael Lasko.
Spanish Fort AL
April 25, Robert D. Posey, 23, of West Blocton was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 25, Kashunda M. Brayan, 29, of Mobile was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting and with second-degree possession of marijuana. The arrest was made at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 24, Rachael L. Myers, 18, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 24, Eric B. Reed, 23, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 18, Larry Dean Williams, 18, of Cummings, Ga., was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Kohl’s at the Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, Brittney M. Pettaway, 19, of Mobile was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Kohl’s at Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, second-degree possession of marijuana was reported on Bass Pro Drive near the La-Z-Boy furniture store at the Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, James A. Tripp, 21, of Loxley was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana. The arrest was made on Bass Pro Drive.
April 10, Michael Holmes Smith, 27, of Bay Minette was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 10, public intoxication was reported at Cellar 43 in the Eastern Shore Centre on Ala. 181.
April 10, Juston E. Palmertree Jr., 31, of Spanish Fort was charged with public intoxication. The arrest was made at Cellar 43 in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre. Merchandise valued at $167 was stolen. All items were recovered.
April 3, Rikki L. English, 29, of Loxley was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre on Eastern Shore Boulevard. Jeans valued at $30 were stolen. The merchandise was recovered.
April 3, Samone A. Brown, 28, of Foley was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, negotiating a worthless instrument was reported at a residence on Buckingham Court.
April 3, a civil problem was reported in the parking lot of Climate Master on Jay Drive.
April 2, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at the ABC Store in Blakeley Square Shopping Center on Spanish Fort Boulevard. Liquor valued at $83 was stolen.
April 1, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Best Buy in the Eastern Shore Plaza on Eastern Shore Boulevard. A Motorola cell phone, valued at $219, was stolen. The phone was recovered.
April 1, Chad S. Jones, 27, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Best Buy in the Eastern Shore Plaza.
Cookeville TN
Eric Frank Jones age 18 of Rickman, TN was arrested for Shoplifting at Hills IGA on N. Washington Ave after Cookeville Police Officer Harrington responded. Mr. Jones consumed several items while in the store and concealed the wrappers. Jones would not cooperate with Police. Jones was charged with theft under $500 and transported to jail.
Kimberly Tasha Woolfrom age 20 of Crossville, TN was arrested and charged with Trespassing and Shoplifting at Wal-Mart on S. Jefferson Ave after Cookeville Police Officer Ward responded and found that Ms. Woolfrom had been banned from all Wal-Mart Stores and Police found items she could not show a receipt for from Wal-Mart on her person.
Daphne AL
April 20, Luke Daniel Stewart, 19, of Spanish Fort was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 20, Timothy Darwin Steiner, 19, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 20, Amanda Nicole Raley, 24, of Fairhope was charged with two counts of third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 3, Rachel Elizabeth Singler, 27, of Fitzpatrick was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 3, Joshua Matthew Singleton, 30, of Fitzpatrick was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
WOODBRIDGE NJ — Police arrested a Macy’s employee late Tuesday after he allegedly stuffed three T-shirts in his pants and tried to leave the store.
Omar Bailey, 30, of East Orange was stopped by security guards at the Woodbridge Center store at 10 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Officers responded and arrested him for a $289 warrant out of East Orange.
Bailey, who works in the receiving area of the store, was released after posting bail at police headquarters, police said. Macy’s security guards said they would sign complaints against him at a later date.
Millville NJ
John Reginald Lee, 47, of Buck Street was arrested Wednesday at ShopRite on a shoplifting charge. Police said it was his second shoplifting arrest that day. He was jailed on $1,500 bail.
Cincinnati OH
A security guard at the Walgreens in North College Hill stopped a wheelchair bound suspect from leaving the store with unpaid goods.
The incident happened at 1:45 this morning. Police say 60 year old Robert Hurt of College Hill tried to put $100 dollars in soap products into his backpack at the Walgreens on Hamilton Avenue. A store security guard noticed the alleged theft.
Hurt, who gets around in a motorized scooter, was stopped in the parking lot by the security officer. When he tried to get away, the security guard grabbed the scooter and forcibly held it to keep Hurt from leaving the scene until police arrived.
Hurt is charged with theft.
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Edmond officers arrested Ronnetta Baker, 26, after she left an Old Navy store.
“This isn’t just a personal shopper, but a personal shoplifter,” said Glynda Chu of the Edmond Police Department. “What she would do is go in and steal from stores all around the area and then sell them to her customers at half the price of what they would go for at the store.”
Chu said Baker’s scheme ended when she went into the Old Navy store. The store had banned her for stealing, but called police after she threatened a clerk.
“The officer approached her at her car and saw all these things with tags still on them in the back seat,” Chu said. “She would steal things for $4 or $6, and this time, over $270 of clothing.”
She faces felony charges of concealing stolen property and criminal conspiracy.
Police are trying to decide whether to charge the people who sent “orders” to Baker via text message.
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A self-checkout cashier on Thursday noticed that two women reportedly scanned and paid for $70 worth of goods, but that the bagged groceries in their carts appeared worth much more.
When the self-checkout cashier asked to see their receipt, the women took off.
The store official also found two packages of recently developed pictures.
Christy McGaw’s name and phone number were on the envelopes, and she returned to the store when called. Tammy Sharp, 37, came with her and admitted being with McGaw, 40, when the self-checkout cashier tried to stop them.
McGaw, on probation following an earlier retail theft conviction, said she left to get more money from her car but decided to leave after realizing she’d left her wallet and money at home.
Both list the same home address in the 1800 block of Southeast Manth Lane and both are listed as unemployed.
Each faces a retail theft charge.
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Juan J. Rivera, 29, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown; Adeline M. Rodriguez, 18, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown, and Carmen M. Rodriguez, 23, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown, were charged with one count each of petit larceny. They were charged and released to appear in Ellicott Town Court later.
Slidell LA
Krista A. Giacona, 20, 831 Ashville Drive, Slidell, theft under $300 by shoplifting and possession of marijuana.
Emily M. Shockey, 19, 2119 Pine St., New Orleans, theft under $300 by shoplifting.
SIERRA VISTA AZ
douglasdispatch.com — Two Douglas men are accused of shoplifting after they were caught with merchandise from four area stores in their car on Friday.
Brandon M. Arevalo, 23, and Joseph G. Arvizu, 19, both of Douglas, allegedly stole a digital camera from Walmart in Sierra Vista around 12:30 p.m. by cutting the cable securing the item and then fled the scene with the camera, according to a Sierra Vista Police report.
Police spokeswoman Officer Tracy Grady said the two men returned to the store around 2 p.m. and were watched by security personnel who saw Arevalo and Arvizu allegedly attempt to steal two flat screen televisions. Their attempt to take the TVs “out through the garden center part of the store was unsuccessful,” Grady said.
The two suspects then went to their car and were driving out of the parking lot when they were stopped by Sierra Vista police, she said.
It was then the “plain sight doctrine,” came into play, the spokeswoman said.
Articles seen with in a person’s sight can be used to help build a case if a crime is suspected and other merchandise is seen, Grady said.
The items from three different stores at the Mall at Sierra Vista that were in the car also were reportedly shoplifted, she said, adding that during the search of the vehicle a concealed weapon was found
Dillard’s, Famous Footwear and Spencer Gifts were the three mall stores involved.
The two have been charged with shoplifting, attempted shoplifting and carrying a concealed firearm, Grady said.
Arevalo and Arvizu were taken to the Cochise County Jail facility in Sierra Vista where on Monday they were each being held on a $4,000 bond.
Vineland NJ
Sasha L. Green, 21, of Walnut Manor Apartments, was charged Sunday with shoplifting at Acme on South Main Road. She also was processed on two unrelated warrants. Green was transported to the Cumberland County Jail, where she was held in lieu of bail.
Chicago IL
A Midlothian man was accused of shoplifting at Chicago Ridge Mall after he fell from a ceiling while trying to hide, police said.
Laroy Getz, 29, of the 14300 block of South Kolin Avenue was charged with resisting arrest and retail theft in the March 4 incident, police said.
After he was spotted allegedly shoplifting at the mall, police said, Getz allegedly ran inside a nearby business where he removed several tiles from a ceiling and climbed up, before falling onto the floor, police said.
Bridgewater NJ
Rosario Scalici, 39, of Rockaway was charged with shoplifting a $100 Bluetooth at Costco in the Bridgewater Promenade.
Samar G. Zahalan, 25, of Newark was charged with shoplifting at Macy’s in Bridgewater Commons mall. A store security officer saw Zahalan place a $50 sweat shirt in her purse and leave the store, police said.
FRAMINGHAM MA – An Arthur Street woman was charged with shoplifting at the local Stop & Shop on Friday afternoon.
Patricia Acosta-Depinho, 26, of 204 Arthur St., was charged with shoplifting at the store around 12:35 p.m., police said
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Oak Lawn IL
Retail Theft- Lauren Green, 11929 Stewart Ave., Chicago, was charged with retail theft after store personnel at Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., spotted her stealing a pair of shoes and socks from the store March 12, police said.
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These are some recent shoplifting incidents and arrestes reportedly from around the country.
Salem NH
Sunday at 7 p.m., police said they arrested two Lawrence, Mass., women who tried to steal $2,000 worth of clothing from Macy’s at the mall.
Maribel Felix, 35, and Ana Santos, 28, were charged with felony shoplifting. They were held on $1,000 bail pending their arraignments.
Braintree MA
Janetha L. Dingle-Reid, 17, of Stoughton and a 15-year-old Stoughton girl were arrested on Wednesday evening, March 18 after allegedly stealing over $250 worth of clothing from Macy’s at the South Shore Plaza. Loss prevention officers detained the girls after exiting the store.
An inventory of their bags yielded the stolen Macy’s clothing, along with over $130 worth of clothing from Wet Seal, according to Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins.
Both girls were charged with larceny over $250 and receiving stolen property under $250.
Thiet Van Cao, 43, of Chelsea and Dzung Tien Nguyen, 40, of Randolph were arrested Friday morning, March 20 after allegedly stealing over $250 worth of perfume from Sears at the South Shore Plaza.
Loss prevention officers watched the men conceal the perfume in Cao’s shopping bags and Nguyen’s pockets, according to Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins.
Police and loss prevention officers stopped the men as they approached their vehicle. They were both charged with larceny over $250.
In an unrelated incident, over $2000 worth of perfume was stolen from Macy’s on Friday morning. There are no suspects in this theft.
On Saturday afternoon, March 21, Mattie M. Smith, 33, of Lynn was arrested after allegedly running from the Burlington Coat Factory with two bags of stolen clothing.
Smith discarded two other bags at the door. The thirty-eight items of clothing were valued at over $500, according to Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins.
A store employee told Officer Paul Venuto that she confronted Smith after she exited the store and activated the security sensor tag alarm. Smith dropped two of her bags and ran to her car with the other two bags, but dropped them in the parking lot as she approached her vehicle.
The employee pointed Smith out to the officers and Detective Jeffrey Jernegan detained her at her car. Smith was placed under arrest and charged with larceny over $250.
Salina KY
Two Salina men were arrested Monday afternoon in connection with the theft of DVDs and video games from Walmart. According to the Salina police, Mason J. Reeves, 28, 611 N. 13th, and Kyle T. Koochel, 20, 2407 Melrose, were arrested about 5 p.m. on charges of theft and criminal trespass; both had been previously barred from entering the store, said Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield. Reeves was also arrested on a charge of obstruction of justice.
Millville NJ
Session Brown, 40, of the 100 block of South 2nd Street, was arrested on Monday at Save-A-Lot in the 700 block of North High Street on a shoplifting charge and a warrant for contempt, and transported to the Cumberland County Jail and held on $120.
Caitlin Marie Dever, 24, of the 600 block of Whittier Avenue, Cape May, was charged with shoplifting on Monday at the Save-A-Lot on North High Street and released pending a court date.
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Police arrested a Massillon man accused of attacking Wal-Mart store security officers — twice— as he fled with a box of car speakers and a can of brake fluid.
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Theft of $3.26 item turns into robbery www.privateofficer.com
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Police said that when Logan Lynn Campbell, 18, of Diana was stopped by Wal-Mart security and told to come back inside he began fighting with them and injured one security officer escalating the theft charge to robbery.
Campbell was subdued and police arrested him and transported him to the county detention where he remains jailed on a $7,500 bond, charged with one count of robbery.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.Feb 27 2009
Police said that the suspect, thirty seven year-old Steve Fumando was subdued and has been arrested on several charges after the 5:30 p.m. incident, in which the Great Kills man allegedly “went crazy” after being caught trying to steal a Blu-Ray DVD player.
When security stopped Fumando, he allegedly began fighting and punching the security officers. He is now charged with misdemeanor assault, harassment, and petit larceny, and is jailed in lieu of $1,500 bail.
Kimberly Bethie, one of the loss prevention agents said that the 6-foot, 220-pound Fumando tried to choke her during the assault.
Both security agents received minor injuries during the incident.
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Robert Harold Gordon, 44, was charged with felony theft of more than $500 after the reported incident at a Wal-Mart on Frankel Way in Cockeysville, authorities said Thursday.
A woman, possibly the officer’s wife,Daniela Gordon, 40, was also charged with the same offense.
Loss prevention agents report that the two purchased about $150 worth of items Tuesday afternoon but tried to steal more than $1,100 worth of items by concealing them under their other purchases and their coats. The report does not identify what the merchandise was.
When a store loss prevention agent stopped them, according to security, the two told them they were just going to their vehicle to get their checkbook. At that point the two were taken into custody and the county police notified.
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A Winnsboro woman was arrested by West Monroe police Sunday night after she allegedly tried to run over two Wal-Mart employees in the store’s parking lot.
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natchezdemorcrat.com — Another arrest has been made in connection with acts of embezzlement and shoplifting at the Natchez Walmart, and police officials say they expect more to come.
Over the past few weeks, the Natchez Police Department has been working in conjunction with Walmart in making arrests on five cashiers and one door greeter for allegedly shoplifting or embezzling $7,935.94 worth of merchandise.
Now, Angie Council, 21, 101 Highway 33, Fayette, has been arrested on charges of embezzlement for allegedly taking $1,243.48 in goods.
Sgt. Craig Godbold said Council was identified as a suspect through Walmart’s internal investigation, and an affidavit was signed for her arrest on Jan. 27.
“We had been trying to get her to turn herself in,” Godbold said. “(Tuesday) we gave her a choice of either turning herself in or we’d come get her.”
She turned herself in on Tuesday.
Godbold said Walmart is still identifying other employees involved in the scam in which employees are only charged a minimal amount of money for a large amount of items.
Clothes, electronics, food and more have been taken from Walmart at discounted prices in the total amount of $9,179.42.
The employees have allegedly been ringing each other up, but only charging each other for a few items among many.
The items were scanned across the device that would deactivate the barcode, thus preventing the items from setting off the store alarm. But most items were not scanned by the device that charges the items.
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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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A security guard was attacked on Wednesday as he tried to take a shoplifting suspect into custody, police said.
Daniel Gerard Smith, 21, of Dorchester was arrested after the 8:16 p.m. fracas in a Natick Collection parking garage, but two other suspects got away, police spokesman Lt. Brian Grassey said.
Lord & Taylor security guards were watching a man and a woman they said they recognized from a previous theft. The woman, who has not been identified, grabbed eight to 10 pairs of $110 gloves, and the couple, along with another man, left the store.
Police believe all three were working together, Grassey said.
Security caught up with them as the group entered the parking garage. Security guards grabbed the woman and she dropped the gloves. The men had climbed into a van.
“As (the security guard) was trying to take the woman into custody, (Smith) jumped out of the van and hit him in the head,” said Grassey. “This forced (the guard) to let go of the woman so he could defend himself.”
While the security guard and Smith struggled, the woman grabbed several of the pairs of the gloves, jumped in the van and drove away with the other man, the lieutenant said.
Several people called police to report the fight. Mall security came out and helped the Lord & Taylor security guard take Smith into custody, Grassey said.
The store believes the two who got away had $880 worth of gloves from the store.
Smith, of 20 Patterson St., was charged with assault and battery, disturbing the peace and larceny of property worth more than $250.
Smith was scheduled to be arraigned yesterday in Natick District Court, but a clerk said he had not been arraigned by 4 p.m. and the results of the arraignment would not be available until today.
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Sheriff’s deputies say two women and two teenage girls face theft charges after they were seen removing hundreds of dollars worth of clothing from two department stores.
The suspects hid the clothes in handbags and carried them to a vehicle parked outside, according to Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports.
On Tuesday, security with Bealls at 9598 S.W. 114th St. told deputies they saw four women – later identified as Amy Renee Hope, 46, Karlyn R. Zanders, 20, and two teens, ages 17 and 16 – enter with handbags and walk around the store.
The witnesses said the four entered separate dressing rooms, and, when they left, their bags were full. The four then went to a white, four-door Lincoln.
At the Wal-Mart at 9570 S.W. State Road 200, deputies said the four ran into the store, grabbed clothing and ran out. Store officials estimate the total loss at $802.92.
Deputies caught the women in the parking lot of Big Lots at 8602 S.W. SR 200.
Hope and Zanders were taken to the Marion County Jail, while the teens were taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center.
The four were also issued trespass warnings.
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Three people suspected in last month’s attack with an electric stun gun during a shoplifting incident were arrested after being detained on suspicion of theft at the Knoxville Center mall.
Knoxville Police Department Officer Josh Hurst responded at 7:52 p.m. Monday to a shoplifting call at JCPenney at Knoxville Center, said KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk.
When Hurst arrived, he recognized the detained trio as the suspects wanted in connection with the Dec. 29, 2008, attack on an employee of the Best Buy store at 8925 Town and Country Circle. In that 6:46 p.m. incident, a Best Buy employee was struck by a stun gun on the arm or shoulder after he demanded a receipt from the trio for two laptop computers they were carrying.
The employee was not seriously injured but was treated at a hospital.
DeBusk said the arrested people are Brandi Marie Berry, 21, of Clinton who was being held in jail in lieu of $12,500 bond on two counts of assault and two charges of shoplifting; Dustin Norman Sanborn, 21, of Knoxville who was being held in jail on a $15,500 bond on charges of theft, violation of probation, aggravated robbery and possession of drug paraphernalia; and Apollo Lance Nicholes, 23, of Powell who was held in jail in lieu of $4,000 bond on charges of theft by shoplifting, evading arrest and resisting halt and frisk.
Nicholes also was held for Roane County authorities on a violation of probation charge stemming from previous convictions of voluntary manslaughter and felony recklessness, DeBusk said.
DeBusk said the investigation into the trio did not turn up the electric stun gun allegedly used at Best Buy.
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Rome GA.
Two residents were arrested Sunday afternoon on shoplifting charges, reports stated.
According to Floyd County jail records:
Christopher Robert Blake, 20, of 361 Potts Road in King-ston, and Katie Carol Hartley, 20, of 20 Oak Street in Rome, were both charged with theft.
According to reports, they both attempted to take the same items from Wal-Mart SuperCenter on Redmond Circle without paying.
The items included: zebra-striped shorts, valued at $7, DVD RW 25-pack, valued at $26.44 and a plug-in air fresh-ener, valued at$4.64.
Bail is set for each of them at $1,350.
Richmond KY
An alleged shoplifter at Walmart was arrested Wednesday on theft and drug possession charges.Angela Shepherd, 32, of Sally Branch Road, Richmond, was arrested and charged with theft by unlawful taking, less than $300, first-degree possession of a controlled substance and giving a false name to a police officer.Police say Shepherd was detained by Walmart employees for allegedly taking $42 in merchandise.During her arrest, Shepherd gave police a false name, and two oxycodone pills were found in her wallet.Shepherd was lodged in the Madison County Detention Center.
19-year-old Lewes woman is accused of shoplifting at a store where she already was banned for stealing. Melanie W. Payton, 19, of the 17000 block of Callaway Drive was spotted by security workers as a previous offender at about 9:40 p.m. Friday when she walked into the Wal-Mart in the 18000 block of Rehoboth Beach Blvd. in Rehoboth Beach, state police said. She was seen putting a DVD into a diaper bag and entering a restroom. Security workers found an empty DVD case in the restroom after Payton left. The security workers detained Payton until she was arrested by state troopers and charged with shoplifting and breach of release.
North Cornwall PA.
RETAIL THEFT: Chirese Kelly, 18, of 750 Mifflin St. was charged with taking $54 in merchandise from Kohl’s, 1261 Quentin Road, at 8:32 p.m. Dec. 16, police said.
RETAIL THEFT: Jennifer Gomez, 18, Lebanon, and a 14-year-old girl from New York, whose name was not released, were charged with failing to pay for merchandise totaling $93 at Kohl’s, 1261 Quentin Road, at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
RETAIL THEFT: Nicole M. O’Leary, 22, of 201 W. Washington Ave., Myerstown, was charged with taking a vacuum sweeper worth $399 without paying for it at Wal-Mart, 101 N. Londonderry Square, at 4:15 p.m. Dec. 14, police said.
A Heartland woman has been cited for shoplifting, after she’s caught with merchandise from an Oakview Mall store, without a receipt.
The police report was filed on Friday, December 19th.
According to the report, mall security officers were called to Claire’s because employees believed she was shoplifting items from the store.
When security approached her they asked, “What happened?” the woman allegedly replied, “I did not steal anything”, after a check of her bag officers took her and the merchandise back to the store where an employee identified it as items stolen from the store.
Thirty year old Desaray Surdeson was cited, 13 items of girls clothing returned to the store. The value of the merchandise was less than $70. According to the report Surdeson told officers she had no money for Christmas gifts.
Twin Falls Police say 23 year old Dagon Williams was allegedly seen shoplifting by another customer, who alerted employees.
Police say staff confronted Williams as he was leaving the store, while several customers helped detain Williams.
Police allege he was trying to take a mini-dvd player and a candy bar.
Williams faces charges of aggravated assault, willful concealment, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of a controlled substance.
Twin Falls Police say they found both meth and marijuana in Williams possession.
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Officers arrived at the store and searched the shoplifter and found drugs and an outstanding warrant.
Knight was transported to Jail and held on a bond.
Security at WalMart also made several other shoplifting arrests including:
Tosha Lynn Reardean age 24 of Cookeville and Amanda D Davis age 20 of Cookeville were cited for shoplifting at Walmart on s. Jefferson Avenue. The two were trying to take Tshirts without paying for them.
Andreas Bethel Allen age 40 of Sparta, TN was arrested after Cookeville Police were dispatched to WalMart on S. Jefferson regarding a shoplifter.
Christine Virginia Wheeler age 58 of Deer Lodge, TN was cited for Shoplifting at WalMart on S. Jefferson. WalMart Loss Prevention reported that Ms. Wheeler exited the store with merchandise concealed in her purse.
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Police surrounded a Phoenix home Tuesday where two women hid after they allegedly shoplifted at a Walmart and then hit a store employee with their car as they left the parking lot, Phoenix police said.
Catrina Cheatham, 33, and Kristina Miles, 29, were seen by an employee pushing a shopping cart out the front door of the store near 35th and Southern avenues without paying for the items inside.
They quickly got into their car after loading the stolen items and backed into a security guard as he pulled an elderly woman out of the way, said Jon Howard, a Phoenix police officer.
When Cheatham, the driver, failed to pull over for police, they tracked the license plate to a residence at 23rd Avenue and Baseline Road where both women went inside, police said.
They surrendered and were arrested after a brief standoff with police.
Miles was booked on suspicion of one count of shoplifting and an unrelated warrant, a minor offense.
Cheatham were booked on suspicion of one count of aggravated assault and two counts of unlawful flights from a police officer, both serious felonies that could keep her in jail for at least a year, Howard said. She was also booked on suspicion of one count of shoplifting.
Police said they do not know if the women were on drugs at the time.
The security guard had no major injuries and refused medical care.
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Woman charged 3 times with shopifting in less than a week www.privateofficer.com
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www.privateofficer.com – Police say that they were called to three different shoplifting incidents involving the same woman during the Christmas holidays.
Police said that they were first called to the Dillard’s store on Tuesday, where loss prevention personnel had apprehended Sherri Tipton.
But officers said that Tipton returned to the same Dillard’s in Clarksville again on Wednesday, which is when officers took her into custody instead of writing her a citation. She was booked in at the jail and bonded out later that day.
Most people might be scared to steal at this point a police spokesperson said but police were called to the local Dollar General on Friday and that’s where they found Ms. Tipton again in trouble for stealing.
Police are not sure why Tipton has turned to a way of crime or if they’ll be dealing with her again anytime soon but warn that if they get any more calls about her, she’ll be locked up each time.
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Shoplifters get banned from all Wal-Mart stores www.privateofficer.com
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http://www.privateofficer.com/—Officials of the nationas largest retailer said that women from Coffee County Tennessee have been banned from every Wal-Mart store in the nation.
Police said the two tried to steal 22 items from the Wal-Mart in McMinnville Tennessee, a town outside of Nashville. The two also tried to swipe a personalized birthday cake according to loss prevention personnel.
Nastaljia Holmes and Antonica Winton were apprehended by security leaving the store and arrested. Everything was recovered and the two were banned from the store.
Because the cake was personalized, the store said it couldn’t resell it, so on top of being banned and spending 10 days in jail, the women must also pay $20 — the cost of the cake.
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Deputies arrested Shannon Suzanne Roughgarden, 24, of 7810 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., and Barbara-Jean Prieto, 22, of 8075 Tiger Cove, Naples, about 3:45 p.m. near Macy’s on suspicion of theft.
Deputies said Macy’s in-store security saw Roughgarden and Prieto place a variety of clothing in shopping bags, a diaper bag and a purse.
Between them, Roughgarden and Prieto had more $1,026 in merchandise in their bags, deputies said.
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Authorities arrested a 19-year-old Dover woman after a shoplifting incident gone bad. Police said that the suspect is accused of attacking a store security agent after trying to steal numerous pieces of clothing and trying to flee from security.
According to store security at the TJ Maxx on US 13, Samantha Spruance of the 3000 block of McKee Road was caught taking the clothing at about 6:30 p.m. Friday and security attempted to stop her from leaving the store according to Lt. Steve Getek, a Dover police spokesman.
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A 37-year-old woman from Detroit was arrested after being naughty in a Target Store in Southfield.
The woman was arrested about 4:15 p.m. Thursday after store security officers said she tried to use a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for $20 worth of merchandize, according to Lt. Nick Loussia. The suspect was turned over to Southfield Police, who found several other counterfeit bills in her possession, he said.
The U.S. Secret Service, the federal agency that oversees counterfeit currency cases, was called. “They will assist us in this case,” Loussia said.
The woman was not identified pending her arraignment in 46th District Court.
Rome GA. Rome Police arrested two Wednesday on shoplifting, drug and resiting arrest charges after Wal-Mart employees found one suspect had taken merchandise, reports stated.
Oscar Blaine Crosby, 45, of 7246 Rockmart Hwy. in Silver Creek and Bobby Joe Tidwell, 23, of 1252 Plesant Valley Road in Silver Creek, were both arrested at the West Rome Wal-Mart on Redmond Circle after Crosby was suspected of shoplifting.
When police approached the two, sitting in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in a white Ford Taurus, Crosby resisted arrest and ran from police into the woods behind the store after being pepper sprayed in the right eye.
The two remained at the Floyd County Jail this morning with no bail, with Crosby facing charges of theft by shoplifting and obstruction or hindering law enforcement officers along with a hold for Chattooga County.
Tidwell remains with no bail on felony possession of methamphetamines and a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug related objects.
Buffalo NY A man and a 13-year-old accomplice were arrested Thursday for allegedly trying to shoplift more than $1,700 worth of video games and DVDs from Target on Delaware Avenue, police said.
Target security alerted police to the alleged theft. Officials said the suspect, Craig M. Moss, 25, of Fenton Street, entered the store with the girl, whose name was not released.
Moss allegedly loaded up a plastic storage container placed inside a shopping cart with goods, then left the store.
Moss was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny and endangering the welfare of a child. The girl was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Fla — A suspected shoplifter threatened a loss prevention officer with a pruning tool, then ran into another store where deputies found him hiding behind a stack of shoes, according to an Indian River County Sheriff’s Office report.
Javoris Ladarius Thorpes, 18, of the 1600 block of 30th Avenue, was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, shoplifting, resisting arrest and resisting a merchant. He was being held in lieu of $9,000 bail at the Indian River County Jail.
A Dillard’s loss prevention officer spotted Thorpes at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday trying to leave the store at the Indian River Mall with two pairs of jeans stuffed into a handbag, the arrest affidavit said. The officer approached Thorpes, who threatened the man with a pruning tool and fled, the report said.
While running through the mall parking lot, an off-duty Sheriff’s dispatcher said she spotted Thorpes and warned him to stop as he fled into the wooded area in the 6300 block of 20th Street. Thorpes later emerged from the woods and went into a home goods store east of the mall. Deputies said Thorpes noticed them and ducked behind a stack of shoes.
Deputies later found Thorpes’ handbag with the jeans and the pruning tool.
FRAMINGHAM MA
A pair of Dorchester siblings Monday went on a shoplifting spree at Walmart while their unknowing mother shopped, police said.
Police arrested Chantaylor R. Perkins-King, 21, and her brother, Demounte D. Perkins-King, 17, at 11:55 a.m. after store security caught them leaving with shopping carts full of stolen items, Lt. Paul Shastany said.
The pair stole a combined $746 worth of items, with the most expensive being a $45 camera, the lieutenant said.
Other stolen items included hooded sweatshirts, jeans, an umbrella, bras, several packages of panties, knit pants, several sets of headphones, some knives, socks, a belt, purses, a wallet and a DVD.
The duo went to the store with their mother and Chantaylor’s children. The mother and her grandchildren got separated from the siblings, who store security said started filling their carriages.
Investigators do not believe the mother was involved.
“She said if she knew what was happening, she would have stopped it,” Shastany said.
The duo, both of 225 Norfolk St., were both charged with larceny of property worth more than $250.
Both were released without bail after pleading not guilty in Framingham District Court yesterday. They are due back in court on Jan. 26 for a pretrial conference.
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citizen news — A woman who was seen ripping open numerous perfume and cologne sets in a Cookeville store Friday ended up in jail, police said.
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Millville NJ Vanessa D. Mack, 38, of the 700 block of South Sixth Street, Vineland, was charged Friday with shoplifting at Wal-Mart on North 2nd Street. She was processed and released on a summons.
Tina Marie Rossi, 36, of the 300 block of East Oak Street, was charged Saturday with shoplifting at Kohl’s on North 2nd Street. She also was processed on an unrelated warrant and released on a summons.
Vineland NJ Carl D. Harrison, 48, of the first block of Spruce Street, was charged Tuesday with shoplifting clothing valued at $234 from Sears on West Landis Avenue. Harrison also was processed on multiple unrelated warrants. He was held in the county jail in lieu of bail.
Michael L. Powell, 20, of the 300 block of County Home Road, Warrenton, N.C., and Jadea R. Jones, of Highway 58 in Warrenton, N.C., were each charged Tuesday with shoplifting video games valued at a total of $93.08 from Sears on West Landis Avenue. They were processed and released on summonses.
Johnson City TN A 51-year-old Johnson City man who allegedly pulled a knife when store employees tried to stop him for leaving Whites, 1950 Roan, St. with stolen property has been arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault and shoplifting.
Johnson City Police say employees tried to stop Terrance Norman, 1009 Buffalo St., from leaving the store with stolen merchandise Saturday, but backed off when he pulled the knife. That got him out the door, but not much further.
According to the police press release, officers saw Norman’s vehicle on University Parkway, stopped it and arrested Norman.
He has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and shoplifting.
He is scheduled to appear in Washington County Sessions Court this afternoon.
Lee County Fla. A woman was nabbed Wednesday for shoplifting $932 worth of merchandise from the Neiman Marcus at the Miromar Outlets in Estero, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Hazel Roberts, 20, of 3344 Lincoln Boulevard, Fort Myers, was charged with larceny theft after deputies said she took 12 items of clothing from the store and ran into the parking lot without paying for them.Three employees gave chase and caught her as she reached her vehicle, deputies said. Roberts fought with the employees until two of them managed to grab her keys and restrain her, they said.
NASHUA NH Two women were arrested Sunday for allegedly stealing from local stores.Nashua police arrested Delores Mitchell, 53, of 9 Applewood Drive in Hudson, around 4:40 p.m. for allegedly stealing from Kohl’s on Gusabel Avenue, police said.Police were called to the store Nov. 19 around 9 p.m. when employees reported that a woman had shoplifted and fled the scene. Police reviewed security tape of the store, and paired with the license plate of the car Mitchell allegedly got into, obtained a warrant for her arrest, police said.Mitchell is charged with felony shoplifting and could face up to seven years in prison, police said.She was released on personal recognizance bail and will be arraigned in Nashua District Court on Dec. 31, police said.Kara McCarty, 19, of 1-3/4 South St., Nashua, was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, police said. She’s charged her with felony shoplifting for allegedly taking video games worth more than $500 from the Target at 600 Amherst St. on Nov. 29 and 30, police said.McCarty was held on $5,000 cash or surety bail pending her Monday arraignment.
JENSEN BEACH Fla — Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a 35-year-old woman after she tried stealing more than $400 worth of clothing from a Jensen Beach department store, according to a sheriff’s office report.
Spring Lyn Marriner took 24 various pieces of clothing off the racks at Kohl’s Department Store and concealed them within a stroller Friday, according to the report.
Marriner admitted to the theft and was very apologetic, according to the report.
Deputies arrested and charged her with retail theft of more than $300, which is a felony, according to the report. She was taken to the Martin County jail and bailed out later that day on $5,000.
Freemont NE Two men were arrested Sunday morning after being accused of shoplifting and fighting, Fremont Police reported.Jonathan M. Gunderson, 19, of Fremont was charged with obstructing a peace officer, a Class I misdemeanor, and minor in possession and disorderly conduct, Class III misdemeanors.Brian Gunderson, 22 of Fremont was charged with theft by shoplifting, a Class II misdemeanor.
Sgt. Bob Buer said officers were called at 3:18 a.m. Sunday to Kum & Go, 209 W. 23rd St., where Brian Gunderson was accused of entering the store, requesting a carton of cigarettes and then running out the door without paying. He was not arrested immediately following the incident.At about 5 a.m. Sunday, officers were called to the800 block of W. 10th Street because of a fight in progress. When officers arrived, Jonathan Gunderson took off running and was chased down by an officer.Buer said another officer recognized Brian Gunderson from the surveillance video at the store and then found several packs of the same brand of cigarettes that were stolen. A clerk at the store identified him.
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ORLEANS MA — A 24-year-old Chatham man was arrested on Main Street Monday afternoon after allegedly attempting to steal DVDs from the Super Stop & Shop at Cranberry Cove Plaza, police said.
Christopher Callender of Captains Landing was charged with shoplifting and larceny over $250, according to an Orleans Police Department press release said.
At about 3:15 p.m., police were called to the Stop & Shop for an alleged shoplifting incident, a police spokesman said. Officers were told a shoplifter had fled on foot after being confronted by store employees, the press release said.
The suspect allegedly dropped $858 worth of DVDs, which were tucked into store tote bags, near the front entrance before he fled, Stop & Shop employees told police.
Police learned the alleged shoplifter was picked up by a woman driving a green Pontiac Grand Prix, which is registered to Kelly Johnson of Yarmouth.
Police located the car on Main Street and stopped it, the press release said. Police searched the vehicle and found three tote bags full of DVDs and CDs in the trunk of the car. All were new but none were in their cellophane wrappers.
Callender told police the DVDs and CDs were all his, but he could not name the titles, the press release said. The goods were seized on the suspicion of being stolen.
Police said they later learned that Callender used to work at the Stop & Shop in Yarmouth but was let go last month for stealing DVDs.
Boston MA. Around 3:57PM, officers from District B-2 (Roxbury) were on patrol in the area of Warren and Quincy Streets when they were flagged down by down by a Walgreen’s employee and security guard.
Officers responded to the store and were informed that a store customer had just shoplifted numerous containers of deodorant and walked out of the store and failed to pay for them. The store employees then reported to officers that they followed the suspect outside the store and observed him walk to the rear of the store and steal a ladder that was lying behind the store.
Officers followed the direction that they were pointed and located the suspect a short while later carrying the ladder belonging to Walgreen’s, and a bag containing 16 containers of deodorant. The suspect, Cheval J. Holmes, 38, of Dorchester was arrested and charged with Larceny and Shoplifting. At the station, the suspect exclaimed, “Yeah, I stole that (expletive) and the ladder, that just slowed me down!”
Palm Desert Wal-Mart on Monterey Ave. Dalena Lopez, 22, of Palm Desert, was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting.
OCEAN SPRINGS MS — In unrelated shoplifting incidents three juveniles and two adults were arrested, Ocean Springs Police Department spokesman Michael Pol said.
Two 16-year-old boys were arrested last Wednesday and charged with one count each of shoplifting after they are accused of attempting to steal energy drinks, a video game and a digital camera from the U.S. 90 Wal-Mart.
In another incident Sunday, a 14-year-old girl was arrested on a shoplifting charge after she allegedly attempted to steal a gift set from the Family Dollar store.
Also last Wednesday, Beverly M. Wilson, 66, of Hastings Road, Gautier, and Lynda G. Bell, 60, of Lampkin Road, Moss Point, were arrested after a Wal-Mart employee caught them allegedly attempting to steal two bracelets and a watch from the store.
ROCHESTER NH — A Columbus Avenue resident who allegedly stole products from Family Dollar Store on Main Street and Sears in the Lilac Mall faces felony shoplifting charges because she has two prior shoplifting convictions and is being held on $5,000 cash-only bail.Heidi Rainier, 38, of 20 Columbus Ave., 307, appeared in District Court on Thursday via video from the House of Corrections to answer to two felony shoplifting charges.One charge alleges Rainier stole a “five-piece combo kit” from Sears in the Lilac Mall, an item valued at $259.99, on Nov. 12. The other charge alleges that on Nov. 19, Rainier stole merchandise from Family Dollar Store on Main Street, including clothing, a handbag and a feminine product, with an accumulated value of about $51.Rainier was previously convicted of shoplifting out of Rochester District Court on April 4, 2006, and Feb. 8, 2007.Rainier is being held on $5,000 cash-only bail. If she posts, Rainier will be monitored by Strafford County Community Corrections and is ordered to have no entry into Sears or Family Dollar Store. Assistant County Attorney Dorothy Walch explained she requested the cash-only bail because Rainier has prior felony charges, failures to appear and bail jumping. Rainier also has a suspended sentence over her head, Walch said.”She’s a flight risk,” Walch said.
SACRAMENTO, Calif Mall security cameras captured the images of a man who was apparently teaching a young boy how to rob and steal, according to authorities, reports CBS station KOVR-TV in Sacramento.Police say the man was showing the boy how to steal from Arden Fair Mall stores by sneaking in through the employee entrances.”He was basically mentoring this child in how to commit a burglary,” said security director Steve Reed.The pair was then caught on camera breaking into an unmarked police car in the mall parking lot, making off with a duffel bag.Authorities are searching for the man and the boy, and say they will look into charging the man with child endangerment. They note that the boy had a cast on one arm, and hope someone will come forward with information.
MILLTOWN, Del. Delaware State Police say a man trying to steal GPS units from a store punched a security officer and fled.
It happened about 7:40 p.m. Wednesday at the Kohl’s Department Store in Milltown.
Troopers say the man placed eight GPS units in a shopping cart and covered them with a sweat shirt. The store security officer went outside the store near the fire exit, and the suspect left through those doors with the unpaid-for merchandise.
Police say the security officer confronted the suspect, who punched him twice in the face. The suspect then took off in a car without the merchandise.
DOVER, Del.- A Felton man is facing shoplifting and related charges after being accused of stealing cologne from a department store and then leading police on a high-speed chase.
Dover police say that on Friday, Nov. 28 at 1:30 p.m., 22-year-old Christopher Russom stole cologne from the Sears in the Dover Mall. Police say responding officers spotted Russom leaving the mall in a red Ford Mustang. Police started to pursue Russom and discontinued the chase, due to traffic conditions.
Police were able to obtain a registration number that led to Russom’s arrest on Sunday, Nov. 30. Russom was charged with shoplifting, resisting arrest, second-degree reckless endangering, failure to stop on command, reckless driving and 11 other traffic-related charges. He was released after posting $11,400 secured bond.
Casper WY A Casper man faces allegations he assaulted a Wal-Mart security officer who suspected him of trying to shoplift football cards and a calculator on Black Friday.John David Christensen, 24, was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of assault after the security officer reported the incident at the westside Wal-Mart.The security officer told police he saw Christensen allegedly conceal a calculator and 11 packs of pro football cards inside a plastic tote box, according to a police officer’s sworn statement. The security officer said he was punched and elbowed when he tried to stop Christensen from leaving the store.The security officer, with the help of another employee, got control of Christensen and handcuffed him.
Police who responded noticed a red lump on the security officer’s forehead, along with a couple of small cuts on his head, the affidavit states.Christensen denied stealing anything from the store, according to police. He was arrested and booked into Natrona County Detention Center.The calculator and football cards were valued at $69.15.
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kgw.com. — Seven people were arrested in connection with what police think was an elaborate shoplifting ring in downtown Portland.
Portland police said a handful of workers at downtown businesses were buying the stolen merchandise.
Back in September, police said they found stolen goods while arresting drug suspect 29-year-old James Younce
Investigators said Younce confessed to them that he was selling it to a number of food cart vendors and businesses including a food cart at SW 9th and Alder.
Police started surveillance on all of the businesses as undercover agents sold what they said was stolen merchandise to vendors in the 300-block of Southwest 5th.
They would buy everything from socks and designer jeans to perfume and Game boys.
Investigators some of the buyers even gave the undercover officers shopping lists full of things they wanted.
Arrested were; 37-year-old Anna Maria Saucedo, 35-year-old Adrian Saldana-Galvez, 34-year-old Nohemi Mendez-Rivera, 22-year-old Octavio Hernandez, 33-year-old Maria Baltierra, 68-year-old Enriqueta Quezada, charged with attempted theft and solicitation to commit theft.
Younce was arrested on a drug warrant. Police said the victimized stores cooperated in the undercover investigation.
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