Booster bag gang given prison time in thefts www.privateofficer.com

FRONT ROYAL VA May 23 2010 — Two men were sentenced in Warren County Circuit Court this week for orchestrating multiple shoplifting schemes at the same retail store two years ago as part of what prosecutors have called a booster gang.

Virgil Edwin Watson III, 22, of 1041 Martin St., Stephens City, convicted by a jury in March on three counts of felonious petty larceny — which involved stealing merchandise from Target valued at less than $200 — after having previously been convicted of larceny two or more times; and one count of grand larceny involving stolen goods from Target valued at $200 or more. Watson was indicted on those charges in December. After rendering its verdict, the jury recommended that Watson be sentenced to 81⁄2 years in prison.

Prosecutors say the shoplifting offenses were committed during four separate incidents between May 10 and July 14, 2008. Watson pleaded not guilty to all charges when he was arraigned in January. According to prosecutors and information contained in court records, Watson and as many as three accomplices entered the Target store at 10 Crooked Run Plaza numerous times and stole items such as video game accessories and memory sticks. A co-defendant in the case, Matthew Taylor Edwards, 22, of 108 Downing Circle, Stephens City, also was indicted in December on similar charges as Watson.

Edwards, who pleaded not guilty to all charges in March, was supposed to have a bench trial Tuesday morning. However, he instead pleaded guilty to one count of grand larceny as part of an agreement he and his attorney, Daryl Funk, reached with the commonwealth. Three other counts of misdemeanor petty larceny against Edwards were dismissed as part of the plea deal. Judge Dennis L. Hupp sentenced Edwards to a year in jail, and suspended the entire term. Hupp also ordered Edwards to serve one year of supervised probation.

Watson, however, received a stricter punishment for his role in the larcenies.

Although Hupp indicated that the jury’s recommendation was harsher than sentences that are usually given in these type of cases, he nonetheless sentenced Watson to a total of 81⁄2 years in prison. The judge suspended a four-year sentence he levied for the grand larceny charge, leaving 41⁄2 years for Watson to serve. Hupp also ordered Watson to serve four years supervised probation upon his release and pay $514.88 in restitution, a portion of which he and Edwards will be jointly responsible for.

Watson’s attorney, Kathleen Griffin, pointed out the disparity between the sentences given to Watson and Edwards during Tuesday’s hearing. However, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Nicholas L. Manthos said the jury recommended a rational punishment for Watson based on testimony and video evidence that proved he and his accomplices kept going back to Target with every intent to steal merchandise.

Manthos also argued that Watson had a chance to take a much softer deal that would have resulted in a lighter sentence. Instead, Manthos said, Watson freely chose to reject any plea agreement and put his fate in the hands of a jury. Manthos said it was not clear who was the ringleader of the group who stole items from Target.

The range of punishment on each petty larceny charge Watson was facing is one to five years in prison, while the sentencing range for grand larceny is one to 20 years.

Security guard charged with murder in Florida www.privateofficer.com

Coconut Creek Fla Oct 25 2009
A man barged into his ex-girlfriend’s Coconut Creek home on Saturday, stabbing her and killing a friend when he tried to protect her, police said.
Paul Gayle, a 28-year-old security guard with a state-issued weapons license, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and armed burglary.
Coconut Creek police said Joy Stewart, 36, ended her relationship with Gayle last week and was spending Friday evening with a friend she recently met: 32-year-old Hasting Clarke.
But shortly after midnight Saturday, Gayle showed up at Stewart’s home on the 4100 block of Northwest 43rd Way.
He was planning to carry out a threat he’d made Thursday, said Detective Angela Hofer, a police spokeswoman.
After barging in, Gayle cornered Stewart in a room and stabbed her several times — but Clarke walked in to save her, Hofer said. Stewart seized the opportunity, grabbing a cordless home phone and driving off in her car while calling 911. Seconds later, she flagged down Officer Alejandro Escobar, who found her wounded and frantic.
He and three other officers rushed to her house and arrested Gayle, who was trying to get back into his car, police said.
They also found Clarke, who was killed during the fight.

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KY physical ed teacher accused of student relationship www.privateofficer.com

LOUISVILLE, KY Aug 5 2009 (WAVE) – A physical education teacher and girls basketball coach at Butler High School has been fired for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student. He’s also accused of accepting money from students so they could skip physical activities or have their grades changed.
Coach Michael “Eddy” Wilson taught physical education and coached girls basketball at Butler High School for several years with a good record, but recently, JCPS records indicate parents began coming forward with allegations they were hearing from their children about a relationship between Wilson and an unidentified student.
Parents and students registering for classes at Butler Monday were shocked by the allegations. “Teachers, in my perspective, are there to teach me, not to do anything more,” said Tachae Sowell, an incoming freshman at Butler.
“It’s sickening, and it’s scary too,” said Thereasa Sowell, Tachae’s grandmother.
After reviewing the complaints, JCPS spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said school officials conducted an investigation.
“We did, after reviewing records and evidence, confirm that there was indeed an improper relationship with the student,” Roberts said. “I know everyone is asking does that mean there was a sexual relationship – we were not able to verify that. But there was indeed, based on phone records, an inappropriate relationship under way between the two of them.”
And according to cell phone records, the student and Wilson exchanged more than 555 text messages and calls totaling more than 5,000 minutes from December 2008 to April 2009 – and many of those calls and texts were after midnight.
JCPS’s investigation also revealed that Wilson allegedly took the student on a ski trip to Paoli Peaks in Paoli, Indiana, and that the two reportedly spent a lot of time together after school hours.
The investigation took an unexpected twist, Roberts says, because “students were being charged $3 to not participate in some activities such as running; and then in a couple of cases, there were some students who said their grades were improved based on paying. At least 100 students were able to tell us they paid money or had knowledge of others who tried to get out of class.”
According to the investigation, school officials found over $1,000 in Wilson’s desk. Wilson said he was going to use the money to pay the basketball team’s expenses.
Students registering for Butler told us they’re relieved Wilson won’t be there this year.
“I like gym, and I don’t want a teacher looking at me that way,” Sowell said. “I don’t’ like that type of attention from an adult.”
In a statement given by Wilson to JCPS, he said that he was just being a mentor to that student.
Wilson was hired at Butler in 2003, and had no previous disciplinary problems or complaints before being fired last week.
JCPS has notified Child Protective Services about the issue.

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Target security nabs “Peeping Tom” www.privateofficer.com

ATHENS, Ga. July 29 2009– Athens-Clarke County police have arrested a 26-year-old man for being a peeping Tom in the women’s room at a Target.
Police say Luis Mesqueda Hernandez was caught on security cameras by security personnel sneaking into the women’s bathroom at the store Sunday afternoon and using his cell phone to take photos of a woman.
The store’s security officers detained Hernandez until police arrived.
Hernandez was transported to the city jail and later released on bond.

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Police charge man with shooting Fla wildlife officer www.privateofficer.com

COCOA, Fla. July 18 2009 — Police in Brevard County said they’ve made an arrest in the shooting of a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer.
Police said 23-year-old Christopher Eddy was arrested after he was found hiding in a sand dune on Melbourne Beach.
FWC Officer Van Streety, a 10-year FWC veteran, was patrolling near the intersection of Satellite Boulevard and State Road 520 in Brevard County when he was shot multiple times during a routine stop.
“If I wanted to kill him, I could have,” Eddy said after he was arrested. “I shot him in his vest on purpose.”
Streety was saved by a bulletproof vest — and a special coin he had in his pocket, which helped stop one of the bullets. (See Images Of The Coin)
Police said Eddy was stopped by the officer, a struggle started and, according to reports, Eddy pulled out a gun and shot the officer several times.
Streety was attempting to arrest Eddy for warrants issued from Brevard County for multiple traffic violations, officials said.
Eddy said he shot the officer during the routine traffic stop because he had prior traffic tickets and had a warrant out for his arrest for driving without a license.
“I felt my freedom was being violated,” Eddy said. “It was just unjust they way they treated me. They pulled me over, gave me some traffic tickets and sent me right to the court.”
Investigators said they’ve been putting the pressure on Eddy and apparently he couldn’t take it anymore. They said he made one big mistake leading to his capture on Friday when he tried to steal a car from an armed neighbor.
Investigators said they brought the 46-hour manhunt to an end with “luck, intensity and aggression.”
Police said when Eddy tried to steal the car and he was approached by the armed homeowner, Eddy took off running.
“He kept yelling out to the homeowner, ‘I’m homeless, I’m homeless,’” said Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Major Andrew Walters. “You could see he was bug-bitten, but he did see a firearm.”
Walters said when police found Eddy, the fugitive emerged from the sand dunes and turned himself in.
“He led them to a makeshift camp he had been staying in and showed them the firearm,” Walters said.
On Thursday, Eddy’s girlfriend was arrested and is still being held in a Brevard County jail without bond.
A judge said that any attempt on the life of a law enforcement officer “tears at the fabric of our society” and that he wanted her to stay in jail until she comes before a jury on charges of accessory to attempted murder of a law enforcement officer.
Tammi Temple, 37, was arrested Thursday, the same day that what was later identified as a shrapnel bomb was found at her home.
Police found the shrapnel bomb when they served a search warrant at Temple’s home in Melbourne in connection with Wednesday night’s shooting of the FWC law enforcement officer.
Investigators said Temple was in the car with Eddy when he shot the officer. Police said she didn’t come to Streety’s aide but rather helped Eddy get away. Deputies said Floyd Johnson helped Eddy escape, as well. He has been charged with being an accessory after the shooting.
“All I want is a peaceful life,” Eddy said. “I just want some freedom. I guess I’ll never get out of jail for this dumb (expletive).”

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Women charged in flat screen TV caper www.privateofficer.com

SALEM MA May 21 2009 — Two women were arrested on shoplifting charges after allegedly trying to steal a flat-screen television from a local department store.
Police were called to Target at 205 S. Broadway about 3 p.m. Thursday, after store security workers spotted the women trying to leave the store with a 32-inch LCD television, police said.
Serrano Milagrosa, 22, of Wilmington, Mass., was charged with felony shoplifting and driving after her license was suspended. Leah Mullen, 33, of Derry was charged as an accomplice to shoplifting.
Police said Milagrosa had her 10-month-old child with her at the time of the theft.
“The friend (Mullen) was carrying the infant while the mother was cutting the security tags to the television,” Capt. Shawn Patten said.
The women allegedly left the store with the television, valued at $599, without paying for it.
Police stopped the women on Cluff Road and took them into custody without incident. The women told the officers who stopped them that they stole the television so they could trade it for heroin, police said. Milagrosa was held at the county jail on $5,000 bail. Mullen was released on $600 bail.

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Shoplifting news and arrests www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta GA March 29 2009
By: Toni Anthony
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Retail Theft Juan Ramirez, 20, 5917 W. Cermak Road, Cicero, was charged with retail theft after he was spotted stealing four bottles of tequila from Jewel, 9424 S. Pulaski Road, March 12, police said.

WEST ELLICOTT MD – Three Jamestown residents have been charged with petit larceny after allegedly being caught shoplifting at about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in K-Mart on Fairmount Avenue.
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.

Matthew L. Evan, 19, 405 Jupiter Drive, Chalmette, theft uner$300 by shoplifting.

Alicia Talavera, 22, 16 Sampson Lane, Picayune, Miss., theft under $300 by shoplifting.

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.

Jacquelin Hatch, 47, of the 200 block of North Sixth Street, was charged Sunday with shoplifting items valued at $34.36 from ShopRite on North Delsea Drive. She was processed and released on a summons

Lasean P. Bowser, 22, of the 1500 block of South East Avenue, was charged Sunday with shoplifting at Acme on South Main Road. He was processed and released on a summons.

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.

Monish Grover, 34, of Bridgewater was charged with shoplifting a $45 cordless mouse at Costco in the Bridgewater Promenade.

Patricia Acosta-Depinho, 44, of Warren was a charged with shoplifting a portable hard drive and Bluetooth car speaker kit valued at $180 at Costco in the Bridgewater Promenade.

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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These are recently reported arrests and shoplifting incidents from across the country.

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.

Indiana police officer nabbed by security for shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Kokomo IN Mar 26 2009

By: Brett Davis

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A Logansport police officer is under arrest, accused of shoplifting from a Target store in Kokomo.
Police charged 49-year-old Russell Bushaw with larceny after being apprehnded by store loss prevention agents. Bushaw is a 21-year veteran of the police force.

Police siad that the off-duty officer is accused of trying to walk off with three Blu-Ray DVDs this week. He was confronted by store security.

In light of the arrest, Assistant Police Chief Mike Morphet is defending the police force’s other 38 officers, saying Bushaw has been suspended and will be dealt with swiftly.

Bushaw has posted bond and has been released. Prosecutors are expected to file misdemeanor charges against him.

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EDISON NJ Mar 13 2009 — A Perth Amboy man was arrested on robbery and assault charges after he scuffled with a Target security agent who caught him shoplifting, police said.
The loss prevention agent told police he saw Johnathon Okeefe leaving the store with video games concealed in his waistband at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday. Okeefe, 36, put the games in his car and went back inside to take more games, Lt. Joseph Shannon said.
The agent said he then confronted Okeefe and the men wrestled each other to the ground before other security agents arrived to subdue Okeefe.
Store officials recovered 13 games, worth more than $300, from Okeefe, who was arrested and charged with robbery and aggravated assault, Shannon said. He was taken to the Middlesex Adult Correction Center, then released after posting bail.
The security officer, 32, suffered a cut to his right hand.

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Repeat offender charged in shoplifting incident http://www.privateofficer.com

Mesa AZ Mar 3 2009
A Mesa woman was arrested Sunday in a Target parking lot in Mesa on suspicion of shoplifting multiple times from the store, police said.
Andrea M. McDevitt, 47, allegedly entered the store at 1135 S. Gilbert Road with a large black jacket draped over the child seat of a shopping cart, police said.
The suspect then put health and beauty items, batteries, chargers and an MP3 player in the jacket and attempted to leave the store without paying, police reports stated
McDevitt allegedly cut the electronics off their hooks with small clippers and also had a pocketknife on her, police said.
According to Target employees, McDevitt had been in the store numerous times in the past, police said.
A criminal background check on the suspect revealed that McDevitt was convicted of shoplifting in July 2007 and last August. McDevitt also had an outstanding felony warrant for a probation violation outside of Maricopa County, police said.
Overall, McDevitt faces three counts of shoplifting for the incident Sunday and for two other incidents in mid-February, Mesa police said.

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Target security agents injured when shoplifter goes berserk www.privateofficer.com

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.Feb 27 2009

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http://www.privateofficer.com/ Two Target loss prevention agents were assaulted when they stopped a shoplifter. Both security officers suffered minor injuries during the incident on Monday after a shoplifter went berserk and tried to choke them, police said.
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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Valley Stream NY Feb 13 2009
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A shoplifter who was resisting arrest tried to pull a razor knife on police officers Wednesday in a Valley Stream store parking lot, Nassau police said.

Alty Adamson, 42, of Brooklyn, faces charges of assault, weapons possession and resisting arrest, police said.

Security guards at a Target store at 500 W. Sunrise Hwy. saw Adamson take MP3 players and two Livescribe pens valued at around $700, then walk out of the store without paying, police said.When police officers tried to arrest him he ran off, then struggled and flailed his arms as he tried to take a razor knife out of his pocket, police said.

An officer broke a finger while arresting him.
Adamson, of 1704 St. Johns Place, is charged with assault, weapon possession, petit larceny, resisting arrest, possession of burglary tools and disorderly conduct.

He was scheduled for arraignment Thursday at First District Court, Hempstead.

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LEXINGTON, S.C.Feb 7 2009
state.com — A South Carolina elementary school teacher was being held on charges of committing or trying to commit lewd acts with two teenage girls.
Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Roger Bilbo of Lexington was arrested and charged Thursday.

The State newspaper reported that Bilbo was being held on a $100,000 bond.
Lexington District 2 said that Bilbo is on administrative leave with pay.
Assistant superintendent Jim Hinton says Bilbo teaches at Herbert A. Wood Elementary but was charged for activities while serving as basketball coach at Pine Ridge Middle School.
A warrant states the incidents occurred between Oct. 1 and Jan. 22 at the school during school events.
The girls, both under age 16, reported the incidents to school officials and Pine Ridge police.
It was unclear Friday if Bilbo had a lawyer.

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High school student charged with armed assault www.privateofficer.com

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Allentown PA Feb 7 2009
A 17-year-old Allen High School boy was charged as an adult with trying to stab a man with a pair of scissors Thursday afternoon in front of the school, according to court records.

An Allentown police officer and a school security guard who were monitoring school dismissal saw what was happening and were able to stop David J. Gibbs of 131 S. Hall St. before he could injure the unidentified victim, who Assistant Chief Ron Manescu said vanished with the wave of students leaving the school at 3:06 p.m.

Police said Gibbs took several swipes with the scissors to the victim’s neck.The police officer said the incident happened in front of the school in the 100 block of N. 17th Street when Gibbs ran toward the victim with a pair of 5- to 6-inch scissors protruding between his fingers.

He took four to five punch-like thrusts to the victim’s neck and back with the point of the scissors sticking out from between his fingers, according to court documents.
Gibbs was taken down by the officer and security guard before the intended victim was injured. Gibbs admitted stealing the scissors from the school and putting them between his fingers because he ”thought there would a problem outside after school,” police said.

Gibbs was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possessing an instrument of crime, reckless endangerment, possession of a weapon on school property and simple assault.

He was arraigned before District Judge Patricia Engler and sent to Lehigh County Prison under $150,000 bail, police said.

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Target employee charged in retail crime scam www.privateofficer.com

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St. Charles IL Jan 30 2009

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Loss prevention agents at a local Target store have arrested an employee for theft and conspiracy.
Cheryl Jean Mizak, 52, of the 4N100 block of Kenwood Avenue in West Chicago, was arrested Saturday and charged after repeated thefts while working as a cashier, according to store investigators.
The police report indicates Mizak used two different methods to steal. One was having a friend come to her register to buy items with coupons. Mizak would scan the coupons twice to lower the sale prices beyond what they would normally be.
.The second method was having a friend pay for items with Mizak’s Target debit card and request cash back. Mizak would then give the friend more cash than was requested.
Store security agents began investigating the thefts and took Mizk into custody and notified police.
The total amount the store lost was about $1,345.

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Pinellas Park FLA. Jan 24 2009

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A Largo woman was arrested on Jan. 8 after she allegedly tried to leave a store with $339 worth of assorted merchandise.

Aaron June Breunig, 21, was charged with grand theft, resisting a merchant and petit theft. She remains in the Pinellas County Jail in lieu of $7,750 bail.

Police said Breunig was at the Wal-Mart store, 8001 U.S. 19, at about 9:40 p.m. where she was observed by store security officers placing bags of merchandise in a shopping cart. The bags, police said, were previously filled and hidden in various sections of the store.

Once inside the store security office, police said, the suspect tried to escape. She was overpowered and handcuffed as police arrived.

Breunig allegedly tried to make a deal to pay for a portion of the stolen merchandise to reduce the charge from felony theft to a misdemeanor.

Breunig also told police that she was the mother of a 9-month-old child. That story, police said, turned out to be untrue.

PINELLAS PARK – Two St. Petersburg men were arrested on Jan. 8 after they allegedly stole electronics from a local store. Kristephor E. Matos, and Jamil L. Fuller, both 18, were charged with retail theft.

They were released from the Pinellas County Jail. Police said the suspects were at the Target store, 7150 U.S. 19, at about 3:50 p.m. when store security officers saw them taking electronics items from packages and concealing them. The suspects were arrested as they tried to leave the store without paying for the items, police said.

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COVEDALE, Ohio Jan 12 2009
newsnet5.com – An East Price Hill mother has been accused of using her child to help her shoplift and leaving the child behind when she was arrested.
The incident allegedly happened Saturday night at the Target store on Glencrossing Way in Covedale, reported NewsChannel5′s sister station
Police said 18-year-old Asia Jordan stuffed more than $300 worth of merchandise in the stroller with her 2-year-old daughter.
According to officials, when store security began pursuing Jordan, she took off, leaving her daughter behind.Jordan was arrested a short time later.
She is due in court Monday morning on charges of theft and child endangering.

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FAIRBANKS AK. Jan 7 2009 — A Fairbanks man was arrested Sunday morning after allegedly urinating on a Kodiak Jack’s bouncer.
Luke Benson, 22, has been charged with harassment, indecent exposure and making a false report.
The bouncer told police that he was trying to remove Samuel Durkik, 22, of Fairbanks, from the bar for causing a disruption around 2:45 a.m. when the alleged incident occurred.
Durkik allegedly struck the bouncer in the face twice in the course of the confrontation. As the bouncer tried to calm Durkik down, he noticed that Benson was behind him urinating on his leg, according to a criminal complaint filed in court. Durkik also has been charged with fourth-degree assault.
Benson was apparently angry that his friend was being thrown out of the bar.
The bouncer was “extremely upset” that someone had urinated on him, and other bouncers had to prevent him from “going after” Benson, according to the complaint.

Police noted that both Benson and Durkik, who at first gave police a false name, appeared intoxicated.

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WHITE PLAINS NY Dec 14 2008 – Three more store workers have been accused of stealing at their jobs, the latest in a rash of employee arrests made in the city’s business district.

Two stock workers at Target, at the City Center, were charged with fourth-degree grant larceny, a felony, last night after police said they were caught by store security cameras hiding $1,679 worth of merchandise in stockroom boxes and stealing the items later.

Dequan Edwards, 20, of 127 Morningside Ave., Yonkers, is accused of hiding items on three occasions between Nov. 23 and Dec. 2, while James Montgomery III, 19, of 224 Midland Ave., Yonkers, acted as a lookout. The pair then took the items, police said.

They were released on $250 bail each and are due in City Court on Jan. 5.

Also yesterday, Ramon Menzon of the Bronx, 30, was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny after security officers at Macy’s in the Galleria mall told cops he stole a total of $1,101 from different registers he was assigned to as a cashier. The thefts took place between Oct. 5 and yesterday, police said.

A total of 11 store workers from seven stores in White Plains have been charged with stealing from their employers over the past three weeks.

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Niagara Falls NY Dec 7 2008

By: Bryan Hill
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www.privateofficer.com Retail security agents have charged a Town of Niagara woman with multiple counts of thefts after they found her stealing cash and merchandise from the employer.
Jennifer M. Orszulak, 35, 1041 Sweethome Road, Apt. 303, was charged with 15 counts of petit larceny.
A loss prevention specialist at Target stores told police that Orszulak came under suspicion after money was missing and an investigation showed Orszulak had taken merchandise or cash on 14 occasions from Nov. 12 to 30 while she was employed as a cashier.
Loss prevention agents secured the evidence against the cashier and signed the charges after they had completed their investigation.
Police said that internal theft committed by employees sees a major increase over the holiday season.

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Rochester NY. Nov 29 2008

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Police said that a security bouncer working at Mark’s Texas Hots nightclub on Monroe Avenue was taken to the hospital after being hit by a car.

Police said that at around 3 a.m. the security person was breaking up a fight between a man and his wife when he was struck by a vehicle in the parking lot.
Someone hit him and knocked the unidentified security bouncer to the ground.
Medical personnel and police responded to the club and the security person was transported to an area hospital. He has minor back injuries according to medical personnel.

Police are investigating, but they think it was just an accident.

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Norridge IL Nov 21 2008

Police reported the following theft arrests this week:

Linette Quinones, 28, of 511 S. 9th, in Maywood, and Brenda Miranda, 27, of 2506 N. Long Ave., in Chicago, were arrested Nov. 4 at the Norridge Police Department, 4020 N. Olcott Ave., and charged with felony retail theft.

An assets protection manager for Target, 4050 N. Harlem Ave., told police on Sept. 5 that a FedEx driver had been asked by Quinones, a Target shipping/receiving employee, to take an unmarked package from the building for her.

She allegedly told the driver she’d pick it up later.

The Target manager learned that Quinones and Miranda, a Target sales associate, had been taking merchandise from the sales floor, along with deliveries, donations and returns, and organizing the merchandise in the store’s receiving area.

The manger discovered a box containing 70 DVD movies valued at $1,047 was staged in the receiving area.

Police said Miranda picked that box up on Sept. 11 from Quinones, placed it in her personal vehicle and left the store area.

According to police reports, Quinones had staged five Apple iPODs and two boxes of Softline products valued at $1,099.95 on Sept. 18, which were picked up from Quinones by Miranda on Sept. 25.

Police said the Target manager followed Miranda to her home, where she gave the merchandise to an unidentified man.

On Oct. 25, Quinones allegedly selected 60 DVD movies and staged them with paper goods, diapers and bottled water, all valued at $1,586.83, on a flatbed cart.

Police said, a second unidentified man — driving an office products truck — picked the items up on Oct. 29.

The two women were interviewed by Target personnel on Nov. 4. Then they were transported for processing to the Norridge Police Department, where they both signed statements admitting to the thefts.

At a Nov. 5 hearing in Rolling Meadows, bond for each was set at $10,000. They are scheduled to appear at 9 a.m. Dec. 3 in Room 108 of the Rolling Meadows Court House.

• Alana Lozoya, 22, of 4822 W. Dakin St., Chicago, was arrested Nov. 7 at The Children’s Place, 4156 N. Harlem Ave., and charged with felony retail theft.

Police said Lozoya, a store employee, processed 14 receipts between Aug. 14 and Nov. 3 for refunds, although no merchandise was returned, causing a loss to the store of $790.96.

At a Nov. 8 hearing in Rolling Meadows, bond for Lozoya was set at $3,000. She is scheduled to appear at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 8 in Room 108 of the Rolling Meadows Court House.

• Diana Siddique, 30, and Sharall Flores, 20, both of 7109 W. Foster Ave., in Chicago, were arrested Nov. 8 at Kmart, 4201 N. Harlem Ave., and charged with retail theft. Store security agents told police they saw the two women conceal merchandise in their bags and in a baby stroller and leave the store without paying. They were escorted to the store’s loss-prevention office, where items valued at $85.40 were recovered from Siddique and items valued at $85.45 were recovered from Flores. Bond for each was set at $1,000. They are slated for Dec. 8 court appearances.

CREDIT CARD FRAUD
• Champaine Presley, 20, of 520 N. Leamington Ave., Chicago, was arrested Nov. 6 at Footlocker, 4136 N. Harlem Ave., and charged with receiving goods in violation of the Credit/Debit Card Act. Police said Presley, a store employee, used a debit card she took without permission from another employee’s jacket pocket to pay for $8.29 in food at Tom and Jerry’s, at Harlem Irving Plaza, on Nov. 4. Bond for Presley was set at $1,000. She is scheduled for a Dec. 16 court appearance.

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LAURINBURG NC Nov 18 2008
fayobserver.com — Twenty-dollar bills were fluttering from the windows of the Nissan Altima speeding up the highway at more than 100 mph.
“It was raining money last night,” Laurinburg Police Capt. Kim Monroe said Monday.
The cash was coming from two robbery suspects trying to get rid of evidence while they were trying to get away from police, investigators said.
The events that led up to the chase began with a robbery at the Big Lots store on South Main Street about 8 p.m. Sunday, Monroe said.
Two men carrying guns forced the five store workers on duty into an office and made the manager open the safe, Monroe said.
The men used rope to tie the employees together and left in a Nissan with about $2,000, Monroe said.
Moments later, Officer Robert Carlisle pulled a Nissan over on North Main Street for a traffic violation. Then he heard the description of the robbers and the getaway car.
As additional officers arrived, the men sped away in the Nissan, headed north toward Aberdeen on U.S. 15-501.
Police were assisted by Scotland County deputies and wildlife officers, Monroe said.
Speeds topped 120 mph, Monroe said.
The car was finally stopped by using spiked strips that deflated the tires, Monroe said.
The men — identified as Michael Anthony Leslie and Jeremy Donaldson Ross — were arrested and charged with robbing Big Lots.
Police reported finding a BB pistol in the car, Monroe said.
The two also have been charged with two robberies reported last week at the Dollar Tree and Pizza Hut in Laurinburg, Monroe said.
Witnesses in those incidents said one man wore a blue bandana to cover part of his face and the other wore white Latex gloves.
Big Lots workers told police that one of the robbers was wearing a blue bandana, Monroe said. Police also found Latex gloves in the vehicle.
Leslie, 38, of the 100 block of Charlie Lane in Carthage, and Ross, 28, of the 1700 block of Lower Moncure Road in Sanford, are charged with three counts each of armed robbery and conspiring to commit armed robbery; nine counts of kidnapping; and speeding to elude arrest.
Both have prior records, Monroe said.
In 1986, Leslie was sentenced in Oklahoma to 15 years for second-degree murder, according to the state’s Department of Correction records.
Leslie was released in February 2001, according to records.
Ross is wanted in Columbia, S.C., on armed robbery charges, Monroe said.
Both are in the Scotland County jail with bail set at $1million each.

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Santa Rosa CA NOV 18 2008

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An out-of-control car crashed into a ditch and catapulted into a busy flea market south of Sebastopol on Sunday, coming to rest on its roof just yards from booths and shoppers.As spectacular as the post-collision scene appeared, no one at the market was injured, and the two women in the car apparently suffered only minor injuries, according to the CHP.
“It’s a miracle,” said Bob DeCaro, a security officer at Midgley’s Country Flea Market off Highway 116 south of Bloomfield Road.
It appears the car, a late-model Toyota Camry, was being driven toward Sebastopol about 11:45 a.m. when for some reason, the driver veered hard to the left across traffic.
The car ran over a small ditch, clipping a stand of mailboxes, crossed a dirt driveway, careened over another ditch and into a chain-link fence surrounding the flea market.
At least two large chunks of the car’s fender were left on the driveway.
The car then catapulted into the pampas grass and small trees lining the second ditch, flipping over and landing on its roof inside an unused parking area of the market.
“I heard a big bang and turned and saw it flip,” said Rolinda Smith, who runs a booth about 60 yards away. “I couldn’t understand what happened.”
Another nearby booth operator, Dawn Silveira, said she turned to see the car in the air.
“As it was flying, it did a 180-degree turn in the air and landed on its back.”
Mya Weston, whose sales booth is the nearest table to the crash, about 30 yards away, said she didn’t hear any brake sounds before the wreck.
“I just heard crunching in the bushes,” she said. “I looked around, and it just did a flip in the air. It was all in slow motion. It felt like five minutes, but it was five seconds. I thought it was going to blow.”
DeCaro said he rushed to the crash site, where an off-duty sheriff’s deputy and registered nurse were looking after the women.
“I was trying to back people off,” he said.
Another security guard, Sergio Cuevas, said the two women were conscious but “super shocked.”
A CHP officer accompanied the women, possibly a mother and daughter, to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to try to determine what happened.
The women’s names were unavailable late Sunday.
Though details were still sketchy, CHP Sgt. Jeff Abrams suspected the driver may have swerved to avoid traffic that routinely backs up along that stretch of Highway 116.
There was no indication the driver was impaired by drug or alcohol use, he said. The car was registered out of Burlingame, so the occupants may have been shoppers visiting the area’s many antique and second-hand stores.

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Shreveport LA NOV 13 2008

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Authorities say that a Shreveport City Jail officer has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with shoplifting over the week-end.

According to a police report, Jiontanelle Owens was in uniform when she aledgedlly took several items from Village Mart in the 2500 block of Hollywood, said Sgt. Jim Taliaferro, police spokesman.“

She was seen on store video, by store employees,” Taliaferro said.

“After she left the store, they went to the area where the suspicious activities occurred and realized that there was specific clothing missing.”
Employees of the store notified police of the incident and after an investigation, Owens confessed to taking a warm-up suit valued at less than $200, which later was returned to the store. Owens, who was hired as a jailer in August 2007, was immediately placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation.

She was issued a summons ordering her to appear in court.

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Statesville NC NOV 12 2008

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A man trying to flee from Wal-Mart security attempted to jump into a vehicle and was hit in the face by the driver and then struck by the vehicle.
Kevin Michael Coletti Duckworth was treated for a broken jaw and laceration to the chin, said Statesville Police Department Interim Assistant Chief Bill Halliburton.
Halliburton said police officers were called Saturday to the Wal-Mart on Glenway Drive Saturday at around 1:20a.m. and officers met with security officers and tried to talk with Duckworth, who was already in custody in the security office.
Halliburton said that loss prevention officers told police Duckworth and three others, two women and one man, were in the store earlier.
They said the four ran while a receipt was being checked at the door, and Duckworth tried to jump into a black Ford Bronco in the parking lot.
Halliburton said the driver of the Bronco hit Duckworth in the face and knocked him out of the vehicle. The Bronco then ran over Duckworth.
Halliburton said Duckworth was intoxicated and couldn’t offer much information.

The driver of the Bronco left the scene before police arrived.
Duckworth was taken into custody and treated for his injuries.

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K-Mart employee, family charged in theft scheme www.privateofficer.com

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Naples FL NOV 12 2008

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An 18-year-old store cashier, his mother and an aunt were arrested Sunday after Collier County sheriff’s deputies say they stole merchandise from the Kmart store in Golden Gate.
Michael P. Hernandez and Maria Rodriguez, 41,both of 1798 55th St. S.W., were each charged with grand theft. Maria Lastenia-Cruz, 41, also of the same address, was charged with petty theft.
Hernandez is charged with “passing” items to his mother, Rodriguez, and his aunt, Cruz, on two separate occasions over the weekend while he was working as a cashier at the store, 4955 Golden Gate Parkway, arrest reports said.
A store security officer told deputies that on Saturday she watched Hernandez scan $184 worth of merchandise, void the transaction and then allow Rodriguez to leave the store with the items as if they were paid in full, reports said.
The security officer told deputies that on Sunday she once again watched Hernandez scan items for his family, reports said.
He passed $21.19 worth of items for Lastenia-Cruz and $175.30 for Rodriguez. After both transactions were complete, his aunt and mother left the store without paying for the merchandise, reports said.

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Tempe AZ NOV 11 2008
A Tempe man was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly punched a security officer and spit on an officer.

Anthony William Newton, 30, was inside Jack in the Box at 7th Street and Mill Avenue about 10:15 p.m. when witnesses say he began yelling obscenities.

Workers told him to leave numerous times, but Newton apparently refused.

He then threw his driver license at a security guard and continued yelling and cursing, police said.

Once he was outside, witnesses say Newton began swinging his fists and struck the security guard in the face.

He also allegedly broke the security officer’s radio, which is valued at $1,200.

When police officers took Newton into custody he said “What do you think about this,” then made a noise and motion to fill his mouth with saliva. Police say he then spat on an officer’s face.

Newton was booked on charges including assault, criminal damage, disorderly conduct, trespass and aggravated assault.

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Brooklyn NY NOV 11 2008

BY: Rick McCann
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Two employees of a city Target store face serious charges after they were busted by store security agents. NYPD said the two were spotted by agents on video looting the stockroom at a department store in East New York.
When the two employees try to make a run for it and flee the store, loss prevention agents cornered them and took both into custody.
Now police have arrested Derick Latouche and Matthew Taylor, both 20, after security say they were seen stuffing duffel bags full of merchandise inside the stockroom of the Target store at the Gateway Mall shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday.
Inside the two duffel bags, authorities found more than $2,500 worth of merchandise, including 4 PlayStation video-game consoles, 10 Nintendo game systems, and assorted video games and DVDs, sources said.
Both were arrested and charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, said a spokesman for DA Charles Hynes.

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HOUSTON TX NOV 11 2008

BY: Rick McCann
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www.privateofficer.com Private security officers spotted a male breaking into several apartments at an area apartment complex and gave chase of the suspect.
Police said that the burglar fled running through a neighborhood and eventually he tried to run across a busy freeway but was struck by oncoming traffic.
The suspect died after a car hit him in southwest Houston according to police.
Houston police said the man broke into two apartments at the Broadstone Uptown Lots on McCue Road shortly before he was killed late Saturday.
Security officers patrolling the area and police chased the man, who tried to run across the Southwest Freeway near Chimney Rock Road
At least one vehicle struck the man on the freeway. He died on the way to the hospital.
The driver who hit the man stopped and is not expected to face any charges.

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