W-Z Video: The Impact of Word Choice in an Interview
Being aware and cognizant of the words we use, and how they can impact the person across from us is vitally important during the course of an investigative interview because we never want to send the wrong message, but we also don't want to make it a much more difficult conversation than it needs to be.
Judge Orders Gun-Toting Teen Shoplifter Detained
A Champaign County judge in Illinois has ordered that a Champaign teen who allegedly was armed while shoplifting at Market Place Mall over the...
Fuel-Theft Rings Fill Roads with ‘Moving Bombs’
These criminals lug huge amounts of stolen gas across South Florida’s roadways, hiding hundreds of gallons in modified trucks and SUVs.
Authorities refer to the...
Package Theft Hits Nearly One-Third of Americans; Is Video Surveillance the Answer?
The dream of online shopping is never having to brave store parking lots, long lines or empty shelves. The reality, at least some of...
Court of Appeals Reverses Shoplifting Case; Orders Crook to Pay Sale Price
Utah’s Court of Appeals said a man convicted of theft should only have to pay a sale price in restitution. In an unusual ruling...
Why One Stormy Weekend Could Make an Already Tough Holiday Season Worse
It looks like holiday spending might not be as robust this year as last year, and one snowy December weekend could make matters much...
Fraudster Jailed in Million Dollar Gift Card Scheme
An arrest in Rogers, Arkansas this week of a Chinese man unveiled details of a multi-million-dollar, national scam using Walmart gift cards, according to...
Employee Accused of Taking $50K from Cash Drawers
A Walmart employee is accused of stealing $50,000 from a Louisville, Kentucky, store.
47-year-old Jeanette Taylor is facing a felony theft charge after police say...
VIDEO: Detectives Smash Alleged International Cell Phone Theft Ring
As a UPS truck driver delivered boxes of new cell phones to a T-Mobile store in Vacaville, California this year, the unexpected happened.
An SUV...
Toy Gun Gets Robber Life in Prison
A Rogers, Arkansas, man was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of robbing a Dollar General Store. Tracy Wright,...