Tag: organized retail crime
Kentucky Man Pepper Sprays 80-Year-Old Employee During Shoplifting Attempt
The Mount Sterling Police Department is asking for help in identifying two people involved in a violent shoplifting incident. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that ...
New Retail Technology in 2017 Adds Value through Analytics
New retail technology has evolved exponentially over the past few decades, especially when it comes to analytics. Originally, descriptive analytics was the primary investigative tool...
Transient Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of Loss Prevention Associate
Police arrested a transient suspected of fatally stabbing a loss prevention associate outside a Food 4 Less grocery store in Sylmar, California, on Sunday...
Shoplifting Traffic Stop Turns Fatal
A Hammond, Louisiana, man was in critical condition Wednesday with severe head trauma and a Tickfaw man left dead after a suspected shoplifting traffic...
CA Woman Arrested, Accused of Shoplifting; Trying to Run over LP
Police arrested a woman accused of a robbery at a retail store in Palm Springs, then assaulting store loss prevention associates and trying to run...
The Evolving Impact of Return Fraud and Abuse
The concept of the retail return is a relatively new phenomenon. In the mid- to late-twentieth century, retailers began accepting returned merchandise as an...
Off-Duty Police Officer Fatally Shoots Suspected Shoplifter
A suspected shoplifter was fatally shot to death by an off-duty, Baltimore County police officer who was working security. The officer was in full...
Suspect Pulls Knife Stolen from Store on LP Team
A 62-year-old transient man in Califonia was arrested after allegedly stealing merchandise from Walmart and using that merchandise against the store loss prevention associates...