Tag: retail theft
Safeway Associate Stabbed, Bitten by Dog, with Life-Threatening Wounds
A Safeway worker in San Francisco, who was viciously attacked by an alleged shoplifter and his dog, is now expected to survive. The 39-year-old...
The Disposition of Shoplifting Cases (Crime Accountability Partnership)
Once you catch a shoplifter, what do you do with them? Do you prosecute and risk the wrath of the local police department and...
No Charges for Colorado Springs Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Shoplifting Suspect
A Colorado Springs police officer was justified in fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect August 15, the 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office said Thursday. Steven...
DA Says No Charges Against Woman Who Shot Shoplifting Suspect
The Wake County district attorney's office in North Carolina said Monday that there will be no charges filed against a woman who shot a...
Store Clerk Accused of Killing Customer over Suspected Theft of Bag of Candy
In Missouri, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged a 39-year-old gas station clerk with shooting and killing a person he thought had taken...
Fleeing Shoplift Suspect Shot and Killed by Police
A man who was trying to flee from Biloxi, Mississippi, police on Wednesday was killed in an officer-involved shooting, a police official confirmed. The...
Customers Shocked after Security Guard Shot During Robbery
Metro Nashville Police in Tennessee are searching for the man who shot a security guard during a robbery early Monday morning. The gunman opened fire, critically...
Australian Retailers Are Working Together to Defeat Shrink
Australia is famously referred to in a Men at Work song as the “land down under, where women glow and men plunder,” which according...
Shoplifting Suspect Accused of Stabbing Police Officer in Face, Throat
A Flower Mound, Texas, police officer was stabbed in the face Friday in a confrontation with a man accused of shoplifting, police said. At...
Boy, 2, Killed When Shoplifting Dad Crashes SUV While Fleeing
A 2-year-old boy was killed after his father crashed an SUV while speeding away from arrest after he was caught shoplifting at a Walmart...