By Loss Prevention Media Contributor
Edward Mitchell, 21, Curtis Watkins 25, and Vincent Harvey, 21, all residents of Palmdale, CA, were arrested on a slew of charges, including armed robbery, kidnapping, and deputy-involved Shooting. The name of the deceased adult black male is being withheld pending identification and notification of next of kin, officials said. Read More
By Loss Prevention Media Staff
A Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, man was convicted of all charges stemming from a September 2016 incident in which he stole several items from a Walmart and abducted two women while fleeing from the store’s loss prevention associates. A jury found Michael Ortiz guilty of kidnapping, robbery, unlawful restraint, terroristic threats Read More
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Tulsa, Oklahoma. police are looking for a suspect thief who they say put a gun to a loss prevention associate’s head. A loss prevention associate at the Kohl’s near 71st and Garnett stopped a man when they saw him trying to steal a speaker Monday afternoon, according to police. The Read More
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An Oxnard, California, man has been arrested after police say he fired multiple gunshots at a loss prevention associate following an attempted shoplifting at an Oxnard grocery store. On New Year’s Eve, two men entered Vons at 1291 South Victoria Avenue, grabbed two cases of beer and left the store without paying. Read More
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A shoplifting incident escalated into an armed confrontation last month at a San Diego discount store, and police Thursday sought the public’s help to locate two female suspects in the case, including one who allegedly held a gun to a store employee’s head before he tackled her and wrestled away Read More
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A North Carolina police department says an off-duty officer shot and killed an alleged shoplifting suspect at a sporting goods store. A news release from Greenville, North Carolina, police sent to local media outlets said the officer was shopping at the store on Tuesday when another shopper told him about Read More
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A fleeing shoplifter tried to run over a police officer that shot him in West Melbourne, Florida, Friday night, police said. The shoplifter, who police identified as 35-year-old Christopher Stringer, is now facing an attempted first-degree murder charge, as well as charges related to shoplifting, according to police. A loss Read More
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A shoplifting suspect is in jail after police say she ran over a pedestrian while trying to escape from a Frisco, Texas, mall. Police say 57-year-old Cassandra Timmons stole from the JCPenney at Stonebriar Centre and struck a woman in the parking lot before leading police on a chase that Read More
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Police in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, said four people are in custody after a theft and gunfire at the Meijer grocery store. Officers were at the Meijer after a report of a theft. The suspect saw officers as they left the store, and ran away but was captured and arrested. “Officers Read More
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A California man attempting to shoplift from a Vons grocery store in San Diego’s Midway District pulled out a knife and stabbed two loss prevention associates as they tried to stop the crime in progress. Just before 10:30 p.m., the suspect, now identified as Matthew Hoag, 22, tried to leave Read More
