Tag: shoplifting
Shoplifting Suspect Flees Cops, Drowns in Lake
Authorities say a shoplifting suspect in New Jersey drowned when he ran from police and then tried to swim away in a lake. Gloucester...
Store Break-In Leads to Police Chase and Gunfire Exchange
A break-in at a Notasulga, Alabama, package store Friday led to a police chase and exchange of gunfire between the fleeing suspects and a...
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 ...
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...