We know that your week can get busy, and the time you have to catch up on the news from around the retail loss prevention industry is often stolen away by other things. That’s why the LPM team sifts through headlines from all over the country to bring only the most relevant LP news to you here, in our special weekly news round-up—the perfect bookend to a productive week.
Here’s What You May Have Missed
Michelle Mack seemed to be living the dream life, until it all came crashing down. Authorities say the alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar crime ring delivered a simple order: Steal all the luxury makeup in sight.
Fatal Knife Fight Between Clerk and Shoplifter Raises Questions about Poverty, Hunger, and Frustration with Petty Crime
Was it vigilante justice carried out by a store clerk fed up with runaway petty crime? Evidence of an increasingly unjust society: a starving man, stealing food, slain unnecessarily by an overzealous employee? Or was it self-defense?
A Tennessee Store Clerk Stole a $1M Lottery Ticket from a Customer
A Tennessee man only learned he was the winner of a $1 million jackpot when detectives called to tell him his winning ticket had been stolen. A clerk at the gas station he bought it from had stolen the ticket and tried to collect the prize.
Chicago Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for String of Cellphone Store Robberies
Jonathan Byars, 26, carried out six robberies and two attempted robberies in 2019 and 2020. In each incident, Byars, along with a group of men, entered the cellphone stores armed with guns and threatened and physically assaulted store employees while stealing money, phones, and other merchandise.
Bronx Businesses Are Getting Grants to Purchase More Security Tech
Fordham Road is the largest shopping district in the Bronx. Now, the Fordham Road Business Improvement District is offering ten businesses security improvement grants of up to $1,500 to help with growing retail theft in the area.
Employee Stole $1K in Goods from AutoZone
A regional loss prevention manager at an AutoZone in Florida told police he noticed suspicious activity involving an employee who had been working at the store since September 2023. The manager confronted the employee, who admitted to stealing merch by removing it from the store through the backdoor.