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
Shoplifter Jumps from Second Floor of Mall onto Ice Rink Running from Police
Video showed the moments after a man jumped from the second story inside the Galleria Mall in Houston onto the ice rink below attempting to get away from the cops. Police say the man was taken to the hospital, and he has yet to be charged.
Security Guard Charged after Woman Killed
A woman is dead and a security guard is in police custody after a shooting that occurred on Tuesday morning. The 22-year-old woman and her boyfriend were walking near the Auto One car care business in Jackson, Mississippi when the security guard fired multiple shots.
Task Force’s ‘No Price Is Right’ Operation Nets 8 Arrests
Eight people were arrested as a result of the Ventura County Organized Retail Theft Task Force’s ‘No Price Is Right’ blitz operation in Camarillo, California. $6,000 in stolen property was recovered, and burglary tools and a pair of brass knuckles were seized.
Lululemon Theft Ring Revealed
Court documents obtained by CBC detail the inner workings of a multi-level organized ring of stolen goods traffickers allegedly directing prolific shoplifters who have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of clothes from lululemon stores.
CT State Rep Charged for Allegedly Shoplifting
Connecticut State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan was arrested after allegedly shoplifting at a Bethel, Connecticut Target on Tuesday. He was recognized by the store’s loss prevention team following prior unreported alleged larcenies.
Deputies Arrest 4 in Coordinated Retail Theft in Colorado
Douglas County, Colorado Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a theft in progress at a grocery store involving four female suspects (two adults, two juveniles) connected to a felony-level theft that had just occurred at a separate store.
