Six thieves steal $9,500 worth of purses from Florida mall store
Sunrise police are searching for six people who stole multiple purses last month at a TJ Maxx store in Sunrise, authorities said. The theft was reported at the TJ Maxx at the Sawgrass Mills Mall. Police said six females were captured on surveillance video stealing the purses, worth a total of $9,500. It’s unclear whether they are teenagers or adults. Police said the thieves might have been driving a silver 2002 Mitsubishi Galant with Florida tag DIT-B34. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Michelle Twarkins at 954-746-3564 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. [For more: ABC10 News]
Five arrested on felony shoplifting charges
Five people from Wichita Kansas, were arrested Friday night for allegedly participating in a shoplifting ring. Sgt. James Feldman, of the Salina Police Department, said employees at Dillard’s, 2259 S. Ninth, noticed five people running from the building shortly after 5 p.m. Friday and getting into a vehicle. A short time later, a Saline County sheriff’s deputy stopped the 2004 white Chevrolet Classic near the intersection of Burma and Salemsborg roads. Feldman said items found in the car included clothing and perfume from Dillard’s and Victoria’s Secret, both at Central Mall, and Dick’s Sporting Goods, 2450 S. Ninth. “We are still coming up with the amount. We have places to search,” Feldman said. “We are still investigating. There could be more charges.” Arrested were: Shakayla Walker, 19, Kenya Lovelady, 21, Khaezia Presley, 18, Lakendra Tellis, 29, and a 17-year-old boy who was not named. [For more: Salina Journal]
LP Worldwide: Korean high court reduces sentence for founder‘s daughter over embezzlement
A Seoul Korea appellate court on Wednesday lowered the jail term for the daughter of the Lotte Group founder charged with embezzlement and breach of trust. The Seoul High Court handed down a two-year sentence on Shin Young-ja, head of the Lotte Foundation, saying that it allowed for the fact that she has paid back most of the misappropriated funds. Shin, 75, was sentenced to three years in prison in January for receiving bribes from various companies in return for business favors related to Lotte’s duty-free shops and department store for over eight years. The lower court ordered Shin to forfeit 1.14 billion won ($1.28 million) she illegally pocketed.
Overturning the initial verdict, the appeals court found her not guilty of taking some 840 million won ($747.7K) from the head of a mid sized cosmetics chain in exchange for helping him win “a good spot” for its store located in a Lotte Department Store. ”There is insufficient evidence to prove the money was paid in return for an illicit favor and that it is too unclear to determine it as the defendant’s profits,” the court said. The court upheld the earlier guilty ruling on Shin that she received 500 million won from another firm in return for helping it open a sushi bar in the department store. It also found her guilty of letting her son get business deals from Lotte and get paid his salary when he was not working for the company. Shin is the eldest daughter of Shin Kyuk-ho, the founder of the South Korean retail giant. Her 95-year-old father and current group Chairman Shin Dong-bin are also currently standing trial without detention over a string of corruption charges. [For more: The Korea Herald]
Attempted shoplifting leads to drug bust
Six people were arrested at an Ellicott City Walmart in Maryland, after reports of shoplifting led Howard County police to their car, where they found a loaded shotgun and drugs. Officers were called to the Walmart at 3200 North Ridge Road on July 7 after it was reported that the individuals were attempting to steal merchandise. Police said they found the six people in a nearby car shortly after the call. Solomon Pule, 18, of Baltimore, was charged with drug possession, theft and resisting arrest; and Alex Jeffrey Stanley, 18, of Brooklyn, was charged with drug possession, theft and weapon violations. Police said Nakita Ashley Davis, 27, of Baltimore; Stacy Ernest Jones Jr., 28, of Gwynn Oak; Kraig Kaeon-Alain Lynch, 27, of Hollywood, Fla.; and a male juvenile, 13, were all charged with drug possession. [For more: The Baltimore Sun]
Shoplifting suspect punches cop in face at KFC
A police officer was injured Monday when a suspected shoplifter punched him in the face in an El Cajon, California, fast food restaurant. The incident happened around 10 a.m. in the parking lot of a KFC restaurant at 724 Fletcher Parkway. James Garza, an employee at a nearby Dollar Tree store, said he and the assistant manager of the store Kevin Rivera, followed a man in the store who they suspected was shoplifting. They followed the suspect out of the store to the KFC and watched an El Cajon police officer approach the man. The officer made contact with the suspect, who was sitting down, Garza said. As the two were talking, the suspect became increasingly agitated until he punched the officer in the face, Garza said. “The cop showed up and then the cop started asking him typical questions and then the guy tried to get up and then the cop said no, just sit down. Sit down, and that’s when he started getting aggressive and that’s when everything started happening. He started fighting the cop and then the cop got knocked out and he just walked out,” said Dollar Tree Assistant Manager Kevin Rivera. Rivera and Garza then followed the suspect out of the KFC and pointed responding officers in his direction. “He just kept walking and ignoring the cops so that’s when they tased him,” said Rivera. Rivera says the suspect ran away and responding officers used a Taser to subdue him near the scene. He was then taken into custody. The officer who was punched was taken to the hospital with a head injury, officials said. The officer is a 28-year veteran of the police department. [For more: Fox5 News]
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