Breaking News in the Industry: July 17, 2017
Shoplifting suspect dead after fleeing into traffic A Sicklerville, New Jersey, man suspected of shoplifting fled into Route 42 and was struck and killed by a car, State Police said Saturday. At about...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 18, 2017
New Mexico man convicted of felony shoplifting A jury convicted Joseph Montoya late Friday for felony and misdemeanor shoplifting charges stemming from two separate incidents at Walmart in Ruidoso...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 19, 2017
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...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 20, 2017
Two Florida men accused of running $90K financial card fraud scheme Police in Wilmington, North Carolina, have arrested two Florida men accused of running a financial card fraud scheme that stole tens...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 21, 2017
Alabama man indicted for alleged $19M stolen identity fraud scheme A Phenix City, Alabama, man was arrested Wednesday after being indicted by a federal grand jury in an alleged $19 million stolen...
View ArticleMontana Woman Knees Officer in Groin during Shoplifting Investigation
The Great Falls Tribune in Montana has reported that a woman identified as Sheyleighn Kierstin Lamere has been charged with multiple felony and misdemeanors resulting from a shoplifting incident that...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 24, 2017
New Jersey woman gets 5 years for leading ORC theft ring A Millville, New Jersey, woman was sentenced Friday to five years in state prison for leading a ring that shoplifted more than $20,000 in...
View ArticleLP Associate Stabbed by Shoplifter
LP Associate stabbed by shoplifter San Antonio, Texas, Police are reporting that a Walmart Loss Prevention Associate was stabbed and seriously injured after making a shoplifting stop. Details are still...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 25, 2017
Dallas Cowboys WR charged with shoplifting, cut from team The Dallas Cowboys have released wide receiver Lucky Whitehead after learning that he has been charged with shoplifting/petit larceny and...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 26, 2017
Deputies rescue 4 children from hot car after mothers arrested for shoplifting Two Virginia women are behind bars accused of leaving four young children, including a newborn, inside a car as they...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 27, 2017
Dallas Cowboy cleared of shoplifting claims; police apologize This is a follow-up to a report we brought you on Tuesday. Lucky Whitehead was not responsible for a shoplifting incident in Woodbridge,...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 28, 2017
Almost 300 cartons of counterfeit toys seized at Charleston port Protecting our shores from the constant threat of copyright infringement, US Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 31, 2017
Michigan man sentenced for organized retail crime scheme A Kingsley, Michigan, man will spend at least three years in prison for his stealing and reselling video games amid discovered during a broader...
View ArticleDeputy, Loss Prevention Associate Assaulted, Hospitalized
Around 11:00 PM on Saturday, police reports say that a man assaulted a Kalamazoo County Deputy and loss prevention associate with a metal flashlight. The suspect, who wasn’t identified in the story,...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: August 1, 2017
New York man arrested for credit card fraud; facing over 100 counts Police said they arrested a man Wednesday after reports of a suspected credit card fraud incident at Whole Foods. Glastonbury,...
View ArticleSuspect Pulls Knife Stolen from Store on LP Team
A 62-year-old transient man in Califonia was arrested after allegedly stealing merchandise from Walmart and using that merchandise against the store loss prevention associates confronting him,...
View ArticleThe 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 attempt to gain a competitive edge. The...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: August 2, 2017
Deputy recovering after being assaulted responding to shoplifting call [Update] In the Monday, July 31 issue of the LP Insider, we brought you a story about a Kalamazoo County Deputy and LP Associate...
View ArticleOff-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 uniform but did not have a body camera, when he...
View ArticleCA 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 them over with her car Monday afternoon. 38-year-old,...
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