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• Burglaries usually rise in a recession, but not this one

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 719
  Filed under: Recession I noticed some surprisingly good news in the annual report from the city where I live in the San Francisco Bay Area -- crime has dropped. I say surprisingly because in a recession, Id expect crime to increase as more people lose their jobs and have to find other ways -- some illegal -- to ...
  7 hours ago

• India, the top retail theft destination

  
  WhoInnovated.com — Authority: 152
  India topped the retail ’shrinkage’ rate – a term that combines shoplifting, employee theft and process failures – in 41 countries surveyed across the world, for the second year in a row. Originally posted here: India, the top retail theft destination
  21 hours ago

• Middle Class Shoplifting

  
  The Ben Lomond Free Press — Authority: 430
  Interesting article in this morning’s Telegraph: (The middle class) are responsible for a surge in the crime to new heights, the annual study by the Centre for Retail Research for retail security company Checkpoint Systems found. The average shoplifting ‘bill’ now tops £80, while shoplifting has risen by 20 ...
  1 day ago

• Never Follow A Security Guard Into The Back Of The Store [Youre A Criminal]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 775
  Heres some advice for you, the regular customer who doesnt shoplift: never go into the back of a store with a security guard, store manager, rent-a-cop, etc. Never. Someone posted the following story in the Janesville, Wisconsin CraigsList over the weekend. Because the poster cooperated in good faith with the ...
  1 day ago

• Big retail joins Hollywood and big music in blaming the internet for theft

  
  Third Pipe, the future of broadband — Authority: 127
  As long as there have been marketplaces, they have served as a channel for the trade of both legitimately acquired and illicit goods.  With changes in public’s buying habits along with the deepening recession cutting into brick and mortar profits, why not blame Ebay for playing the role of fence for stolen goods. ...
  2 days ago

• England footie skipper Terry’s dad caught on video selling cocaine

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov.8 (ANI): England and Chelsea football captain John Terry’s dad was sensationally caught on video selling cocaine on Thursday.In scenes that will shock the millionaire Chelsea ace, Ted Terry, 55, fixed a deal to supply an undercover News of the World team with the illegal Class A drug. As he handed over ...
  3 days ago

• This Happened Yesterday

  
  The Nervous Breakdown — Authority: 540
  NEW YORK, NY-Yesterday, early evening, I went to the Strand Bookstore on 12th Street and Broadway.  The store is just slightly overflowing with used and new books presented on tables and in aisles of shelves that almost reach the ceiling, reminding me of a school library.   “Eighteen Miles of Books” is their ...
  4 days ago

• Two suspected shoplifters arrested in Medford

  
  myBCTnow.com — Authority: 155
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  4 days ago

• Weak Economy Spurs Shoplifting Rings and E-Fencing

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  "Shoplifters are getting more aggressive," says Joseph LaRocca, senior adviser on asset protection of the National Retail Federation (NRF). "Theyre fighting, theyre abusive, theyre running.... Its a very disturbing trend."
  6 days ago

• Two charges dropped, two to go

  
  Law is Cool — Authority: 537
  Two charges dropped against shopkeeper Jennifer Yang writes: Kidnapping and weapons charges were dropped this morning against a shopkeeper who was arrested for detaining a suspected shoplifter.
  1 week ago

• Upside Down

  
  Doug's Dynamic Drivel — Authority: 134
  This is just so wrong and embarrassing for Canada. Tags: immigrants , kidnapping , police , shoplifting
  1 week ago

• New Orleans Walmart Shopper Leaves Baby Behind to Flee Police

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 717
  An New Orleans man stopped by authorities for slipping DVDs into his diaper bag fled on foot from the store’s parking lot, leaving the baby behind. Joshua Gibson was caught a half-hour later and was charged with theft, resisting arrest and child desertion. However, he was not locked up because of jail over-crowding. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Samford University officer run down by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

  
  PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK — Authority: 148
  Homewood AL Oct 27 2009 Two men are in the Homewood City Jail after giving some students at Samford University a fright. Just after 3pm Monday the pair were caught shoplifting inside the campus bookstore. When confronted the men turned tail and fled to their car. While trying to make a clean getaway the suspects ...
  2 weeks ago

• Blakroc: Video of Rza Recording With The Black Keys.

  
  donewaiting.com — Authority: 546
  Click here to view the embedded video. Remember when Black Keys were in Mass Appeal Magazine alongtime ago? (I read it at a Books A Million in Lafayatte, Louisiana during the process of stealing the Espo book, “the Art of Getting Over”. I had already placed the book in my pants, and was flipping through ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cartoon of the Day

  
  Lakeshore Laments — Authority: 141
  [IMG: http://www.lakeshorelaments.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tmwst09102120091022115737.jpg]
  2 weeks ago

• Security guard charged with murder in Florida www.privateofficer.com

  
  PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK — Authority: 148
  Coconut Creek Fla Oct 25 2009 A man barged into his ex-girlfriend’s Coconut Creek home on Saturday, stabbing her and killing a friend when he tried to protect her, police said. Paul Gayle, a 28-year-old security guard with a state-issued weapons license, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree ...
  2 weeks ago

• How to avoid police charges?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  After being apprehended but before being charged by the police, how do you maximize your chances of being let off with a warning? I was apprehended recently for theft under $5,000 in Ontario, involving items worth a bit over $200. The police were tied up so I was released from the store. The police called later on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Walmart Fires Security Guard For Chasing After Shoplifter Like Hes In A Cop Movie [Overzealous]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 775
  A Florida Walmart has fired one of their security officers for giving chase to a knife-wielding shoplifter who took off running across the stores parking lot. Josh Rutner told the Star-Banner, "I couldnt let him get away. Thats wrong." That second sentence may be true, but security guard != officer of the law. "I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sue Scheff: Teens Stealing

  
  Sue Scheff (P.U.R.E.) - "Parent Empowerment!" — Authority: 118
  Too Young To Start There are almost as many reasons teens steal as there are things for teens to steal. One of the biggest reasons teens steal is peer pressure. Often, teens will steal items as a means of proving’ that they are “cool enough” to hang out with a certain group. This is especially dangerous ...
  3 weeks ago

• Home Depot Needs To Check Your Receipt "In Case You Stole Something" [Receipts]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 775
  Rather than make up some line about needing to make sure customers receive everything they paid for, Home Depot is now openly treating its customers like shoplifters. Reader Patti writes: Theres been a spike of stores in my area (Philadelphia) requesting to see and mark my receipt upon departure. As a consumer, ...
  3 weeks ago

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