Organized Retail Crime Rising
According to the most recent survey of organized retail crime trends conducted by the National Retail Federation, 85 percent of senior loss prevention officers across all industries say they have been victims of organized theft in the past year, a jump of six percent from the previous survey a year ago. In addition, 66 percent of respondents reported an increase in the crimes.
New York Thieves Use iPhones as Bait
New York police busted a scheme last week in which a group of thieves in Brooklyn were luring customers to remote locations with the promise of iPhones and then robbing them. According to the New York Post, which gave the arrests front-page treatment, the scammers placed ads on Craigslist offering bulk sales of Apple iPhones at discounted prices; as many of 12 victims showed up at the meeting spot, where they were robbed at gunpoint. The thieves were caught when police set up a sting in the city’s Flatbush neighborhood.
Best Buy Employee in Inside Job
A ring of thefts at a Best Buy location in Florida was assisted by an employee at the store, local TV station WFTV reported. The loss prevention officer, who professes her innocence, allegedly moved security cameras so that her friends could steal $27,000 worth of flat-panel TVs. She faces grand jury charges.
Target Thief Turns Self In
A man who stole electronics from multiple Target locations in the Naples, Fla., area has turned himself in after he saw his picture on multiple Web sites in connection with the thefts. According to the Web site of the Naples Daily News, the 19-year-old man stole a Bose theater system from one location and V-tech phone system and portable DVD player from another. After he was charged with grand theft and petty theft, the man returned the items.
Young Teacher Reportedly Killed over iPod
A 23-year-old Philadelphia man who had moved to that city from rural Minnesota only weeks before was killed this week, and police believe it may have been over an iPod, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Beau Zabel, the aspiring teacher who was shot in South Philadelphia June 15, had been working the late shift at a Starbucks location and was walking home.
According to the most recent survey of organized retail crime trends conducted by the National Retail Federation, 85 percent of senior loss prevention officers across all industries say they have been victims of organized theft in the past year, a jump of six percent from the previous survey a year ago. In addition, 66 percent of respondents reported an increase in the crimes.
New York Thieves Use iPhones as Bait
New York police busted a scheme last week in which a group of thieves in Brooklyn were luring customers to remote locations with the promise of iPhones and then robbing them. According to the New York Post, which gave the arrests front-page treatment, the scammers placed ads on Craigslist offering bulk sales of Apple iPhones at discounted prices; as many of 12 victims showed up at the meeting spot, where they were robbed at gunpoint. The thieves were caught when police set up a sting in the city’s Flatbush neighborhood.
Best Buy Employee in Inside Job
A ring of thefts at a Best Buy location in Florida was assisted by an employee at the store, local TV station WFTV reported. The loss prevention officer, who professes her innocence, allegedly moved security cameras so that her friends could steal $27,000 worth of flat-panel TVs. She faces grand jury charges.
Target Thief Turns Self In
A man who stole electronics from multiple Target locations in the Naples, Fla., area has turned himself in after he saw his picture on multiple Web sites in connection with the thefts. According to the Web site of the Naples Daily News, the 19-year-old man stole a Bose theater system from one location and V-tech phone system and portable DVD player from another. After he was charged with grand theft and petty theft, the man returned the items.
Young Teacher Reportedly Killed over iPod
A 23-year-old Philadelphia man who had moved to that city from rural Minnesota only weeks before was killed this week, and police believe it may have been over an iPod, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Beau Zabel, the aspiring teacher who was shot in South Philadelphia June 15, had been working the late shift at a Starbucks location and was walking home.
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