Articles Tagged with shoplifting

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A Delaware man was arrested for nearly two dozen counts of theft offenses after the police asserted that he was the suspect in a theft spree spanning approximately seven months.

According to reports, between the end of April and the end of October, multiple stores in Prices Corner had merchandise swiped from their shelves. Some of the businesses that reported shoplifting were Acme, Bath and Body Works, Target, and Walgreens; in total, they lost thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.

The authorities opened an investigation, and they reported that they found similarities in the way the suspect stole the items and that each event was carried out by a white male. On August 17, the shoplifting escalated into a robbery when an Acme store had merchandise stolen by someone who threatened to kill one of the workers before leaving the premises.

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A man in Delaware is facing a multitude of charges after he was accused of going on a theft spree for several months and taking over $$36,000 worth of merchandise from retailers.

During a period spanning from mid-March until early August, multiple stores in New Castle County began reporting thefts that sounded like they might have been committed by the same suspect. The authorities were notified about missing merchandise from stores such as ACME, Best Buy, Burlington, Cabela’s, Lowe’s, several Marshalls and Old Navy stores, New Balance, Nordstrom Rack, Staples, T. J. Maxx, and a few establishments that specialize in children’s clothing and items. When the police began investigating, they reported at least 20 different thefts, and the missing merchandise was valued at more than $36,000.

After digging deeper, the police reportedly found that there was one main suspect, and he had different people assisting with the alleged shoplifting. On August 8, while at a Ross store that reported being robbed, the man they believed was the suspect was seen in the vicinity. He was reportedly a passenger in a vehicle with two other people. The car was searched, and items that looked like some of the merchandise that was reported stolen were allegedly discovered.

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A father in Pennsylvania is facing several charges after allegedly running away and abandoning his 3-month-old daughter in a store when he was accused of shoplifting.

According to reports, late in the evening on January 18, a man with an infant and two other adults went to a Walmart store in Philadelphia. While they were there, the group allegedly picked up items and tried to leave the store without paying for them.

Store security noticed the three suspected thieves, and when they tried to confront them about the allegedly stolen goods, they fled from the premises. The 2-month-old’s father reportedly left her behind at the store.

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A Florida man was arrested after being accused of stealing nearly $200 worth of merchandise from a Target store and allegedly had a sex toy fall out of his pants while talking to the police.

Just after 5:00 PM on June 19, a man from Palm Coast reportedly visited a local Target store to pick up a few personal items.

When the man went to self-checkout to ring up and pay for the merchandise, someone from the loss prevention department reportedly noticed him scanning the wrong price tags to score a lower price on his goods. He also allegedly wrapped items that were not paid for in other things to try to conceal them. The alleged thief walked out of Target with the products, and the authorities were notified.

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A Florida woman is in legal trouble after allegedly leaving her youngsters alone in her vehicle while entering a mall, and the car reportedly caught fire while she allegedly went inside to shoplift.

On May 26, a woman reportedly went to the Oviedo Mall with her two children and parked her car in front of a department store. When she got out of the vehicle to head inside, she allegedly left the youngsters by themselves. A man reportedly accompanied her into the mall.

According to reports, the pair went to Dillard’s, and employees became suspicious that they might be shoplifting during the hour they were in the store.

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Two women have been accused of ripping off Walmart for hundreds of dollars of merchandise by allegedly switching price tags and failing to scan many items at the self-checkout station.

On May 27, two women were shopping together at a Walmart in Ocala, Florida, and they used the self-checkout lanes when they were ready to leave. They concluded the transaction and headed towards the door with their cart full of merchandise.

A store employee noticed what they believed was suspicious activity taking place when the women were scanning the items they planned to purchase. They thought the women did not scan several of the items in their cart.

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A woman accused of theft with concerns about being allowed reentry to a home improvement store reportedly planted herself in a lawn chair and demanded to speak with the manager.

At the end of April, the Home Depot located in Woodhaven, Michigan was reportedly visited by a woman shopping for gardening supplies and home improvement items.

The woman went through the checkout and paid for some products, but according to an onlooking worker she was seen hiding some items beneath bags of mulch and never removed them when being rung up at the register.

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When two Florida teenagers allegedly used a Walmart as the stage, and the patrons as the unknowing cast for the reportedly humorous COVID-19 internet video they were recording, they arrested for the antics.

Amos Troublefield and Antonio Green are a duo of 18-year-olds who reportedly produce videos and upload the content to YouTube for viewers to enjoy.

On May 9, the pair reportedly went to Walmart in Vero Beach to collect the footage for their next online feature, with the topic of the COVID-19 pandemic as its focus.

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Two men in Florida allegedly pulled a heist at a CVS store using the threat that they have COVID-19 as their purported weapon of choice when confronting the workers.

Last Tuesday afternoon, employees at the Coconut Creek CVS notified the authorities and said that they had been robbed by two men who claimed they currently have the novel coronavirus.

While speaking with the police, the workers said that they believed the men had been driving a white van and that they had stolen many bottles of detergent, in addition to two 12-packs of Corona beer. They also offered what they believed was the license plate number on the van to the authorities.

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An inebriated man who was accused of stealing meat and propane from Walmart also allegedly assaulted one of the police officers involved in his arrest.

While officers were in the loss prevention office in a Nashville Walmart after responding to a call for assistance for a separate incident, they reportedly spotted what they believed was a theft in progress.

The surveillance camera feed, which is monitored in the office, caught the eye of the authorities when they saw someone in the establishment storing merchandise inside his pants.

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