Money collected for Monterey Park shooting victims stolen from Arcadia doughnut shop

1 week, 1 day ago

LAPD stats showed an uptick in robberies. Was it really just shoplifting?

LA Times

At the Los Angeles Police Department’s weekly crime briefings this fall, its leaders tracked what seemed to be a troubling rise in robberies in police divisions such as Southwest and Rampart. California ‘Ghost stops’: Lieutenant claims LAPD officials were warned about troubled gang unit An LAPD lieutenant whose officers are accused of trying to cover up illegal traffic stops and …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Thieves break-in into California store, just to find it empty. Find out what happened next

Live Mint

A group of thieves who scrambled into a merchandise store at River Park in California with the hope of finding valuables, were left scratching their heads after they found the store practically empty. In a video, the robbers, who came in two cars, can be seen entering the store after one of their cars rammed the front side of the …

Store Thieves Took

1 week, 3 days ago

Man arrested in shooting of 2 security guards outside a Los Angeles Target

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Two security guards at a downtown Los Angeles shopping plaza were wounded in a gunfight with a man as they tried to stop him from making off with more than $1,000 of stolen merchandise, police said Tuesday. The suspect fired at least five rounds and one of the guards fired as well, Los Angeles Police Capt. The …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Girdle-wearing thieves stuffed thousands in merchandise into their undergarments, officials say

LA Times

The Under Armour store at the Camarillo Outlets. Jose Mujica and Anyela Corredor-Casallas were arrested earlier this month after detectives with the Ventura County Organized Retail Theft Task Force said they caught the pair exiting an Under Armour store at the Camarillo Premium Outlets with about $4,500 worth of stolen goods, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. Scammers target …

Theft Organized Retail Theft

2 weeks, 1 day ago

29-year-old theft suspect tells police she’s 12. Story fools no one, authorities say

LA Times

A woman in Sonoma County tried to get away with retail theft by pretending to be a 12-year-old girl, police say. Now, Corenesha Brooks of Antioch faces five felony charges of organized retail theft and impersonating a child, according to a news release from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. Neither Brooks nor the driver, Tawa Higgins, 36, could provide receipts …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Pre-Christmas shoplifting extravaganza is derailed for 117 would-be thieves, police say

LA Times

At least 117 people were arrested during CHP’s multi-agency Operation Holiday Watch retail theft campaign. A statewide crackdown on retail crimes resulted in the arrest of at least 117 people in connection with the theft of nearly $40,000 in merchandise, according to authorities. The California Highway Patrol and several other police departments carried out the operation on Dec. 20, resulting …

Retail California Department Chp

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Noida: Theft in store of mall, one arrested for stealing ₹3.5 lakh

Hindustan Times

Sector 20 Police arrested a 19-year-old employee of a store inside DLF Mallon Saturday for allegedly stealing ₹353,740, officials said. Initial analysis of CCTV footage revealed an unidentified individual unlocking the store’s shutter with a key, entering the premises, and stealing the cash, investigators said. The alleged theft took place on December 20, following a complaint filed by Amit Kumar, …

Cctv Footage Cctv Store

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Mother and daughter attacked, robbed over parking space dispute at Citadel Outlets

LA Times

It’s not unusual to fight for a good bargain during the holiday shopping season. That’s what authorities say happened this week at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce about 5 p.m. when a group of people attacked a 19-year-old woman over a parking spot and then stole her mother’s purse in the middle of the brawl. Natalie Martinez and her mother, …

Martinez Ktla

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Hunt for mystery female 'thief' who 'snatched influencer's £10,000 Hermès Birkin bag' from London boutique - as model insists she DID report crime to police despite officers having no record of it

Daily Mail

The hunt for a mystery female handbag 'thief' continues after an influencer had her brand new £10,000 Hermès Birkin allegedly stolen from a boutique changing room. Model Janice Joostema has shared the 'gut wrenching' moment her brand new Birkin bag was stolen from her as she was trying on clothes in a luxury shop in London. Ms Joostema shared a …

London Luxury Theft Bags Model Cctv Room

1 month ago

Gunman targeted casinos, South Coast Plaza and Fashion Island for robbery victims, feds say

LA Times

Costa Mesa police investigate a robbery attempt at South Coast Plaza that left a man with a gunshot wound in his hand in September. In another incident, the masked man approached a driver getting into his vehicle at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa and demanded the victim give him his watch, ring and car. The following morning, two men …

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1 month ago

New Orleans store clerk shoots and kills teenage robber who tried to ransack his store

Daily Mail

An unidentified man working at a convenience store in New Orleans shot and killed an armed teenage robber. Surveillance footage then showed a teenager in a green and yellow camouflage hoodie brandishing a gun at the store clerk, who quickly handed over some money. A teenager in a green and yellow camouflage hoodie, whom police later identified as 16-year-old Cecil …

New Orleans Store Clerk Juarez Robber

1 month ago

Video: Noida Firm Founder's Family Trip To Haryana Turns Nasty As Thief Breaks Car Window To Steal Valuables

ABP News

A shocking incident came to the fore from Haryana where robbers broke into a parked car and robbed valuables worth lakhs. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera where a thief could be seen breaking the window pane of a window and taking out a bag containing valuables. The incident took place on Tuesday in Haryana's Gannnaur in the …

Car Haryana

1 month, 1 week ago

Former Apple employees charged in alleged scheme to steal charity matching funds

LA Times

Shoppers in an Apple store. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged six former employees with grand theft, perjury and tax fraud. A group of six former Apple employees are being charged for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from the tech giant through a fraudulent charity scheme lasting three years, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Shoplifting ring stole $2M in cosmetics and clothes then resold them abroad, prosecutors say

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A shoplifting ring that stole nearly $2 million in clothes and beauty products from Macy’s and other well-known stores in the U.S. and then resold them in New York City and the Dominican Republic has been busted, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday. Five New Yorkers have been charged with felony possession of stolen property, conspiracy and other …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

TikTok influencer arrested for shoplifting after allegedly showing off stolen Target haul to 350k followers

The Independent

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

TikTok influencer arrested after allegedly showing off stolen Target goods in her videos

Hindustan Times

A Florida-based TikTok influencer was arrested after she showed off stolen goods in her videos. Marlena Velez has been charged with petty theft for shoplifting over $500 from her local Target store in Cape Coral on October 30, reported the Fort Myers News-Press. TikTok influencer Marlena Velez arrested after showing off stolen goods from Target in her videos TikTok influencer …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Influencer arrested for fleecing Target with cunning checkout barcode hack and flaunting goods on TikTok

Daily Mail

A glamorous influencer has been arrested for shoplifting from a Target after she flaunted the goods in a video on TikTok. Marlena Velez, 22, who has nearly 300,000 followers on the video sharing app in which she posts videos about her life as a mom to two kids, is facing petty theft charges for allegedly stealing more than $500 from …

Video Theft Car Tiktok Target Items Store

1 month, 2 weeks ago

₹14 lakh stolen from car, says bizman, police doubt claim

Hindustan Times

A businessman reported theft of a laptop bag containing ₹14 lakh and other valuables from his car parked outside a private bank near Vishwakarma Chowk, Miller Ganj, on Thursday afternoon. Ludhiana police investigating at the spot after a man reported theft of ₹ 14 lakh from his car near Miller Ganj in Ludhiana on Thursday. Yashik Singla, an envelope trader …

Car His Car

2 months, 1 week ago

Employee allegedly embezzled $215,000 from furniture store she worked at over two years

The Independent

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Hamma

2 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Drunk’ thief steals 100 shoes from sneaker store — but just the right-footed ones

The Independent

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Know Cincinnati Shoe Store

3 months ago

Flash mob suspects charged in the robbery of Topanga Mall

LA Times

The LAPD Organized Retail Theft Task Force presented its criminal investigation on the defendants involved in the “Flash Robbery” that occurred on Oct. 4 at the Westfield Topanga Mall. Investigators with the LAPD’s Organized Retail Theft Task Force arrived on the scene to work with local police and mall security to identify potential suspects and vehicles involved in the robbery. …

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3 months ago

7-Eleven store in Anaheim ransacked, clerk assaulted by street takeover mob, police say

LA Times

Police are looking for suspects who attacked a store clerk and robbed this 7-Eleven store in Anaheim on Sunday. During a street takeover in Anaheim early Sunday morning, authorities say a mob violently forced its way into a nearby 7-Eleven, ransacked it and assaulted the store clerk. At 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Anaheim police officers responded to calls of an …

Street Store Clerk

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mobs of bike-riding teens ransacking 7-Elevens swipe everything — but money

LA Times

Surveillance footage of seven youngsters, who appear to ransack a 7-Eleven store on Wilshire Boulevard on July 12. Since July, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, a group of 20 to 40 bike-riding boys and teens have ransacked 7-Elevens across the city and county, hitting 14 total. In one surveillance image, seven youngsters appear to ransack a 7-Eleven stand …

Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ski-masked robbers target Ferrari, Rolls Royce drivers at Fashion Island

LA Times

Police say the owner of a Rolls-Royce SVU was robbed at Fashion Island mall in Newport Beach on Monday night by masked suspects who also targeted his friend, who was driving a Ferrari. Robbers targeted two men, one driving a Rolls-Royce and the other a Ferrari, Monday night in the latest violent incident at Fashion Island mall in Orange County, …

Men Newport Beach Fashion Island Rolls Royce Ferrari Robbers

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Father and daughter arrested in SoCal retail theft ring, CHP says

LA Times

Investigators from the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Taskforce found merchandise including shoes, purses and perfumes at a home in Inglewood. Last month, the California Highway Patrol’s Organized Retail Crime Taskforce served a search warrant on an Inglewood home where investigators suspected stolen goods were stored before being sold at Roadium Open Air Market in Torrance. Cuadra was booked on suspicion …

Crime Retail Theft Newsom Chp Inglewood Retail Theft

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Several men on bicycles rob two Hollywood convenience stores Friday night

LA Times

A group of about 20 individuals on bikes committed a smash-and-grab robbery on a Hollywood 7-Eleven store Friday night, and then the same thing happened at another nearby store, according to authorities. Two convenience stores were robbed Friday night in Hollywood in less than a half hour, both by young men riding bicycles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. …

Men Young Men Store Hollywood Rob

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Infamous LA officer's gun found in $1 million watch robbery case

The Independent

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Gun Watch Beverly Hills Padron

5 months, 1 week ago

‘Need $ for drugs’: Burglar leaves sticky note at San Fernando restaurant

LA Times

When a San Fernando business owner discovered that his restaurant had been broken into twice this week, he found another surprise in the burglarized eatery: a note of apology from the thief. Teriyaki Madness on Truman Street had been burglarized Tuesday and Thursday; security cameras filmed the thief going through a shattered window and making a beeline for the cash …

San Fernando Burglar Fernando Restaurant

5 months, 1 week ago

Teenagers are accused of boosting $1 million from a Texas Walmart

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Boring burglar tunnels into California gun store, steals $40,000 in merchandise

LA Times

Investigators say that the burglar began making a hole in the outside of Foothill Firearms in Newcastle on Monday. More than 50 firearms were stolen from a Placer County gun store after a thief bored a hole into an outside wall while the business was closed, authorities said. According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, the thief began making a …

Gun Store Thief Kuntz

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Burglars made off with over 300 guns by smashing cars into stores, prosecutors say

LA Times

Six men have been charged with conspiracy to steal firearms from businesses in Ventura, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties. The targeted businesses were in Ventura, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties, with the most recent incident reported Saturday at Fowler Gun Room in Orange, where 70 firearms were stolen. The first burglary happened Oct. 9 at Chaparral Coin & …

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6 months ago

Thief steals Vermont Democratic Party debit card, hits FanDuel sports betting site

Raw Story

The Vermont Democratic Party is one of many political fundraising committees that have fallen victim to theft during the past couple of years. A Raw Story analysis of Federal Election Commission records showed the Vermont Democratic Party experienced a fraudulent charge of $925 on its political committee debit card — and the money went into an account on the sports …

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6 months ago

Man charged with stealing and selling car of elderly couple who were fatally shot in South Florida

Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man has been arrested and charged with stealing and later selling the car of an elderly South Florida couple who were fatally shot in March, authorities said. Major and Claudette Melvin, ages 89 and 85 respectively, had owned a 2014 Ford Fusion, which was missing when Fort Lauderdale police responded to the deceased couple’s home …

Fort Lauderdale Newson

6 months, 1 week ago

Thieves high-five after cracking the safe during brazen jewelry heist at West Hollywood store

The Independent

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Jewelry Store West Hollywood

6 months, 2 weeks ago

After stealing watch, Apple MacBook, thief leaves note for owner: 'Improve your anti-theft system'

Hindustan Times

A burglar in China robbed a Shanghai shop and then left a message requesting that the owner upgrade their anti-theft system. The thief named Sang, mounted the building's outer wall before breaking in and stealing a watch and an Apple MacBook, as per reports. Not only that, but the thief also left his phone number at the end and said, …

Shanghai Thief

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Audit finds Minnesota agency’s lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids, and its failure to act on red flags, created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases, the Legislature’s watchdog arm said Thursday in a scathing report. The Minnesota …

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7 months ago

$10,000 reward offered after gold nugget reported stolen in Long Beach

LA Times

A Utah coin dealer is offering a $10,000 reward if the thief who stole this 27-ounce gold nugget is arrested and convicted. A massive gold nugget was reported stolen Thursday from the Long Beach Convention Center, prompting an offer of a $10,000 reward. Bob Campbell, the owner of a coin shop in Salt Lake City, said he brought the gold …

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7 months ago

Lego thefts across Southern California leave police trying to piece together clues

LA Times

Believe it or not, the Lego sets and figurines collecting dust in your childhood bedroom could fetch a pretty penny. So pretty, in fact, that two people have stolen more than $100,000 in Lego merchandise from six Bricks & Minifigs stores across Southern California. “We’re a specialty store for people trying to find the Lego set from when they were …

Batman Store Stores Lego Southern California Glass Whittier

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Four family members accused of a string of retail thefts across Southern California

LA Times

Sheriff’s investigators arrested a Riverside County family in connection with a string of retail robberies and for allegedly stealing goods worth more than $7,000. Sheriff’s investigators served a search warrant at a home in the 6800 block of Valley Way in Jurupa Valley on May 13, where they said that they found a large amount of stolen merchandise with some …

Retail Theft Los Angeles Riverside County Authorities Stolen Investigators

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Five arrested, including minors, in ransacking of shop at Ontario Mills mall

LA Times

Ontario police received an emergency call May 8 about a group of white-masked robbers taking clothing from the Polo Ralph Lauren store in Ontario Mills. The Ontario Police Department responded to an emergency call on May 8 of a group of four white-masked robbers stealing clothing from the Polo Ralph Lauren store, near the mall’s south entrance. By putting the …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Retail crime ring loses 160 pallets of stolen goods, worth $1.4 million, in Riverside warehouse raid

LA Times

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department recovered about $1.4 million worth of stolen merchandise from a warehouse in an unincorporated area called Good Hope. A months-long investigation into an organized retail crime ring ended last week with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department recovering 160 pallets of stolen merchandise — valued at about $1.4 million — from a warehouse, officials said Monday. …

Retail Riverside Good Hope

8 months ago

GardaWorld heist: The reason $30 million was in a Sylmar warehouse and not a bank

LA Times

Armored trucks at a GardaWorld facility in Sylmar days after the property was burgled by thieves who stole as much as $30 million. A three-part 2020 Tampa Bay Times investigation alleged numerous safety issues with GardaWorld’s vehicles, substandard security procedures and the disappearance of customers’ cash from storage facilities, while detailing fatal accidents involving the company’s drivers. Citing interviews and …

Money Bank Company According Million Cash Easter

8 months, 1 week ago

Eight arrested in multimillion-dollar retail theft operation, Los Angeles County sheriff officials say

LA Times

L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and other officials talk about new task force to investigate, apprehend and prosecute suspects who have committed retail thefts at a press conference in August. Eight people were arrested on suspicion of organized retail theft after authorities discovered several million dollars’ worth of stolen medicines, cosmetics and other merchandise at multiple …

Retail Los Angeles Officials Retail Theft Stolen Operation Los

8 months, 1 week ago

Thief swipes $1,000 worth of deodorant from Agoura Hills store, leaves no scent

LA Times

Authorities are searching for the person who stole more than $1,000 in deodorant from a CVS in Agoura Hills on March 17. Talk about a clean getaway: A man wearing blue medical scrubs made off with over $1,000 worth of deodorant in a heist that has confounded authorities for weeks. The deodorant caper happened on March 17 at an Agoura …

Deodorant Hills Store

8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘The bane of retail.’ To prevent theft, many big chains now lock up all kinds of merchandise

LA Times

Detergent and deodorant, toothpaste, the entire shampoo aisle. “It’s all locked up,” Corey Potter sighed, describing shelves encased behind security glass at a Target near her Echo Park home. “Locking a product,” a spokesperson for CVS said in an email, “is a measure of last resort.” Retail theft has become a priority for California leaders in recent years. “These measures …

Retail Theft Merchandise California Los Angeles Recent Target

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trio of suspects burglarized 131 businesses, many of them small restaurants, police say

LA Times

Three people are shown burglarizing a business in an image from surveillance video. Los Angeles police arrested three people who they said burglarized and targeted as many as 131 commercial businesses throughout L.A. County, many of them independent and family-owned restaurants. Between March and June 2023, police said, three people they came to name the “Punch Crew” burglarized several restaurants, …

Los Angeles Three People Small Restaurants

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Thieves steal $250,000 in lottery ticket Scratchers from 44 stores, authorities say

LA Times

Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives investigating a series of strong-arm robberies during which thousands of California Lottery Scratchers games were stolen from convenience stores caught a break last week. On April 11, detectives spotted a vehicle linked to 44 robberies over a nine-week stretch parked outside a 7-Eleven in Arlington Heights, a sheriff’s spokesperson said Thursday. The Sheriff’s Department said …

California Los Angeles Department Scratchers

9 months ago

Why would anyone steal $300,000 in Lego sets? Believe it or not, there’s a booming black market

LA Times

A Lego Millennium Falcon is seen at the Bricks and Figs museum in Krakow, Poland. Four middle-aged suspects were arrested in Southern California this week when officers found them in possession of roughly $300,000 worth of purloined Lego sets, according to the California Highway Patrol. Then they allegedly scattered their loot in four separate stash houses across Los Angeles and …

Lego Sets Lego Sets

9 months ago

Theft alert: Republican congressman has check for almost $40,000 stolen from campaign

Raw Story

Rep. Jim Banks, who’s running for the U.S. Senate, had a check for almost $40,000 stolen from his campaign organization and cashed — the latest in numerous thefts from political campaigns. Over the past year, Raw Story reported that scammers stole millions of donor dollars combined from dozens of political campaign committees — which have experienced varying levels of success …

Political Theft Congress Campaign Democratic Senate Republican

9 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Thief Disguises As Garbage Bag To Steal Package Off A Porch

News 18

While incidents of criminals disguising themselves as salesmen or vendors are very normal, a thief in the UK chose a very unusual and hilarious trick to carry out his ‘duties’. In a video going viral on social media, the thief was seen disguising himself as a garbage bag to steal a package. Shared on Instagram, the post describes how the …

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