At least Checkpoint Systems might have helped recover the stolen merchandise while it was still usable.
According to the City Pages of the Minneapolis/St. Paul News [link here], a 270 pound female shoplifter was observed squatting on the floor of a fur retailer in Bloomington, and stuffing a fur coat valued at $6500 up her dress, while an accomplice attempted to distract the salespeople. An alert employee asked the shoplifter what the heck she thought she was doing, whereupon the shoplifter pulled up her dress to show the employee a bare behind.
While the employees tried to recover from the sight, the shoplifter and the lookout drove away with a third person.
Later in the day, the shoplifter was arrested when she was in a car that was pulled over by the police. She was brought in for questioning, and while she admitted stealing the jacket, she denied having it with her.
The shoplifter was booked into the jail, searched by a pat down and a metal detector and placed in a holding cell. (This is where the Checkpoint Systems antenna and Checkpoint security tags may have come in handy).
The 46 year old spent the entire New Years’ three day weekend in the jail with the merchandise still in her underwear, doing whatever people do when they’re in jail for three days. I’m guessing a shower wasn’t on the agenda.
She denied having the fur until she was told she was being transported to the county lockup, when she pulled out the coat and handed it over.
The article didn’t say if the boutique got their coat back, or even if they wanted it back.
If the shop had been using an anti shoplifting device such as a Checkpoint Security System, the shoplifter most probably would have picked on a different store, as the system detects checkpoint tags no matter where they are concealed, evening the underwear.
The jail might consider a Checkpoint System to be sure no stolen merchandise is kept in the jail for the weekend.
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