Cigarettes were one of the most sought after items to steal in a store till retails owners and management start keeping them behind the cash registers at the store. Although some people believe shoplifting is a relative unskilled crime and many amateur shoplifters do it, organized shoplifting crime is very prevalent and can cause thousands of dollars in losses to the retail owner in just one day.
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World’s Dumbest Criminal Snaps An Incriminating Masked Selfie Before Robbing A Store
There have been some pretty dumb criminals in recent history, especially since the dawn of the Internet age, but a Tennessee man may have landed himself at the top of the list.
Kelly’s Stupid Criminals of the week!
Starring this week a Kentucky man who robbed a local market of mostly guns and cigarettes. He took special care to wear a mask and gloves so as not to leave behind any incriminating evidence. He might have gotten away with it too, if only he deleted the selfie on his phone of him WEARING THE MASK. Whoops.
28-year-old Kevin Lawson was arrested last week for breaking into a store and stealing various food items, rifles, handguns, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and knives. A surveillance camera caught Lawson running from the scene of the crime carrying a large duffle bag filled with stolen items and wearing a white ski mask, but based on that video alone, authorities were unable to determine the perpetrator’s identity.
Luckily, Lawson did some pretty stupid things leading up to and after committing the crime, so authorities did eventually apprehend him. According to reports, police were unable to find fingerprints at the store because Lawson had worn gloves, but after finding those gloves thrown into his neighbor’s yard, they were eventually able to take him in for questioning.
Shoplifting getting more brazen, violent
Shoplifting is as prevalent as ever.
It also is becoming more brazen.
Two women stuff their purses full of items from an Old Navy store and shove security officers out of the way as they escape.
Five men rush into Saks Fifth Avenue, snatch dozens of high-end handbags and flee to their getaway car parked just outside the door.
And in an incident that stunned an Eastside neighborhood, a man trying to steal armfuls of items from a clothing store fatally shoots in the head a man who tried to stop him.
What once seemed a petty crime has escalated into either an enterprise by organized criminals or, at worst, a potential flash point for violence.
Or both.
Monroe: Shoplifting Woman Brought Kids Along
Sheriff ’s deputies are looking for a woman who shoplifted more than $300 in clothes, shoes and jewelry from Walmart by stuffing some of the items in her child’s book bag before threatening to assault an employee who confronted her. As the woman fled the store, one of the children fell into a water-filled ditch, reports said. Witnesses told deputies that she cursed the child for falling, then continued toward a grocery store where she disappeared. Deputies believe the woman is a 27-year-old Monroe resident who was identified by a Walmart employee. The suspect has a history of assault, according to police reports.
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