Shoplifting News

These are some of the articles and news concerning shoplifting around the country. As the busiest shopping season begins, retailer stores and their management are more vigilant about shoplifters and how to deter them from entering their store and walking away with merchandise. To read more about shoplifting, follow the links below.

Burglar Returns After Veterans Day Break-In of Paratrooper’s Home. This Time The Soldier Is Waiting.

After a man recently broke into his house on the night of Veterans Day, Andrew Myers, a paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne, decided he would not become a victim again.

Meyers posted his story, along with video, to LiveLeak:

“‘I installed motion sensors and door chimes immediately and sat on edge… it only took 2 days for him to return but this time after finding the bottom door locked, he just made his way around my house to attempt to gain entry upstairs (where my GF and dog are).

Once I told him he wasn’t coming in, and wasn’t leaving till he talked to the police he struggled to get away and tried a huge haymaker on the porch and ate an uppercut for his troubles.(off camera)

He was just about “out” on the porch but I realized I wanted anything that happened to be on camera so I drug him down the stairs. The rest can be seen on camera…’”

Meyers also set his clip to music and posted it to his YouTube account Sunday. Fox and Friends then showed the video this morning and it’s gone viral as a result.

Shoplifting costs nothing……or does it?

(NBC) – A new study finds shoplifting costs US consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

According to the business website Checkpoint, shoplifting, along with employee theft, costs US businesses $42 billion per year.

That turns out to an annual average of about $403 per US household.

The most frequently stolen items include clothing, mobile phone accessories, power tools, wine and make-up products.

Woman Leaves Baby Behind Fleeing From Shoplifting Accusation

A Lexington woman is behind bars after police say she left her nine-month-old child in the lobby of a Walmart after she was confronted about shoplifting.

The arrest citation says 30-year-old Samantha Lyons went to the Walmart in Hamburg on Tuesday afternoon with her nine-month-old and the child’s father, and that surveillance video caught her putting store items inside a bag.

The citation, which also refers to Lyons as Samantha Baker, says as she tried to leave, she was confronted by loss prevention and that is when Lyons, along with the child’s father, ran, leaving the baby behind.

It’s unclear what happened after she fled, but she was arrested back at the Walmart around three hours later.

Documents say Lyons admitted to stealing the items from Walmart.

Lyons is charged with theft by unlawlful taking and abandoning a minor. She is expected to be in court Wednesday.

Police have not released the father’s name. It’s not clear if he faces any charges.