According to the National Security survey employee theft cost businesses about $13.5 billion dollars yearly in the United States alone. The figure is not only staggering but reflects the big problem retail and small businesses face every day. What are some of the solutions that business could implement to provide them with a better outcome?
- Educate your employees and yourself by attending a loss prevention seminar. By knowing what to expect and how to deal with theft in the workplace can be the difference between profits and losses in your business.
- Do background checks on all your potential employees. Knowing there are no previous criminal records on your employees is a great way to start that relationship.
- Be aware of activity that seems suspicious or that has just started to happen. It could be the beginning of major things to come.
Employee theft happens every day in the United States, protect your business and yourself by knowing what to expect.
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Shoplifting suspect arrested; reportedly took child on high-speed chase
PHOENIX — A shoplifting suspect is behind bars, accused of a dangerous, high-speed crime spree and police say his young daughter was along for the ride.
Jesus Olivares, 23, was reportedly spotted shoplifting at a Walmart and handing items to his girlfriend, Michelle Castillo. According to court documents, when police tried to detain the pair, Olivares and his girlfriend took off in a car with their 5-year-old daughter inside.
Olivares reportedly fled from police, going up to 100 miles an hour with the unrestrained child in the car.
“Which is endangering the baby,” said Castillo’s mother, Lisa Castillo. “My daughter didn’t have any control … because she wasn’t driving. She was the passenger. She told him to stop and he didn’t listen.”
Olivares eventually did stop the car and fled on foot, reportedly hiding in a trash can, where a police dog pounced on him and pulled him out.
According to police, Olivares continued to resist arrest and fought with the dog. He was finally taken into custody and was transported to the hospital to be treated for dog bites.
Suspected shoplifting, overdose leads to wild police chase
Woodhaven police were called to a Meijer parking lot after a shopper observed a woman slumped over in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle, appearing to have overdosed as she had a needle in her arm.
While police were driving to the scene, they received a call about a theft taking place at the same Meijer location.
Police then learned from dispatch the shoplifting suspect jumped into the same vehicle as the woman believed to have overdosed, pushed her out of the driver’s seat and drove off.
The driver would not pull over for police and led them on a chase. The chase eventually ended on West Road near I-75 when the suspect vehicle rammed a patrol car and lost control. The suspect vehicle went off the road and flipped onto its roof, narrowly missing a plunge into a nearby river.
Three adults were found in the vehicle. The woman who was initially unconscious became alert. All three were treated for minor injuries on scene.
No officers were injured in the accident.
Police are investigating where the third person in the vehicle came from. They are unsure at this time if the person was in the vehicle from the beginning or if the person got into the car with the other suspected shoplifter.
Judge Weighing Sentence in Lake Wales Employee Theft Case
A judge is considering what punishment to give a 49-year-old Lake Wales woman who pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing more than $180,000 from her employer.
Mary Scalise took the money between January 2011 and January 2013 while working as an office manager for Orange Industrial Services Inc., according to a complaint affidavit from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Scalise told investigators that she began using the money to pay bills when her husband lost his job, but she became “greedy” after finding it was so easy to use the money, the affidavit states.
She pleaded guilty to grand theft and two counts of money laundering.
“I realize the heartache that I’ve caused to my family and friends, and the trust that I violated,” she said. “I cannot offer any excuses, only to say that I regret my actions.”
She faces a maximum punishment of 60 years in pri son.
Circuit Judge John Star – gel wanted more time to review the law before making a decision on what punishment to impose. Scalise’s sentencing hearing will resume April 10.
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