The United States Retailers lose billion of dollar every year due to shoplifting. The National Association for shoplifting prevention has programs dedicated to helping those with these problems and educating and reaching out to the youth of this country. Stealing affects every one of us and the repercussions of shoplifting affect those closest to the shoplifter. Here are some articles and videos for you about shoplifting around the country. Follow the links below.
Texas woman sentenced for million dollar shoplifting ring
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Texas woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for taking part in an international shoplifting ring where members used oversized bags to steal millions of dollars worth of goods from high-end stores, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Eva Salazar, 49, pleaded guilty on Monday to second degree theft for stealing merchandise from stores including Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Coach, said Trey Banack, the chief of the White Collar Crimes Division of the Bexar County District Attorney’s office in San Antonio.
Salazar and three other women would enter shopping malls with bags that could hold deceptively large amounts and then “clear entire tables and shelves of merchandise,” Banack said.
“They then delivered the merchandise to a fifth woman, who would sell the items through her online store,” Banack said.
The ring hit malls in Austin, Houston and San Antonio, and also struck internationally, with suspected thefts in countries including Canada and Australia, he said.
Children left home alone while couple goes shoplifting
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Louisville Metro Police have charged a couple with leaving their children home alone while they went to a store to shoplift.
Around 7:20 p.m. July 7, police said Crystal A. HDC) 33, of Louisville, walked out of the Preston Highway Meijer with merchandise she had not paid for. The arrest report says Herthel had a receipt in her hand as if she had paid for the items, valued at $556.57, and placed them in the truck of her car.
During questioning, Herthel admitted to stealing the merchandise and said that her boyfriend, Kurt Sheets, 35, helped her select the items.
According to police, Sheets and Herthel walked into and out of the store separately. Officers also said each gave conflicting statements about why they were at the store.
Police also learned the pair had left their children, ages 10, 4 and four months, at home while they went out to commit the theft.
Both Herthel and Sheets were arrested for shoplifting. According to officers, the two had a total of $34 in cash on them.
Police said Herthel had previously been arrested for shoplifting from an Indiana Meijer store.
Video appears to capture weekend shoplifting assault outside Madison Square Mall
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — A video that surfaced online this weekend appears to depict the assault of a Belk employee as he tried to stop a shoplifter outside Madison Square Mall.
The incident occurred Saturday evening, when a loss prevention officer was trying to stop a woman who had stolen merchandise from the Belk department store. The Huntsville Police Department said two men came to the woman’s aid and assaulted the employee, who was reportedly not seriously injured.
The suspects fled with the merchandise and no arrests have been made, police have said.
The video surfaced Sunday, when a woman named Whitney Woolen posted it on Facebook. As of 1:50 p.m. today, the video has been shared nearly 500 times from Woolen’s page.
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