Shoplifter Michael Pollara said his nickname in jail was Toys “R” Us. — -- As long as there have been shops, there have been shoplifters. Some are the grab-and-go types, others work in ...

Shoppers can’t stand when toothpaste, deodorant and other items are locked up behind glass display cabinets at stores. Customers, accustomed to taking whatever they want off a shelf, don’t like to ...

Brazen thieves in San Francisco are undeterred by uniformed security guards, surveillance cameras or customers filming on their cellphones. And corner markets and drug stores are the hardest hit. In ...

It’s just shoplifting, what’s the big deal? Everything is insured. The stores just write it off, right? But anyone who has ever stood in front of a locked case of toothpaste, waiting for someone to ...

A cup of hot coffee flung at the wall of his 7-Eleven store was the price Philip Minias paid for confronting one would-be shoplifter. Open round-the-clock, the corner store in Boston’s Downtown ...

Anchorage Police Department headquarters in downtown Anchorage. The former Anchorage Police Department spokesman whose time with the force ended after a shoplifting charge told officers that he’d ...

These headlines could be from articles today. But they’re from the early 1900s. While shoplifting has seemingly never been a bigger problem than it is now, shoplifting has long captured the public’s ...

In 2021, upwards of 30 people robbed a Best Buy in Minneapolis on Black Friday, in tandem with another Best Buy store in the metro area. That same year, retailers reported a 26.5% increase in ...

An analysis of shoplifting in three major U.S. cities — Chicago, Los Angeles and New York — shows varying trends, in part due to local differences and in part due to questions about the underlying ...

Nearly one-quarter of American adults have shoplifted, according to a new survey from LendingTree, the personal finance site. Roughly 1 in 20 consumers have shoplifted within the past year.

During the rally in Erie, Pa., Former President Donald Trump suggested that "that one really violent day" and "one rough hour" could end shoplifting crimes. He even pointed out Congressman Mike Kelly, ...

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