BAD PARENTING!!
(TOTAL RECOVERY=$UNAVAILABLE) ARRESTED (SUBMITTED BY: THINK LIKE A CROOK)
While working one day, I was tired of walking and decided to use an old two way mirror which viewed the childrens dept. I watched as this guy walks to the childrens dept with his 4 year old daughter and grabs a coat from the rack and puts it on her. He then walks to the customer service desk with the kid as I follow. He stands at the service desk with the kid for a while then tells her to wait outside for him. As she's exiting I think to myself; "If her mother's waiting for her and takes off I'm SOL." So I decide to follow company policy to the letter. I exit behind the little girl and stop her and wait. The father soon exits and I identified myself. I explained to the father, "the girl has exited with store merchandise and it's not paid for, at this time she is in my cutody. You are free to leave at any time but if you wish to remain with her I will allow it as long as you understand that you are not being held" He said he understood and wanted to stay with the girl. I made him stay outside the office as I kept the girl with a female witness and phoned the cops. When the police showed and heard the story, they arrested the father for Retail Theft and Delinquency of a minor.
YOU DON'T NEED ARMS TO BE A LOOK-OUT!!
(TOTAL RECOVERY=$) ARRESTED (SUBMITTED BY: THINK LIKE A CROOK)
While working at the store in the ghetto of all ghetto's where EVERYONE fought and had crack pipes and needles like they were fashion accessories, I noticed a guy enter the electronics dept. My spidy sense told me to watch this guy. I saw him take a vcr out of the dept and into the sports dept. While he concealed the vcr DOWN HIS PANTS a second guy, who I couldn't see all that well, kept an eye out from the other end of the isle. The vcr bandit then made his way to the door where I stopped him, grabbed his arms and pushed him against the wall. As I did this his pants fell to the floor showing his brite red butt huggers and the vcr went crashing to the ground. Just as this happened his buddy cam walking out and I prepared for a fight. Then I noticed the sleeves of his shirt flapping in the wind because he had no arms. I nearly busted a gut laughing at myself but the joke was on the vcr bandit. It turns out the vcr he tried to steal was a fake display with no power cord.
WOLF USING BRICKS!!
(TOTAL RECOVERY=$ 998.00) ARRESTED/CRIMINAL TRESPASSED (SUBMITTED BY: ISLP OFFICER)
One day, I was touring my sales floor, when I observed a male with a computer in a shopping cart leaving the Electronics Department. I noticed that on the computer box, all of the bar codes had been cut off. Well, I knew how many computers we had on the floor. While maintaining visual contact with the suspect, he started straight for the exit doors. I alerted the police officers in the front of the store. Once in the parking lot, the police officers and I detained the suspect for theft. The suspect told us that he had brought in the computer for a Windows 98 upgrade. I tried giving the suspect a chance to tell me the truth, but he refused. After further investigation and watching video footage of him coming in the store, we proved that the suspect had brought in another computer box full of bricks with those bar codes cut off. Back to prison he goes, cause he was on parole.
SURPRISE!!!!
(TOTAL RECOVERY=$0) RELEASED (SUBMITTED BY TONY)
While watching the cosmetics department one afternoon, I pulled up on a lady who was looking at the eye cream testors. She selected one and walks away from the counter with the testor partially hidden by the umbrella she was carrying. She proceeded over to our Women's Shoes Department and tried on a pair of shoes. She decides to get the shoes and as she is at the register paying for them, she sticks the eye cream into the bag. She then goes to our housewares department and does some more shopping. Well, one of the items she bought was a little too heavy for her to carry and I watched the sales associate call for one of our receiving dock workers to assist her with her item. Having actually started my career with this company as a receiving dock worker, I knew I could pull this off. Before he could get up there, I stopped him and told him I would carry it out for her. I went up and got her stuff and followed her to the store entrance. Right as we got outside, I set her item down and ! told her, "Before we go any further, I work for Loss Prevention and I need my eye cream back." She was STUNNED! She gave me the eye cream back and we walked back to the LP office.
IS THAT MEAT WORTH YOUR LIFE??
(TOTAL RECOVERY=$142.00) (SUBMITTED BY GROCERY STORE)
I (The Meat Market Manager) received a call from the front registers telling me that a guy had just grabbed an empty bag from the registers and was enroute to my department. We watched as the man made it back with his shopping cart and proceeded to load up on lots of high end meat products. As he was walking through the aisle, he pulled the empty bag out of his pocket and proceeded to bag up all of the meat. He walked straight out the door and I stopped him and asked him for a receipt. He fumbled around a bit and then said that he lost it. I told him to step back inside with the meat and he tried to push his way out. He struggled with me and I pushed him against the wall with his shopping cart trying to detain him. He dove on top of the cart and grabbed me by the neck and then jumped off the cart to the outside of the store. As if all of this was not enough, the guy reached in the cart and grabbed one of my steaks. I chased after him and landed a size 10 knocking him to the ground. He took off running without the steaks and jumped into a pickup truck. He put the pedal to the metal in reverse and slammed into a parked car. I got his licence plate and he yelled out the window that we will never get him because they're temp plates. Approximately 6 hours later, the guy was picked up by the police on a traffic stop for an outstanding warrant. He was positively Id'ed and arrested for the warrant, retail theft and leaving the scene of an accident. His criminal record turned out to be no beacon of light. He had served time in prison for attempted murder and was wanted for theft, robbery and assault on a peace officer. Once we were done with him, there were 4 other States waiting for us to expedite him there way.
BEAUTY BITES!!!
(TOTAL RECOVERY=UNKNOWN) (SUBMITTED BY TONY)
My female agent was working alone one evening, when she spotted 2 juvenile males enter the store. She observed them proceed to the Men's Fragrances deptartment and begin smelling a bunch of the testors. As luck would have it, one of the boys could not resist the temptation of a certain cologne and pocketed the testor for it. He and his buddy continued on through the store to the junior's department. My female agent had by then proceeded to the selling floor to maintain observation. As the 2 boys were walking towards the store entrance getting ready to leave, they spotted my agent. She is a cute female and the boy who had our merchandise spotted her following behind them. As they were just exiting the store, he turns to her and says, "Hey there, you're hot, what's your name?" Oblivious to what was about to happen to him, and totally unaware of who she was, he was trying to hit on her! She pulls out her badge and responds, "Thanks, but I'm store security and! I need my stuff back." She said the poor boys jaw hit the ground and he said, "You're WHO???" She told him again who she was and he just lowered his head and stated, "Damn! This sucks!" He got to meet my agent, but not quite the way he intended. Goes to show that sometimes the bad guys never know who they might meet when they steal!
HIDE THE EVIDENCE!!
(TOTAL RECOVERY=UNKNOWN) ARRESTED (SUBMITTED BY TONY)
ON THIS DAY OF STORE SURVEILLANCE, I WAS WATCHING 2 FEMALE SUSPECTS WHO HAD CONCEALED SOME PANTIES IN THE FITTING ROOM. AS I KEPT OBSERVATION ON THE SALES FLOOR, THEY WALKED OVER TO THE MEN'S DEPARTMENT AND MET UP WITH A MALE. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY THE BOYFRIEND OF ONE OF THE FEMALES. I WATCHED AS HE SELECTED 1 PAIR OF DISPLAY TENNIS SHOES AND WALKED TO THE NEARBY FITTING ROOM. AFTER A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS, THIS SNEAKY SHOE SWITCHER EXITED THE FITTING ROOM WEARING OUR SHOES! THE MALE SUSPECT AND THE 2 FEMALES WENT DOWNSTAIRS AND PURCHASED A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR CHARITY BEFORE EXITING THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE CONCEALED MERCHANDISE. OUTSIDE, I APPROACHED ALL 3 SUSPECTS AND IDENTIFIED MYSELF AS "SECURITY". I RECOVERED THE PANTIES FROM THE FEMALES AND ESCORTED ALL 3 PERSONS TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. IN THE OFFICE, I ASKED THE MALE SUSPECT IF HE LEFT HIS SHOES IN THE FITTING ROOM AND HE SAID "YES". I CALLED AN AREA MANAGER TO CHECK THE FITTING ROOM FOR THE SUSPECT'S SHOES. THE MANAGER CALLED BACK A MINUTE LATER AND SAID THAT THERE WERE NO OLD GYM SHOES IN THE FITTING ROOM. I ASKED THE SHOPLIFTER WHERE HE LEFT HIS SHOES AND HE SAID THAT HE PUT THEM IN THE CEILING. SURE ENOUGH, THAT IS RIGHT WHERE WE FOUND THEM! THE OFFENDERS WERE ARRESTED AND REMOVED FROM THE STORE.
STEAK BOOST
(TOTAL RECOVERY=$ 73.00) ARRESTED (SUBMITTED BY GROCERY STORE)
ONE DAY, AS I WAS WALKING MY STORE, I OBSERVED A MALE SUSPECT SELECT 6 STEAKS AND WALK AWAY FROM THE MEAT MARKET WITH THEM. HE MADE HIS WAY UP THE AISLE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE STORE AND IN THE PROCESS, REMOVED A BAG FROM HIS POCKET. QUICK AS A FLASH, THE STEAKS WERE CONCEALED IN THE BAG AND OUT THE DOOR HE WENT. OUTSIDE, I APPROACHED HIM WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM THE GROCERY TEAM. THE SUSPECT IMMEDIATELY TOOK OFF RUNNING, BUT WAS GRABBED BY ONE OF THE GROCERY GUYS. THEY PROCEEDED TO STRUGGLE AND AS THE REST OF US WERE MAKING IT OVER THERE, THE SUSPECT BROKE FREE AND DOVE OVER A FENCE INTO THE NEXT PARKING LOT. HE PROCEEDED TO FLEE THE SCENE. AS WE COLLECTED OURSELVES, WE FOUND THE MERCHANDISE HAD BEEN RECOVERED AND IN ADDITION, SINCE THE SUSPECT WAS IN SUCH A HURRY, HE LEFT US WITH THE KEYS TO HIS CAR AND HIS CHECKBOOK. THE SUSPECT RAN A FEW BLOCKS AND WAS THEN ARRESTED BY THE POLICE. THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING WAS REPORTED STOLEN. HE WAS ALSO PICKED UP ON SEVERAL WARRANTS AND WE SIGNED THE COMPLAINT FOR SHOPLIFTING.
COMPUTER HIT
(TOTAL RECOVERY=$ UNKNOWN) ARRESTED (SUBMITTED BY KEVIN)
ONE DAY, AS I WAS MONITORING THE ELECTRONICS STORE THAT I WORK AT, I VIEWED 2 MALE SUBJECTS IN OUR COMPUTER DEPARTMENT. AS I BEGAN SURVEILLANCE WITH OUR CAMERA SYSTEM, I NOTED THAT ONE OF THE GUYS WAS HOLDING A BAG IN HIS HAND. I WATCHED CLOSELY AS THE 2 GUYS LOOKED OVER OUR DISPLAY MODELS OF LAPTOP COMPUTERS (which are secured to the counter with very heavy duty security cable). THE SUSPECTS CONTINUED LOOKING AROUND SUSPICIOUSLY AND THEN, WHEN NOBODY WAS AROUND, ONE OF THE SUSPECTS REMOVED A PAIR OF CABLE CUTTERS WITH HYDRAULIC ASSIST FROM HIS POCKET AND LOCKED THEM ONTO THE SECURITY CABLE OF ONE OF THE COMPUTERS. HE PUSHED A BUTTON AND IN AN INSTANT, THE CUTTERS CLAMPED TOGETHER AND CUT THE CABLE. HE BEGAN DOING THAT TO SEVERAL DISPLAY MODELS OF LAPTOPS AND AS HE DID THAT, THE OTHER GUY PILED THEM INTO THE BAG HE WAS CARRYING. I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES AS I CALLED THE POLICE AND BACKUP. AFTER PILING SEVERAL LAPTOPS INTO THE BAG, THE 2 GUYS WALKED TO THE CD SECTION AND QUICKLY SELECTED 2 CLEARANCE CD'S AND PAID FOR THEM AT THE CHECKOUT. AS THEY PASSED THE LAST POINT OF SALE, I STOPPED THEM AND IDENTIFIED MYSELF AS SECURITY. THEY TOOK OFF RUNNING AND BUSTED PAST MY OTHER LP AGENT AND THEN RAN RIGHT INTO 2 POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE RESPONDING. THEY DID NOT RESIST AND INSTEAD WALKED BACK INTO THE STORE WITH US AND TO THE SECURITY OFFICE. IN THE OFFICE, WE RECOVERED 5 LAPTOP COMPUTERS. THE BAG THAT THEY WERE CARRYING THE PRODUCT IN WAS LINED WITH TIN FOIL (so as to defeat the security gates). THEY WERE BOTH ARRESTED FOR 3 COUNTS OF RETAIL THEFT FOR POSSESSION OF 2 BURGLARY TOOLS (the cable cutters and the booster bag).
BEER SALE
RECOVERY=$ 60.00)ARRESTED (SUBMITTED BY "THE TEXAN"
ONE EVENING, AS I WAS WATCHING THE FRONT LANES IN THE GROCERY STORE THAT I WORK, I SPOTTED A FEMALE PUSHING A CART FILLED WITH 4 CASES OF BEER THROUGH THE CHECKOUT LANES AND HEADING FOR THE DOOR. AS I LOOKED CLOSER, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECEIPT ATTACHED TO IT. THE THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS THAT THE RECEIPT WAS ATTACHED BY A "PAID" STICKER THAT OUR STORE NO LONGER USES. I DECIDED TO STOP THE SUSPECT AND CHECK HER RECEIPT. UPON CHECKING IT, I FOUND THAT THERE WAS ONLY 1 CASE OF BEER ON IT. UPON QUESTIONING THE SUSPECT ON THIS, SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE BUY 1 GET 3 FREE. THE RECEIPT ALSO SHOWED THAT THIS 1 CASE WAS PURCHASED AT ANOTHER STORE ON A DIFFERENT DAY. BASICALLY, SHE WAS USING THE RECEIPT AS A DECOY. THE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED.
SHOPLIFTER TAKES A BEATING
(TOTAL RECOVERY=$ 80.00)ARRESTED (SUBMITTED BY "THE TEXAN"
ONE EVENING, AS I WAS MONITORING THE GROCERY STORE THAT I WORK, I VIEWED TWO MALE SUSPECTS IN THE LIQUOR DEPARTMENT. I OBSERVED AS ONE OF THEM SELECTED 2 BOTTLES OF CHAMPAIGNE WITH A VALUE OF $ 80.00. THE TWO SUSPECTS WALKED INTO THE STORE WHERE THE MAN WITH THE CHAMPAIGNE CONCEALED THEM IN HIS PANTS. THEY PROCEEDED TO THE FRONT AND PASSED THE REGISTERS. JUST OUTSIDE, I APPROACHED THE SUSPECTS AND ID'ED MYSELF AS "SECURITY". THE MAN WITHOUT THE CHAMPAIGNE TOOK OFF RUNNING AND JUMPED INTO A GETAWAY CAR. THE VEHICLE WENT FROM ZERO TO SIXTY AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. THE SUSPECT WITH THE CHAMPAIGNE GAVE THEM BACK TO ME AND ACCOMPANIED ME INSIDE THE STORE. SUDDENLY, HE TOOK OFF RUNNING IN THE STORE AND EXITED THE OTHER DOOR. I WALKED OUTSIDE AND OBSERVED HIM GET INTO A CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN THE LOT. I PROCEEDED TO WRITE DOWN THE LICENSE PLATE. SUDDENLY, A VAN PULLED UP AND SANDWICHED IN THE SHOPIFTER'S CAR. I WALKED OUT AND ASKED THE SHOPLIFTER AGAIN TO JUST ACCOMPANY ME INTO THE STORE AND WE CAN AVOID CAUSING ANY MORE PROBLEMS. THE SHOPLIFTER IGNORED MY REQUESTS AND PUT HIS VEHICLE INTO REVERSE. HE SLAMMED HIS CAR INTO THE BYSTANDER'S VAN. HE THEN MOVED FORWARD AND DID IT AGAIN. I RAN UP AND OPENED THE DOOR. I STRUGGLED WITH THE SHOPLIFTER TO RETRIEVE THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION. SUDDENLY, I HEARD A CRASH AND WAS COVERED WITH GLASS. I JUMPED OUT AND SAW THE BYSTANDER WITH AN ALUMINUM BASEBALL BAT. HE PROCEEDED TO SMASH IN MORE OF THE SHOPLIFTER'S WINDOWS. THE SHOPLIFTER GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND THE BYSTANDER PROCEEDED TO BEAT THE SHOPLIFTER WITH THE BAT. HE ASSAULTED HIM REPEATEDLY AND THEN FINALLY THREW DOWN THE BAT. I TALKED THE BYSTANDER INTO SITTING IN HIS CAR. THE POLICE ARRIVED WITH EMS. THE SHOPLIFTER WAS TAKEN BY EMS WITH A BROKEN ELBOW AND A HEAVILLY BRUISED KIDNEY. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH RETAIL THEFT AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. THE BYSTANDER WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY.
LEATHER THIEF
($ 45.00) ARRESTED (SUBMITTED BY "THE TEXAN"
ONE DAY, WHILE I WAS MONITORING MY DRUG STORE, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CHECKER. THE CHECKER INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD OBSERVED A CUSTOMER REMOVE A LEATHER JACKET AND TAKE IT INTO THE LIQUOR DEPARTMENT. AS I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, I SAW THE FEMALE SUSPECT WITH THE JACKET. I WAITED AS SHE REMOVED HER JACKET AND PLACED OURS UNDERNEATH IT. SHE REMOVED THE SALES TAG. WITH THE MERCHANDISE CONCEALED ON HER PERSON, SHE ENTERED THE CHECOUT LANE AND PURCHASED SOME GROCERIES. SHE THEN EXITED THE STORE. OUTSIDE, I APPROACHED HER AND ID'ED MYSELF AS "SECURITY". SHE DENIED HAVING STOLEN ANYTHING, HOWEVER, WHEN I PRESSED THE ISSUE, SHE DID NOT RESIST AND WAS ESCORTED TO THE MANAGER'S OFFICE. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR MISDEMEANOR RETAIL THEFT AND THE MERCHANDISE WAS RECOVERED.
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