Monday, January 28, 2008

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OHIO

A man with a knife threatened Walmart security staff in the early hours of this morning.
The incident took place at the store, in the Northern Orbital Shopping Centre, at 1.30am.
Security staff at the store were confronted by three men, one of whom was brandishing a knife.
Police were alerted and responded immediately.
The three men were then detained and the man with the knife was arrested for carrying an offensive weapon, and also for a drug related charge.
A second man was also arrested for a drug related offense.



A 19-year-old man was arrested at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 22 at the King Soopers at 995 S. Hover St on suspicion of theft. A security officer for the store called police. Upon arrival at the scene, the security man told officers that he witnessed the man conceal and not pay for two packs of cigarettes and an avocado. When officers attempted to take the man into custody, he was using his cell phone to send a text message. One officer told the man to put the phone down, to which the man replied, "Can't I finish my message?" The man was then told to get up by the security officer, and he obliged. The man was released on a summons.



INDPENDENCE MO
A 19-year-old Independence resident believed to have fired a shotgun in a dispute Saturday afternoon just outside the Target store in Independence was to appear in Jackson County Circuit Court late this morning, according to Tom Gentry, Independence police spokesman.
The teen, whose name was not released, allegedly fired a shotgun, wounding two 18-year-old Kansas City men. Both victims were taken to a hospital Saturday with non-life threatening injuries, Gentry said.
Independence Police Captain Ken Jarnagin said the events leading to the shooting near the Bolger Square shopping center are still under investigation. However, the dispute seems to have begun perhaps as long as two months ago and seemed to have been carried from Kansas City to Independence, Jarnagin said.
"There's still a lot of things we're trying to figure out," he said.
The teen was apprehended near the scene of the shooting and taken into custody shortly after the incident, which occurred about 12:15 p.m.
The victims went to a nearby optometry building, where they asked employees to call police. Those who were injured drove a red SUV, which had many bullet holes.
Kirk Bayne of Independence said he and his wife were inside the Target shopping when they heard someone say there had been a shooting outside. When Bayne and his wife got into the parking lot, they discovered their parked car had been hit by the gunfire. It had bullet holes and the rear window has been shot out.
"If only my car could talk," Bayne joked.
Marty Schmuhl, who lives behind the Target store, said he heard no shots, but followed a police vehicle into the Target store while officers inside were in pursuit of the suspects. "There was like a flurry of activity out here," Schmuhl said. "Isn't that something," he said, shaking his head. "That this would happen in bright daylight in Independence.




MERCED CA.
Four teenagers, ages 15 to 17, were arrested Friday night at Save Mart, 1136 W. Main St., on charges of robbery, conspiracy, resisting arrest and gang enhancements after a foiled shoplifting attempt.
Lt. Roger McIntyre of the Merced Police Department said one of the boys went to the liquor aisle of the grocery store and put bottles of liquor down the sleeves of his jacket while a friend acted as a lookout and they left the store without paying.

The teens, several of them validated criminal street gang members, interfered with store loss prevention officers' attempts to arrest them.


RICHLAND PA.
A 17-year-old Quakertown girl was arrested Jan. 18 for retail theft after she stole $87 worth of jewelry from Kohl's Department Store on Route 309, said Richland police. In related charges, another 17-year-old Quakertown girl was arrested for retail theft for stealing more than $54 worth of jewelry from Kohl's, said police. The names of the girls were withheld by police because of their ages.



Bismarck ND
Bismarck police say six people were arrested by store security for shoplifting yesterday. Three different women were caught shoplifting from the South Walmart, together taking more than $130 worth of makeup, clothing, and other items. A 39-year-old woman was arrested at the North Walmart for stealing a camera, sheets, and other assorted items worth a total of more than $350. An off-duty police officer was in the area when she was caught. Because of the amount the merchandise was worth, she will be charged with a class A misdemeanor. A homeless man was caught stealing a $10 stocking cap from Scheels. He said he was cold and had no money. Finally, a 44-year-old Bismarck woman was arrested at Kohls for stealing about $80 worth of clothes.


NYC. A security guard at the Apple computer store at 103 Prince St. at the corner of Greene St. stopped a man who was walking out of the store without paying for four software discs in his jacket pocket at 5:45 a.m. Sun., Jan. 13, police said. Scott Smith, 37, was charged with third degree burglary, larceny and possession of stolen property, according to prosecutors.



Brooklyn NY Police arrested Maurice Cato, 36, of Brooklyn, at about 5:15 p.m. Sun., Jan. 13 in the Louis Vuitton boutique at 116 Greene St. at Prince St. for trying to walk out of the place without paying for a bag valued at $3,250, according to the district attorney’s office. The suspect was charged with grand larceny and possession of stolen property.


NYC Three suspects charged with shoplifting 25 pairs of designer jeans with a total value of $5,573 from the Bloomingdale’s Soho store at 504 Broadway at Broome St. on Thurs., Jan. 10 pleaded guilty on Jan. 21, according to the district attorney’s office.



NEW HARTFORD NY - A Utica woman who has been arrested 23 times under eight different names was charged following a shoplifting incident at the Kids Deal store on Monday, police said. Doris S. McDade, 41, was transported to the New Hartford Police Department where during the processing, a criminal history search revealed she had been previously arrested 23 times including a 1989 conviction for manslaughter in New York City, police said. McDade was arraigned and sent to Oneida County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bond. Her case will be heard in New Hartford court at a later date, police said.



Tifton GA-- A Tifton Police officer on patrol early Saturday morning busted a Florida man who had climbed on top of the Tifton Mall and was stealing copper from air conditioning units.
Officer Danny Hayes spotted a U-Haul truck behind the mall. Thirty-seven-year-old John Eugene Odom was using that truck to store commercial grade cooling units that he had just stolen from heating and air conditioning systems on the rooftop of the mall.
"During the night he was apparently going on top of the roof stripping the AC units to obtain the copper, primarily the copper parts of it to sell for scrap," says Tifton Police Detective Raleigh Coarsey.
Odom is being held in the Tift County Jail facing felony theft charges. No word on how much it will cost to fix the damaged units.



BENSALEM PA
Mike Phipps, 39, 600 block Clymer Ave., Morrisville, 2:43 p.m., Sun, theft by unlawful taking at Sears, Neshaminy Mall, to receive summons.


NASHVILLE TN.

A 21-year-old man and a 23-year-old employee of a Walgreens store were arrested on charges the man donned a clown mask and held up the store — and that the employee helped him set it up.
Metro police arrested Marcus Rucker of Curdwood Boulevard today on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and theft of property, in connection with a Jan. 8 robbery at a Walgreens store on North Gallatin Pike.
Patricia Young was forced to put pills in a bag at gunpoint during the robbery, but police said she gave Rucker the code to the men’s bathroom so he could put on the clown mask, and lead her out with a gun to her back.
Young was charged with theft of property on Sunday. Rucker is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.














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