Naples Fla April 6 2008
By: Rick McCann
Ntl Assoc. Private Officers
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Via Press Release
Deputies arrested a 37-year-old Albertsons employee Wednesday on charges she made fake transactions and stole lottery tickets.
Julie Reneus, 3625 Poplar Way, East Naples, was charged with grand theft.The thefts were reported over several days in March at the Albertsons at 3350 U.S. 41 E. East Naples.
Reports say Reneus, who works in the Albertsons liquor department, would run off lottery tickets, charged for them without putting money into the cash register and then would conduct a fake beer keg or tap deposit return for customers, which would balance out the money she was removing from the register or charging the lottery tickets to.
Store surveillance video showed Reneus, who works alone in the liquor department, working on the days when the discrepancies were reported.
There were no customers in the store at the time Reneus made transactions for keg returns, reports said.
A search of Reneus by deputies turned up several lottery tickets in her pants pockets. A subsequent search of her purse turned up more lottery tickets.
Many of the tickets corresponded to specific dates in which keg deposit returns were conducted, reports said.
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Suspects in jewelry heist surrender to police www.privateofficer.com
Walton County Fla. April 6 2008
Two women turned themselves in to Walton County (Fla.) authorities Wednesday night in connection with a March 12 jewelry store theft, Walton County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Eddie Farris said.
Emily Parker Johnson, 54, of a Croom Drive address in Montgomery, and Mary Parker Brown, 52, of a Laurelwood Lane address in Montgomery, were both charged with grand theft, according to Walton County arrest reports.
The two sisters, along with a third sister, Rheata Parker Dozier, 55, of a Wares Ferry Road address in Montgomery, entered Hooch and Holly’s jewelry store in the community of Seaside in northwest Florida March 12, according to Walton County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Store manager Jennifer Black has said one woman bought something at the counter while the other two dropped jewelry into straw bags sold by the store.
The women left without paying for the items, she said.The women arrested allegedly took $4,424.70 of jewelry, according to the same reports.Dozier was not charged, Farris said, because the Florida state attorney’s office had "insufficient evidence" to prosecute."(Brown and Johnson) came in late (Wednesday) evening, sometime after 4:30 p.m.," Farris said.
"They were booked in and bonded out right after that."Both Brown and Johnson were released on $5,000 bond each, Farris said.Sheriff’s deputies recovered the jewelry and returned it to the store.A Mary Brown in Montgomery with the same Laurelwood Lane address listed in the police report said neither she nor her sister were those who turned themselves in. A Rheata P. Dozier at the same Wares Ferry Road address as listed in the police reports said she did not know anything about the situation
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Two women turned themselves in to Walton County (Fla.) authorities Wednesday night in connection with a March 12 jewelry store theft, Walton County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Eddie Farris said.
Emily Parker Johnson, 54, of a Croom Drive address in Montgomery, and Mary Parker Brown, 52, of a Laurelwood Lane address in Montgomery, were both charged with grand theft, according to Walton County arrest reports.
The two sisters, along with a third sister, Rheata Parker Dozier, 55, of a Wares Ferry Road address in Montgomery, entered Hooch and Holly’s jewelry store in the community of Seaside in northwest Florida March 12, according to Walton County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Store manager Jennifer Black has said one woman bought something at the counter while the other two dropped jewelry into straw bags sold by the store.
The women left without paying for the items, she said.The women arrested allegedly took $4,424.70 of jewelry, according to the same reports.Dozier was not charged, Farris said, because the Florida state attorney’s office had "insufficient evidence" to prosecute."(Brown and Johnson) came in late (Wednesday) evening, sometime after 4:30 p.m.," Farris said.
"They were booked in and bonded out right after that."Both Brown and Johnson were released on $5,000 bond each, Farris said.Sheriff’s deputies recovered the jewelry and returned it to the store.A Mary Brown in Montgomery with the same Laurelwood Lane address listed in the police report said neither she nor her sister were those who turned themselves in. A Rheata P. Dozier at the same Wares Ferry Road address as listed in the police reports said she did not know anything about the situation
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Stabbings at mall have shoppers on edge www.privateofficer.com
MESA AZ. April 6 2008 — Two stabbings at a Mesa mall are related, and authorities have a suspect in custody, police said.The first stabbing occurred Sunday afternoon at a Macy’s department store in Fiesta Mall.
Mesa police said a man was stabbed in an unprovoked attack, receiving non-life threatening injuries.Officers didn’t locate a suspect Sunday, but they got a physical description of the attacker and his vehicle.
A second stabbing happened Monday afternoon. Police stopped and detained a man after security officers found the victim fatally stabbed in the restroom of the Fiesta Mall food court.
Police are withholding the murder victim’s name until his family is notified.Late Monday, Mesa police confirmed the male suspect bought an eight inch butcher knife from a mall store shortly before Monday’s incident.
Police are also in the process of conducting a photo lineup with the victim of Sunday’s stabbing at Fiesta Mall.Mesa Police Chief George Gascon said the attacks appear to be random.The suspect is a convicted murderer with a history of mental illness who spent six years in prison and was released about two years ago, Gascon said.
Mesa police said the victim of Sunday’s stabbing was a 22-year-old male walking through the men’s department in Macy’s, the East Valley Tribune reported.
According to police, the suspect entered the store Sunday afternoon and approached the first victim. The victim said he looked in the suspect’s direction as they passed, at which time the suspect turned around, grabbed him from behind and stabbed him in the neck with a knife.The victim turned around and said to the suspect, "What are you doing? I don’t even know you." The suspect then stabbed the victim in the shoulder three times.
Mesa police said they didn’t notify the public about Sunday’s stabbing until Monday morning because investigators didn’t have enough information, and that releasing the details would have been premature, Gascon said.Crime scene tape and a police presence at the mall Monday afternoon drew the attention of shoppers."We knew something really bad must have happened," said Rose Medina, a Fiesta Mall shopper.Mike Jorgenson, senior property manager at Fiesta Mall, said the incident only affected a small area of the mall. "Everyone’s going about their shopping," he said.
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Teenager charged with robbery after theft www.privateofficer.com
Harlingen TX APRIL 6 2008
An 18-year-old man that police arrested on charges of aggravated robbery was arraigned Thursday by a municipal court judge, who set his bond at $50,000, officials said Harlingen resident Leroy Cortez was arrested after police said he and his juvenile brother took merchandise from Mervyn’s without paying and threatened a Mervyn’s security officer Monday, according to a police report.
The two brothers and another man went into the store at Valle Vista Mall and a security officer saw the boy hide a T-shirt in his shorts, the report states.Cortez saw his brother conceal the shirt and didn’t attempt to stop him, the report states.
They then walked out of the store without paying and security officers confronted the group, according to the report.
The boy pulled a knife out of his right front pants pocket and turned on the security officers, and Cortez told the security guards to leave his brother alone, the police report states.
The juvenile put the knife inside his pocket when he saw police arrive, according to the report.Police arrested the brothers and took them to the Harlingen jail, the report states.While the juvenile was being transported to the Darrel B. Hester Juvenile Detention Center, he was able to move his cuffed hands toward the front of his body, and police and the boy were involved in a brief struggle when they took him out of the car, the report states.
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Public questions police use of force during shoplifter arrest www.privateofficer.com
Waterford CT. April 6 2008
By: Rick McCann
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There seems to be some question as to whether or not local police used too much force in arresting a shoplifter at a local Sears on Wednesday. Two people who said they had witnessed the arrest say that there was.
Police were notified by Sears loss prevention team that they were attempting to detain a shoplifter, later identified as Jose Molina-Montalvo and that he was struggling with them.
Waterford Chief of Police Murray Pendleton on Thursday defended tactics used by police in the arrest.Based on Lt. Brett Mahoney’s report of the incident, Mahoney arrived on the scene, Pendleton said, the man had smashed the case and started to run. Pendleton said Mahoney chased the man through several departments of the store..
At that point, Pendleton said, Officer John Bunce arrived on the scene and attempted to use a Taser to subdue the man. Pendleton said the Taser’s batteries were not properly charged and the gun misfired. At that point, officers on the scene reported that the man refused to be handcuffed and continued resisting officers. In their report, Pendleton said, the officers said that because the Taser didn’t work, they then used their "closed fists" to bring the man under control.
Police charged Jose Molina-Montalvo, 19, of New London with fifth-degree larceny, third-degree criminal mischief, interfering with a police officer and possession of a shoplifting device.Witnesses to the arrest notified the local newspaper of the incident saying that in their opinion the police overdid it and used too much force to subdue the man and the newspaper contacted Molina-Montalvo, at his home, and he admitted to stealing a digital camera from the store but said Waterford police went too far in the arrest, shoving him to the ground outside the store and repeatedly kicking and punching him in the head and chest.
Molina-Montalvo said that as he walked out of the store and headed for the exit he noticed a police officer. He tried to retreat and ran for a few feet but realized he had nowhere to go, he said."I saw a cop point something yellow at me," Molina-Montalvo said. "I think it was a Taser. I tried to put my arms up and head for the ground. That’s when one cop pushed me to the ground. I think he even used the Taser. I don’t know how we ended up outside, but one cop is on me, one kicked me and someone kept punching my face.""I know what I did was wrong," said Molina-Montalvo, but "the way they handled the situation was wrong. They were beating me up like I really did something bad." Montalvo sustained minor scratches and bruising during his arrest.Pendleton said the officers acted appropriately in a situation in which a man was actively resisting arrest.
Molina-Montalvo has other criminal cases pending against him. In February, New London police arrested him when a friend he was with dropped a bag containing a .22-caliber rifle and a pellet rifle, police said. Molina-Montalvo was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon and interfering with police.The local newspaper The Day, said about a dozen people witnessed the incident, some taking photos with their cell phones.
PrivateOfficer.com and The National Association of Private Officers tried to contact Montalvo but found no listed phone number for himWe did however talk with Anthony Bianco, a regional loss prevention manager for a major retailer and a retired police officer from Florida. We asked him in his current or previous duties if force was ever necessary in the arrest of a suspect and just how much force should be used. He pointed out that the officers were met with a fleeing suspect who after being physically detained still put up a fight to the point that the officers tried to deploy their taser gun which would have been reasonaable force under the circumstances. When the Taser malfunctioned, the officers continued to use force by punching Montalvo to bring him into submission so that he could be handcuffed. To the public, seeing four or five cops piled up on one person especially using physical force may have seemed a bit too much but in reality it was the level of force required to bring the suspect under control. If he had complied with their demands to be handcuffed the shoppers would have just seen a routine arrest and officers escorting a prisoner out the door to their waiting police cruisers.The public needs to realize that it’s not always as bad as it looks Bianco said. What if he had gotten away from the officers and pulled a knife or a gun and taken one of the shoppers hostage or worse, shot them.
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By: Rick McCann
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There seems to be some question as to whether or not local police used too much force in arresting a shoplifter at a local Sears on Wednesday. Two people who said they had witnessed the arrest say that there was.
Police were notified by Sears loss prevention team that they were attempting to detain a shoplifter, later identified as Jose Molina-Montalvo and that he was struggling with them.
Waterford Chief of Police Murray Pendleton on Thursday defended tactics used by police in the arrest.Based on Lt. Brett Mahoney’s report of the incident, Mahoney arrived on the scene, Pendleton said, the man had smashed the case and started to run. Pendleton said Mahoney chased the man through several departments of the store..
At that point, Pendleton said, Officer John Bunce arrived on the scene and attempted to use a Taser to subdue the man. Pendleton said the Taser’s batteries were not properly charged and the gun misfired. At that point, officers on the scene reported that the man refused to be handcuffed and continued resisting officers. In their report, Pendleton said, the officers said that because the Taser didn’t work, they then used their "closed fists" to bring the man under control.
Police charged Jose Molina-Montalvo, 19, of New London with fifth-degree larceny, third-degree criminal mischief, interfering with a police officer and possession of a shoplifting device.Witnesses to the arrest notified the local newspaper of the incident saying that in their opinion the police overdid it and used too much force to subdue the man and the newspaper contacted Molina-Montalvo, at his home, and he admitted to stealing a digital camera from the store but said Waterford police went too far in the arrest, shoving him to the ground outside the store and repeatedly kicking and punching him in the head and chest.
Molina-Montalvo said that as he walked out of the store and headed for the exit he noticed a police officer. He tried to retreat and ran for a few feet but realized he had nowhere to go, he said."I saw a cop point something yellow at me," Molina-Montalvo said. "I think it was a Taser. I tried to put my arms up and head for the ground. That’s when one cop pushed me to the ground. I think he even used the Taser. I don’t know how we ended up outside, but one cop is on me, one kicked me and someone kept punching my face.""I know what I did was wrong," said Molina-Montalvo, but "the way they handled the situation was wrong. They were beating me up like I really did something bad." Montalvo sustained minor scratches and bruising during his arrest.Pendleton said the officers acted appropriately in a situation in which a man was actively resisting arrest.
Molina-Montalvo has other criminal cases pending against him. In February, New London police arrested him when a friend he was with dropped a bag containing a .22-caliber rifle and a pellet rifle, police said. Molina-Montalvo was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon and interfering with police.The local newspaper The Day, said about a dozen people witnessed the incident, some taking photos with their cell phones.
PrivateOfficer.com and The National Association of Private Officers tried to contact Montalvo but found no listed phone number for himWe did however talk with Anthony Bianco, a regional loss prevention manager for a major retailer and a retired police officer from Florida. We asked him in his current or previous duties if force was ever necessary in the arrest of a suspect and just how much force should be used. He pointed out that the officers were met with a fleeing suspect who after being physically detained still put up a fight to the point that the officers tried to deploy their taser gun which would have been reasonaable force under the circumstances. When the Taser malfunctioned, the officers continued to use force by punching Montalvo to bring him into submission so that he could be handcuffed. To the public, seeing four or five cops piled up on one person especially using physical force may have seemed a bit too much but in reality it was the level of force required to bring the suspect under control. If he had complied with their demands to be handcuffed the shoppers would have just seen a routine arrest and officers escorting a prisoner out the door to their waiting police cruisers.The public needs to realize that it’s not always as bad as it looks Bianco said. What if he had gotten away from the officers and pulled a knife or a gun and taken one of the shoppers hostage or worse, shot them.
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RETAIL SECURITY ALERT! www.privateofficer.com
Atlanta Georgia April 6 2008
RETAIL SECURITY ALERT!
In the past eighteen days, we have reports from at least a dozen different states and retail stores of large amounts of razor blades being stolen from pharmacies such as CVS and Walgreen as well as department stores such as Walmart and K-Mart.
These thefts involve the replacement tri- blades for all brands and has netted thieves approximately $300,000 in stolen merchandise.
The razor blades, as with most HBA(health, beauty aid) items are fast cash on internet sites such as EBay and other online auctions, Craigslist and on line stores and market places as well as area flea markets and just selling them right out of the trunk of their car like one shoplifter did in New Jersey.
Most stores are reporting that the thefts wipe out entire sections of inventory and add up to thousands of dollars of merchandise in one hit.
Although there have been several arrests in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee we do not see a connection to these thefts at this time and in most cases the shoplifters are acting independently in their area. This does not mean however that gangs are not working a particular city or state because we are sure that they are.Some stores have begun locking up these items while others do not want to inconvenience their customers anymore than they have to.BE AWARE! If you have an HBA area it is advised to spend extra time on surveillance and make you GM’s and store associates aware of this alert!
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Officer injured by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
SPRINGBORO, Ohio April 6 2008
BY: Bryan Hill
Security News Magazinehttp://www.privateofficer.com/
A shoplifter trying to steal one of the hottest theft items right now found himself in jail after he struggled with a police officer and injured him.A Springboro police officer working a security detail at the Kroger on West Central Avenue was injured in a scuffle with the suspect Friday night.The officer became aware of two men who were shoplifting razor blades and tried to detain the suspects.When the officer tried to stop them, one of the men ran off and the officer struggled with the other suspect but was eventually able to take him into custodty.The officer was taken to an area hospital, where he received stitches in his hand.Police said two men tried to walk out of the store with $1,000 worth of razor blades.Authorities did not release the name of the officer involved or the arrested shoplifter.Police were still searching for the other suspect as of Friday night.
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