Police, security conduct shoplifting blitz www.privateofficer.com
Saginaw Township MI. Dec. 19, 2007
Saginaw Township police believe they have put a big dent in the annual Christmas season shoplifting spree by arresting 27 suspects and recovering more than $8,000 in stolen goods.Members of the Township Shoplifting Task Force, which includes police and local store loss prevention agents organized a retail fraud blitz Thursday and Friday.
The officers and store security spread out over the township and concentrated on retail theft for several days. The joint effort paid off with with a large number of arrests and a substantial recovery of stolen merchandise police said.They caught two more suspects Saturday, a 44-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman. The pair have a long history of retail fraud.Township Officer Chris Fredenburg said that about 1:30 p.m. Saturday security agents saw the two concealing about nine purses inside a large tote bag, but they were unable to stop them before they took off but police officers were able to track them down and took them into custody.
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