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Retail Gangs: A New Breed of Thieves
Washington Post ^
| Jul 31, 2005
| Margaret Webb Pressler
Posted on 08/01/2005 4:28:48 AM PDT by nuconvert
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:28:49 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
Once again, the actions of criminals affect us all. You have to travel awhile to find a place where you can get gas without prepay or credit/debit...even in daylight. We are all presumed to be thieves due to the scum of society.
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:35:34 AM PDT
by
GOP_Proud
(...when the Iraqi soldiers stand up, we will stand down...GWB)
To: All
...hangers that lock to a jacket or suit. Too bad they can't lock onto the perp's jacket and hold him 'til police arrive!
But then again...maybe it doesn't matter if the police arrive:
"I'm going after a guy right now that's been arrested 56 times," Walgreen's Biggs said. "I've got to put together a case that can show this isn't your typical little shoplifter."
The day after making that statement, Biggs called back to say he had just arrested the same shoplifter for the 57th time.
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:37:40 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: nuconvert
Retailers say rings of habitual shoplifters are proliferating nationwide, but particularly in urban areas ........ URBAN? You mean this is mostly and URBAN phenomenon?
Hhmmmmmm.........
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:39:23 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(If it isn't a baby, you're not pregnant)
To: nuconvert
Interesting article, thanks.
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:41:14 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Muslims who really want peace should unite behind a non-violent leader like Gandhi, King, or Walesa.)
To: GOP_Proud
Gee, could it be because 40 years of judicial activism actually increased criminal activity?
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:48:40 AM PDT
by
saveliberty
(Liberal= in need of therapy, but would rather ruin lives of those less fortunate to feel good)
To: Gondring
"I've got to put together a case that can show this isn't your typical little shoplifter."
Criminal justice today is a joke. And once someone is in prison, they have as many amenities as a resort hotel.
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:53:55 AM PDT
by
visualops
(www.visualops.com)
To: visualops
It costs about $45,000 a year to keep someone in prison, roughly equal to the tuition at an Ivy League school.
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posted on
08/01/2005 4:57:58 AM PDT
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: durasell
Your right but do college kids get cable?
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:03:50 AM PDT
by
since1868
To: Skooz
When she move to Kansas, my step-daughter complained that in Virginia "feminine supplies" had anti-theft devices in them. I explained, "That's becauser people are stealing these products. duh!"
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:05:03 AM PDT
by
eccentric
(a.k.a. baldwidow)
To: since1868
Yo, Winthrop got shanked in my advanced semiotics seminar by one of those deconstructionists. It's on. Be out on the quad after crew.
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:07:49 AM PDT
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: nuconvert
This is nothing new. Infant formula (infant formula for crying out loud) has been kept behind locked doors near the registers in supermarkets for quite a while now.
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:08:09 AM PDT
by
Quiller
To: nuconvert
It's not just in the market chain. It's also in the work area where one works.
I had a real nice coat stolen from the work place coat rack. Then I caught a woman wearing my light cpo coat that she had taken off the coat rack without permission. It was just pure luck that I caught her. There after I locked my coat to the coat rack with a bicycle chain lock. Other employees laughed at me until those that laughed had theirs stolen as well.
I think in all, about six or seven real good coats where stolen in about as many weeks.
The work place didn't do anything about the thefts, the lockers were too small to put a coat in and you had to leave your coat on the coat rack as they weren't allowed in the work area.
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:10:05 AM PDT
by
AIC
To: nuconvert
My local grocery loses between $20,000-25,000 per month to shoplifters.
I wonder what the numbers would be for a Super Walmart?
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:11:13 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Mexico, the 51st state.)
To: GOP_Proud
Don't forget the judicial system that either doesn't punish or simply slaps on the wrist. In addition, the criminal in America is given food stamps (or credit cards), medical care, housing and subsidized programs for a range of services. Only in America do we underwrite the lives of the criminals that destroy us internally.
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:13:04 AM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(NEW and IMPROVED: Now with 100% more Tyrannical Tendencies and Dictator Envy!)
To: AIC
Buy a garment lock. They've been standard for furs for years...
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:13:56 AM PDT
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: Gondring
How to fix?
Forget the system!!!Off record hire someone to beat the thief senseless....maybe break his legs.... burn any possessions...A great advertisement to other scumbags as well.
I remember in Korea the Turks never had any theft from any of their supply stations. Reason? They impaled a farmer caught stealing and left him to rot on a pole for all the locals to see. Horrible?....Yes...But it worked wonders.
To: nuconvert; All
My wife has worked retail for over 10 years. The stories of theft are jaw dropping. Pile robbing, baby carriages, false bottom bags lined with aluminum foil.
The smaller mall stores do not have the electronic tags on and they know this. They will come into the store in teams of 4 and 5. When they split up and not speaking English anymore. She knows she's done. While the others distract her and her staff, the other two will grab TABLEFULLS of clothing and run.
You can't detain the ones that she was helping, they now say they were not with the people who ran with the stuff. Security gets called, race card is played. They are told by their district office to let it go. A lawsuit will only cost more money.
The best theft prevention is customer service. This is why some stores sales associates are all over you to the point of being annoying. I hate that too, but I hate higher prices more.
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:20:29 AM PDT
by
WakeUpAndVote
(Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy since 1992!)
To: Rebelbase
I wonder if the self-checckout lines are adding to the problem.
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:20:32 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: nuconvert
an alleged fencing operation in Landover was raided. Prince George's CountyPG county is VERY heavily Democratic going somthing like 80+% for Kerry. Wonder if there's a correlation?
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posted on
08/01/2005 5:22:24 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
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