Archive for May, 2009
Lawman, Cleared of Shoplifting, Accuses Store of Damaging Career
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Thomas M. Jobes, an F.B.I. agent, was taken off a sting operation and given a desk job while awaiting trial.
Setback for Clinton Challenger
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Republican candidate, Kathleen Troia McFarland is canceling campaign events to help her 16-year-old daughter, who was charged with shoplifting.
Less Shoplifting in Health and Beauty Aisle
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Cosmetics and health-care products were the items most likely to be shoplifted in 2000. They fell to third in 2006, after meat and analgesics.
Queens Worker Injured Chasing Shoplifters
Thursday, May 14th, 2009A Jamaica clothing store employee who tried to stop two shoplifters was struck by their vehicle as they fled, the police said. The employee, whom the police identified only as a man in his 50s, saw a man and a woman take merchandise from the store, Pretty Girl, at 162-21 Jamaica Avenue about 1:20 p.m. and chased them. When the shoplifters got into a waiting minivan, the employee grabbed a door handle but was struck as the vehicle drove off, and received a head injury, the police said. He was ta…
Metro Briefing | New York: Queens: Man Arraigned In Guard’s Injury
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Philip J Zabriskie is charged with first-degree robbery and assault from shoplifting incident in New York City that resulted in store security guard Awali Khouroupra being critically injured when he tried to stop Zabriskie and accomplices from fleeing in vehicle
Data Show How Electronics Mix With Medical Devices
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Cellphones in hospitals may present no danger at all, two new reports show.
Revealing Garments, Spirited Away in Concealing Bags
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Three people managed to steal nearly $12,000 worth of bras and panties at a Victoria’s Secret in Jersey City as customers milled about.
Bras Found, With Panties Still at Large
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Just a day after two men and a woman made off with more than $15,000 in undergarments from a Victoria’s Secret store in Jersey City, more than 100 bras were stolen from a Victoria’s Secret in South Jersey.
Metro Briefing | New York: White Plains: Man Admits Stabbing Guard At Mall
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Edgard Justiniano pleads guilty in New York State Supreme Court to stabbing security guard at Galleria shopping mall in White Plains while trying to steal merchandise
The Pilfering Gourmet
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Dilemmas involving hasty exits.
As Economy Dips, Arrests for Shoplifting Soar
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Police departments across the country say arrests are 10 percent to 20 percent higher this year than last.
The Pilfering Gourmet
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Michael Ross letter comments on July 8 Ethicist column addressing what owner of fancy-food store should do about customer who regularly shoplifts
On Vacation, All by Myself
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
I pulled on my coat, grabbed a rolled-up sleeping bag and the brown paper bag that contained my clothes, and left a note on the kitchen table.
Acting Like a Usual Suspect
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Sweats. A twitch. A grimace. There’s an art to behavioral profiling.
Anarchists in the Aisles? Stores Provide a Stage
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Shopdropping is the practice by anti-consumerist artists of leaving fake products with political messages on shelves.