"When they focus on shoplifting and say their profit margins aren't high because they're losing so much product, lots of people suspect it's a smokescreen for other business concerns," he...
California, especially, has ramped up its spending on such investigations, supported by the... "Shoplifting is always going to be a thing, but hopefully it won't be so brazen, where people...
California shoplifting laws saw a significant change with Senate Bill 551 but what exactly is it and what are other law updates regarding shoplifting in California?
Every state's penal code includes provisions that apply to shoplifting (usually under the umbrella of theft or larceny statutes), and penalties can be harsh.
Since shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council on Criminal Justice has tracked changing rates of violent and property crime in large cities across the United States. The pandemic, as well as the social justice protests during the summer of 2020 and other factors, have altered the motives, means, and opportunities to commit crimes. Retail theft, especially organized retail theft, has received extensive media coverage and has caught the attention of state and federal policymak...
You’ve probably seen the shoplifting stories, if only because there are a lot of them. On local news and in national publications, they paint a shocking picture: Across the United States, retail stores are fighting a war against large, violent, highly organized criminal gangs. The attacks are common, and they’re escalating in severity. Thieves smash windows at luxury clothing stores, go full-on Supermarket Sweep in the aisles of drugstores, and sell their wares undetected on Amazon or eBay or Facebook Marketplace. In the process, they’re ...
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A group repping thousands of New York City's independent grocers demanded Tuesday that state legislators pass new laws cracking down on shoplifting including locking up thieves who assault retail w...
Google “Shoplifting in San Francisco” and you will find more than 100,000 hits. And you will find lots of YouTube videos, where you can watch a single thief, or an entire gang, walk into an SF Walgreens or CVS and empty the shelves. Most walk in, go about their pilfering, and then walk out, though at least one thief rode their bike into the store and departed the same way, carefully navigating their two-wheeler down a narrow aisle. We probably shouldn’t call it shoplifting anymore, since t...
Shoplifting is a misdemeanor under a California measure passed in 2014. The punishment can include six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.