Shoplifters to Steal $1.8 Billion This Holiday Season

Stores around the country have seen increased sales due to the holiday season, but they've also seen a rise in shoplifting. A new report estimates that $1.84 billion in merchandise will be stolen during the holidays. The Global ... continue

Shoplifters Get Caught Inside Store As Car Is Broken Into Outside

If you don't believe in bad karma turn your attention to Utah couple Eldon Alexander, 36, and Korin Vanhouten, 47. The couple were caught stealing small ticket items from a WinCo Foods store when they became the victims ... continue

‘Tis the Season for Stealing: The Ten Most Shoplifted Items During the Holidays

With throngs of people flooding stores during the holiday season, thieves have the perfect opportunity to slip by unnoticed. So what holiday gifts to crooks fancy the most? Adweek reports that shoplifting is up 6% from 2010 and ... continue

Miss El Paso 2008 Busted for Shoplifting at Dillard’s

Lorena Tavera, the 21-year-old former Miss El Paso, apparently likes mid price-point clothes but doesn't want to pay for them, as she was arrested after police say she attempted to steal a $69 blouse from a Dillard's ... continue

Former Miss USA Shannon Marketic caught shoplifting cosmetics

Shannon Marketic, Miss USA 1992, has been arrested in Texas for allegedly shoplifting cosmetics from a Target location. Marketic, who has been released on unknown terms from Denton County Jail, was detained shortly after 9PM by loss prevention ... continue

Traffic reporter Desiree Fontaine arrested for shoplifting

A Connecticut traffic reporter on WTNH in New Haven was arrested for shoplifting just over $100 of merchandise from a Sears location in Milford. 33-year-old Desiree Fontaine got picked up Saturday by police after security allegedly spotted her trying to ... continue

New law enforcement evasion strategy: getting naked

Julia E. Laack, 36, of Sheboygan Wisconsin, was followed home by police officers following an alleged shoplifting incident. Laack is accused of stealing beef jerky and a lighter from a convenience store Thursday. Police say that when they ... continue

Shoplifting ranks swell as economy flounders

You might think twice about helping yourself to those goods on the shelves but a growing number of people aren’t. People who wouldn’t normally even think of shoplifting are finding themselves on the wrong side of the ... continue