US Retail Crime Watch

Security guard accused of shooting suspected shoplifter at North Carolina Harris Teeter after the person reportedly threatened to shoot store staff.

• Loss prevention recognition: Officers spotted and tailed the familiar aunt-niece pair immediately upon entry.
• Family collaboration: The duo loaded...

Nashville's Organized Retail Crime detectives paired with Midtown Hills Precinct officers on a suspected Green Hills Lululemon theft, resulting in...

Three Little Rock police officers were relieved of duty after an audit uncovered improper use of the Flock Safety automatic license plate reader...

UK shoplifting arrests exploded from 20,253 in 2021 to 52,409 in 2025, a 158% rise that now averages one arrest every 10 minutes.

• Repeat offenders...

Mt. Juliet police recognized a Nashville woman with seven prior felony convictions for organized retail theft during patrol, leading to a traffic stop...

A repeat offender linked to 72 theft incidents across Texas and Oklahoma, causing over $115,000 in losses, was convicted of organized retail theft...

Retailers are expanding video surveillance beyond ORC detection into operational tools that deliver training insights, traffic analysis and layout...

Huntington Beach police used Property North detectives working with the Crime Analysis Unit to identify and arrest a repeat burglar who targeted the...

Hillsboro PD partnered with store loss prevention teams for an Oct. 9 retail theft operation across the city.

• 17 arrests including four with...

Repeated visits over months from the same San Francisco REI store escalated into a nearly $19,000 case, with five arrests tied to dozens of separate...

Richland Township Police are releasing photos to identify suspects in a Best Buy retail theft incident. This direct appeal to the public shows how visual evidence often drives community-assisted breakthroughs in everyday retail crime cases.

• 23-year veteran Scott Abram was charged with two misdemeanor shoplifting counts after allegedly concealing barcodes during self-checkout at Burke...

An ALPR camera system alert enabled San Marcos deputies to quickly locate a vehicle tied to a grand theft investigation, resulting in the detention of...

A guilty plea to multiple counts of organized retail theft at Arizona Lowe's stores resulted in a six-year prison sentence, three years of probation,...

• Shoplifting case: Ongoing investigation at Herbie's Market involved a follower taking items charged to a student's account; charges were later...

Warminster Township Police are appealing for public assistance to identify a suspect in a retail theft at the Walmart on 100 E. Street Road, which...

A routine shoplifting arrest turned into a major public-safety incident when Bellevue police found an improvised explosive device inside the suspect's stolen car.

While cities across Arkansas are dropping Flock cameras, Jonesboro continues with 55 active units, using them only for active cases rather than...

Surveillance footage from a Davenport Publix theft and cross-county detective work led to Jessica Knight's arrest while driving a stolen Ford Focus,...