Former Central Arizona College women’s basketball coach arrested for fraudulent schemes and theft
TUCSON, Ariz. (13News) – The Pinal County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) has arrested a former Central Arizona College (CAC) women's basketball coach on suspicion of fraud scheme and theft. Officials said the investigation began in August 2022 when a CAC representative reported a possible theft to PCSO. According to PCSO, the investigation revealed that 44-year-old Dennis […]
San Francisco’s Macy’s Will Shut Down As Employees Blame Retail Theft
Democratic San Francisco Board of Supervisors Chairman Aaron Peskin announced Tuesday that Macy's stores in the city will be closing. Peskin issued a statement on Twitter saying Macy's is cutting 150 stores, including its downtown location in Union Square. (Related: Blue City officially apologizes to Black residents) “Macy's was one of the last companies to […]
State senators respond to fentanyl, retail theft with legislation
SACRAMENTO — A bipartisan group of California senators announced Monday a series of bills to address the growing fentanyl crisis and the unchecked outbreak of organized retail theft. Sen. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), who was sworn in as president pro tempore last month, read the sobering statistics to reporters as he introduced proposals he said would […]
Man Accidentally Turns Himself In After Reporting Theft At His Meth Lab
A 23-year-old New Yorker inadvertently reported the existence of his drug lab to the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office after reporting a theft, a press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office read in part. Matthew Lesinski, a drug lab owner, told the court Thursday that he was charged with “unlawful manufacture of tertiary methamphetamine […]
Officials spar over ‘criminalization’ of copper wire theft
Members of a historic church in South Los Angeles pointed out to City Councilman Marquise Harris Dawson on Sunday that a landmark item, a bronze plaque, was missing from the building. Harris Dawson said Bethel AME Church's plaque, which withstood the Great Depression, racial injustice and other economic downturns, disappeared several weeks ago. The plaque […]
Lawmakers introduce California retail theft Reduction Act
SACRAMENTO — California's top two Democrats on Thursday unveiled a multifaceted plan to address the recent spate of organized thefts that have tarnished the state's national reputation and plagued retailers. The bill, authored by House Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) and Rep. Rick Chavez Zubru (D-Los Angeles), targets so-called organized retail theft gangs, which have been […]
Deputies search for suspects in Arizona ATM theft with stolen truck
PHOENIX — A manhunt is underway for a suspect who used a stolen truck to rob an ATM machine in northwestern Arizona over the weekend, authorities said. Deputies responded to an errand near Interstate 15 in Littlefield around 8 a.m. Sunday. This was announced by the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.. The caller reported that two […]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed backs GOP initiative to stiffen penalties for retail theft
San Francisco – San Francisco Mayor London Breed and San Jose Democratic Mayor Matt Mahan supported a tough-on-crime ballot measure to reform the controversial Proposition 47, which reduced some drug and theft felonies to misdemeanors. of measurementIt's called the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Retail Theft Reduction Act. The country would expand on the 2014 law […]
Police Arrest Soldiers For Alleged Pride Flag Theft, Incident Caught On Video, Cops Say
Police arrested two troopers on suspicion of repeatedly stealing LGBT pride flags from homes in Arlington, Virginia, according to Arlington police. Arlington County Police say the suspects have been identified as Matthew Henshaw, 20, and Joseph DiGregorio, 23, members of the U.S. Army and members of the prestigious 3rd Infantry Regiment known as the Old […]
Newsom Claims Policies Don’t Allow Shoplifting While Allegedly Witnessing Target Theft, Calls For Manager
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed during Wednesday's meeting that he got into an altercation with a Target employee after witnessing a suspected shoplifter, and that state policy does not allow for an admission of theft before asking for a manager. This was revealed in a video posted by Gabriel Lorenz Grechler on Twitter. It […]
