National Retail Federation 'Crime Fighter Award'
Oct. 25—U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, said in his newsletter he is honored to be recognized as a Retail Crime Fighter by the National Retail Federation for my support of the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act. Organized retail crime is out of control across the country, harming small businesses and threatening public safety. As Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on ...
Shoplifting at an all-time high with 1,300 offences recorded every day, new figures show
Shoplifting has soared to a record high with almost half a million offences recorded last year, new figures have revealed.A total of 469,788 offences were logged by forces in the year to June 2024, up 29 per cent on the 365,173 recorded in the previous 12 months.The figure is the highest since current records began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Shoplifting levels had already reached a 20-year high earlier this year, with the latest figures showing the number of offences recorded has now risen even higher.Shopkeepers in east London told The Independent this...
Police-recorded shoplifting offences in England and Wales hit new 20-year high
The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has risen to a new 20-year high.A total of 469,788 offences were logged by forces in the year to June 2024, up 29% on the 365,173 recorded in the previous 12 months.The figure is the highest since current records began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The ONS said the police figures showed “shoplifting remains at record levels” while policing minister Dame Diana Johnson said the data demonstrated the “scale of the challenge we have inherited in our mission to make streets...
Serial shoplifter accused of stealing from Times Square store same day he was released from jail: cops
A serial shoplifter who’s been arrested nearly 100 times was busted in Times Square after resorting to his old ways — on the same day was released from jail, authorities and sources said. Christopher Dornfeld, 33, was let loose after his most recent arrest and expected to report for residential treatment, but when he didn’t show up, police caught the shoplifting recidivist allegedly stealing $267 worth of merchandise from an H&M in Times Square Wednesday night, according to cops and prosecutors. Dornfeld was most recently busted for burglary in 2022 — but his rap sheet also includes 90 arrests dating back to 2006, police sources said. Walmart...