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Shoplifting is a common crime involving the theft of goods from a store or business. It can include people coming into the business or employees stealing from it. Shopowners lament the cost of losing store inventory in this way, but many build the expense into their...
If you’re a parent who has a teenager who has been accused of shoplifting, you have a lot on your plate. You’re trying to figure out what legal steps to take, what options you have and how to proceed in a way that protects your child’s future. You don’t want one...
Shoplifting is not a good habit to get into. Even though it may not seem serious to take a candy bar or to shoplift a piece of clothing, the reality is that if everyone did that, the shop owners could lose money and end up going out of business. This is why...
If you’ve ever ordered a package and had someone else take it straight from your doorstep, you may have been a victim of a “porch pirate.” Porch pirates are people who look for packages that have been delivered to people who may not be home or present to bring it in...
Many people think of theft as walking up to someone and taking something that’s theirs -- whether that means shoplifting an item or stealing a purse. While it’s true that thefts sometimes happen that way, they can also occur due to fraud. If you’ve been charged with...
It’s clear to you that acting as a knowing “getaway driver” for someone who has committed a crime is illegal. You think of a driver sitting in a running car in front of a bank, for instance, waiting for two accomplices to run out with bags of money. That driver still...
You enter the store and proceed to go about the business of shopping. As you sort through the racks of clothing, adding a garment or two to your shopping cart, you can’t help but feel the eyes of the store clerks and loss prevention personnel upon you. Could you be...
Shoplifting is one of those things that people may not talk about a lot, but the statistics certainly show that people are engaging in the activity. It’s much more common than a lot of people -- both store owners and consumers -- actually realize. According to one...
Shoplifting has always been part of the retail industry. Small shopkeepers and big businesses alike understand that a small percentage of the public will try to take products without paying for them if possible. Shoplifting actually factors in to how businesses price...
Many kinds of shoplifting are obvious and intentional. Some people go in to a store with razors to open packaging or devices to deactivate RFID security chips. Others grab merchandise and run out of the store with little concern for loss prevention, staff members or...
