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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...
In most states, including Georgia, burglary is often a misunderstood criminal offense. Although similar, burglary is not the same as simple theft. Burglary is more about unlawfully entering a property without permission than it is about taking something that belongs...
Instances of theft and shoplifting are commonly grouped in the same category of crimes and judged in a similar way. However, there is a huge difference between a bank raid and stealing a soft drink in a grocery store. While this is true, any type of theft or...
A study once found that people who purchase items from a store carry a much lower chance of engaging in shoplifting. While this seems to be a pretty low-key discovery, it may have had huge implications on the way that store security professionals look for shoplifters...
