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Target To Close Stores In 4 States, Citing Theft, Organized Retail Crime Target To Close Stores In 4 States, Citing Theft, Organized Retail Crime
Target To Close Stores In 4 States, Citing Theft, Organized Retail Crime Citing incidents involving violence and theft, Target announced it is closing nine stores in four states, including one in New York. The New York store is in Manhattan, at 517 E 117th St. Three other stores are in California, in the San Francisco/Oakland market, and three in Oregon, in Portland. The other two stores are in Seattle, Washington. "We cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests, and contributing to unsustainable business performance," the company said in a statement released Tuesday afternoo…
19 Nabbed For Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking In Connecticut; Weapons Seized 19 Nabbed For Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking In Connecticut; Weapons Seized
19 Nabbed For Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking In Connecticut; Weapons Seized Nineteen people including 16 from Connecticut were charged on Thursday, April 26 for trafficking cocaine and heroine, according to U.S. Justice Department officials. The other three suspects are from California, Mexico and Puerto Rico, federal prosecutors said.  Seventeen of the 19 defendants were arrested on Wednesday: one defendant is in state custody, and one defendant is in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Michigan. This matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task Force, FBI and New Haven Police Department that has included t…