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Smile, You're On Body Camera: TJ Maxx To Equip Employees To Fight Shoplifting
To fight the recent rise in shoplifting and retail theft, shoppers could see store security employees wearing body-worn cameras to help catch thieves red-handed.
TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Serria, HomeSense, and HomeGoods, said will begin equipping some employees with body-worn cameras similar to those worn by police, the Boston Globe reported. The company started testing the initiative last year.
The company operates nearly 3,400 stores nationwide.
A call to the Framingham, Massachusetts, headquarters of TJX for comment was not immediately r…
Shoplifting Couple In Leesburg Swiped $158K In Merch From Stores Across DMV: Police
A couple accused of stealing more than $158,000 from retails stores across the DMV and North Carolina has been arrested.
Roxana Dumitru, 29, and Ionut-Robert Ionescu, 30, both of Laurel, MD, are accused of stealing approximately $6,400 worth of merchandise from the Ulta store on Village Market Boulevard in Leesburg Friday afternoon, Oct. 27, 2023, Leesburg police said.
The two were identified as suspects and subsequently linked to additional shoplifting incidents in Maryland and North Carolina, local police said. It's believed they swiped more than $158,000 from multiple stores, author…
Shoplifter Arrested After Returning To Scene Of The Crime At Maryland Mall: Sheriff
A repeat shoplifter and suspect in a first-degree assault and armed robbery has been arrested after he returned to the scene of a crime, authorities said.
William Kenneth Freeman, 27, address unknown, was arrested and charged with first-degree assault, armed robbery, theft, and second-degree assault, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office.
On Wednesday, Jan. 24 at about 4:40 p.m., deputies responded to a business on Mall Circle after a loss prevention officer observed a man attempting to steal clothes, the sheriff said.
The officer recognized the man as being the same subject who…
