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Smile, You're On Body Camera: TJ Maxx To Equip Employees To Fight Shoplifting Smile, You're On Body Camera: TJ Maxx To Equip Employees To Fight Shoplifting
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…

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by Josh Lanier
Traffic
Beltway Traffic Helps Cops Catch Up To MD Thieves Who Stole $4.5K In Bags: Police Beltway Traffic Helps Cops Catch Up To MD Thieves Who Stole $4.5K In Bags: Police
Beltway Traffic Helps Cops Catch Up To MD Thieves Who Stole $4.5K In Bags: Police Traffic on the Capital Beltway is what police said ultimately helped them capture four people who stole $4,500 in designer bags from Tysons Corner. Around 5:05 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, detectives got an alert from loss prevention saying a retail theft crew grabbed more than a dozen designer handbags, totaling over $4,500 in value, and ran from the store, Fairfax County police said.  The suspects got into an awaiting Chevrolet Suburban and tried to flee the area. Detectives launched a thorough search along the southbound stretch of Interstate 495 in Annandale. Despite the heavy traffic …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Inmate Escapes To Maryland: State Police Pennsylvania Inmate Escapes To Maryland: State Police
Pennsylvania Inmate Escapes To Maryland: State Police An inmate escaped police custody while going to a doctor's appointment, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Aug. 22. Joshua Allen Nicholl, 26, of Greencastle was "temporarily authorized" to go to the "outside doctor's appointment" from the Franklin County Jail on Aug. 9, according to the state police release.  By 6:41 p.m. officers became concerned that Nicholl hadn't returned, PSP Chambersburg was notified, and a warrant for Nicholl's arrest issued was soon issued.  Nicholl was located in Washington County, Maryland sometime between that evening and Aug. 22, and the exact dat…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Ex-Con At-Large After Shooting, Abandoning Wife On PA Interstate: Police Ex-Con At-Large After Shooting, Abandoning Wife On PA Interstate: Police
Ex-Con At-Large After Shooting, Abandoning Wife On PA Interstate: Police A former convict with an expired Protect From Abuse order filed by his wife— somehow got a gun, ended up in a car with her, and shot her, before abandoning her on the side of an interstate in Pennsylvania on Monday, Nov. 28, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  37-year-old Kevin Derrick Crew of Pittsburgh was in the passenger's seat of his wife Shauntorria Crew's car on her way to work when they got into a heated argument and he shot her in her right leg— with the bullet entering her thigh and shooting out her calf, as detailed in the court documents.  When she a…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Wanted Maryland Felons Lead Pennsylvania State Police On Wild Chase Following Robbery Wanted Maryland Felons Lead Pennsylvania State Police On Wild Chase Following Robbery
Wanted Maryland Felons Lead Pennsylvania State Police On Wild Chase Following Robbery A Baltimore group of shoplifters— including wanted felonies— led police on a wild chase in Pennsylvania, authorities say. Pennsylvania state police were first called to the retail theft at the Under Armour store on Gettysburg Village Drive on Nov. 11 around 3:30 p.m., according to the court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  When police arrived they saw six people in dark clothing wearing medical masks fleeing the store while throwing stolen merchandise, according to the criminal complaint.  The group all attempted to fit into a 2007 silver/grey Infiniti G35 with the Maryland license pl…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
5 Maryland Thieves Crash Into Tractor-Trailer During Chase On I-83 In PA: Police 5 Maryland Thieves Crash Into Tractor-Trailer During Chase On I-83 In PA: Police
5 Maryland Thieves Crash Into Tractor-Trailer During Chase On I-83 In PA: Police What started as a retail theft of perfume quickly escalated to a police pursuit on an interstate in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, September 7, authorities say.  Teona James, 25, Tymera James, 20, Destiny Thomas, 22, Joseph Wright, 31, and a 16-year-old teenage girl, were all involved in chase which began at the Ultra Beauty in Lower Paxton Township around 7 p.m., according to area police. The police were dispatched to a report that two women "had just stolen a large amount of fragrances and other merchandise" from the store located at 5112 Jonestown Road, police say. The women fled from …

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by Jillian Pikora