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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…
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…