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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…
Fentanyl, Heroin Found On Target Thieves In Stafford County: Sheriff
A pair of Target thieves were busted with heroin and fentanyl, along with stolen merchandise, this weekend in Stafford County, the sheriff's office said.
Selena Dowd, 19, and Ashleigh Sullivan, 31, were spotted stealing items by a sheriff's deputy investigating prior larcenies at the Target store on South Gateway Drive around 12:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, county sheriff's David Decatur said.
"As the suspects passed all points of sale and attempted to enter the end zone, deputies quickly moved in," Decatur's office said. "Their plan worked better than the Baltimore Ravens and both suspects wer…
Armed Walmart Thief Bites, Kicks Arresting PWC Officers: Authorities
A shoplifter wanted for lunging at a Walmart employee with a knife then robbing and assaulting a 23-year-old woman had little less compassion for the officers arresting her 10 days later, police in Prince William County said.
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, officers were near Fettler Park Drive when they spotted Chanise Janeen Stroble, 25, who had been wanted for stealing items from the Dumfries Walmart store on Sept. 9, Prince William County police said.
While arresting her, Stroble kicked two officers in the leg, one officer in the jaw, and bit another, authorities said. While invest…
Drugs Fall Out Of Walmart Thief's Shirt While Talking To Off-Duty Deputy: Stafford Sheriff
Police arrested two people after one was caught shoplifting at a Stafford Walmart, authorities announced.
Walmart workers caught a woman later identified as Natalie Hardee, 40, of Woodbridge, stuffing items into a duffel bag at the Village Parkway store in Stafford on Saturday, Aug. 19, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said.
Hardee left the store after being confronted by employees, and left in a vehicle driven by Brian Padgett, 36, of Annandale, Decatur said.
A deputy was heading home after work when he spotted the vehicle, and stopped it on Warrenton Road. While talking to…
Walmart Shoplifter Slips Out Of Handcuffs In PWC, Assaults Arresting Officer, Police Say
A shoplifting suspect in Prince William County made her life a little more difficult when she got into a cantankerous mood when police attempted to apprehend her, police say.
Kelsey Rebekah Hooper-Garcia, 33, of Manassas, got combative and resisted officers after she managed to slip out of handcuffs following a thieving incident at Walmart to kick off the weekend, authorities announced on Monday, March 13.
At approximately 2:10 p.m. on Friday, March 10, officers were called to the Manassas Walmart on Liberia Avenue to investigate a reported shoplifting incident.
The investigation determine…