Shoplifting

On 06-21-2017 at 2153 hours I was dispatched to 333 South Westwood Boulevard (Walmart) in reference to shoplifting. While responding I was advised the suspects two black female adults and two black juveniles left heading north on Business 67 in a maroon Dodge Challenger. A short time later Officer Duckett attempted to stop a vehicle matching the description provided however the driver of the vehicle failed to stop. See Officer Duckett’s supplemental report. I responded to the location where the…

On 01-02-2016 at 1832 hours I was dispatched to 333 south Westwood Boulevard (Walmart) in reference to shoplifting. Upon my arrival I made contact with Meghan Sample, who informed me of the following: - She noticed a male subject later identified as Nicolas Goodman with a cart full of property walking around the bakery department watching the door. - One of the managers where on the phone at that location and eventually the subject made his way to the south end of the store. - Once to the south…

City of Rochester, New York police officers received a report that a man entered a convenience store and attempted to steal beer. Later the man was identified as John Tipsy and was said to be intoxicated. In New York theft by shoplifting is a misdemeanor crime. The responding officer went to the store and viewed video surveillance footage of the suspect’s truck. After a short period of time the officer saw a truck matching the description of the suspects. The truck appeared to have one passenger…

Shoplifting Shoplifting is a type of larceny that refers to the theft of merchandise from a store or business (CBA, 2016). This crime costs, on average, $33.6 billion per year to US retailers, including both from customers stealing and employee theft (Schmalleger, 2015). Shoplifting is done primarily by juveniles (Schmalleger, 2015). In adults, shoplifting is typical among all social classes even though the most serious is found within the lowest class, however among juveniles the classes almost…

In Maryland, shoplifting is penalized under the category of theft. The charges can range from a misdemeanor where the shoplifter has stolen items worth less than $1,000, or a felony when the property is valued over $1,000. The penalties for shoplifting are harsh and increase as the value of the merchandise increases. In many cases, the person accused of shoplifting has stolen out of desperation. It might be a mother who needs boots for her kids in the winter, or an out-of-work person trying to…

cried so much in my life. This mistake came back to affect my job and almost ruined my life. An omission was made and people need to learn responsibility. In November of 2016 my friend and I were arrested at Laurel Montana’s local Walmart for shoplifting. My position altered the moment we were caught and arrested. It was black Friday and we believed that we were invincible and could do anything. We were caught by an undercover shopper, that witnessed us shoving makeup into our bags. I was up…

Retailer profits go down, therefore, consumers pay higher prices. Althought, some may think of shoplifting as a victimless crime, its just isn't true. Example: a theft of $100 for a company operating on a 10% profit margin would require $1000 worth of sold items to make up for the profit lost. Furthermore, shoplifting burdens the police and courts, adds to store's security expenses, and cost communities lost money in sales taxes. Under the utilitarianism…

A shop lifter is a person who is trying to steal from a store or not buying an item that cost money. Other forms of shop lifting are burglary, embezzlement, larceny, looting, robbery, fraud, theft by taking, theft by receiving stolen property and identity theft. A difference between shop lifting and robbery, in robbery the stealing takes place along with physical violence and or threats. Although a shop lifting charge is that the person stealing does it in a way to cover that he or she did it.…

In the poem, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries” Julia Alvarez writes about her experience while reading The Blue Estuaries and of what she discovers as she is more aware of what she is reading and of the feelings of determination and inspiration the poem brought out in her because In the poem “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries”, Julia Alvarez uses imagery, selection of detail, and tone to convey the speaker's discoveries of wanting become a poet even with…

In “Student Identification Of Academic Cheating Typology And The Link To Shoplifting Motivation,” Shanahan and company reference “Plagiarism is the act of wrongfully taking, or stealing, information belonging to others, comparable to shoplifting and stealing goods that belong to someone else (Singhal and Johnson 1983)” (Shanahan, et al. 164). Studies such as this have revealed the robust link between plagiarism…